Tom Green County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted R+48%. Democratic peak: D+82 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+48MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 119,5772024 5-year
- Median household income
- $68,3702024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 40.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+82 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 2004MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Potter County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Tom Green CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Tom Green 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 | +76.6% |
| 1916 | +81.6% |
| 1920 | +61.1% |
| 1924 | +55.9% |
| 1928 | −26.3% |
| 1932 | +73.8% |
| 1936 | +75.9% |
| 1940 | +71.8% |
| 1944 | +62.0% |
| 1948 | +54.4% |
| 1952 | −25.1% |
| 1956 | −29.6% |
| 1960 | −7.5% |
| 1964 | +18.9% |
| 1968 | −14.9% |
| 1972 | −44.2% |
| 1976 | −5.3% |
| 1980 | −24.4% |
| 1984 | −45.2% |
| 1988 | −27.0% |
| 1992 | −9.7% |
| 1996 | −19.3% |
| 2000 | −44.6% |
| 2004 | −51.3% |
| 2008 | −41.7% |
| 2012 | −47.9% |
| 2016 | −47.6% |
| 2020 | −44.4% |
| 2024 | −48.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 11,585 | 33,399 | 45,461 | ||
| R | 12,239 | 32,313 | 45,210 | ||
| R | 9,173 | 27,494 | 38,479 | ||
| R | 9,294 | 26,878 | 36,720 | ||
| R | 11,158 | 27,362 | 38,861 | ||
| R | 9,007 | 28,185 | 37,417 | ||
| R | 9,288 | 24,733 | 34,626 | ||
| R | 11,782 | 18,112 | 32,808 | ||
| R | 11,437 | 14,989 | 36,739 | ||
| R | 12,283 | 21,463 | 34,012 | ||
| R | 8,981 | 23,847 | 32,910 | ||
| R | 9,892 | 16,555 | 27,271 | ||
| R | 11,064 | 12,316 | 23,554 | ||
| R | 6,082 | 15,784 | 21,961 | ||
| R | 6,774 | 9,682 | 19,536 | ||
| D | 9,767 | 6,664 | 16,443 | ||
| R | 7,031 | 8,176 | 15,246 | ||
| R | 4,923 | 9,070 | 14,033 | ||
| R | 5,797 | 9,698 | 15,519 | ||
| D | 6,777 | 1,822 | 9,116 | ||
| D | 6,272 | 1,125 | 8,306 | ||
| D | 6,433 | 1,049 | 7,497 | ||
| D | 4,803 | 627 | 5,499 | ||
| D | 4,957 | 739 | 5,714 | ||
| R | 1,528 | 2,618 | 4,148 | ||
| D | 2,116 | 554 | 2,794 | ||
| D | 1,264 | 256 | 1,650 | ||
| D | 1,243 | 92 | 1,410 | ||
| D | 906 | 50 | 1,117 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.6%
English
9.8%
Irish
8.4%
American
5.7%
Scottish
2.0%
French
1.6%
Italian
1.5%
African American
3.1%
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: 36.0 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
$68,370
Tom Green County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Tom Green County$68,370
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Tom Green 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
11.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.5%
Working age (18–64)10.5%
Seniors (65+)12.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
76.6%
speak English only
Spanish21.3%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Tom Green County, home to San Angelo, delivers some of Texas's most lopsided statewide margins, with its oil-patch economy and sparse rural precincts reinforcing a Republican baseline that has held firm across multiple election cycles.
Tom Green County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of eighty-two points in 1916. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved four 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 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $68,370, and a population of 119,577. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Potter County and Minidoka County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Tom Green County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Tom Green County, Texas voted Republican by 48.0 points (R+48), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 45,461 votes cast, 11,585 went Democratic and 33,399 went Republican.
What is Tom Green County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Tom Green 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 10 times, Republican 19 times, and other 0 times.
When did Tom Green County, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Tom Green County, Texas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Tom Green County, Texas?
Tom Green County, Texas has a population of 119,577 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tom Green County, Texas?
Median household income in Tom Green County, Texas is $68,370 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Tom Green County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Tom Green County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.