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2022 population: 771,490
| 2022 Census data | |||
| White: | 89,767 | 11.64% | |
| Black: | 22,420 | 2.91% | |
| Indian: | 1,906 | 0.25% | |
| Asian: | 9,976 | 1.29% | |
| 2+ races: | 10,002 | 1.30% | |
| Hispanic: | 636,141 | 82.46% | |
| Total non-White: | 681,723 | 88.36% | |
| Housing Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Housing Units | 287,035 | |
| Median Value | $157,500 | |
| Occupied | 264,839 | 92.3% |
| Vacant | 22,196 | 7.7% |
| Owned | 163,226 | 61.6% |
| Rented | 101,613 | 38.4% |
| Median Rent | $982 | |
| Single-Family Units | 206,616 | 72.0% |
| Detached | 194,543 | 67.8% |
| Attached | 12,073 | 4.2% |
| Buldings with 5+ Units | 48,701 | 17.0% |
| Mobile Homes | 10,922 | 3.8% |
| Household Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Range | Number | % |
| Less than $10,000 | 19,531 | 7.4% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 15,465 | 5.8% |
| $15,000 to $19,999 | 12,678 | 4.8% |
| $20,000 to $24,999 | 13,210 | 5.0% |
| $25,000 to $29,999 | 12,528 | 4.7% |
| $30,000 to $34,999 | 13,524 | 5.1% |
| $35,000 to $39,999 | 10,926 | 4.1% |
| $40,000 to $44,999 | 12,017 | 4.5% |
| $45,000 to $49,999 | 10,949 | 4.1% |
| $50,000 to $59,999 | 20,566 | 7.8% |
| $60,000 to $74,999 | 28,519 | 10.8% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 30,462 | 11.5% |
| $100,000 to $124,999 | 22,550 | 8.5% |
| $125,000 to $149,999 | 14,300 | 5.4% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 14,888 | 5.6% |
| $200,000 or more | 12,726 | 4.8% |
| Median Household Income | 55,933 | |
| Per Capita Income | 26,645 | |
| Welfare Households | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| SSI | 17,155 | 6.5% |
| Public Assistance | 7,555 | 2.9% |
| Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 54,727 | 20.7% |
| Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Employed | 48,401 | 55.3% |
| Unemployed | 3,626 | 4.1% |
| In Armed Forces | 11,784 | 13.5% |
| Total Labor Force | 63,811 | 72.9% |
| Not in Labor Force | 23,668 | 27.1% |
| Real Unemployment Rate | 31.2% | |
| Class of Worker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | % Male | |
| Private Sector | 119,994 | 93,141 | 56.3% |
| Non-Profit | 7,850 | 11,124 | 41.4% |
| Self-Employed | 18,123 | 10,504 | 63.3% |
| Local Government | 13,223 | 19,728 | 40.1% |
| State Government | 6,324 | 9,017 | 41.2% |
| Federal Government | 13,491 | 7,576 | 64.0% |
| Total Private + Self | 138,117 | 103,645 | 57.1% |
| Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 40,888 | 47,445 | 46.3% |
| Total | 179,005 | 151,090 | 54.2% |
| Pct. Govt. | 21.0% | ||
| Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Management, Business, Science, Arts | 41,451 | 12.5% |
| Sales and Office Occupations | 77,382 | 23.4% |
| Professional, Technical | 70,211 | 21.2% |
| Service Occupations | 68,534 | 20.7% |
| Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 418 | 0.1% |
| All others | 73,285 | 22.1% |
| White Collar | 57.1% | |
| Industry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Educational services and health care | 40,550 | 12.3% |
| Retail trade | 39,113 | 11.8% |
