Find Your Incumbent - Demographics

Find Your Incumbent - Demographic Reports

A legislative district is a contiguous geographic area created by dividing the state into a certain number of regions with approximately equal population. Texas is divided into 31 State Senate districts, 150 State House of Representatives districts, 30 United States Congressional districts, and 15 State Board of Education districts. The Texas Legislature defines district boundaries using population and census block data reported every ten years by the United States Census Bureau. Official representatives are elected by voters in each district to represent the interests of the people of the district.

For each legislative district, the following profiles are provided. The profiles were created by the Texas Legislative Council based on population and demographic data reported in the 1990 United States Census, school district boundaries as reported by the school districts, and legislative district information based on districts in effect for 1997.

District Type:

U.S. Congress Texas Senate Texas House Texas SBOE

District Number:
(U.S. Congress 1-30, Texas Senate 1-31, Texas House 1-150, Texas SBOE 1-15)

Demographic Report:
POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD PROFILE

Shows selected population characteristics and selected household characteristics for a district and statewide. It gives the number of people by selected age groups, place of birth/citizenship, urban and rural population, number of people who have moved within or from outside Texas since 1985, ability to speak english, total number of households, average number of persons per household, households by composition (1 person, 2 persons etc.), persons by household type and group quarters, families with children (single-parent families and children with all parents working).

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE

Shows information about selected education characteristics and selected labor characteristics for ages 16 and up. It lists the population enrolled in school, educational attainment, labor force status, information about the civilian labor force, the number of people employed in the private and government sector, and those who are self-employed and information about those who worked in 1989.

INCOME AND HOUSING PROFILE

Shows information about selected income characteristics and selected housing characteristics. It lists per capita income, annual household income, population living in poverty, families with children living in poverty, the number of people whose income includes social security and public assistance, the age of housing, housing that is occupied by renter, owner or vacant, the percent of total income spent on housing by renters and owners, the average rent per month, and information about the value of owner-occupied housing.

POPULATION ANALYSIS

Shows total and ethnic population of each county within a district.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Shows school districts with population in the legislative district.

CITIES AND CENSUS DESIGNATED PLACES (CDP)

Shows district population broken down by county and city.

PRECINCTS WITHIN DISTRICT

Shows precincts within a district based on the 1998 Primary precincts.