Lampasas County, Texas: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+59%. Democratic peak: D+88 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+59MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 22,7152024 5-year
- Median household income
- $81,7362024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 20.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+88 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Medina County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lampasas CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lampasas County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican 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 | +61.9% |
| 1916 | +73.9% |
| 1920 | +40.9% |
| 1924 | +46.4% |
| 1928 | −22.5% |
| 1932 | +87.7% |
| 1936 | +83.1% |
| 1940 | +78.3% |
| 1944 | +71.7% |
| 1948 | +65.5% |
| 1952 | −10.4% |
| 1956 | −7.1% |
| 1960 | +5.7% |
| 1964 | +49.8% |
| 1968 | +17.3% |
| 1972 | −53.0% |
| 1976 | +20.4% |
| 1980 | −7.9% |
| 1984 | −41.5% |
| 1988 | −21.1% |
| 1992 | −14.0% |
| 1996 | −22.2% |
| 2000 | −47.6% |
| 2004 | −54.5% |
| 2008 | −49.1% |
| 2012 | −57.5% |
| 2016 | −59.7% |
| 2020 | −57.1% |
| 2024 | −59.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,232 | 8,961 | 11,321 | ||
| R | 2,144 | 8,086 | 10,399 | ||
| R | 1,483 | 6,385 | 8,205 | ||
| R | 1,479 | 5,621 | 7,204 | ||
| R | 1,903 | 5,651 | 7,634 | ||
| R | 1,593 | 5,422 | 7,025 | ||
| R | 1,569 | 4,526 | 6,214 | ||
| R | 1,819 | 3,008 | 5,362 | ||
| R | 1,508 | 2,233 | 5,185 | ||
| R | 1,954 | 3,000 | 4,966 | ||
| R | 1,356 | 3,285 | 4,653 | ||
| R | 1,979 | 2,323 | 4,381 | ||
| D | 2,376 | 1,563 | 3,982 | ||
| R | 688 | 2,251 | 2,949 | ||
| D | 1,423 | 935 | 2,818 | ||
| D | 2,224 | 744 | 2,970 | ||
| D | 1,372 | 1,222 | 2,609 | ||
| R | 1,134 | 1,308 | 2,447 | ||
| R | 1,199 | 1,478 | 2,677 | ||
| D | 1,459 | 276 | 1,807 | ||
| D | 1,693 | 212 | 2,066 | ||
| D | 2,006 | 244 | 2,251 | ||
| D | 1,462 | 134 | 1,599 | ||
| D | 1,824 | 120 | 1,944 | ||
| R | 567 | 899 | 1,476 | ||
| D | 356 | 121 | 507 | ||
| D | 778 | 227 | 1,348 | ||
| D | 848 | 113 | 995 | ||
| D | 517 | 67 | 727 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
16.9%
English
14.8%
Irish
13.5%
American
5.2%
Italian
3.0%
French
2.9%
Scottish
2.0%
African American
3.2%
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: 43.8 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
$81,736
Lampasas County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Lampasas County$81,736
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Lampasas 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
9.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.4%
Working age (18–64)9.0%
Seniors (65+)7.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.0%
speak English only
Spanish9.1%
Other Indo-European1.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lampasas County's 2024 presidential margin of R+59.5 reflects a broader pattern across the Edwards Plateau, where small, majority-Anglo rural populations have shifted decisively toward Republicans over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached sixty points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-nine points.
A median household income of $81,736, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 22,715 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Medina County and Cooke County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lampasas County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lampasas County, Texas voted Republican by 59.4 points (R+59), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 11,321 votes cast, 2,232 went Democratic and 8,961 went Republican.
What is Lampasas County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Lampasas County, Texas in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. 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 13 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
When did Lampasas County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lampasas County, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Lampasas County, Texas?
Lampasas County, Texas has a population of 22,715 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lampasas County, Texas?
Median household income in Lampasas County, Texas is $81,736 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Lampasas County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lampasas County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.