Harris County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted D+6%. Democratic peak: D+76 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+6MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 4,838,3032024 5-year
- Median household income
- $74,9832024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 34.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 19.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 44.0%2024 5-year
- County seat
- Houston
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+76 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+26 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Loudoun County, VA · similarity 0.96
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Harris CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Harris County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +62.2% |
| 1916 | +52.2% |
| 1920 | +24.5% |
| 1924 | +36.0% |
| 1928 | −11.6% |
| 1932 | +68.4% |
| 1936 | +75.7% |
| 1940 | +55.8% |
| 1944 | +56.9% |
| 1948 | +12.5% |
| 1952 | −15.3% |
| 1956 | −24.2% |
| 1960 | −6.1% |
| 1964 | +19.2% |
| 1968 | −4.1% |
| 1972 | −25.6% |
| 1976 | −5.2% |
| 1980 | −19.8% |
| 1984 | −23.1% |
| 1988 | −14.9% |
| 1992 | −4.9% |
| 1996 | −4.1% |
| 2000 | −11.4% |
| 2004 | −10.2% |
| 2008 | +1.6% |
| 2012 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | +12.3% |
| 2020 | +13.3% |
| 2024 | +5.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 808,771 | 722,695 | 1,557,484 | ||
| D | 918,193 | 700,630 | 1,641,257 | ||
| D | 707,914 | 545,955 | 1,312,112 | ||
| D | 587,044 | 586,073 | 1,188,585 | ||
| D | 590,982 | 571,883 | 1,171,472 | ||
| R | 475,865 | 584,723 | 1,067,968 | ||
| R | 418,267 | 529,159 | 974,822 | ||
| R | 386,726 | 421,462 | 855,893 | ||
| R | 360,171 | 406,778 | 942,947 | ||
| R | 342,919 | 464,217 | 814,160 | ||
| R | 334,135 | 536,029 | 872,167 | ||
| R | 274,061 | 416,655 | 720,014 | ||
| R | 321,897 | 357,536 | 685,264 | ||
| R | 215,916 | 365,672 | 584,531 | ||
| R | 182,546 | 202,079 | 471,037 | ||
| D | 227,819 | 154,401 | 382,985 | ||
| R | 148,275 | 168,170 | 325,399 | ||
| R | 93,961 | 155,555 | 254,549 | ||
| R | 107,604 | 146,665 | 254,497 | ||
| D | 58,488 | 43,117 | 122,617 | ||
| D | 71,077 | 11,843 | 104,119 | ||
| D | 73,520 | 20,797 | 94,453 | ||
| D | 59,205 | 8,083 | 67,533 | ||
| D | 46,886 | 8,604 | 55,970 | ||
| R | 21,536 | 27,188 | 48,810 | ||
| D | 20,648 | 8,953 | 32,479 | ||
| D | 14,808 | 7,735 | 28,837 | ||
| D | 10,131 | 3,009 | 13,647 | ||
| D | 6,409 | 726 | 9,134 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
5.7%
English
5.7%
Irish
4.0%
American
3.2%
Italian
1.8%
French
1.4%
Polish
0.9%
African American
15.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 34.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$74,983
Harris County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Harris County$74,983
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Harris County ranks in the top 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.6%
Working age (18–64)13.6%
Seniors (65+)14.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
55.0%
speak English only
Spanish35.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander4.7%
Other Indo-European3.4%
Other languages1.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Harris County anchors the Texas Gulf Coast with a majority-minority electorate that has redrawn the state's competitive map — its 3.4 million residents make it the third-most-populous county in the nation.
Harris County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of seventy-six points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved eight points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 34% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $74,983, and a population of 4,838,303. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Loudoun County and Kane County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Harris County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Harris County, Texas voted Democratic by 5.5 points (D+6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,557,484 votes cast, 808,771 went Democratic and 722,695 went Republican.
What is Harris County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Harris County, Texas in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did Harris County, Texas last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Harris County, Texas voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Harris County, Texas?
Harris County, Texas has a population of 4,838,303 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Harris County, Texas?
Median household income in Harris County, Texas is $74,983 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Harris County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Harris County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.