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1876–2024
Congressional District 16·Texas

Texas 16th Congressional District has voted Democratic in ten straight presidential cycles.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
TX
Latest
D+15
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
271,399
2024 ACS

Texas 16th Congressional District, Texas: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+15%. Democratic peak: D+73 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+15MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
271,3992024 5-year
Median household income
$59,8062024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
29.6%2024 5-year
Black
3.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
82.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+73 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+21 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
+15.1%
44,61832,76478,543
D
+35.1%
55,51726,28483,284
D
+42.8%
46,07917,30267,297
D
+32.3%
35,20417,81253,827
D
+32.5%
38,03119,25657,732
D
+12.9%
29,65322,83452,851
D
+18.1%
26,13317,94445,206
D
+30.2%
26,16913,48141,986
D
+15.2%
21,10514,71842,127
D
+5.9%
19,51817,32137,021
R
−12.0%
16,18120,60636,912
R
−13.3%
12,49316,60531,020
D
+3.1%
14,17413,30827,884
R
−21.1%
10,10915,57825,897
D
+3.4%
10,1799,45821,230
D
+25.7%
10,9246,44817,431
D
+9.4%
8,1126,71714,860
R
−10.0%
4,7245,77610,560
R
−15.6%
4,5496,23510,799
D
+45.7%
4,7811,7286,685
D
+59.5%
3,5616464,899
D
+53.3%
3,8571,1735,038
D
+73.5%
3,7155534,304
D
+59.0%
3,5338854,486
D
+0.5%
1,9061,8863,791
D
+71.4%
2,3933802,818
D
+0.9%
1,2911,2692,583
D
+33.2%
1,1235521,720
D
+63.0%
908911,296
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
3.6%
Irish
2.2%
American
2.2%
English
2.0%
Italian
1.1%
French
0.5%
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: 33.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
0.9%
1.5%
75–84
2.3%
3.5%
65–74
4.2%
4.8%
55–64
5.5%
5.5%
45–54
5.9%
6.7%
35–44
6.3%
8.0%
25–34
7.3%
5.8%
18–24
5.1%
9.9%
5–17
9.6%
3.4%
<5
3.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$59,806
Congressional District 16 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 16$59,806
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
18.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1824.6%
Working age (18–64)15.9%
Seniors (65+)26.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
32.0%
speak English only
Spanish66.1%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
48.0%
Other Christian
9.4%
Baptist
2.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Non-Christian
0.5%
Mainline Protestant
0.5%
Methodist
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Texas 16th Congressional District sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. Its political identity has been Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember. 2 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Democratic candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Democratic margin in Texas 16th Congressional District reached its widest at seventy-three points in 1936. The margin in 2024 was fifteen points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $59,806, a 30% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 271,399 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
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Congressional District 16, Texas — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/4816/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 16, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 16, Texas voted Democratic by 15.1 points (D+15), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 78,543 votes cast, 44,618 went Democratic and 32,764 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 16, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 16, Texas as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 24 times, Republican 5 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 16, Texas last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 16, Texas voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Congressional District 16, Texas?
Congressional District 16, Texas has a population of 271,399 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 16, Texas?
Median household income in Congressional District 16, Texas is $59,806 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Congressional District 16, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 16, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 5 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.