Texas 33rd Congressional District (TX) — Elections 1876–2024

Texas 33rd Congressional District, Texas: Tossup district. In 2024, voted D+8%. Democratic peak: D+73 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+8MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: TossupAkashic typology
Population: 592,3432024 5-year
Median household income: $80,2672024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 41.3%2024 5-year
Black: 20.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 36.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+73 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+39 in 1972MIT Election Lab

VEASEY, MarcCongress 119 · Democratic

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

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

2024 results by constituent county

2 counties · 1 D · 1 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	D	+7.8%	110,443	94,120	208,487
2020	D	+15.7%	124,200	90,078	218,015
2016	D	+8.7%	91,870	76,478	177,729
2012	D	+0.0%	80,730	80,696	163,796
2008	D	+2.0%	85,649	82,278	169,261
2004	R	−13.0%	66,641	86,629	154,281
2000	R	−15.3%	55,062	75,550	133,955
1996	R	−4.6%	52,349	57,876	118,991
1992	R	−4.6%	47,634	54,097	139,427
1988	R	−19.9%	48,350	72,551	121,696
1984	R	−33.7%	39,611	80,049	119,917
1980	R	−20.3%	38,207	58,670	100,723
1976	R	−9.3%	39,048	47,094	86,976
1972	R	−39.0%	24,254	55,584	80,353
1968	R	−10.8%	24,970	32,264	67,574
1964	D	+15.8%	32,236	23,443	55,814
1960	R	−19.3%	18,212	27,026	45,581
1956	R	−26.7%	13,440	23,375	37,156
1952	R	−22.0%	14,167	22,193	36,484
1948	D	+20.6%	10,338	6,422	19,028
1944	D	+50.6%	11,963	2,998	17,708
1940	D	+56.5%	10,532	2,918	13,473
1936	D	+73.3%	8,854	1,339	10,253
1932	D	+63.9%	8,037	1,734	9,871
1928	R	−28.9%	3,249	5,888	9,146
1924	D	+48.2%	5,326	1,710	7,501
1920	D	+48.0%	3,323	1,042	4,752
1916	D	+68.9%	2,922	503	3,510
1912	D	+72.9%	1,856	141	2,354
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.

English

8.0%

German

6.5%

Irish

5.5%

American

3.9%

Italian

1.8%

Scottish

1.3%

French

1.2%

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: 34.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.8%

1.4%

75–84

1.9%

3.5%

65–74

4.0%

5.5%

55–64

5.6%

6.0%

45–54

6.2%

7.0%

35–44

7.0%

7.8%

25–34

7.9%

4.8%

18–24

4.8%

9.5%

5–17

9.1%

3.4%

3.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$80,267

Congressional District 33 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 33$80,267

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.5%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1817.9%

Working age (18–64)10.7%

Seniors (65+)12.2%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

63.4%

speak English only

Spanish27.5%

Asian & Pacific Islander3.8%

Other Indo-European3.1%

Other languages2.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

17.2%

Other Christian

14.9%

Baptist

13.8%

Methodist

5.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.1%

Non-Christian

3.0%

Mainline Protestant

2.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

TX-33 covers a heavily Latino swath of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and delivered a 31-point Democratic margin in 2024, making it among the most reliably blue congressional districts in the state.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached seventy-three points in 1936; the Republican margin reached thirty-nine points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 592,343, a 41% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $80,267 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 33, Texas vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 33, Texas voted Democratic by 7.8 points (D+8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 208,487 votes cast, 110,443 went Democratic and 94,120 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 33, Texas's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 33, Texas as a "Tossup" 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 33, Texas last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 33, Texas voted Republican was 2004.

How many people live in Congressional District 33, Texas?

Congressional District 33, Texas has a population of 592,343 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 33, Texas?

Median household income in Congressional District 33, Texas is $80,267 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.

What is the political history of Congressional District 33, Texas?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 33, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Texas 33rd Congressional District delivered D+8 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

Key facts

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Demographics

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