† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
10 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupHouston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TXTexasUnited States
Mexican26.1%32.1%11.3%
Salvadoran2.9%1.2%0.7%
Honduran1.8%0.8%0.3%
Cuban1.0%0.5%0.7%
Venezuelan0.9%——
Guatemalan0.8%0.4%0.5%
Colombian0.8%0.3%0.4%
Puerto Rican0.8%0.8%1.8%
German6.9%8.3%12.5%
English6.7%7.9%9.5%
Irish4.9%6.0%9.4%
American3.6%4.6%5.3%
Italian2.0%1.9%4.8%
French1.6%1.5%1.6%
Scottish1.0%1.3%1.3%
Polish0.9%0.8%2.2%
African American†14.6%10.3%9.9%
Nigerian0.9%0.4%0.2%
African0.7%0.6%0.5%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Asian Indian2.1%1.8%1.4%
Vietnamese2.0%1.0%0.6%
Chinese1.4%0.8%1.3%
Filipino0.8%0.5%0.9%
Pakistani0.7%0.3%—
Korean0.3%0.3%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Texas
United States
Median age
35.5
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.3%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Texas
United States
Median household income
$83,674
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.9%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.0%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
40.0%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
29.6%
28.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.6%
1.7%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.3%
0.7%
1.1%
Vietnamese
1.8%
0.9%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Texas
United States
Catholic
18.1%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
23.7%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
45.5%
45.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1912–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1912
+56.9%
1916
+46.0%
1920
+22.1%
1924
+41.0%
1928
−1.9%
1932
+71.3%
1936
+75.4%
1940
+57.5%
1944
+58.2%
1948
+18.3%
1952
−11.2%
1956
−21.6%
1960
−2.4%
1964
+22.6%
1968
−1.3%
1972
−26.3%
1976
−2.7%
1980
−19.0%
1984
−24.6%
1988
−15.1%
1992
−6.1%
1996
−7.4%
2000
−17.3%
2004
−17.5%
2008
−8.1%
2012
−11.8%
2016
−1.3%
2020
+0.7%
2024
−6.9%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
45.7%Harris1,216,384
52.6%Trump1,400,279
1.0%Stein26,192 +2
R+6.9
R+7.7
R+5.4
2,660,337
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican52.6%1,400,279
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic45.7%1,216,384
Jill SteinIndependent1.0%26,192
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%15,731
OtherAll other candidates0.1%1,751
D
49.7%Biden1,332,453
48.9%Trump1,312,597
1.4%
D+0.7
D+2.0
R+3.7
2,682,409
R
47.2%Clinton993,209
48.5%Trump1,020,566
4.3%
R+1.3
D+10.5
R+3.4
2,104,670
R
43.5%Obama814,208
55.2%Romney1,034,815
1.3%
R+11.8
R+3.7
R+15.6
1,873,062
R
45.6%Obama826,212
53.7%McCain973,384
0.7%
R+8.1
D+9.4
R+15.4
1,813,190
R
40.9%Kerry667,186
58.4%Bush952,538
0.7%
R+17.5
R+0.2
R+15.0
1,630,402
R
40.0%Gore574,623
57.4%Bush823,365
2.6%
R+17.3
R+9.9
R+17.9
1,435,228
R
43.2%Clinton526,806
50.6%Dole617,052
6.3%
R+7.4
R+1.3
R+15.9
1,220,390
R
37.0%Clinton488,460
43.1%Bush569,411
19.9%
R+6.1
D+9.0
R+11.7
1,321,309
R
42.0%Dukakis467,633
57.1%Bush636,376
0.9%
R+15.1
D+9.5
R+7.4
1,114,439
R
37.6%Mondale438,017
62.2%Reagan725,045
0.3%
R+24.6
R+5.6
R+6.4
1,166,222
R
38.5%Carter364,193
57.5%Reagan543,488
3.9%
R+19.0
R+16.3
R+9.2
944,888
R
48.2%Carter424,023
50.9%Ford447,514
0.9%
R+2.7
D+23.6
R+4.7
879,169
R
36.6%McGovern266,848
62.9%Nixon458,339
0.5%
R+26.3
R+25.0
R+3.1
728,659
R
39.5%Humphrey237,444
40.7%Nixon244,982
19.8%
R+1.3
R+23.8
R+0.6
601,818
D
61.2%Johnson299,073
38.6%Goldwater188,678
0.2%
D+22.6
D+25.0
±0.0
488,853
R
47.6%Kennedy199,992
50.0%Nixon210,195
2.4%
R+2.4
D+19.2
R+2.6
420,316
R
38.3%Stevenson127,814
59.9%Eisenhower199,938
1.7%
R+21.6
R+10.4
R+6.2
333,574
R
44.3%Stevenson150,221
55.5%Eisenhower188,231
0.1%
R+11.2
R+29.5
R+0.5
338,884
D
50.9%Truman85,174
32.6%Dewey54,518
16.5%
D+18.3
R+39.9
D+13.8
167,305
D
69.5%Roosevelt100,495
11.3%Dewey16,273
19.3%
D+58.2
D+0.8
D+50.7
144,608
D
78.7%Roosevelt102,880
21.2%Willkie27,730
0.1%
D+57.5
R+18.0
D+47.5
130,797
D
87.5%Roosevelt82,775
12.1%Landon11,419
0.4%
D+75.4
D+4.2
D+51.2
94,588
D
85.3%Roosevelt73,601
14.0%Hoover12,091
0.7%
D+71.3
D+73.2
D+53.5
86,313
R
49.0%Smith35,498
50.9%Hoover36,885
0.2%
R+1.9
R+42.9
D+15.6
72,503
D
66.4%Davis36,913
25.4%Coolidge14,123
8.1%
D+41.0
D+19.0
D+66.2
55,553
D
48.6%Cox21,659
26.5%Harding11,818
24.9%
D+22.1
R+23.9
D+48.3
44,584
D
71.1%Wilson19,356
25.1%Hughes6,825
3.9%
D+46.0
R+10.9
D+42.9
27,240
D
68.6%Wilson13,893
11.7%Taft2,370
19.7%
D+56.9
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D+37.4
20,242
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Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
48.0%1,268,578
49.5%1,307,050
2,642,791
2020
R
46.9%1,237,442
50.6%1,334,016
2,637,164
2018
D
51.3%1,001,868
47.9%935,629
1,951,409
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
3,470,160
2018
3,578,532
2020
3,936,930
2022
4,131,316
2024
4,376,399
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+7,308 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +395,967 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+23,937
2012
+39,267
2013
+54,588
2014
+67,409
2015
+62,395
2016
+27,539
2017
−8,952
2018
−8,899
2019
+7,316
2021
+26,259
2022
+37,649
2023
+40,015
2024
+20,136
2025
+7,308
Houston's electorate is roughly 44% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 33% non-Hispanic white, a mix that has steadily compressed Republican margins in countywide races while suburban nodes like The Woodlands continue to anchor conservative turnout.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 75.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 26.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 7.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.9 points.
A population of 7,442,788, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,674 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX and Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ.
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How did Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, Texas voted Republican by 6.9 points (R+6.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,660,337 votes cast, 1,216,384 went Democratic and 1,400,279 went Republican.
When did Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, Texas?
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, Texas has a population of 7,442,788 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, Texas?
Median household income in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, Texas is $83,674 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, Texas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
