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1876–2024
College Station-Bryan, TX·Texas

College Station-Bryan, TX has voted Republican in fourteen straight presidential elections — R+30 in 2024.

Home to Texas A&M, where student enrollment shapes precinct-level turnout swings

1876 — 2024·38 elections
TX
LatestR+30in 2024
TypologyTexan Rightcluster typology
Population278,3352024 ACS

College Station-Bryan, TX, Texas: Texan Right metro. In 2024, voted R+30%. Democratic peak: D+92 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+30MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Texan RightAkashic typology
Population
278,3352024 5-year
Median household income
$60,1722024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
63.5%2024 5-year
Black
10.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
26.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+92 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+38 in 1984MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
College Station-Bryan, TX
TrumpR+30
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2024 presidential margin by county for College Station-Bryan, TX, TXA map of the constituent counties of College Station-Bryan, TX, TX, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic).Robertson County, TX · R+52Burleson County, TX · R+63Brazos County, TX · R+25
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican64.3%70,438
Kamala HarrisDemocratic34.2%37,475
OtherAll other candidates1.5%1,589
D+60
R+60
3 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −30.1% in 2024.flipped R · 1972−30.1%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892No data
1896No data
1900No data
1904No data
1908No data
1912+60.9%
1916+63.8%
1920+48.7%
1924+65.2%
1928+42.4%
1932+88.0%
1936+92.3%
1940+78.7%
1944+74.1%
1948+51.9%
1952+12.7%
1956+0.0%
1960+28.3%
1964+43.1%
1968+9.0%
1972−33.0%
1976−2.2%
1980−13.6%
1984−37.7%
1988−21.8%
1992−12.2%
1996−14.1%
2000−36.4%
2004−36.0%
2008−28.8%
2012−34.9%
2016−27.0%
2020−20.0%
2024−30.1%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−30.1%
37,47570,438109,502
R
−20.0%
39,51159,919102,032
R
−27.0%
26,81548,72281,206
R
−34.9%
21,98046,29969,705
R
−28.8%
25,23045,99272,048
R
−36.0%
21,38345,79167,825
R
−36.4%
17,87739,41359,176
R
−14.1%
19,29926,20048,772
R
−12.2%
20,25727,66360,655
R
−21.8%
21,60033,79555,861
R
−37.7%
18,26540,47258,903
R
−13.6%
16,04321,40239,458
R
−2.2%
17,29318,07135,777
R
−33.0%
9,02917,98227,129
D
+9.0%
10,8108,69523,584
D
+43.1%
13,8755,51519,413
D
+28.3%
11,0426,16017,236
D
+0.0%
7,4017,40014,859
D
+12.7%
9,1867,11116,313
D
+51.9%
7,6572,01910,861
D
+74.1%
8,0317489,824
D
+78.7%
9,3411,11110,464
D
+92.3%
6,7092666,981
D
+88.0%
7,4074627,890
D
+42.4%
4,5251,8286,357
D
+65.2%
6,1111,2307,490
D
+48.7%
3,8966436,675
D
+63.8%
3,5487534,380
D
+60.9%
2,5845233,385
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.4%
English
9.6%
Irish
7.6%
American
3.4%
Italian
2.7%
French
2.2%
Polish
2.0%
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: 28.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
0.9%
1.4%
75–84
1.7%
3.3%
65–74
3.8%
4.3%
55–64
4.5%
4.6%
45–54
4.8%
5.9%
35–44
5.7%
7.1%
25–34
6.8%
12.7%
18–24
11.4%
7.6%
5–17
7.4%
2.8%
<5
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$60,172
College Station-Bryan, TX ranks near the middle of US counties.
College Station-Bryan, TX$60,172
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
22.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.2%
Working age (18–64)24.1%
Seniors (65+)11.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
77.4%
speak English only
Spanish16.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.0%
Other Indo-European2.6%
Other languages0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
17.3%
Baptist
10.5%
Other Christian
7.4%
Methodist
4.2%
Mainline Protestant
2.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.7%
Non-Christian
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

The metro's political profile is pulled in two directions: a large public university population concentrated in College Station and a more rural, older electorate in surrounding Brazos County, producing margins that can shift noticeably with student registration cycles.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of ninety-two points in 1936 and a Republican high of thirty-eight points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved ten points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty points.

A population of 278,335, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,172 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did College Station-Bryan, TX, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, College Station-Bryan, TX, Texas voted Republican by 30.1 points (R+30), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 109,502 votes cast, 37,475 went Democratic and 70,438 went Republican.
What is College Station-Bryan, TX, Texas's political typology?
Akashic places College Station-Bryan, TX, Texas in the "Texan Right" typology. 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 metro has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did College Station-Bryan, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which College Station-Bryan, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 1968.
How many people live in College Station-Bryan, TX, Texas?
College Station-Bryan, TX, Texas has a population of 278,335 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in College Station-Bryan, TX, Texas?
Median household income in College Station-Bryan, TX, Texas is $60,172 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of College Station-Bryan, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in College Station-Bryan, TX, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Texan Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.