Texas 4th Congressional District, Texas: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+40%. Democratic peak: D+86 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 678,9502024 5-year
- Median household income
- $96,0252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+86 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45 in 2012MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Congressional District 4, 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 | 90,248 | 215,002 | 310,318 | ||
| R | 90,724 | 192,377 | 287,444 | ||
| R | 59,746 | 155,525 | 225,235 | ||
| R | 53,431 | 143,325 | 199,681 | ||
| R | 62,206 | 136,617 | 200,626 | ||
| R | 52,499 | 128,081 | 181,505 | ||
| R | 46,862 | 99,070 | 148,487 | ||
| R | 48,842 | 63,800 | 125,213 | ||
| R | 42,656 | 49,459 | 133,838 | ||
| R | 48,845 | 66,194 | 115,482 | ||
| R | 37,383 | 72,670 | 110,319 | ||
| R | 44,894 | 49,547 | 96,480 | ||
| D | 51,246 | 33,316 | 84,957 | ||
| R | 19,527 | 47,279 | 67,054 | ||
| D | 29,183 | 20,770 | 66,909 | ||
| D | 42,150 | 16,077 | 58,287 | ||
| D | 31,641 | 20,890 | 52,709 | ||
| D | 28,933 | 22,077 | 51,186 | ||
| D | 35,624 | 22,809 | 58,488 | ||
| D | 36,254 | 5,542 | 46,255 | ||
| D | 37,366 | 4,460 | 45,746 | ||
| D | 44,602 | 4,954 | 49,596 | ||
| D | 32,458 | 2,464 | 34,981 | ||
| D | 35,392 | 3,035 | 38,545 | ||
| R | 16,438 | 16,681 | 33,163 | ||
| D | 25,358 | 4,560 | 31,468 | ||
| D | 20,669 | 6,438 | 30,002 | ||
| D | 20,133 | 2,681 | 24,356 | ||
| D | 14,972 | 1,446 | 19,422 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.6%
German
10.0%
Irish
8.8%
American
7.8%
Italian
2.1%
Scottish
2.0%
French
1.6%
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: 38.5 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
$96,025
Congressional District 4 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 4$96,025
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.0%
Working age (18–64)8.4%
Seniors (65+)9.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
81.7%
speak English only
Spanish10.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.8%
Other Indo-European3.4%
Other languages1.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Texas 4th 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 4th Congressional District peaked at eighty-six points in 1936; 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 five points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $96,025 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Congressional District 4, Texas — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/4804/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Congressional District 4, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 4, Texas voted Republican by 40.2 points (R+40), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 310,318 votes cast, 90,248 went Democratic and 215,002 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 4, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 4, Texas as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 4, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 4, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Congressional District 4, Texas?
Congressional District 4, Texas has a population of 678,950 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 4, Texas?
Median household income in Congressional District 4, Texas is $96,025 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Congressional District 4, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 4, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.