State Senate District 17 State Senate District (FL) — Elections 1876–2024

Florida 17th State Senate District, Florida: Recent convert district. In 2024, voted D+14%. Democratic peak: D+92 in 1892.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+14MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Recent convertAkashic typology
Population: 717,1012024 5-year
Median household income: $79,7192024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 42.0%2024 5-year
Black: 20.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 33.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+92 in 1892MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+60 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).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+13.6%	165,996	125,817	295,764
2020	D	+23.1%	192,444	119,554	315,403
2016	D	+24.7%	160,718	95,106	266,135
2012	D	+18.2%	133,325	91,877	227,202
2008	D	+18.6%	133,005	91,021	225,425
2004	D	+0.2%	94,199	93,802	189,048
2000	D	+2.0%	68,320	65,541	136,486
1996	R	−0.2%	51,417	51,670	112,600
1992	R	−11.0%	40,282	53,000	115,468
1988	R	−36.6%	26,319	57,116	84,170
1984	R	−42.9%	23,751	59,469	83,301
1980	R	−27.0%	23,758	42,606	69,774
1976	R	−9.2%	28,472	34,322	63,547
1972	R	−59.5%	11,614	46,046	57,866
1968	R	−28.1%	10,985	24,785	49,044
1964	R	−12.2%	18,634	23,815	42,449
1960	R	−42.0%	9,612	23,504	33,115
1956	R	−44.1%	7,080	18,261	25,340
1952	R	−42.1%	5,915	14,524	20,439
1948	R	−7.4%	4,903	5,832	12,497
1944	D	+15.3%	5,850	4,300	10,150
1940	D	+22.0%	6,246	3,994	10,240
1936	D	+24.9%	3,563	2,141	5,704
1932	D	+16.1%	2,376	1,716	4,092
1928	R	−42.0%	1,274	3,178	4,538
1924	D	+5.6%	917	805	2,001
1920	D	+16.0%	991	705	1,787
1916	D	+48.1%	614	202	856
1912	D	+55.8%	612	111	898
1908	D	+29.1%	464	236	784
1904	D	+44.9%	426	153	608
1900	D	+32.9%	418	196	675
1896	D	+30.0%	529	275	848
1892	D	+92.1%	556	0	604
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	D	+25.4%	910	541	1,450
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

8.7%

German

6.5%

English

6.3%

Irish

5.9%

Italian

4.5%

Polish

1.5%

French

1.3%

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: 36.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.9%

1.6%

75–84

2.1%

3.6%

65–74

4.3%

5.6%

55–64

5.8%

6.4%

45–54

6.5%

7.5%

35–44

7.5%

8.0%

25–34

8.0%

5.0%

18–24

5.2%

8.0%

5–17

7.7%

2.9%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$79,719

State Senate District 17 ranks near the middle of US counties.

State Senate District 17$79,719

Florida$74,568

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1816.6%

Working age (18–64)11.9%

Seniors (65+)14.2%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

61.5%

speak English only

Spanish26.2%

Other Indo-European8.2%

Asian & Pacific Islander2.8%

Other languages1.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

16.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

16.0%

Baptist

6.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.1%

Non-Christian

2.7%

Methodist

2.2%

Mainline Protestant

1.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Florida 17th State Senate District in the Gulf South and peninsula has, until recently, been a Republican district. The district's earlier pattern was unmistakable — multiple decades of consistent margins for the other party.

The 2000 election was the turning point, when the Democratic candidate carried the district by two points. The 2024 margin was fourteen points, in line with the district's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 717,101, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,719 situate the district in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 17, Florida vote in 2024?

In 2024, State Senate District 17, Florida voted Democratic by 13.6 points (D+14), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 295,764 votes cast, 165,996 went Democratic and 125,817 went Republican.

What is State Senate District 17, Florida's political archetype?

Akashic classifies State Senate District 17, Florida as a "Recent convert" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 21 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.

When did State Senate District 17, Florida last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 17, Florida voted Republican was 1996.

How many people live in State Senate District 17, Florida?

State Senate District 17, Florida has a population of 717,101 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in State Senate District 17, Florida?

Median household income in State Senate District 17, Florida is $79,719 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.

What is the political history of State Senate District 17, Florida?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 17, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Recent convert" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Florida 17th State Senate District changed direction in the last decade — D+14 in 2024.

Key facts

Demographics

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