Texas 17th Congressional District, Texas: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+27%. Democratic peak: D+88 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+27MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 818,7412024 5-year
- Median household income
- $73,3912024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 60.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 24.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+88 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+32 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Congressional District 17, 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 | 119,458 | 209,512 | 333,379 | ||
| R | 127,949 | 195,184 | 328,492 | ||
| R | 92,445 | 160,036 | 264,686 | ||
| R | 85,193 | 153,488 | 242,696 | ||
| R | 97,952 | 150,839 | 251,262 | ||
| R | 86,484 | 151,587 | 239,837 | ||
| R | 75,108 | 129,889 | 210,975 | ||
| R | 84,990 | 89,630 | 190,776 | ||
| D | 79,806 | 79,008 | 204,182 | ||
| R | 85,278 | 101,653 | 188,141 | ||
| R | 69,605 | 113,992 | 184,087 | ||
| R | 76,527 | 78,867 | 159,302 | ||
| D | 81,445 | 61,810 | 144,434 | ||
| R | 41,901 | 81,352 | 123,745 | ||
| D | 54,161 | 36,184 | 119,288 | ||
| D | 71,315 | 30,082 | 101,522 | ||
| D | 54,500 | 36,278 | 91,599 | ||
| D | 42,681 | 39,584 | 82,567 | ||
| D | 51,355 | 39,212 | 90,682 | ||
| D | 43,917 | 9,026 | 58,971 | ||
| D | 45,565 | 5,432 | 57,665 | ||
| D | 55,606 | 7,838 | 63,525 | ||
| D | 43,410 | 2,963 | 46,589 | ||
| D | 46,602 | 2,952 | 49,736 | ||
| D | 23,786 | 15,503 | 39,322 | ||
| D | 40,039 | 7,153 | 48,756 | ||
| D | 22,938 | 5,047 | 37,507 | ||
| D | 21,288 | 4,339 | 27,380 | ||
| D | 17,270 | 2,449 | 23,464 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
11.6%
English
10.6%
Irish
8.7%
American
4.9%
Italian
2.1%
French
1.8%
Scottish
1.8%
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: 36.7 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
$73,391
Congressional District 17 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 17$73,391
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 1817.9%
Working age (18–64)13.7%
Seniors (65+)11.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
79.8%
speak English only
Spanish16.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.9%
Other Indo-European1.7%
Other languages0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Texas 17th Congressional District sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. For nearly a century after Reconstruction, the district voted Democratic — not because of New Deal politics, but because of the long memory of the Civil War. The Democratic party of the Solid South was the party of segregation, and in Texas 17th Congressional District as throughout the former Confederacy, Republican identification was politically untenable until the second half of the twentieth century.
The shift began with civil rights. 1996 marked the realignment in Texas 17th Congressional District, by a two points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at thirty-two points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-seven points.
The political shift has tracked, in Texas 17th Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 60% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $73,391, and a 15% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Congressional District 17, Texas — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/4817/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Congressional District 17, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 17, Texas voted Republican by 27.0 points (R+27), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 333,379 votes cast, 119,458 went Democratic and 209,512 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 17, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 17, Texas as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 12 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 17, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 17, Texas voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Congressional District 17, Texas?
Congressional District 17, Texas has a population of 818,741 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 17, Texas?
Median household income in Congressional District 17, Texas is $73,391 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Congressional District 17, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 17, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.