| Accommodation, food svcs, recreation | 26,986 | 8.2% |
| Public administration | 22,655 | 6.8% |
| Construction | 22,407 | 6.8% |
| Manufacturing | 21,597 | 6.5% |
| Transportation, warehousing, utilities | 20,769 | 6.3% |
| Professional, scientific, management | 15,846 | 4.8% |
| Other services | 14,028 | 4.2% |
| Finance, insurance and real estate | 10,950 | 3.3% |
| Wholesale trade | 8,163 | 2.5% |
| Information | 4,989 | 1.5% |
| Farming, forestry, fishing, mining | 623 | 0.2% |
| Hispanic Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Mexican | 598,029 | 77.52% |
| Puerto Rican | 7,999 | 1.04% |
| Cuban | 1,254 | 0.16% |
| Dominican | 961 | 0.12% |
| Total Central American | 4,756 | 0.62% |
| Costa Rican | 901 | 0.12% |
| Guatemalan | 1,147 | 0.15% |
| Honduran | 906 | 0.12% |
| Nicaraguan | 137 | 0.02% |
| Panamanian | 697 | 0.09% |
| Salvadoran | 968 | 0.13% |
| Total South American | 2,123 | 0.28% |
| Argentinean | 200 | 0.03% |
| Bolivian | 127 | 0.02% |
| Chilean | 338 | 0.04% |
| Colombian | 826 | 0.11% |
| Ecuadorian | 213 | 0.03% |
| Peruvian | 282 | 0.04% |
| Uruguayan | 18 | 0.00% |
| Venezuelan | 119 | 0.02% |
| Other Hispanic | 21,019 | 2.72% |
| Asian Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Indian | 1,892 | 0.25% |
| Filipino | 1,846 | 0.24% |
| Chinese | 1,657 | 0.21% |
| Korean | 1,414 | 0.18% |
| Vietnamese | 1,035 | 0.13% |
| Japanese | 549 | 0.07% |
| Burmese | 219 | 0.03% |
| Taiwanese | 161 | 0.02% |
| Thai | 129 | 0.02% |
| Language Spoken at Home | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Number | % |
| Spanish | 474,342 | 66.0% |
| English | 229,707 | 32.0% |
| German, other Germanic | 2,136 | 0.3% |
| Other Asian | 2,100 | 0.3% |
| French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,899 | 0.3% |
| Other Indo-European | 1,550 | 0.2% |
| Korean | 1,319 | 0.2% |
| Other | 1,208 | 0.2% |
| Chinese | 1,129 | 0.2% |
| Ancestry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| German | 27,523 | 3.6% |
| Irish | 17,724 | 2.3% |
| American | 16,332 | 2.1% |
| English | 15,517 | 2.0% |
| Italian | 9,265 | 1.2% |
| French | 4,809 | 0.6% |
| Polish | 3,779 | 0.5% |
| European | 3,727 | 0.5% |
| Scottish | 2,659 | 0.3% |
| African | 2,375 | 0.3% |
| Scotch-Irish | 1,611 | 0.2% |
| Jamaican | 1,329 | 0.2% |
| Dutch | 1,306 | 0.2% |
| Welsh | 1,102 | 0.1% |
| Norwegian | 1,081 | 0.1% |
| Citizenship & Nativity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| U.S. citizen | 691,023 | 89.6% |
| Not a citizen | 80,467 | 10.4% |
| Native | 595,826 | 77.2% |
| Foreign-born | 175,664 | 22.8% |
| Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
| 51,805 | 10.8% | 38,798 | 8.1% | 115,223 | 24.0% | 149,195 | 31.0% | 84,487 | 17.6% | 41,181 | 8.6% |
| Average years of education: 12.6 | |||||||||||
| Population 25 Years and Older | ||
|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 51,805 | 10.8% |
| 9-12 Years | 38,798 | 8.1% |
| H.S. Grad or GED | 115,223 | 24.0% |
| Some College | 149,195 | 31.0% |
| Bach. Degree | 84,487 | 17.6% |
| Grad Degree | 41,181 | 8.6% |
| Average years of education: 12.6 | ||
Click on the District to view county-level data for that election (where available).
