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1876–2024
State House District 28·Texas

Texas 28th State House District delivered D+2 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

A suburban-to-exurban corridor holding steady at R+17

1876 — 2024·38 elections
TX
Latest
D+2
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
425,717
2024 ACS

Texas 28th State House District, Texas: Tossup district. In 2024, voted D+2%. Democratic peak: D+91 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+2MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
425,7172024 5-year
Median household income
$114,0412024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
33.6%2024 5-year
Black
20.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
24.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+91 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+39 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 1 D · 0 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).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+1.6%
85,40882,685173,148
D
+10.6%
93,14575,124170,680
D
+6.6%
64,15355,868124,827
R
−6.8%
48,17755,313104,546
R
−2.4%
46,85449,15996,608
R
−15.3%
32,73344,59577,720
R
−21.0%
22,65835,04158,829
R
−12.7%
18,17823,79044,229
R
−12.5%
14,28619,54841,931
R
−25.8%
11,12218,96630,381
R
−37.6%
8,92119,70528,679
R
−36.0%
5,51712,08218,236
R
−21.2%
5,3658,26613,712
R
−39.3%
2,1634,9897,187
R
−0.7%
2,1402,1785,484
D
+27.7%
2,9461,6644,620
D
+13.5%
2,0671,5723,673
R
−20.8%
1,1741,8003,008
R
−10.1%
1,5441,8933,442
D
+28.8%
9804841,721
D
+58.8%
1,3252111,896
D
+61.2%
1,4773561,833
D
+86.9%
1,233841,322
D
+90.7%
1,481701,555
D
+46.3%
8213011,123
D
+59.2%
8051701,072
O
+2.9%
130442
D
+40.1%
375157543
D
+35.2%
323131545
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
6.1%
English
6.0%
Irish
4.1%
American
3.6%
Italian
2.0%
French
1.3%
Polish
0.9%
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: 37.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.4%
85+
0.6%
1.5%
75–84
1.8%
3.9%
65–74
4.4%
5.5%
55–64
5.7%
7.0%
45–54
7.1%
7.5%
35–44
8.1%
5.5%
25–34
6.0%
4.3%
18–24
4.1%
10.6%
5–17
10.0%
3.1%
<5
3.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$114,041
State House District 28 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 28$114,041
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
7.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.0%
Working age (18–64)6.8%
Seniors (65+)10.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
58.7%
speak English only
Spanish17.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander11.8%
Other Indo-European8.3%
Other languages3.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
16.1%
Other Christian
9.9%
Baptist
8.8%
Non-Christian
3.2%
Methodist
3.2%
Mainline Protestant
0.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Texas House District 28 covers a fast-growing stretch of the Houston metro fringe where population gains have not meaningfully shifted its consistent Republican presidential margins over the past several cycles.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached ninety-one points in 1932; the Republican margin reached thirty-nine points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 425,717, a 34% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $114,041 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 28, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 28, Texas voted Democratic by 1.6 points (D+2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 173,148 votes cast, 85,408 went Democratic and 82,685 went Republican.
What is State House District 28, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 28, Texas as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 14 times, and other 1 times.
When did State House District 28, Texas last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 28, Texas voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in State House District 28, Texas?
State House District 28, Texas has a population of 425,717 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 28, Texas?
Median household income in State House District 28, Texas is $114,041 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of State House District 28, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 28, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.