Tarrant County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+5%. Democratic peak: D+77 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+5MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,167,3902024 5-year
- Median household income
- $84,2072024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 48.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 17.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 30.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+77 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+38 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Denton County, TX · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Tarrant CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Tarrant County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +74.7% |
| 1916 | +71.4% |
| 1920 | +52.3% |
| 1924 | +35.3% |
| 1928 | −38.0% |
| 1932 | +67.4% |
| 1936 | +77.0% |
| 1940 | +65.6% |
| 1944 | +64.0% |
| 1948 | +31.6% |
| 1952 | −16.1% |
| 1956 | −20.2% |
| 1960 | −10.1% |
| 1964 | +26.3% |
| 1968 | −1.1% |
| 1972 | −37.3% |
| 1976 | −0.9% |
| 1980 | −17.2% |
| 1984 | −34.7% |
| 1988 | −23.1% |
| 1992 | −5.8% |
| 1996 | −9.2% |
| 2000 | −24.0% |
| 2004 | −25.4% |
| 2008 | −11.7% |
| 2012 | −15.7% |
| 2016 | −8.6% |
| 2020 | +0.2% |
| 2024 | −5.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 384,501 | 426,626 | 823,312 | ||
| D | 411,567 | 409,741 | 834,697 | ||
| R | 288,392 | 345,921 | 668,514 | ||
| R | 253,071 | 348,920 | 610,890 | ||
| R | 274,880 | 348,420 | 628,553 | ||
| R | 207,286 | 349,462 | 560,141 | ||
| R | 173,758 | 286,921 | 472,389 | ||
| R | 170,431 | 208,312 | 409,644 | ||
| R | 156,230 | 183,387 | 471,396 | ||
| R | 151,310 | 242,660 | 396,237 | ||
| R | 120,147 | 248,050 | 368,862 | ||
| R | 121,068 | 173,466 | 305,066 | ||
| R | 122,287 | 124,433 | 248,631 | ||
| R | 69,187 | 151,596 | 221,138 | ||
| R | 79,705 | 81,786 | 190,747 | ||
| D | 97,092 | 56,593 | 154,158 | ||
| R | 59,385 | 72,813 | 132,986 | ||
| R | 43,922 | 66,329 | 111,197 | ||
| R | 45,968 | 63,680 | 109,842 | ||
| D | 36,325 | 17,157 | 60,739 | ||
| D | 36,791 | 4,113 | 51,065 | ||
| D | 36,062 | 7,474 | 43,589 | ||
| D | 29,791 | 3,781 | 33,762 | ||
| D | 27,836 | 5,251 | 33,513 | ||
| R | 9,208 | 20,481 | 29,689 | ||
| D | 13,673 | 5,859 | 22,151 | ||
| D | 12,431 | 3,486 | 17,108 | ||
| D | 10,269 | 1,550 | 12,213 | ||
| D | 7,222 | 548 | 8,939 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
9.5%
German
8.0%
Irish
6.6%
American
4.3%
Italian
2.1%
Scottish
1.6%
French
1.4%
African American
14.2%
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: 35.2 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
$84,207
Tarrant County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Tarrant County$84,207
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Tarrant County ranks in the top 25% 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
11.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.3%
Working age (18–64)9.7%
Seniors (65+)10.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
70.1%
speak English only
Spanish21.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.5%
Other Indo-European3.2%
Other languages2.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to Fort Worth and a fast-growing suburban population, Tarrant County has narrowed its Republican presidential margin from double digits a decade ago to 5.1 points in 2024, reflecting demographic shifts common to large Texas metros.
Tarrant County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of seventy-seven points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved five 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 48% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $84,207, and a population of 2,167,390. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Denton County and Placer County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Tarrant County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Tarrant County, Texas voted Republican by 5.1 points (R+5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 823,312 votes cast, 384,501 went Democratic and 426,626 went Republican.
What is Tarrant County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Tarrant 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 11 times, Republican 18 times, and other 0 times.
When did Tarrant County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Tarrant County, Texas voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Tarrant County, Texas?
Tarrant County, Texas has a population of 2,167,390 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tarrant County, Texas?
Median household income in Tarrant County, Texas is $84,207 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Tarrant County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Tarrant County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.