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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 39 states we currently track. 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.

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Age Group
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38% of 18-year-olds are registered to vote as of May 5, 2026.

85%75%65%55%45%35%LowPop
Voter data from a commercial source compiling official state records and the American Community Survey. Last updated on Sep 8, 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 18-year-old populations below 100.

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18 vs 45+
Anderson County39%72%67358,439
Andrews County> 90%79%12818,610
Angelina County40%84%1,16287,275
Atascosa County42%87%69451,008
Austin County60%88%35331,170
Bandera County55%> 90%17922,021
Bastrop County41%75%1,398106,582
Bee County29%75%47231,083
Bell County40%> 90%5,358386,897
Bexar County35%83%29,8542,067,341
Blanco County63%> 90%10312,446
Bosque County51%89%17118,687
Bowie County44%86%1,09492,115
Brazoria County41%88%4,770391,255
Brazos County15%81%9,855242,311
Brewster County43%> 90%1059,503
Brown County38%85%54138,347
Burleson County55%> 90%19818,857
Burnet County45%> 90%53352,652
Caldwell County41%72%70048,669
Callahan County28%> 90%30514,241
Cameron County35%70%6,903426,120
Camp County25%> 90%23812,798
Carson County47%> 90%1155,801
Cass County53%> 90%30028,568
Castro County27%66%1547,344
Chambers County46%> 90%68151,498
Cherokee County54%83%52551,886
Coleman County30%> 90%1237,833
Collin County43%86%16,0581,163,337
Colorado County53%90%19121,006
Comal County71%> 90%1,949183,826
Comanche County60%83%16813,950
Cooke County44%> 90%63243,046
Coryell County35%79%1,27984,748
Dallam County17%63%1287,298
Dallas County27%68%34,3202,621,179
Dawson County43%80%17612,134
Deaf Smith County52%66%27418,460
Denton County44%84%12,525979,561
DeWitt County34%77%20320,016
Dimmit County26%> 90%2638,380
Donley County9%> 90%1583,257
Duval County28%> 90%1949,742
Eastland County29%87%32818,011
Ector County16%77%2,287164,654
Ellis County54%> 90%2,847213,160
El Paso County38%74%12,938870,779
Erath County15%83%1,70243,794
Falls County29%77%23517,291
Fannin County55%86%40037,326
Fayette County86%90%18425,042
Fort Bend County50%85%11,347893,767
Franklin County46%> 90%15210,632
Freestone County66%> 90%20220,049
Frio County29%86%34918,582
Gaines County46%64%36022,232
Galveston County44%89%4,342358,990
Gillespie County58%> 90%27827,524
Gonzales County45%85%28819,851
Gray County41%75%32221,045
Grayson County38%89%1,858143,337
Gregg County36%81%1,775125,480
Grimes County36%90%35131,340
Guadalupe County43%89%2,348183,642
Hale County38%83%46332,131
Hamilton County24%> 90%1738,406
Hansford County45%76%1145,119
Hardeman County24%73%1063,501
Hardin County56%> 90%68457,642
Harris County38%73%63,4594,838,303
Harrison County34%89%1,27170,155
Haskell County19%80%1725,421
Hays County35%> 90%5,527268,638
Henderson County47%89%93784,862
Hidalgo County35%66%14,966891,977
Hill County61%> 90%36837,328
Hockley County49%90%31921,363
Hood County57%> 90%65765,894
Hopkins County54%85%42137,784
Houston County34%79%27222,051
Howard County34%70%42032,290
Hudspeth County12%83%1503,403
Hunt County39%87%1,701108,972
Hutchinson County41%89%32220,184
Jackson County65%87%13515,152
Jasper County87%> 90%23632,727
Jefferson County41%77%2,849253,878
Jim Wells County46%> 90%48738,850
Johnson County45%> 90%2,420195,597
Jones County39%76%21620,304
Karnes County51%81%15114,968
Kaufman County55%> 90%2,119172,604
Kendall County81%> 90%50448,567
Kerr County38%86%71353,489
Kleberg County19%> 90%81530,579
Lamar County52%83%50950,669
Lamb County44%82%17612,828
Lampasas County38%> 90%36322,715
La Salle County20%> 90%1786,839
Lavaca County> 90%> 90%20220,552
Lee County34%81%29517,971
Leon County53%> 90%15916,263
Liberty County47%79%1,351103,380
Limestone County47%82%24822,283
Live Oak County43%87%12211,620
Llano County54%> 90%14122,424
Lubbock County23%88%6,969318,884
McLennan County19%73%5,634266,067
Madison County40%> 90%16813,648
Marion County36%> 90%1339,737
Matagorda County66%81%32136,329
Maverick County43%80%92358,082
Medina County47%> 90%68953,547
Midland County36%81%2,131174,801
Milam County73%82%23025,567
Mitchell County47%73%1089,018
Montague County73%> 90%19921,046
Montgomery County60%86%8,274684,432
Moore County50%66%28021,373
Morris County58%> 90%12712,076
Nacogdoches County21%84%1,89165,162
Navarro County33%82%92954,711
Newton County45%> 90%14812,093
Nolan County36%80%25414,454
Nueces County32%78%4,923352,955
Orange County61%87%86485,307
Palo Pinto County46%88%37729,295
Panola County51%> 90%29422,726
Parker County60%> 90%1,929165,168
Parmer County29%59%1509,731
Pecos County> 90%70%10914,896
Polk County63%> 90%38752,800
Potter County41%69%1,483115,975
Rains County57%88%12912,775
Randall County50%> 90%2,192146,070
Red River County66%87%10411,611
Reeves County65%83%18512,664
Robertson County69%> 90%17217,167
Rockwall County67%> 90%1,422123,617
Runnels County29%89%1199,874
Rusk County71%85%58252,842
San Jacinto County71%> 90%22028,441
San Patricio County46%89%91370,181
Scurry County49%79%18316,488
Shelby County48%86%31324,155
Smith County40%86%3,477241,740
Starr County28%70%1,05066,067
Tarrant County39%80%29,4332,167,390
Taylor County14%87%2,770145,863
Terry County53%75%14511,629
Titus County54%77%38731,363
Tom Green County31%83%1,873119,577
Travis County39%79%17,0631,330,015
Trinity County45%> 90%13514,046
Tyler County60%> 90%17920,238
Upshur County57%> 90%51742,567
Uvalde County33%> 90%44624,881
Val Verde County51%86%69447,741
Van Zandt County60%85%62962,649
Victoria County38%86%1,17091,413
Walker County14%65%2,36580,209
Waller County30%> 90%1,63361,552
Washington County24%> 90%79136,647
Webb County32%69%4,665269,294
Wharton County52%84%43441,794
Wichita County22%82%2,580129,996
Wilbarger County33%81%21112,616
Willacy County14%85%32620,139
Williamson County55%89%7,559672,688
Wilson County56%> 90%60952,781
Wise County63%> 90%83775,005
Wood County47%86%51246,961
Yoakum County50%71%1477,571
Young County46%88%23418,029
Zapata County61%76%19613,841
Zavala County41%> 90%1949,412

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