Jasper County, Texas: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+67%. Democratic peak: D+91 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+67MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 32,7272024 5-year
- Median household income
- $56,7232024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 15.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+91 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Tyler County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Jasper CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Jasper County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +63.6% |
| 1916 | +81.0% |
| 1920 | +66.8% |
| 1924 | +78.5% |
| 1928 | +19.0% |
| 1932 | +91.0% |
| 1936 | +86.3% |
| 1940 | +82.1% |
| 1944 | +62.2% |
| 1948 | +59.1% |
| 1952 | +14.3% |
| 1956 | −13.3% |
| 1960 | +17.6% |
| 1964 | +30.4% |
| 1968 | +8.3% |
| 1972 | −25.0% |
| 1976 | +26.2% |
| 1980 | +12.8% |
| 1984 | −1.5% |
| 1988 | +14.0% |
| 1992 | +14.8% |
| 1996 | +4.8% |
| 2000 | −21.6% |
| 2004 | −30.1% |
| 2008 | −42.0% |
| 2012 | −48.3% |
| 2016 | −59.8% |
| 2020 | −61.4% |
| 2024 | −66.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,615 | 13,162 | 15,860 | ||
| R | 2,954 | 12,542 | 15,627 | ||
| R | 2,590 | 10,609 | 13,419 | ||
| R | 3,423 | 9,957 | 13,517 | ||
| R | 3,658 | 9,022 | 12,776 | ||
| R | 4,471 | 8,347 | 12,873 | ||
| R | 4,533 | 7,071 | 11,742 | ||
| D | 5,039 | 4,523 | 10,640 | ||
| D | 5,658 | 3,870 | 12,087 | ||
| D | 6,613 | 4,985 | 11,629 | ||
| R | 5,787 | 5,965 | 11,779 | ||
| D | 5,707 | 4,396 | 10,257 | ||
| D | 5,422 | 3,167 | 8,607 | ||
| R | 2,746 | 4,575 | 7,325 | ||
| O | 2,438 | 1,839 | 7,183 | ||
| D | 3,600 | 1,919 | 5,537 | ||
| D | 3,004 | 2,102 | 5,123 | ||
| R | 1,856 | 2,430 | 4,308 | ||
| D | 2,595 | 1,946 | 4,543 | ||
| D | 1,777 | 284 | 2,527 | ||
| D | 1,850 | 341 | 2,427 | ||
| D | 2,236 | 220 | 2,456 | ||
| D | 1,500 | 109 | 1,612 | ||
| D | 1,990 | 93 | 2,084 | ||
| D | 898 | 611 | 1,511 | ||
| D | 1,526 | 176 | 1,719 | ||
| D | 793 | 62 | 1,095 | ||
| D | 906 | 75 | 1,026 | ||
| D | 628 | 40 | 924 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
32.2%
English
7.7%
Irish
5.1%
German
4.0%
French
2.3%
Scottish
1.4%
African American
12.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 42.8 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
$56,723
Jasper County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Jasper County$56,723
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Jasper County ranks near the middle 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
20.7%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.4%
Working age (18–64)20.1%
Seniors (65+)7.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.7%
speak English only
Spanish4.4%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 32.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Jasper County sits in the forested Sabine River corridor of East Texas, where a decades-long Democratic tradition has given way to some of the state's most lopsided Republican margins, reflecting broader rural realignment across the region.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at sixty-seven points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-seven points.
A median household income of $56,723, a 21% poverty rate, and a 74% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tyler County and Fannin County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Jasper County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Jasper County, Texas voted Republican by 66.5 points (R+67), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,860 votes cast, 2,615 went Democratic and 13,162 went Republican.
What is Jasper County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Jasper County, Texas in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 18 times, Republican 10 times, and other 1 times.
When did Jasper County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jasper County, Texas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Jasper County, Texas?
Jasper County, Texas has a population of 32,727 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jasper County, Texas?
Median household income in Jasper County, Texas is $56,723 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Jasper County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Jasper County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.