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
GroupSan Saba CountyTexasUnited States
English16.3%7.9%9.5%
German12.9%8.3%12.5%
Irish10.7%6.0%9.4%
American5.7%4.6%5.3%
Czech1.8%——
Polish1.5%0.8%2.2%
Italian1.1%1.9%4.8%
Scottish1.1%1.3%1.3%
Mexican28.3%32.1%11.3%
Spanish0.4%——
Puerto Rican0.3%0.8%1.8%
Honduran0.3%0.8%0.3%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Venezuelan0.2%——
African American†2.4%10.3%9.9%
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
San Saba County
Texas
United States
Median age
40.7
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
8.5%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.5%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
San Saba County
Texas
United States
Median household income
$55,819
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.7%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
24.0%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
San Saba County
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
19.7%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
18.8%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
San Saba County
Texas
United States
Catholic
14.7%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
57.7%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
22.2%
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.
San Saba County, Texas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
7 precincts · 2,711 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
San Saba County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -Precinct 1Precinct 1
71
585
6
662
10.7%
88.4%
R+77.6
Precinct -Precinct 4APrecinct 4A
53
518
1
572
9.3%
90.6%
R+81.3
Precinct -Precinct 2APrecinct 2A
41
506
5
552
7.4%
91.7%
R+84.2
Precinct -Precinct 3APrecinct 3A
50
376
6
432
11.6%
87.0%
R+75.5
Precinct -Precinct 3BPrecinct 3B
37
175
5
217
17.1%
80.6%
R+63.6
Precinct -Precinct 2BPrecinct 2B
17
162
0
179
9.5%
90.5%
R+81.0
Precinct -Precinct 4BPrecinct 4B
7
90
0
97
7.2%
92.8%
R+85.6
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1904–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1904
+63.4%
1908
+67.2%
1912
+69.5%
1916
+79.3%
1920
+47.0%
1924
+80.7%
1928
+4.9%
1932
+87.9%
1936
+82.1%
1940
+82.4%
1944
+80.7%
1948
+81.0%
1952
+32.1%
1956
+28.0%
1960
+19.1%
1964
+63.3%
1968
+28.3%
1972
−32.1%
1976
+41.2%
1980
+19.2%
1984
−18.7%
1988
+2.9%
1992
−0.3%
1996
−13.8%
2000
−46.0%
2004
−56.1%
2008
−59.2%
2012
−70.0%
2016
−73.5%
2020
−77.7%
2024
−78.8%
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
10.2%Harris276
89.0%Trump2,412
0.4%Oliver12 +2
R+78.8
R+1.2
R+77.4
2,709
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican89.0%2,412
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic10.2%276
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%12
OtherAll other candidates0.2%6
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%3
R
11.0%Biden287
88.7%Trump2,308
0.3%Jorgensen7
R+77.7
R+4.2
R+82.1
2,602
R
12.4%Clinton293
85.9%Trump2,025
1.4%Johnson32
R+73.5
R+3.5
R+75.6
2,357
R
14.3%Obama323
84.3%Romney1,905
1.2%Gray27
R+70.0
R+10.9
R+73.9
2,259
R
19.8%Obama487
79.0%McCain1,941
1.2%
R+59.2
R+3.0
R+66.5
2,457
R
21.8%Kerry529
77.9%Bush1,894
0.3%
R+56.1
R+10.2
R+53.7
2,431
R
26.5%Gore618
72.5%Bush1,691
0.5%Nader12
R+46.0
R+32.2
R+46.5
2,333
R
37.9%Clinton726
51.7%Dole991
10.1%Perot194
R+13.8
R+13.5
R+22.4
1,916
R
34.0%Clinton716
34.4%Bush723
31.4%Perot660
R+0.3
R+3.2
R+5.9
2,103
D
51.2%Dukakis1,165
48.3%Bush1,099
0.6%
D+2.9
D+21.6
D+10.6
2,277
R
40.4%Mondale1,070
59.2%Reagan1,566
0.4%
R+18.7
R+37.9
R+0.5
2,647
