Texas 23rd State House District, Texas: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+37%. Democratic peak: D+70 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+37MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 227,5232024 5-year
- Median household income
- $91,4682024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 26.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+70 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+37 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for State House District 23, TXOne 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 | 32,011 | 69,744 | 103,143 | ||
| R | 32,850 | 63,400 | 97,823 | ||
| R | 24,356 | 49,504 | 77,100 | ||
| R | 22,164 | 45,648 | 68,710 | ||
| R | 23,687 | 40,515 | 64,779 | ||
| R | 24,489 | 38,671 | 63,616 | ||
| R | 22,512 | 31,480 | 55,399 | ||
| D | 21,734 | 21,386 | 47,102 | ||
| D | 21,771 | 18,747 | 52,616 | ||
| D | 21,979 | 20,813 | 43,087 | ||
| R | 20,330 | 24,064 | 44,665 | ||
| R | 17,609 | 17,618 | 36,843 | ||
| D | 21,498 | 14,217 | 36,104 | ||
| R | 12,271 | 17,559 | 29,988 | ||
| D | 13,986 | 9,019 | 29,396 | ||
| D | 16,961 | 7,086 | 24,126 | ||
| D | 13,263 | 9,288 | 22,836 | ||
| R | 8,511 | 10,134 | 18,823 | ||
| D | 10,461 | 9,203 | 19,740 | ||
| D | 6,912 | 2,684 | 10,607 | ||
| D | 6,799 | 935 | 8,720 | ||
| D | 6,752 | 1,417 | 8,184 | ||
| D | 5,579 | 951 | 6,567 | ||
| D | 5,987 | 1,077 | 7,109 | ||
| D | 3,160 | 2,414 | 5,584 | ||
| D | 2,800 | 1,157 | 4,281 | ||
| D | 1,678 | 1,075 | 3,196 | ||
| D | 1,976 | 720 | 2,801 | ||
| D | 1,449 | 169 | 1,996 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
11.9%
English
10.3%
Irish
8.3%
American
4.7%
Italian
3.2%
French
2.2%
Scottish
1.7%
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: 38.0 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
$91,468
State House District 23 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 23$91,468
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.4%
Working age (18–64)10.9%
Seniors (65+)11.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
79.4%
speak English only
Spanish16.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.0%
Other Indo-European1.7%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Texas 23rd State House District sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. 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 3 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Texas 23rd State House District peaked at seventy points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of sixteen points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $91,468 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 23, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 23, Texas voted Republican by 36.6 points (R+37), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 103,143 votes cast, 32,011 went Democratic and 69,744 went Republican.
What is State House District 23, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 23, Texas as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 18 times, Republican 11 times, and other 0 times.
When did State House District 23, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 23, Texas voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in State House District 23, Texas?
State House District 23, Texas has a population of 227,523 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 23, Texas?
Median household income in State House District 23, Texas is $91,468 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of State House District 23, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 23, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.