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Congressional District 34·Texas

Texas 34th Congressional District has voted Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
TX
Latest
R+5
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
647,601
2024 ACS

Texas 34th Congressional District, Texas: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted R+5%. Democratic peak: D+83 in 1912.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+5MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
647,6012024 5-year
Median household income
$53,5162024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
33.8%2024 5-year
Black
0.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
89.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+83 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+21 in 1952MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
7 counties · 1 D · 6 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
R
−5.4%
81,30390,762173,622
D
+13.1%
97,14074,493173,460
D
+32.4%
90,36544,776140,896
D
+32.2%
77,15139,285117,685
D
+29.5%
74,51940,351115,658
D
+1.0%
53,29852,203106,009
D
+11.7%
52,77641,54995,874
D
+30.7%
54,72727,90487,322
D
+18.5%
47,78630,74192,173
D
+16.0%
50,01736,12886,681
R
−1.7%
42,91244,40287,603
D
+6.0%
38,08733,65873,442
D
+23.1%
40,93725,50066,967
R
−18.1%
22,80832,95555,988
D
+15.8%
26,23318,55748,466
D
+29.8%
27,12214,65541,883
D
+14.6%
21,94716,33138,346
R
−12.0%
14,41218,39333,141
R
−21.2%
13,86121,33535,237
D
+23.2%
11,8687,28319,802
D
+13.3%
9,7207,32417,963
D
+30.1%
10,3065,52315,873
D
+48.5%
9,7703,28913,362
D
+61.3%
11,8932,81514,811
R
−3.1%
5,1835,51610,712
D
+35.9%
4,0211,7806,243
D
+18.0%
1,8891,3023,262
D
+53.9%
2,0585862,731
D
+82.7%
2,4781612,802
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
2.3%
American
2.2%
English
2.0%
Irish
1.4%
Italian
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: 32.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
0.9%
1.9%
75–84
2.5%
3.5%
65–74
4.2%
4.4%
55–64
5.1%
5.5%
45–54
5.9%
6.0%
35–44
5.9%
6.9%
25–34
6.4%
5.9%
18–24
5.5%
11.1%
5–17
10.6%
3.7%
<5
3.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$53,516
Congressional District 34 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 34$53,516
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
25.4%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1835.7%
Working age (18–64)20.9%
Seniors (65+)25.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
27.9%
speak English only
Spanish71.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
38.9%
Other Christian
10.9%
Baptist
2.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Mainline Protestant
0.9%
Methodist
0.8%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Texas 34th 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. 9 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 34th Congressional District reached its widest at eighty-three points in 1912. The margin in 2024 was five points — a notable narrowing.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $53,516, a 34% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 647,601 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
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Congressional District 34, Texas — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/4834/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 34, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 34, Texas voted Republican by 5.4 points (R+5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 173,622 votes cast, 81,303 went Democratic and 90,762 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 34, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 34, 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 23 times, Republican 6 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 34, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 34, Texas voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Congressional District 34, Texas?
Congressional District 34, Texas has a population of 647,601 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 34, Texas?
Median household income in Congressional District 34, Texas is $53,516 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Congressional District 34, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 34, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.