WHAT IS THE VOTER REGISTRATION GAP?

In Texas, 33% of 18-year-olds are registered to vote, compared to 81% of voters 45+

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Texas Voter Registration Gap

This maps shows the most recent county-level voter registration rates in Texas, one of a set of 31 states we currently track, with more states coming soon. Rates are shown for both 18-year-olds and adults ages 45 and older. Click a county to learn more about voter registration in there.

State
County
Age Group

Texas

33% of 18-year-olds are registered to vote as of May 5, 2026.

85%75%65%55%45%35%0
Voter data from a commercial source compiling official state records and the American Community Survey. Last updated on Jun 9, 2026.
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Texas County Registration Rates

This table shows the voter registration rates in each Texas county or county-equivalent as of May 5, 2026. We omit counties with populations below 10,000.

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18 vs 45+
Anderson County28%72%67358,439
Andrews County84%79%12818,610
Angelina County31%84%1,16287,275
Aransas County> 90%> 90%3124,876
Atascosa County31%88%69451,008
Austin County48%89%35331,170
Bandera County42%> 90%17922,021
Bastrop County34%75%1,398106,582
Bee County22%75%47231,083
Bell County32%> 90%5,358386,897
Bexar County30%83%29,8542,067,341
Blanco County49%> 90%10312,446
Bosque County42%90%17118,687
Bowie County35%86%1,09492,115
Brazoria County41%88%4,770391,255
Brazos County12%81%9,855242,311
Brown County30%86%54138,347
Burleson County40%> 90%19818,857
Burnet County35%> 90%53352,652
Caldwell County33%72%70048,669
Calhoun County> 90%85%7719,868
Callahan County25%> 90%30514,241
Cameron County30%71%6,903426,120
Camp County21%> 90%23812,798
Cass County43%> 90%30028,568
Chambers County37%> 90%68151,498
Cherokee County44%84%52551,886
Clay County58%> 90%9710,495
Collin County43%86%16,0581,163,337
Colorado County45%> 90%19121,006
Comal County60%> 90%1,949183,826
Comanche County45%83%16813,950
Cooke County35%> 90%63243,046
Coryell County29%80%1,27984,748
Dallas County27%68%34,3202,621,179
Dawson County34%80%17612,134
Deaf Smith County41%67%27418,460
Denton County33%84%12,525979,561
DeWitt County31%77%20320,016
Eastland County24%87%32818,011
Ector County11%77%2,287164,654
Ellis County43%> 90%2,847213,160
El Paso County31%75%12,938870,779
Erath County11%83%1,70243,794
Falls County23%77%23517,291
Fannin County42%86%40037,326
Fayette County71%90%18425,042
Fort Bend County40%85%11,347893,767
Franklin County33%> 90%15210,632
Freestone County54%> 90%20220,049
Frio County26%86%34918,582
Gaines County41%64%36022,232
Galveston County38%89%4,342358,990
Gillespie County45%> 90%27827,524
Gonzales County36%85%28819,851
Gray County36%75%32221,045
Grayson County30%89%1,858143,337
Gregg County28%81%1,775125,480
Grimes County28%90%35131,340
Guadalupe County34%90%2,348183,642
Hale County28%83%46332,131
Hardin County44%> 90%68457,642
Harris County31%73%63,4594,838,303
Harrison County27%89%1,27170,155
Hays County29%> 90%5,527268,638
Henderson County36%89%93784,862
Hidalgo County34%65%14,966891,977
Hill County48%> 90%36837,328
Hockley County37%90%31921,363
Hood County46%> 90%65765,894
Hopkins County44%86%42137,784
Houston County25%79%27222,051
Howard County26%70%42032,290
Hunt County32%88%1,701108,972
Hutchinson County33%89%32220,184
Jackson County51%88%13515,152
Jasper County73%> 90%23632,727
Jefferson County30%77%2,849253,878
Jim Wells County37%> 90%48738,850
Johnson County35%> 90%2,420195,597
Jones County32%76%21620,304
Karnes County43%81%15114,968
Kaufman County42%> 90%2,119172,604
Kendall County66%> 90%50448,567
Kerr County32%86%71353,489
Kleberg County15%> 90%81530,579
Lamar County38%84%50950,669
Lamb County39%82%17612,828
Lampasas County29%> 90%36322,715
Lavaca County87%> 90%20220,552
Lee County29%81%29517,971
Leon County38%> 90%15916,263
Liberty County38%79%1,351103,380
Limestone County38%82%24822,283
Live Oak County36%87%12211,620
Llano County42%> 90%14122,424
Lubbock County18%89%6,969318,884
McLennan County19%73%5,634266,067
Madison County27%> 90%16813,648
Matagorda County57%81%32136,329
Maverick County35%80%92358,082
Medina County37%> 90%68953,547
Midland County27%82%2,131174,801
Milam County55%82%23025,567
Montague County67%> 90%19921,046
Montgomery County47%86%8,274684,432
Moore County41%66%28021,373
Morris County52%> 90%12712,076
Nacogdoches County17%84%1,89165,162
Navarro County26%82%92954,711
Newton County37%> 90%14812,093
Nolan County27%80%25414,454
Nueces County25%79%4,923352,955
Orange County49%88%86485,307
Palo Pinto County36%88%37729,295
Panola County41%> 90%29422,726
Parker County49%> 90%1,929165,168
Pecos County89%70%10914,896
Polk County50%> 90%38752,800
Potter County34%69%1,483115,975
Rains County39%88%12912,775
Randall County41%> 90%2,192146,070
Red River County59%87%10411,611
Reeves County53%83%18512,664
Robertson County55%> 90%17217,167
Rockwall County55%> 90%1,422123,617
Rusk County61%86%58252,842
Sabine County> 90%> 90%5210,023
San Jacinto County58%> 90%22028,441
San Patricio County36%89%91370,181
Scurry County38%79%18316,488
Shelby County39%86%31324,155
Smith County38%86%3,477241,740
Starr County20%71%1,05066,067
Tarrant County39%80%29,4332,167,390
Taylor County12%87%2,770145,863
Terry County41%75%14511,629
Titus County43%77%38731,363
Tom Green County25%83%1,873119,577
Travis County33%80%17,0631,330,015
Trinity County36%> 90%13514,046
Tyler County54%> 90%17920,238
Upshur County45%> 90%51742,567
Uvalde County26%> 90%44624,881
Val Verde County42%86%69447,741
Van Zandt County47%85%62962,649
Victoria County30%86%1,17091,413
Walker County12%65%2,36580,209
Waller County23%> 90%1,63361,552
Ward County65%89%8811,144
Washington County19%> 90%79136,647
Webb County32%69%4,665269,294
Wharton County43%85%43441,794
Wichita County18%83%2,580129,996
Wilbarger County27%81%21112,616
Willacy County10%85%32620,139
Williamson County46%89%7,559672,688
Wilson County42%> 90%60952,781
Wise County49%> 90%83775,005
Wood County36%86%51246,961
Young County39%88%23418,029
Zapata County54%76%19613,841

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The voter data shown on this page comes from a commercial source that compiles official state records and was last updated on Jun 9, 2026. Population estimates come from the American Community Survey. To learn more, read our research model.

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