Sabine County, Texas: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+79%. Democratic peak: D+94 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+79MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 10,0232024 5-year
- Median household income
- $66,5852024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+79 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Acadia Parish, LA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sabine CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sabine County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Turnout—
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 | +79.1% |
| 1916 | +86.8% |
| 1920 | +58.5% |
| 1924 | +89.4% |
| 1928 | +31.6% |
| 1932 | +93.7% |
| 1936 | +83.6% |
| 1940 | +82.3% |
| 1944 | +66.7% |
| 1948 | +68.0% |
| 1952 | +36.7% |
| 1956 | +6.5% |
| 1960 | +32.0% |
| 1964 | +61.6% |
| 1968 | +25.2% |
| 1972 | −17.5% |
| 1976 | +45.1% |
| 1980 | +17.5% |
| 1984 | −2.6% |
| 1988 | +3.2% |
| 1992 | +17.1% |
| 1996 | +6.4% |
| 2000 | −22.0% |
| 2004 | −35.8% |
| 2008 | −54.8% |
| 2012 | −63.8% |
| 2016 | −72.8% |
| 2020 | −74.9% |
| 2024 | −78.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 590 | 4,972 | 5,581 | ||
| R | 669 | 4,784 | 5,491 | ||
| R | 614 | 3,998 | 4,651 | ||
| R | 807 | 3,727 | 4,578 | ||
| R | 1,077 | 3,749 | 4,874 | ||
| R | 1,476 | 3,138 | 4,639 | ||
| R | 1,753 | 2,764 | 4,591 | ||
| D | 1,913 | 1,660 | 3,925 | ||
| D | 2,288 | 1,490 | 4,678 | ||
| D | 2,053 | 1,925 | 3,987 | ||
| R | 1,940 | 2,045 | 3,993 | ||
| D | 1,983 | 1,387 | 3,398 | ||
| D | 2,391 | 904 | 3,296 | ||
| R | 936 | 1,333 | 2,273 | ||
| D | 1,078 | 455 | 2,468 | ||
| D | 1,801 | 428 | 2,230 | ||
| D | 1,208 | 619 | 1,843 | ||
| D | 913 | 801 | 1,715 | ||
| D | 1,573 | 729 | 2,302 | ||
| D | 1,078 | 104 | 1,432 | ||
| D | 1,169 | 203 | 1,449 | ||
| D | 1,626 | 157 | 1,785 | ||
| D | 1,216 | 108 | 1,326 | ||
| D | 1,789 | 57 | 1,849 | ||
| D | 807 | 419 | 1,226 | ||
| D | 1,150 | 61 | 1,218 | ||
| D | 637 | 61 | 985 | ||
| D | 681 | 22 | 759 | ||
| D | 425 | 19 | 513 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
15.0%
English
9.6%
German
8.8%
Irish
7.7%
French
3.0%
Italian
0.7%
Scottish
0.7%
African American
5.4%
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: 54.2 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
$66,585
Sabine County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Sabine County$66,585
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Sabine 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
11.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.8%
Working age (18–64)11.0%
Seniors (65+)14.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.9%
speak English only
Spanish0.4%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
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 32.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
A heavily forested East Texas county hugging the Sabine River, Sabine County delivered over 78 points of margin for the Republican presidential nominee in 2024, reflecting the deep-red shift that has defined rural piney-woods Texas for decades.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at seventy-nine points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-nine points.
A median household income of $66,585, a 11% poverty rate, and a 86% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Acadia Parish and McCurtain County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sabine County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sabine County, Texas voted Republican by 78.5 points (R+79), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,581 votes cast, 590 went Democratic and 4,972 went Republican.
What is Sabine County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Sabine County, Texas in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 20 times, Republican 9 times, and other 0 times.
When did Sabine County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sabine County, Texas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Sabine County, Texas?
Sabine County, Texas has a population of 10,023 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sabine County, Texas?
Median household income in Sabine County, Texas is $66,585 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Sabine County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sabine County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.