D
58.9%Carter1,405
39.7%Reagan948
1.3%
D+19.2
R+22.0
D+28.9
2,385
D
70.2%Carter1,408
29.0%Ford582
0.7%
D+41.2
D+73.3
D+39.1
2,005
R
33.7%McGovern567
65.8%Nixon1,106
0.5%
R+32.1
R+60.3
R+8.9
1,681
D
53.3%Humphrey1,140
25.0%Nixon535
21.7%
D+28.3
R+35.0
D+29.0
2,140
D
81.6%Johnson1,859
18.4%Goldwater418
0.0%
D+63.3
D+44.2
D+40.7
2,277
D
59.3%Kennedy1,251
40.3%Nixon849
0.4%
D+19.1
R+8.9
D+18.9
2,108
D
63.9%Stevenson1,419
35.9%Eisenhower797
0.3%
D+28.0
R+4.1
D+43.4
2,222
D
66.0%Stevenson1,752
33.9%Eisenhower900
0.0%
D+32.1
R+48.9
D+42.9
2,653
D
89.0%Truman2,050
8.0%Dewey184
3.0%
D+81.0
D+0.3
D+76.5
2,303
D
88.1%Roosevelt2,109
7.4%Dewey177
4.5%
D+80.7
R+1.7
D+73.2
2,393
D
91.1%Roosevelt2,304
8.7%Willkie221
0.1%
D+82.4
D+0.3
D+72.5
2,528
D
91.0%Roosevelt1,505
8.9%Landon147
0.1%
D+82.1
R+5.8
D+57.8
1,654
D
93.9%Roosevelt1,904
6.0%Hoover122
0.1%
D+87.9
D+83.0
D+70.1
2,028
D
52.4%Smith752
47.6%Hoover682
0.0%
D+4.9
R+75.8
D+22.3
1,434
D
89.9%Davis1,814
9.3%Coolidge187
0.8%La Follette16
D+80.7
D+33.6
D+105.8
2,017
D
59.2%Cox874
12.2%Harding180
28.6%
D+47.0
R+32.3
D+73.2
1,476
D
85.3%Wilson935
6.0%Hughes66
8.7%
D+79.3
D+9.7
D+76.1
1,096
D
73.7%Wilson692
4.2%Taft39
22.2%
D+69.5
D+2.4
D+50.0
939
D
80.6%Bryan744
13.4%Taft124
6.0%
D+67.2
D+3.7
D+76.7
923
D
77.2%Parker838
13.7%Roosevelt149
9.1%
D+63.4
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D+83.1
1,086
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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
12.4%333
86.1%2,314
2,689
2020
R
10.8%270
88.7%2,218
2,500
2018
R
11.9%247
87.5%1,811
2,069
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in San Saba County, TX
Year
Total registered
2020
3,776
2022
3,780
2024
3,795
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−12 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +42 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $84,055 in average income, against $69,640 for residents who stayed — 21% 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 San Saba County, TX in San Saba County, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−84
2012
−72
2013
−21
2014
−123
2015
+47
2016
−12
2017
+96
2018
+45
2019
+2
2021
+148
2022
+88
2023
−327
2024
+267
2025
−12
San Saba's 2024 presidential margin of R+78.8 ranks among Texas's most lopsided, reflecting a sparsely populated ranching economy where fewer than 6,200 residents anchor one of the state's least-contested electoral landscapes.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 87.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 78.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 78.8 points.
A population of 5,696, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,819 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stephens County and Gray 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, San Saba County, Texas voted Republican by 78.8 points (R+78.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,709 votes cast, 276 went Democratic and 2,412 went Republican.
When did San Saba County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which San Saba County, Texas voted Democratic was 1988.
How many people live in San Saba County, Texas?
San Saba County, Texas has a population of 5,696 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in San Saba County, Texas?
Median household income in San Saba County, Texas is $55,819 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of San Saba County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in San Saba County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
