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
GroupReal CountyTexasUnited States
German19.2%8.3%12.5%
Irish12.6%6.0%9.4%
Greek9.5%——
English5.7%7.9%9.5%
Czech4.1%——
American3.0%4.6%5.3%
Polish2.6%0.8%2.2%
French2.6%1.5%1.6%
Mexican17.5%32.1%11.3%
Guatemalan0.7%0.4%0.5%
Venezuelan0.4%——
Salvadoran0.3%1.2%0.7%
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
Real County
Texas
United States
Median age
59.5
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
3.4%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
37.9%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Real County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$39,605
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.9%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.1%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Real County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.8%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
12.7%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Real County
Texas
United States
Catholic
21.8%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
40.9%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
29.5%
45.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.8%
4.5%
5.2%
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.
Real County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
5 precincts · 1,960 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Real County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 2Precinct 2
63
498
4
565
11.2%
88.1%
R+77.0
Precinct -Precinct 3Precinct 3
88
386
2
476
18.5%
81.1%
R+62.6
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
77
326
4
407
18.9%
80.1%
R+61.2
Precinct -Precinct 5Precinct 5
59
294
6
359
16.4%
81.9%
R+65.5
Precinct -Precinct 4Precinct 4
28
121
4
153
18.3%
79.1%
R+60.8
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1916–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1916
+80.3%
1920
+21.4%
1924
−22.5%
1928
−66.0%
1932
+58.0%
1936
+58.5%
1940
+56.5%
1944
+29.7%
1948
+47.1%
1952
−19.5%
1956
−29.4%
1960
−15.9%
1964
+31.2%
1968
−1.8%
1972
−51.9%
1976
+6.4%
1980
−15.8%
1984
−47.0%
1988
−24.2%
1992
−19.8%
1996
−29.8%
2000
−55.7%
2004
−60.1%
2008
−53.0%
2012
−62.5%
2016
−66.6%
2020
−66.8%
2024
−66.9%
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
16.1%Harris315
83.0%Trump1,625
0.6%Oliver12 +1
R+66.9
R+0.2
R+65.4
1,958
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican83.0%1,625
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic16.1%315
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%12
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%6
R
16.1%Biden320
82.9%Trump1,643
0.7%Jorgensen14
R+66.8
R+0.1
R+71.2
1,982
R
15.6%Clinton262
82.2%Trump1,382
1.7%Johnson28
R+66.6
R+4.2
R+68.7
1,681
R
18.0%Obama277
80.5%Romney1,236
1.2%Gray18
R+62.5
R+9.5
R+66.3
1,535
R
23.0%Obama375
76.0%McCain1,238
0.9%
R+53.0
D+7.1
R+60.3
1,628
R
19.8%Kerry325
79.9%Bush1,314
0.4%
R+60.1
R+4.4
R+57.7
1,645
R
21.2%Gore316
76.9%Bush1,146
1.1%Nader16
R+55.7
R+25.9
R+56.2
1,490
R
28.6%Clinton414
58.4%Dole845
12.3%Perot178
R+29.8
R+10.0
R+38.3
1,447
R
28.2%Clinton463
48.0%Bush787
23.5%Perot386
R+19.8
D+4.4
R+25.3
1,640
R
37.4%Dukakis483
61.6%Bush795
1.0%
R+24.2
D+22.9
R+16.4
1,291
R
26.3%Mondale360
73.3%Reagan1,004
0.4%
R+47.0
R+31.3
R+28.8
1,369
R
41.5%Carter603
57.3%Reagan832
1.2%
R+15.8
R+22.2
R+6.0
1,453
D
52.6%Carter510
46.2%Ford448
1.1%
D+6.4
D+58.3
D+4.3
969
R
23.4%McGovern150
75.2%Nixon483
1.4%
R+51.9
R+50.0
R+28.7
642
R
39.4%Humphrey277
41.3%Nixon290
19.3%
R+1.8
R+33.1
R+1.2
703
D
65.5%Johnson487
34.3%Goldwater255
0.1%
D+31.2
D+47.2
D+8.6
743
R
41.8%Kennedy273
57.7%Nixon377
0.5%
R+15.9
D+13.5
R+16.1
653
R
35.3%Stevenson191
64.7%Eisenhower350
0.0%
R+29.4
R+9.9
R+14.0
541
R
40.2%Stevenson303
59.8%Eisenhower450
0.0%
R+19.5
R+66.6
R+8.8
753
D
72.4%Truman446
25.3%Dewey156
2.3%
D+47.1
D+17.4
D+42.6
616
D
59.4%Roosevelt326
29.7%Dewey163
10.9%
D+29.7
R+26.8
D+22.2
549
D
78.2%Roosevelt453
21.8%Willkie126
0.0%
D+56.5
R+2.0
D+46.5
579
D
79.2%Roosevelt210
20.8%Landon55
0.0%
D+58.5
D+0.5
D+34.2
265
D
79.0%Roosevelt335
21.0%Hoover89
0.0%
D+58.0
D+124.1
D+40.2
424
R
17.0%Smith98
83.0%Hoover479
0.0%
R+66.0
R+43.5
R+48.6
577
R
37.8%Davis188
60.2%Coolidge300
2.0%La Follette10
R+22.5
R+43.8
D+2.7
498
D
57.3%Cox177
35.9%Harding111
6.8%
D+21.4
R+58.9
D+47.5
309
D
85.2%Wilson242
4.9%Hughes14
9.9%
D+80.3
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D+77.1
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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
17.2%336
80.8%1,574
1,949
2020
R
14.7%286
83.9%1,626
1,939
2018
R
15.7%245
83.8%1,311
1,564
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Real County, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
2,522
2018
2,590
2020
2,702
2022
2,716
2024
2,698
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+23 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +473 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $77,102 in average income, against $64,470 for residents who stayed — 20% higher. (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 Real County, TX in Real County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+126
2012
−61
2013
+5
2014
+48
2015
−54
2016
+103
2017
+45
2018
+66
2019
−5
2021
+109
2022
+49
2023
+66
2024
−47
2025
+23
Real County's sparse Hill Country ranching economy correlates with some of the widest Republican presidential margins in the state — the 2024 gap of nearly 67 points came from a total pool of roughly 1,500 votes.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 80.3 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 66.9 points in 2024. The 2024 margin was 66.9 points.
A population of 2,802, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $39,605 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Boyd County and Aransas 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, Real County, Texas voted Republican by 66.9 points (R+66.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,958 votes cast, 315 went Democratic and 1,625 went Republican.
When did Real County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Real County, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Real County, Texas?
Real County, Texas has a population of 2,802 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Real County, Texas?
Median household income in Real County, Texas is $39,605 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Real County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Real County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
