Texas 23rd State Senate District, Texas: Urban anchor district. In 2024, voted D+19%. Democratic peak: D+28 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+19MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Urban anchorAkashic typology
- Population
- 963,3052024 5-year
- Median household income
- $77,2552024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 35.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 22.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 40.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+28 in 2020MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for State Senate District 23, 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.
5 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 186,274 | 125,115 | 317,288 | ||
| D | 216,557 | 119,254 | 341,692 | ||
| D | 165,636 | 101,913 | 282,848 | ||
| D | 145,671 | 112,999 | 262,447 | ||
| D | 152,376 | 117,710 | 272,665 |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
6.8%
German
5.4%
Irish
4.6%
American
3.7%
Italian
1.6%
Scottish
1.1%
French
1.0%
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: 34.2 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
$77,255
State Senate District 23 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 23$77,255
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.8%
Working age (18–64)11.4%
Seniors (65+)13.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
58.3%
speak English only
Spanish32.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander4.0%
Other Indo-European3.0%
Other languages2.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+76.8, this West Texas district ranks among the most one-sided state senate seats in the country, reflecting a vast, sparsely populated landscape where rural voting patterns dominate across its nearly one million residents.
The Democratic margin in Texas 23rd State Senate District has been steady. It reached its modern peak at twenty-eight points in 2020; the 2024 margin was nineteen points, still in line with the district's long pattern.
Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 36% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $77,255, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.
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Frequently asked questions
How did State Senate District 23, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 23, Texas voted Democratic by 19.3 points (D+19), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 317,288 votes cast, 186,274 went Democratic and 125,115 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 23, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 23, Texas as a "Urban anchor" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in State Senate District 23, Texas?
State Senate District 23, Texas has a population of 963,305 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 23, Texas?
Median household income in State Senate District 23, Texas is $77,255 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of State Senate District 23, Texas?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in State Senate District 23, Texas from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.