Texas 1st Congressional District, Texas: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+51%. Democratic peak: D+87 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+51MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 746,0472024 5-year
- Median household income
- $66,4622024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 16.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 18.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Congressional District 1, 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 | 75,083 | 237,134 | 314,983 | ||
| R | 82,505 | 225,844 | 312,224 | ||
| R | 67,091 | 197,275 | 272,477 | ||
| R | 73,133 | 189,320 | 264,965 | ||
| R | 80,972 | 184,421 | 267,284 | ||
| R | 81,359 | 176,761 | 259,090 | ||
| R | 76,272 | 149,684 | 228,673 | ||
| R | 90,154 | 107,377 | 213,815 | ||
| R | 86,026 | 96,593 | 232,396 | ||
| R | 89,577 | 125,660 | 216,547 | ||
| R | 75,333 | 146,380 | 222,565 | ||
| R | 79,411 | 107,575 | 189,677 | ||
| D | 83,416 | 82,287 | 166,473 | ||
| R | 38,045 | 102,153 | 141,080 | ||
| O | 46,344 | 43,892 | 141,416 | ||
| D | 67,694 | 55,885 | 123,807 | ||
| D | 53,533 | 52,545 | 107,743 | ||
| R | 41,319 | 53,841 | 95,912 | ||
| D | 58,493 | 51,187 | 109,987 | ||
| D | 41,059 | 11,385 | 67,126 | ||
| D | 46,538 | 6,987 | 61,180 | ||
| D | 62,617 | 7,909 | 70,570 | ||
| D | 44,958 | 3,573 | 48,622 | ||
| D | 48,436 | 3,380 | 51,977 | ||
| D | 21,123 | 14,652 | 35,800 | ||
| D | 32,255 | 5,754 | 39,355 | ||
| D | 19,448 | 6,709 | 32,668 | ||
| D | 18,929 | 3,951 | 24,676 | ||
| D | 14,595 | 2,662 | 20,965 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
16.0%
English
11.0%
Irish
7.9%
German
7.4%
Scottish
1.6%
Italian
1.5%
French
1.4%
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: 38.7 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
$66,462
Congressional District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 1$66,462
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.7%
Working age (18–64)13.1%
Seniors (65+)11.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
84.9%
speak English only
Spanish13.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Texas 1st Congressional 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 1 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Texas 1st Congressional District peaked at eighty-seven points in 1932; 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 fifteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $66,462 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Congressional District 1, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 1, Texas voted Republican by 51.4 points (R+51), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 314,983 votes cast, 75,083 went Democratic and 237,134 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 1, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 1, Texas as a "Realigner" 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 Congressional District 1, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 1, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Congressional District 1, Texas?
Congressional District 1, Texas has a population of 746,047 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, Texas?
Median household income in Congressional District 1, Texas is $66,462 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Congressional District 1, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 1, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.