Liberty County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+62%. Democratic peak: D+84 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+62MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 103,3802024 5-year
- Median household income
- $68,7032024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 39.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+84 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Washita County, OK · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Liberty CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Liberty 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 | +59.0% |
| 1916 | +45.8% |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | +39.6% |
| 1928 | −7.6% |
| 1932 | +81.5% |
| 1936 | +83.7% |
| 1940 | +74.7% |
| 1944 | +64.4% |
| 1948 | +37.4% |
| 1952 | −6.1% |
| 1956 | −27.8% |
| 1960 | +7.4% |
| 1964 | +30.0% |
| 1968 | +7.5% |
| 1972 | −29.7% |
| 1976 | +21.7% |
| 1980 | +2.5% |
| 1984 | −25.0% |
| 1988 | −1.1% |
| 1992 | +0.4% |
| 1996 | −5.4% |
| 2000 | −25.6% |
| 2004 | −37.1% |
| 2008 | −43.7% |
| 2012 | −53.3% |
| 2016 | −57.8% |
| 2020 | −59.7% |
| 2024 | −61.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 5,952 | 25,241 | 31,323 | ||
| R | 5,785 | 23,302 | 29,334 | ||
| R | 4,862 | 18,892 | 24,267 | ||
| R | 5,202 | 17,323 | 22,746 | ||
| R | 5,991 | 15,448 | 21,626 | ||
| R | 6,780 | 14,821 | 21,691 | ||
| R | 7,311 | 12,458 | 20,077 | ||
| R | 6,877 | 7,784 | 16,773 | ||
| D | 7,036 | 6,959 | 18,339 | ||
| R | 8,343 | 8,524 | 16,973 | ||
| R | 6,292 | 10,504 | 16,866 | ||
| D | 6,810 | 6,470 | 13,561 | ||
| D | 7,086 | 4,552 | 11,704 | ||
| R | 3,311 | 6,111 | 9,432 | ||
| D | 3,469 | 2,746 | 9,608 | ||
| D | 5,357 | 2,884 | 8,257 | ||
| D | 3,902 | 3,361 | 7,345 | ||
| R | 2,318 | 4,129 | 6,503 | ||
| R | 3,632 | 4,106 | 7,746 | ||
| D | 2,199 | 735 | 3,917 | ||
| D | 2,561 | 336 | 3,455 | ||
| D | 3,458 | 497 | 3,966 | ||
| D | 2,813 | 244 | 3,068 | ||
| D | 2,527 | 247 | 2,796 | ||
| R | 918 | 1,070 | 1,995 | ||
| D | 1,506 | 639 | 2,189 | ||
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| D | 704 | 235 | 1,025 | ||
| D | 584 | 81 | 853 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
7.7%
English
6.7%
Irish
6.1%
American
5.7%
French
1.6%
Scottish
1.1%
Italian
0.7%
African American
6.1%
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: 32.9 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
$68,703
Liberty County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Liberty County$68,703
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Liberty 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
18.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.4%
Working age (18–64)16.8%
Seniors (65+)12.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
66.9%
speak English only
Spanish32.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Liberty County, anchored by its small county-seat town along the Trinity River, has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 60 points, reflecting the deep-red realignment that has reshaped rural and exurban southeast Texas over the past two decades.
Liberty County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of eighty-four points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved two 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 57% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $68,703, and a population of 103,380. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Washita County and Lamar County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Liberty County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Liberty County, Texas voted Republican by 61.6 points (R+62), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 31,323 votes cast, 5,952 went Democratic and 25,241 went Republican.
What is Liberty County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Liberty 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 14 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did Liberty County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Liberty County, Texas voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Liberty County, Texas?
Liberty County, Texas has a population of 103,380 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Liberty County, Texas?
Median household income in Liberty County, Texas is $68,703 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Liberty County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Liberty County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 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.