Texas 22nd Congressional District (TX) — Elections 1876–2024

Texas 22nd Congressional District, Texas: Bellwether district. In 2024, voted R+4%. Democratic peak: D+77 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+4MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: BellwetherAkashic typology
Population: 951,5812024 5-year
Median household income: $106,8702024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 36.3%2024 5-year
Black: 19.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 27.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+77 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+33 in 1972MIT Election Lab

NEHLS, Troy E.Congress 119 · Republican

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: OLSON, Pete (2019–2021), OLSON, Pete (2017–2019), OLSON, Pete (2015–2017), OLSON, Pete (2013–2015)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

5 counties · 2 D · 3 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−3.8%	178,536	192,948	381,429
2020	D	+4.5%	194,545	177,676	377,442
2016	D	+0.4%	136,728	135,557	282,975
2012	R	−11.6%	105,936	133,936	242,365
2008	R	−7.3%	105,077	121,694	228,219
2004	R	−18.9%	77,066	113,166	191,211
2000	R	−22.3%	58,242	92,501	153,619
1996	R	−11.4%	50,595	64,584	122,824
1992	R	−10.4%	42,019	54,680	121,688
1988	R	−19.6%	38,612	57,699	97,338
1984	R	−32.4%	32,488	63,713	96,409
1980	R	−24.5%	25,168	42,245	69,581
1976	R	−4.7%	27,064	29,764	57,245
1972	R	−32.7%	13,731	27,109	40,962
1968	D	+2.4%	15,317	14,423	37,589
1964	D	+29.8%	20,383	11,009	31,449
1960	D	+8.2%	14,786	12,531	27,627
1956	R	−21.9%	9,483	14,887	24,643
1952	R	−15.8%	11,256	15,498	26,774
1948	D	+25.9%	7,517	3,996	13,581
1944	D	+58.1%	9,547	1,568	13,733
1940	D	+61.8%	10,098	2,381	12,491
1936	D	+75.8%	7,889	1,068	8,994
1932	D	+77.4%	8,977	1,120	10,154
1928	D	+10.9%	4,231	3,399	7,639
1924	D	+36.9%	5,296	2,316	8,072
1920	D	+2.4%	2,180	2,037	5,936
1916	D	+42.0%	2,630	1,004	3,869
1912	D	+48.5%	2,263	500	3,635
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 17 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2024	R	44.6%	53.1%	11,291,854
2020	R	43.9%	53.5%	11,144,040
2018	R	48.3%	50.9%	8,371,655
2014	R	34.4%	61.6%	4,648,358
2012	R	40.6%	56.5%	7,864,822
2008	R	42.8%	54.8%	7,912,075
2006	R	36.0%	61.7%	4,314,663
2002	R	43.3%	55.3%	4,514,012
2000	R	32.3%	65.1%	6,267,964
1996	R	43.9%	54.8%	5,527,441
1994	R	38.3%	60.8%	4,279,940
1990	R	37.4%	60.2%	3,822,157
1988	D	59.2%	40.0%	5,323,606
1984	R	41.4%	58.5%	5,314,178
1982	D	58.6%	40.5%	3,103,167
1978	R	49.3%	49.8%	2,312,540
1976	D	56.8%	42.2%	3,874,230

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

German

6.6%

English

6.2%

Irish

4.4%

American

3.7%

Italian

1.9%

French

1.4%

Polish

0.8%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 37.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.7%

1.6%

75–84

1.9%

4.0%

65–74

4.4%

5.6%

55–64

5.7%

6.8%

45–54

6.9%

7.4%

35–44

7.8%

5.8%

25–34

6.1%

4.3%

18–24

4.1%

10.4%

5–17

9.8%

3.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$106,870

Congressional District 22 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 22$106,870

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.8%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1810.9%

Working age (18–64)7.8%

Seniors (65+)11.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

60.5%

speak English only

Spanish19.1%

Asian & Pacific Islander10.1%

Other Indo-European7.0%

Other languages3.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

17.5%

Other Christian

10.5%

Baptist

10.0%

Methodist

3.3%

Non-Christian

3.0%

Mainline Protestant

1.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Texas-22 stretches from the Fort Bend County exurbs through Brazoria County, a corridor where rapid demographic diversification has compressed the Republican margin from double digits to single digits over the past decade.

The Democratic margin in Texas 22nd Congressional District has rarely exceeded seventy-seven points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded thirty-three points. 2024 delivered the district to the Republican candidate by four points.

Its demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most districts. A 36% non-Hispanic-white share, a 9% poverty rate, and a median household income of $106,870 — all within the broad national range.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 22, Texas vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 22, Texas voted Republican by 3.8 points (R+4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 381,429 votes cast, 178,536 went Democratic and 192,948 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 22, Texas's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 22, Texas as a "Bellwether" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.

When did Congressional District 22, Texas last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 22, Texas voted Democratic was 2020.

How many people live in Congressional District 22, Texas?

Congressional District 22, Texas has a population of 951,581 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 22, Texas?

Median household income in Congressional District 22, Texas is $106,870 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.

What is the political history of Congressional District 22, Texas?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 22, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Bellwether" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Texas 22nd Congressional District votes the way the country votes.

Key facts

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