NOTE: Results prior to 2022 are for districts which previously covered much of this area, regardless of district number.
| Date | District | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-08 | TX16 | Veronica Escobar* (D) | 95,510 | 63.5% | Irene Jackson (R) | 54,986 | 36.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 150,496 |
| Redistricting effect (2022); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 2020. | ||||||||||
| 2020-11-03 | TX16 | Veronica Escobar* (D) | 154,108 | 64.7% | Irene Armendariz-Jackson (R) | 84,006 | 35.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 238,114 |
| 2018-11-06 | TX16 | Veronica Escobar (D) | 124,437 | 68.5% | Rick Seeberger (R) | 49,127 | 27.0% | 8,190 | 4.5% | 181,754 |
| 2016-11-08 | TX16 | Beto O'Rourke* (D) | 150,228 | 85.7% | Jaime Perez (Libertarian) | 17,491 | 10.0% | 7,510 | 4.3% | 175,229 |
| 2014-11-04 | TX16 | Beto O'Rourke* (D) | 49,338 | 67.5% | Corey Roen (R) | 21,324 | 29.2% | 2,443 | 3.3% | 73,105 |
| 2012-11-06 | TX16 | Beto O'Rourke (D) | 101,403 | 65.4% | Barbara Carrasco (R) | 51,043 | 32.9% | 2,559 | 1.7% | 155,005 |
| Redistricting effect (2012); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 1% compared to 2010. | ||||||||||
| 2010-11-02 | TX16 | Silvestre Reyes* (D) | 49,301 | 58.1% | Tim Besco (R) | 31,051 | 36.6% | 4,540 | 5.3% | 84,892 |
| 2008-11-04 | TX16 | Silvestre Reyes* (D) | 130,375 | 82.1% | Buddy Mendoza (I) | 16,348 | 10.3% | 12,000 | 7.6% | 158,723 |
| 2006-11-07 | TX16 | Silvestre Reyes* (D) | 61,116 | 78.7% | Gordon Strickland (R) | 16,572 | 21.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 77,688 |
| 2004-11-02 | TX16 | Silvestre Reyes* (D) | 108,577 | 67.5% | David Brigham (R) | 49,972 | 31.1% | 2,224 | 1.4% | 160,773 |
| Redistricting effect (2004); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 2000. | ||||||||||
| 2002-11-05 | TX16 | Silvestre Reyes* (D) | 72,383 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 72,383 | |||
| Redistricting effect (2002); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 2000. | ||||||||||
| 2000-11-07 | TX16 | Silvestre Reyes* (D) | 92,649 | 68.3% | Daniel Power (R) | 40,921 | 30.2% | 2,080 | 1.5% | 135,650 |
| 1998-11-03 | TX16 | Silvestre Reyes* (D) | 67,486 | 87.9% | Stu Nance (Libertarian) | 5,329 | 6.9% | 3,952 | 5.1% | 76,767 |
| 1996-11-05 | TX16 | Silvestre Reyes (D) | 90,260 | 70.6% | Rick Ledesma (R) | 35,271 | 27.6% | 2,253 | 1.8% | 127,784 |
| 1994-11-08 | TX16 | Ron Coleman* (D) | 49,815 | 57.1% | Bobby Ortiz (R) | 37,409 | 42.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 87,224 |
| 1992-11-03 | TX16 | Ron Coleman* (D) | 66,731 | 51.9% | Chip Taberski (R) | 61,870 | 48.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 128,601 |
| Redistricting effect (1992); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 1990. | ||||||||||
| 1990-11-06 | TX16 | Ron Coleman* (D) | 62,455 | 95.6% | William Burgett (I) | 2,854 | 4.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 65,309 |
| 1988-11-08 | TX16 | Ron Coleman* (D) | 104,514 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 104,514 | |||
| 1986-11-04 | TX16 | Ron Coleman* (D) | 50,590 | 65.7% | Roy Gillia (R) | 26,421 | 34.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 77,011 |
| 1984-11-06 | TX16 | Ron Coleman* (D) | 76,375 | 57.4% | Jack Hammond (R) | 56,589 | 42.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 132,964 |
| 1982-11-02 | TX16 | Ron Coleman (D) | 44,024 | 53.9% | Pat Haggerty (R) | 36,064 | 44.2% | 1,583 | 1.9% | 81,671 |
| Redistricting effect (1982); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the LEFT by approximately 1% compared to 1980. | ||||||||||
| 1980-11-04 | TX16 | Richard White* (D) | 104,734 | 84.6% | Catherine McDivitt (Libertarian) | 19,010 | 15.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 123,744 |
