Kleberg County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+13%. Democratic peak: D+78 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+13MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 30,5792024 5-year
- Median household income
- $61,2922024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 42.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 71.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+78 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+13 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Frio County, TX · similarity 0.91
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Kleberg CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Kleberg 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 | No data |
| 1916 | +55.5% |
| 1920 | +42.1% |
| 1924 | +45.4% |
| 1928 | −3.9% |
| 1932 | +78.4% |
| 1936 | +78.0% |
| 1940 | +58.2% |
| 1944 | +53.8% |
| 1948 | +48.2% |
| 1952 | +22.1% |
| 1956 | +6.9% |
| 1960 | +28.7% |
| 1964 | +46.8% |
| 1968 | +24.0% |
| 1972 | −8.5% |
| 1976 | +21.1% |
| 1980 | +5.1% |
| 1984 | −7.4% |
| 1988 | +9.3% |
| 1992 | +11.5% |
| 1996 | +19.4% |
| 2000 | −0.5% |
| 2004 | −8.2% |
| 2008 | +7.2% |
| 2012 | +7.8% |
| 2016 | +3.6% |
| 2020 | −1.7% |
| 2024 | −12.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,338 | 5,612 | 10,031 | ||
| R | 5,381 | 5,575 | 11,097 | ||
| D | 4,716 | 4,367 | 9,587 | ||
| D | 4,754 | 4,058 | 8,907 | ||
| D | 5,256 | 4,540 | 9,876 | ||
| R | 4,550 | 5,366 | 9,973 | ||
| R | 4,481 | 4,526 | 9,194 | ||
| D | 5,136 | 3,391 | 8,999 | ||
| D | 5,109 | 3,897 | 10,564 | ||
| D | 5,367 | 4,443 | 9,946 | ||
| R | 4,924 | 5,712 | 10,681 | ||
| D | 5,125 | 4,608 | 10,053 | ||
| D | 5,803 | 3,771 | 9,647 | ||
| R | 4,481 | 5,312 | 9,803 | ||
| D | 4,633 | 2,713 | 8,016 | ||
| D | 4,568 | 1,652 | 6,230 | ||
| D | 3,773 | 2,092 | 5,866 | ||
| D | 2,436 | 2,121 | 4,572 | ||
| D | 3,193 | 2,037 | 5,231 | ||
| D | 2,083 | 697 | 2,873 | ||
| D | 1,473 | 421 | 1,957 | ||
| D | 1,631 | 429 | 2,064 | ||
| D | 1,488 | 156 | 1,708 | ||
| D | 1,727 | 198 | 1,950 | ||
| R | 695 | 751 | 1,446 | ||
| D | 721 | 206 | 1,135 | ||
| D | 455 | 172 | 673 | ||
| D | 427 | 106 | 578 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
6.3%
English
5.8%
Irish
4.2%
American
1.9%
Scottish
0.8%
Italian
0.7%
African American
3.0%
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: 29.0 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
$61,292
Kleberg County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Kleberg County$61,292
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Kleberg 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
28.1%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1839.8%
Working age (18–64)24.4%
Seniors (65+)22.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
65.6%
speak English only
Spanish32.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to the King Ranch and the naval air station at Kingsville, Kleberg County has a majority-Hispanic population that moved roughly 20 points toward Republicans between 2020 and 2024, mirroring a broader Rio Grande corridor trend.
Kleberg County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of seventy-eight points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved eleven 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 42% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $61,292, and a population of 30,579. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Frio County and Conejos County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Kleberg County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kleberg County, Texas voted Republican by 12.7 points (R+13), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,031 votes cast, 4,338 went Democratic and 5,612 went Republican.
What is Kleberg County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Kleberg 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 21 times, Republican 7 times, and other 0 times.
When did Kleberg County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Kleberg County, Texas voted Democratic was 2016.
How many people live in Kleberg County, Texas?
Kleberg County, Texas has a population of 30,579 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kleberg County, Texas?
Median household income in Kleberg County, Texas is $61,292 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Kleberg County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kleberg County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 7 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.