Florida 1st Congressional District, Florida: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+37%. Democratic peak: D+93 in 1892.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+37MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 790,2262024 5-year
- Median household income
- $78,5102024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+93 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Congressional District 1, 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 | 129,710 | 284,065 | 418,049 | ||
| R | 138,925 | 273,412 | 419,617 | ||
| R | 103,786 | 241,327 | 361,034 | ||
| R | 103,333 | 229,820 | 337,058 | ||
| R | 111,172 | 227,782 | 342,214 | ||
| R | 86,044 | 225,737 | 314,572 | ||
| R | 74,146 | 168,929 | 248,952 | ||
| R | 68,407 | 132,557 | 222,589 | ||
| R | 52,947 | 106,424 | 207,812 | ||
| R | 46,904 | 128,767 | 176,707 | ||
| R | 40,251 | 129,254 | 169,541 | ||
| R | 53,910 | 96,454 | 156,013 | ||
| R | 63,593 | 70,928 | 136,336 | ||
| R | 18,998 | 95,733 | 115,293 | ||
| O | 21,572 | 23,753 | 106,158 | ||
| R | 38,285 | 50,586 | 88,870 | ||
| D | 43,673 | 26,268 | 69,940 | ||
| D | 34,126 | 18,877 | 53,003 | ||
| D | 32,378 | 17,166 | 49,544 | ||
| D | 20,221 | 4,689 | 31,942 | ||
| D | 23,249 | 5,088 | 28,337 | ||
| D | 24,023 | 4,007 | 28,030 | ||
| D | 16,154 | 3,071 | 19,225 | ||
| D | 12,595 | 2,386 | 14,981 | ||
| R | 5,355 | 8,331 | 13,866 | ||
| D | 4,115 | 1,817 | 6,972 | ||
| D | 5,636 | 2,338 | 8,699 | ||
| D | 4,129 | 1,156 | 5,678 | ||
| D | 2,548 | 186 | 3,586 | ||
| D | 2,721 | 1,149 | 4,736 | ||
| D | 2,186 | 761 | 3,156 | ||
| D | 1,954 | 470 | 2,848 | ||
| D | 1,979 | 664 | 2,843 | ||
| D | 3,068 | 0 | 3,282 | ||
| — | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| D | 2,987 | 2,512 | 5,500 | ||
| — | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
12.9%
German
12.4%
Irish
11.7%
American
6.7%
Italian
4.3%
Scottish
2.4%
French
2.2%
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: 38.8 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
$78,510
Congressional District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 1$78,510
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.8%
Working age (18–64)10.2%
Seniors (65+)9.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.9%
speak English only
Spanish5.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.9%
Other Indo-European1.9%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Florida 1st Congressional 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 8 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Florida 1st Congressional District peaked at ninety-three points in 1892; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1964 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of fourteen points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $78,510 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 Congressional District 1, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 1, Florida voted Republican by 36.9 points (R+37), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 418,049 votes cast, 129,710 went Democratic and 284,065 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 1, Florida's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 1, Florida 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 16 times, and other 1 times.
When did Congressional District 1, Florida last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 1, Florida voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Congressional District 1, Florida?
Congressional District 1, Florida has a population of 790,226 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 1, Florida?
Median household income in Congressional District 1, Florida is $78,510 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Congressional District 1, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 1, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.