| 1978-11-07 | TX16 | Richard White* (D) | 53,090 | 70.0% | Michael Giere (R) | 22,743 | 30.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 75,833 |
| 1976-11-02 | TX16 | Richard White* (D) | 71,876 | 57.8% | Vic Shackelford (R) | 52,499 | 42.2% | 73 | 0.1% | 124,448 |
| 1974-11-04 | TX16 | Richard White* (D) | 42,880 | 100.0% | 17 | 0.0% | 42,897 | |||
| Redistricting effect (1974); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 1972. | ||||||||||
| 1972-11-07 | TX16 | Richard White* (D) | 81,347 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 81,347 | |||
| Redistricting effect (1972); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 1970. | ||||||||||
| 1970-11-03 | TX16 | Richard White* (D) | 54,617 | 82.7% | J.R. Provencio (R) | 11,420 | 17.3% | 13 | 0.0% | 66,050 |
| 1968-11-05 | TX16 | Richard White* (D) | 62,491 | 73.5% | Donald Slaughter (R) | 22,510 | 26.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 85,001 |
| 1966-11-08 | TX16 | Richard White* (D) | 33,179 | 100.0% | 4 | 0.0% | 33,183 | |||
| 1964-11-03 | TX16 | Richard White (D) | 70,262 | 55.7% | Ed Foreman* (R) | 55,951 | 44.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 126,213 |
| 1962-11-06 | TX16 | Ed Foreman (R) | 44,095 | 53.8% | J.T. Rutherford* (D) | 37,821 | 46.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 81,916 |
| 1960-11-08 | TX16 | J.T. Rutherford* (D) | 63,634 | 58.9% | Dorothy Wyvell (Constitution) | 24,996 | 23.1% | 19,482 | 18.0% | 108,112 |
| 1958-11-04 | TX16 | J.T. Rutherford* (D) | 28,744 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 28,744 | |||
| 1956-11-06 | TX16 | J.T. Rutherford* (D) | 50,704 | 64.6% | Charles Gibson (R) | 27,821 | 35.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 78,525 |
| 1954-11-02 | TX16 | J.T. Rutherford (D) | 25,122 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 25,122 | |||
| 1952-11-04 | TX16 | Ken Regan* (D) | 67,782 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 67,782 | |||
| 1950-11-07 | TX16 | Ken Regan* (D) | 8,928 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 8,928 | |||
| 1948-11-02 | TX16 | Ken Regan* (D) | 37,173 | 99.5% | J.B. Chavez (Progressive) | 198 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 37,371 |
| 1947-04-23 sp | TX16 | Ken Regan (D) | 6,932 | 43.5% | Woody Bean (D) | 6,109 | 38.3% | 2,896 | 18.2% | 15,937 |
| 1946-11-05 | TX16 | Ewing Thomason* (D) | 8,114 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 8,114 | |||
| 1944-11-07 | TX16 | Ewing Thomason* (D) | 31,658 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 31,658 | |||
| 1942-11-03 | TX16 | Ewing Thomason* (D) | 6,612 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 6,612 | |||
| 1940-11-05 | TX16 | Ewing Thomason* (D) | 34,515 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 34,515 | |||
| 1938-11-08 | TX16 | Ewing Thomason* (D) | 9,237 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 9,237 | |||
| 1936-11-03 | TX16 | Ewing Thomason* (D) | 26,353 | 100.0% | 5 | 0.0% | 26,358 | |||
| Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (St) | Diff (US) | PSV | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 redist | Joe Biden (D) | 163,505 | 67.0% | Donald Trump* (R) | 76,976 | 31.5% | 3,732 | 1.5% | 244,213 | -20 | -15 | 2.16% | |
| 2020 | 44% | Joe Biden (D) | 160,809 | 66.4% | Donald Trump* (R) | 77,473 | 32.0% | 3,785 | 1.6% | 242,067 | -20 | -15 | 2.14% |
| 2016 | 37% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 130,784 | 67.9% | Donald Trump (R) | 52,334 | 27.2% | 9,574 | 5.0% | 192,692 | -25 | -19 | 2.14% |
| 2012 | 31% | Barack Obama* (D) | 100,993 | 64.2% | Mitt Romney (R) | 54,315 | 34.5% | 2,106 | 1.3% | 157,414 | -23 | -13 | 1.97% |
