Travis County, Texas: New American county. In 2024, voted D+39%. Democratic peak: D+81 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+39MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,330,0152024 5-year
- Median household income
- $99,6112024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 54.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 32.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+81 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+14 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Whatcom County, WA · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Travis CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Travis 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 | +58.5% |
| 1916 | +67.1% |
| 1920 | +39.6% |
| 1924 | +57.6% |
| 1928 | −3.8% |
| 1932 | +76.2% |
| 1936 | +81.5% |
| 1940 | +69.1% |
| 1944 | +62.7% |
| 1948 | +50.0% |
| 1952 | −4.2% |
| 1956 | −8.2% |
| 1960 | +10.0% |
| 1964 | +37.9% |
| 1968 | +6.5% |
| 1972 | −13.1% |
| 1976 | +5.0% |
| 1980 | +1.2% |
| 1984 | −14.0% |
| 1988 | +9.3% |
| 1992 | +15.4% |
| 1996 | +12.4% |
| 2000 | −5.2% |
| 2004 | +14.0% |
| 2008 | +29.4% |
| 2012 | +23.9% |
| 2016 | +38.6% |
| 2020 | +45.0% |
| 2024 | +39.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 398,981 | 170,787 | 583,975 | ||
| D | 435,860 | 161,337 | 610,349 | ||
| D | 308,260 | 127,209 | 468,720 | ||
| D | 232,788 | 140,152 | 387,057 | ||
| D | 254,017 | 136,981 | 397,714 | ||
| D | 197,235 | 147,885 | 352,113 | ||
| R | 125,526 | 141,235 | 301,263 | ||
| D | 128,970 | 98,454 | 246,301 | ||
| D | 130,546 | 88,105 | 276,235 | ||
| D | 127,783 | 105,915 | 236,084 | ||
| R | 94,124 | 124,944 | 219,813 | ||
| D | 75,028 | 73,151 | 160,093 | ||
| D | 78,585 | 71,031 | 152,213 | ||
| R | 54,157 | 70,561 | 125,329 | ||
| D | 39,667 | 34,309 | 82,520 | ||
| D | 44,058 | 19,838 | 63,958 | ||
| D | 27,022 | 22,107 | 49,264 | ||
| R | 19,982 | 23,551 | 43,631 | ||
| R | 19,155 | 20,850 | 40,051 | ||
| D | 19,598 | 5,994 | 27,207 | ||
| D | 14,384 | 2,324 | 19,230 | ||
| D | 17,300 | 3,128 | 20,503 | ||
| D | 12,092 | 1,154 | 13,425 | ||
| D | 11,718 | 1,532 | 13,376 | ||
| R | 4,487 | 4,847 | 9,351 | ||
| D | 7,573 | 1,909 | 9,827 | ||
| D | 3,541 | 1,204 | 5,905 | ||
| D | 3,682 | 690 | 4,461 | ||
| D | 2,741 | 468 | 3,886 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
11.5%
English
10.7%
Irish
8.5%
Italian
3.3%
American
3.1%
Scottish
2.5%
French
2.3%
African American
6.6%
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: 35.6 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
$99,611
Travis County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Travis County$99,611
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Travis County ranks in the top 5% 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
10.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.5%
Working age (18–64)10.3%
Seniors (65+)10.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
70.0%
speak English only
Spanish20.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander4.0%
Other Indo-European3.8%
Other languages1.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Travis County anchors Texas's liberal enclave around Austin, where university employment and a tech-sector workforce have driven Democratic margins that now rival those of major Northeastern urban counties.
Travis County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of eighty-one points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved six 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 55% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $99,611, and a population of 1,330,015. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Whatcom County and Douglas County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Travis County, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Travis County, Texas voted Democratic by 39.1 points (D+39), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 583,975 votes cast, 398,981 went Democratic and 170,787 went Republican.
What is Travis County, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places Travis 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 23 times, Republican 6 times, and other 0 times.
When did Travis County, Texas last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Travis County, Texas voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Travis County, Texas?
Travis County, Texas has a population of 1,330,015 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Travis County, Texas?
Median household income in Travis County, Texas is $99,611 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Travis County, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Travis County, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.