Florida 6th State House District, Florida: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+47%. Democratic peak: D+77 in 1940.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+47MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 186,3682024 5-year
- Median household income
- $73,5332024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 75.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+77 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for State House District 6, FLOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 25,175 | 71,470 | 97,724 | ||
| R | 25,611 | 66,088 | 93,012 | ||
| R | 21,794 | 62,186 | 87,441 | ||
| R | 22,048 | 56,868 | 79,850 | ||
| R | 23,650 | 56,675 | 81,116 | ||
| R | 21,065 | 53,397 | 75,014 | ||
| R | 18,870 | 38,677 | 58,868 | ||
| R | 17,066 | 28,361 | 51,687 | ||
| R | 12,844 | 22,839 | 45,683 | ||
| R | 11,601 | 31,792 | 43,845 | ||
| R | 9,383 | 29,352 | 38,739 | ||
| R | 12,387 | 20,945 | 34,556 | ||
| D | 14,856 | 14,206 | 29,480 | ||
| R | 3,913 | 20,242 | 24,156 | ||
| O | 4,019 | 5,120 | 24,299 | ||
| R | 7,845 | 12,847 | 20,692 | ||
| D | 10,578 | 5,434 | 16,012 | ||
| D | 8,644 | 4,970 | 13,614 | ||
| D | 8,788 | 4,811 | 13,599 | ||
| D | 5,167 | 928 | 7,311 | ||
| D | 6,316 | 1,126 | 7,442 | ||
| D | 5,152 | 684 | 5,836 | ||
| D | 3,202 | 541 | 3,743 | ||
| D | 2,692 | 429 | 3,121 | ||
| D | 1,190 | 974 | 2,200 | ||
| D | 838 | 318 | 1,248 | ||
| D | 818 | 551 | 1,490 | ||
| D | 725 | 279 | 1,180 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.9%
Irish
11.0%
German
10.6%
American
8.8%
Italian
3.8%
French
2.8%
Scottish
2.3%
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: 41.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$73,533
State House District 6 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 6$73,533
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.3%
Working age (18–64)10.7%
Seniors (65+)8.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.1%
speak English only
Spanish6.7%
Other Indo-European2.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.4%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Florida 6th State House District sits in the Gulf South and peninsula. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 1 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Florida 6th State House District peaked at seventy-seven points in 1940; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-five points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $73,533 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did State House District 6, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 6, Florida voted Republican by 47.4 points (R+47), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 97,724 votes cast, 25,175 went Democratic and 71,470 went Republican.
What is State House District 6, Florida's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 6, Florida as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 13 times, Republican 14 times, and other 1 times.
When did State House District 6, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 6, Florida voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in State House District 6, Florida?
State House District 6, Florida has a population of 186,368 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State House District 6, Florida?
Median household income in State House District 6, Florida is $73,533 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of State House District 6, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 6, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.