| 2008 | 34% | Barack Obama (D) | 118,219 | 65.8% | John McCain (R) | 60,306 | 33.6% | 1,115 | 0.6% | 179,640 | -22 | -12 | 2.22% |
| 2004 | 35% | John Kerry (D) | 92,792 | 56.5% | George W. Bush* (R) | 71,454 | 43.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 164,246 | -18 | -7 | 2.22% |
| 2000 | 33% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 79,542 | 58.0% | George W. Bush (R) | 54,051 | 39.4% | 3,446 | 2.5% | 137,039 | -20 | -8 | 2.14% |
| 1996 | 31% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 80,475 | 63.2% | Robert Dole (R) | 40,983 | 32.2% | 5,902 | 4.6% | 127,360 | -17 | -9 | 2.27% |
| 1992 | 34% | Bill Clinton (D) | 65,614 | 50.6% | George Bush* (R) | 45,367 | 35.0% | 18,779 | 14.5% | 129,760 | -6 | -2 | 2.11% |
| 1988 | 28% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 69,550 | 52.4% | George Bush (R) | 63,062 | 47.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 132,612 | -8 | -6 | 2.44% |
| 1984 | 35% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 75,896 | 57.0% | Walter Mondale (D) | 57,337 | 43.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 133,233 | -7 | -2 | 2.47% |
| 1980 | 37% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 74,138 | 56.4% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 51,743 | 39.4% | 5,565 | 4.2% | 131,446 | 1 | 6 | 2.89% |
| 1976 | 35% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 60,264 | 50.4% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 59,349 | 49.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 119,613 | 2 | 2 | 2.94% |
| 1972 | 41% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 75,221 | 64.2% | George McGovern (D) | 41,962 | 35.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 117,183 | -2 | 3 | 3.37% |
| 1968 | n/a | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 40,979 | 45.6% | Richard Nixon (R) | 38,442 | 42.8% | 10,391 | 11.6% | 89,812 | 3 | -1 | 2.92% |
| 1964 | n/a | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 56.5% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 43.5% | 0.0% | 7 | 5 | n/a | ||||
| 1960 | 36% | Richard Nixon (R) | 55,271 | 49.7% | John Kennedy (D) | 54,534 | 49.0% | 1,420 | 1.3% | 111,225 | 1 | 0 | 4.81% |
| 1956 | 31% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 47,619 | 58.3% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 33,401 | 40.9% | 590 | 0.7% | 81,610 | 3 | 1 | 4.17% |
| 1952 | 39% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 49,402 | 59.4% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 33,834 | 40.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 83,236 | 6 | 4 | 4.01% |
| Year | Pop | White | Black | Indian | Asian | 2+ Races | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 772,269 | 11.2% | 2.7% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 83.0% |
| 2020 | 747,648 | 10.9% | 3.8% | 1.3% | 2.7% | 81.3% | |
| 2012 | 707,375 | 12.8% | 3.8% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 2.4% | 79.3% |
| 2010 | 757,427 | 13.7% | 2.7% | 0.3% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 81.5% |
| 2002 | 651,619 | 17.4% | 2.9% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 77.7% |
| 2000 | 620,847 | 13.9% | 3.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 3.2% | 78.0% |
| 1992 | 566,217 | 24.5% | 3.6% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 70.4% | |
| 1990 | 637,578 | 27.0% | 3.6% | 1.0% | 68.4% | ||
| 1982 | 527,401 | 35.0% | 3.6% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 60.2% | |
| 1980 | 599,857 | 4.0% | 1.0% | 57.0% | |||
| 1976 | 466,663 | 3.0% | 50.0% | ||||
| 1972 | 478,087 | 4.0% | 50.0% | ||||
| 1970 | 434,298 | 3.0% | 41.0% | ||||
| 1960 | 573,438 | ||||||
| 1950 | 351,710 |
| Year | Total | Republican | Democrat | Other | R/D Edge | R/D Edge % | VAPOP % | |||
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