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
GroupMadison CountyTexasUnited States
English13.1%7.9%9.5%
Irish11.0%6.0%9.4%
German10.7%8.3%12.5%
American4.1%4.6%5.3%
Czech2.4%——
French2.3%1.5%1.6%
Italian2.0%1.9%4.8%
Welsh1.4%——
Mexican20.4%32.1%11.3%
Salvadoran1.9%1.2%0.7%
Venezuelan0.7%——
Puerto Rican0.5%0.8%1.8%
Colombian0.5%0.3%0.4%
Cuban0.4%0.5%0.7%
Honduran0.2%0.8%0.3%
Spaniard0.2%0.3%—
African American†15.1%10.3%9.9%
Pakistani0.7%0.3%—
Filipino0.2%0.5%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%1.0%0.6%
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
Madison County
Texas
United States
Median age
36.8
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
10.4%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.3%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Madison County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$74,596
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.9%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.4%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Madison County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.6%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
17.7%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Madison County
Texas
United States
Catholic
16.0%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
26.6%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
50.4%
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.
Madison County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 5,489 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Madison County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 404Precinct 404
180
1,504
7
1,691
10.6%
88.9%
R+78.3
Precinct -Precinct 202Precinct 202
240
1,185
7
1,432
16.8%
82.8%
R+66.0
Precinct -Precinct 101Precinct 101
189
1,007
6
1,202
15.7%
83.8%
R+68.1
Precinct -Precinct 303Precinct 303
355
802
7
1,164
30.5%
68.9%
R+38.4
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+46.4%
1908
+61.2%
1912
+69.8%
1916
+68.0%
1920
+52.1%
1924
+83.0%
1928
+10.8%
1932
+97.1%
1936
+92.3%
1940
+83.7%
1944
+80.3%
1948
+58.8%
1952
+24.9%
1956
−1.4%
1960
+19.5%
1964
+33.6%
1968
+16.3%
1972
−46.6%
1976
+27.8%
1980
+6.4%
1984
−21.8%
1988
−1.6%
1992
+0.2%
1996
−3.2%
2000
−30.1%
2004
−39.1%
2008
−42.8%
2012
−51.2%
2016
−57.6%
2020
−58.2%
2024
−64.4%
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
R
17.6%Harris964
81.9%Trump4,498
0.3%Oliver17 +1
R+64.4
R+6.2
R+62.9
5,489
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican81.9%4,498
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic17.6%964
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%17
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%10
R
20.5%Biden1,088
78.7%Trump4,169
0.6%Jorgensen30
R+58.2
R+0.6
R+62.6
5,298
R
20.5%Clinton881
78.1%Trump3,351
1.0%Johnson45
R+57.6
R+6.4
R+59.7
4,289
R
24.0%Obama967
75.2%Romney3,028
0.7%Gray28
R+51.2
R+8.3
R+55.0
4,028
R
28.1%Obama1,146
71.0%McCain2,891
0.9%
R+42.8
R+3.8
R+50.1
4,074
R
30.1%Kerry1,235
69.2%Bush2,837
0.7%
R+39.1
R+8.9
R+36.6
4,101
R
34.3%Gore1,241
64.4%Bush2,333
0.7%Nader27
R+30.1
R+27.0
R+30.7
3,623
R
43.9%Clinton1,470
47.0%Dole1,576
8.7%Perot293
R+3.2
R+3.4
R+11.7
3,351
D
40.0%Clinton1,553
39.8%Bush1,544
20.0%Perot778
D+0.2
D+1.9
R+5.3
3,883
R
49.0%Dukakis1,835
50.6%Bush1,896
0.4%
R+1.6
D+20.2
D+6.1
3,747
R
39.0%Mondale1,384
60.7%Reagan2,158
0.3%
R+21.8
R+28.2
R+3.6
3,553
D
52.5%Carter1,583
46.0%Reagan1,389
1.5%
D+6.4
R+21.4
D+16.2
3,018
D
63.7%Carter1,885
35.9%Ford1,062
0.5%
D+27.8
D+74.4
D+25.7
2,961
R
26.7%McGovern561
73.3%Nixon1,540
0.0%
R+46.6
R+62.9
R+23.4
2,101
D
42.0%Humphrey994
25.7%Nixon608
32.3%
D+16.3
R+17.3
D+17.0
2,367
D
66.7%Johnson1,298
33.1%Goldwater644
0.2%
D+33.6
D+14.2
D+11.0
1,945
D
58.6%Kennedy909
