San Patricio County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+36%. Democratic peak: D+68 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+36MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 70,1812024 5-year
- Median household income
- $69,7042024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 56.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+68 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Refugio County, TX · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of San Patricio CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for San Patricio 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 | +42.1% |
| 1916 | +58.2% |
| 1920 | +32.7% |
| 1924 | +9.3% |
| 1928 | −41.1% |
| 1932 | +67.6% |
| 1936 | +63.5% |
| 1940 | +50.0% |
| 1944 | +47.7% |
| 1948 | +44.1% |
| 1952 | +1.5% |
| 1956 | +6.0% |
| 1960 | +25.2% |
| 1964 | +53.2% |
| 1968 | +25.0% |
| 1972 | −16.7% |
| 1976 | +23.5% |
| 1980 | +1.7% |
| 1984 | −11.2% |
| 1988 | +3.9% |
| 1992 | +3.9% |
| 1996 | +2.7% |
| 2000 | −14.8% |
| 2004 | −26.8% |
| 2008 | −16.6% |
| 2012 | −20.7% |
| 2016 | −23.8% |
| 2020 | −29.1% |
| 2024 | −36.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 8,025 | 17,337 | 25,579 | ||
| R | 8,988 | 16,516 | 25,891 | ||
| R | 7,871 | 13,030 | 21,656 | ||
| R | 7,856 | 12,005 | 20,078 | ||
| R | 8,854 | 12,404 | 21,396 | ||
| R | 7,764 | 13,474 | 21,320 | ||
| R | 7,840 | 10,599 | 18,699 | ||
| D | 8,132 | 7,678 | 16,983 | ||
| D | 8,202 | 7,456 | 18,887 | ||
| D | 9,920 | 9,159 | 19,458 | ||
| R | 8,838 | 11,074 | 19,962 | ||
| D | 8,627 | 8,326 | 17,494 | ||
| D | 9,469 | 5,853 | 15,395 | ||
| R | 5,097 | 7,179 | 12,502 | ||
| D | 6,818 | 3,717 | 12,411 | ||
| D | 7,176 | 2,188 | 9,384 | ||
| D | 5,246 | 3,129 | 8,391 | ||
| D | 3,728 | 3,302 | 7,052 | ||
| D | 3,315 | 3,220 | 6,540 | ||
| D | 2,649 | 963 | 3,823 | ||
| D | 2,712 | 878 | 3,841 | ||
| D | 2,963 | 980 | 3,963 | ||
| D | 2,213 | 482 | 2,725 | ||
| D | 2,142 | 407 | 2,566 | ||
| R | 579 | 1,388 | 1,967 | ||
| D | 1,197 | 987 | 2,263 | ||
| D | 620 | 308 | 955 | ||
| D | 594 | 130 | 797 | ||
| D | 551 | 175 | 893 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
8.8%
English
6.8%
Irish
5.5%
American
3.0%
Italian
1.2%
French
0.9%
Scottish
0.8%
African American
1.2%
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: 37.0 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
$69,704
San Patricio County ranks near the middle of US counties.
San Patricio County$69,704
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
San Patricio 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
14.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.2%
Working age (18–64)11.8%
Seniors (65+)16.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
69.8%
speak English only
Spanish28.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Other Indo-European0.8%
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 37.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
San Patricio sits along the lower Coastal Bend, anchored by Sinton and the port community of Aransas Pass. Once a swing county with a large Hispanic population, it has shifted toward lopsided Republican margins over the past two decades.
San Patricio County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of sixty-eight points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved seven 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 56% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $69,704, and a population of 70,181. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Refugio County and Crosby County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did San Patricio County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, San Patricio County, Texas voted Republican by 36.4 points (R+36), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 25,579 votes cast, 8,025 went Democratic and 17,337 went Republican.
What is San Patricio County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places San Patricio 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 19 times, Republican 10 times, and other 0 times.
When did San Patricio County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which San Patricio County, Texas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in San Patricio County, Texas?
San Patricio County, Texas has a population of 70,181 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in San Patricio County, Texas?
Median household income in San Patricio County, Texas is $69,704 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of San Patricio County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in San Patricio County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.