Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupJim Hogg CountyTexasUnited States
Mexican90.3%32.1%11.3%
Spanish0.5%——
American5.6%4.6%5.3%
English4.0%7.9%9.5%
German3.8%8.3%12.5%
Italian0.7%1.9%4.8%
Irish0.5%6.0%9.4%
French0.3%1.5%1.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Jim Hogg County
Texas
United States
Median age
26.1
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
11.1%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
9.5%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Jim Hogg County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$42,211
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
31.4%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
14.8%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Jim Hogg County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
53.7%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
53.1%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Jim Hogg County
Texas
United States
Catholic
87.5%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
1.0%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
7.4%
45.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Jim Hogg County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
5 precincts · 1,585 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Jim Hogg County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
261
204
3
468
55.8%
43.6%
D+12.2
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
203
169
1
373
54.4%
45.3%
D+9.1
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
191
178
0
369
51.8%
48.2%
D+3.5
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
194
170
0
364
53.3%
46.7%
D+6.6
Precinct -Precinct 5Precinct 5
7
4
0
11
63.6%
36.4%
D+27.3
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1916–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1916
+88.9%
1920
+50.5%
1924
+75.9%
1928
+41.4%
1932
+78.7%
1936
+87.4%
1940
+78.0%
1944
+76.2%
1948
+78.6%
1952
+54.6%
1956
+37.0%
1960
+69.7%
1964
+79.9%
1968
+67.7%
1972
+5.1%
1976
+58.6%
1980
+45.2%
1984
+47.3%
1988
+52.3%
1992
+49.4%
1996
+62.4%
2000
+41.2%
2004
+30.6%
2008
+47.6%
2012
+56.7%
2016
+56.9%
2020
+17.9%
2024
+8.3%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
54.0%Harris856
45.7%Trump725
0.2%Oliver3 +1
D+8.3
R+9.6
D+9.7
1,585
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic54.0%856
Donald J TrumpRepublican45.7%725
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%3
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%1
D
58.8%Biden1,197
40.9%Trump833
0.2%Jorgensen4
D+17.9
R+39.0
D+13.4
2,036
D
77.2%Clinton1,635
20.3%Trump430
2.0%Johnson42
D+56.9
D+0.2
D+54.8
2,119
D
78.0%Obama1,301
21.4%Romney356
0.4%Gray7
D+56.7
D+9.1
D+52.8
1,667
D
73.6%Obama1,336
26.0%McCain472
0.4%
D+47.6
D+17.0
D+40.3
1,815
D
65.1%Kerry1,344
34.5%Bush712
0.4%
D+30.6
R+10.6
D+33.1
2,065
D
70.1%Gore1,512
28.9%Bush623
0.4%Nader9
D+41.2
R+21.1
D+40.7
2,157
D
79.3%Clinton1,437
16.9%Dole307
3.5%Perot64
D+62.4
D+13.0
D+53.8
1,812
D
72.0%Clinton1,520
22.7%Bush478
5.1%Perot107
D+49.4
R+2.9
D+43.8
2,110
D
76.1%Dukakis1,630
23.8%Bush510
0.1%
D+52.3
D+4.9
D+60.0
2,143
D
73.6%Mondale1,703
26.3%Reagan608
0.1%
D+47.3
D+2.2
D+65.6
2,313
D
72.0%Carter1,437
26.8%Reagan535
1.3%
D+45.2
R+13.5
D+54.9
1,997
D
79.3%Carter1,645
20.7%Ford429
0.0%
D+58.6
D+53.5
D+56.6
2,074
D
52.4%McGovern848
47.3%Nixon765
0.3%
D+5.1
R+62.6
D+28.3
1,618
D
82.1%Humphrey1,276
14.3%Nixon223
3.6%
D+67.7
R+12.2
D+68.4
1,555
D
89.9%Johnson1,375
9.9%Goldwater152
0.2%
D+79.9
D+10.2
D+57.4
1,530
D
84.9%Kennedy1,255
15.1%Nixon224
0.0%
D+69.7
D+32.7
D+69.5
1,479
D
68.1%Stevenson617
31.1%Eisenhower282
0.8%
D+37.0
R+17.6
D+52.4
906
D
77.3%Stevenson1,053
22.7%Eisenhower309
0.0%
D+54.6
R+24.0
D+65.4
1,362
D
87.5%Truman725
8.8%Dewey73
3.7%
D+78.6
D+2.5
D+74.2
829
D
87.0%Roosevelt620
10.8%Dewey77
2.2%
D+76.2
R+1.9
D+68.7
713
D
89.0%Roosevelt810
11.0%Willkie100
0.0%
D+78.0
R+9.3
D+68.1
910
D
93.7%Roosevelt712
6.3%Landon48
0.0%
D+87.4
D+8.7
D+63.1
760
D
89.4%Roosevelt428
10.6%Hoover51
0.0%
D+78.7
D+37.3
D+60.9
479
D
70.7%Smith263
29.3%Hoover109
0.0%
D+41.4
R+34.6
D+58.9
372
D
88.0%Davis139
12.0%Coolidge19
0.0%
D+75.9
D+25.4
D+101.1
158
D
75.3%Cox70
24.7%Harding23
0.0%
D+50.5
R+38.4
D+76.7
93
D
94.4%Wilson187
5.6%Hughes11
0.0%
D+88.9
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Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
60.4%917
38.6%586
1,519
2020
D
61.6%1,136
35.4%652
1,844
2018
D
71.8%1,060
27.7%409
1,477
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Jim Hogg County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
3,925
2018
3,746
2020
3,800
2022
3,702
2024
3,548
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−40 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −755 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $43,940 in average income, against $49,635 for residents who stayed — 11% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Jim Hogg County, TX in Jim Hogg County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−43
2012
−65
2013
−66
2014
+2
2015
−88
2016
−96
2017
−101
2018
−49
2019
−11
2021
−48
2022
−33
2023
−81
2024
−36
2025
−40
Jim Hogg County, anchored by the small city of Hebbronville, is one of the least-populous counties on the Texas–Mexico border and has returned Democratic presidential margins for decades, though that advantage narrowed noticeably between 2016 and 2024.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 88.9 points in 1916. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 9.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.3 points.
A population of 4,727, a 8% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $42,211 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Zavala County and Brooks County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Jim Hogg County, Texas voted Democratic by 8.3 points (D+8.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,585 votes cast, 856 went Democratic and 725 went Republican.
How many people live in Jim Hogg County, Texas?
Jim Hogg County, Texas has a population of 4,727 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jim Hogg County, Texas?
Median household income in Jim Hogg County, Texas is $42,211 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Jim Hogg County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Jim Hogg County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 28 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