39.1%Nixon607
2.3%
D+19.5
D+20.8
D+19.3
1,552
R
48.9%Stevenson713
50.3%Eisenhower733
0.8%
R+1.4
R+26.3
D+14.0
1,458
D
62.5%Stevenson1,152
37.5%Eisenhower692
0.0%
D+24.9
R+33.9
D+35.7
1,844
D
70.6%Truman801
11.8%Dewey134
17.5%
D+58.8
R+21.5
D+54.3
1,134
D
85.3%Roosevelt1,115
5.0%Dewey65
9.7%
D+80.3
R+3.4
D+72.8
1,307
D
91.9%Roosevelt1,434
8.1%Willkie127
0.0%
D+83.7
R+8.6
D+73.8
1,561
D
96.2%Roosevelt1,127
3.8%Landon45
0.0%
D+92.3
R+4.7
D+68.1
1,172
D
98.5%Roosevelt1,344
1.5%Hoover20
0.0%
D+97.1
D+86.3
D+79.3
1,364
D
55.4%Smith452
44.6%Hoover364
0.0%
D+10.8
R+72.2
D+28.3
816
D
91.3%Davis1,592
8.4%Coolidge146
0.3%La Follette5
D+83.0
D+30.8
D+108.1
1,743
D
57.7%Cox650
5.6%Harding63
36.7%
D+52.1
R+15.9
D+78.3
1,126
D
81.4%Wilson730
13.4%Hughes120
5.2%
D+68.0
R+1.8
D+64.9
897
D
77.3%Wilson379
7.6%Taft37
15.1%
D+69.8
D+8.6
D+50.3
490
D
79.3%Bryan540
18.1%Taft123
2.6%
D+61.2
D+14.9
D+70.8
681
D
69.5%Parker534
23.2%Roosevelt178
7.3%
D+46.4
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D+66.0
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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
R
18.6%1,012
79.7%4,336
5,443
2020
R
19.7%1,030
78.8%4,118
5,223
2018
R
20.4%780
79.2%3,033
3,831
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Madison County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
7,024
2018
7,300
2020
7,822
2022
8,148
2024
8,471
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+16 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +666 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $58,184 in average income, against $69,511 for residents who stayed — 16% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+28.6 on average — 36 points more Democratic-leaning than Madison County, TX itself (R+64.4).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Harris County, TX54D+5.5
Brazos County, TX51R+24.8
Walker County, TX34R+39.9
Leon County, TX26R+76.7
Montgomery County, TX24R+45.5
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Brazos County, TX52
Walker County, TX45
Harris County, TX37
Leon County, TX22
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 Madison County, TX in Madison County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−63
2012
−56
2013
+54
2014
+6
2015
+46
2016
+116
2017
+74
2018
+79
2019
−121
2021
+3
2022
+83
2023
+79
2024
+350
2025
+16
Madison County, a sparsely populated stretch of East Texas piney woods, recorded a 64-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest in the state — reflecting the region's deep rural conservative lean.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 97.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 64.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 6.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 64.4 points.
A population of 13,648, a 52% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,596 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hartley County and Childress 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, Madison County, Texas voted Republican by 64.4 points (R+64.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,489 votes cast, 964 went Democratic and 4,498 went Republican.
When did Madison County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Madison County, Texas voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Madison County, Texas?
Madison County, Texas has a population of 13,648 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Madison County, Texas?
Median household income in Madison County, Texas is $74,596 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Madison County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Madison County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
