† 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
14 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, TXTexasUnited States
Mexican26.1%32.1%11.3%
Salvadoran2.9%1.2%0.7%
Honduran1.8%0.8%0.3%
Cuban0.9%0.5%0.7%
Venezuelan0.9%——
Puerto Rican0.8%0.8%1.8%
Guatemalan0.8%0.4%0.5%
Colombian0.7%0.3%0.4%
German7.1%8.3%12.5%
English6.8%7.9%9.5%
Irish4.9%6.0%9.4%
American3.7%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, TX
Texas
United States
Median age
35.6
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.4%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Houston-Pasadena, TX
Texas
United States
Median household income
$83,105
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.0%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.6%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Houston-Pasadena, TX
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
39.5%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
29.3%
28.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.5%
1.7%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.3%
0.7%
1.1%
Vietnamese
1.7%
0.9%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Houston-Pasadena, TX
Texas
United States
Catholic
18.3%
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
23.7%
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
45.3%
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, TX
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1912–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1912
+53.7%
1916
+41.7%
1920
+19.3%
1924
+43.4%
1928
+1.4%
1932
+72.6%
1936
+75.7%
1940
+56.5%
1944
+57.5%
1948
+18.4%
1952
−11.9%
1956
−22.0%
1960
−2.1%
1964
+22.9%
1968
−1.2%
1972
−26.5%
1976
−2.4%
1980
−18.8%
1984
−24.9%
1988
−15.2%
1992
−6.3%
1996
−7.5%
2000
−17.8%
2004
−18.1%
2008
−8.8%
2012
−12.6%
2016
−2.4%
2020
−0.4%
2024
−8.0%
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
45.2%Harris1,235,044
53.2%Trump1,454,210
1.0%Stein26,393 +2
R+8.0
R+7.7
R+6.5
2,733,494
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican53.2%1,454,210
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic45.2%1,235,044
Jill SteinIndependent1.0%26,393
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%16,077
OtherAll other candidates0.1%1,770
R
49.1%Biden1,353,025
49.5%Trump1,362,702
1.4%
R+0.4
D+2.1
R+4.8
2,754,019
R
46.6%Clinton1,010,420
49.1%Trump1,062,910
4.3%
R+2.4
D+10.2
R+4.5
2,166,226
R
43.1%Obama832,056
55.7%Romney1,075,602
1.3%
R+12.6
R+3.8
R+16.5
1,932,364
R
45.2%Obama846,957
54.0%McCain1,012,449
0.8%
R+8.8
D+9.3
R+16.1
1,873,504
R
40.6%Kerry685,609
58.7%Bush991,252
0.7%
R+18.1
R+0.3
R+15.7
1,687,847
R
39.8%Gore592,096
57.6%Bush857,125
2.6%
R+17.8
R+10.3
R+18.3
1,487,296
R
43.1%Clinton546,904
50.6%Dole642,587
6.3%
R+7.5
R+1.3
R+16.1
1,270,104
R
36.9%Clinton506,764
43.1%Bush592,721
20.0%
R+6.3
D+8.9
R+11.8
1,374,048
R
41.9%Dukakis488,029
57.1%Bush664,655
0.9%
R+15.2
D+9.7
R+7.5
1,163,424
R
37.4%Mondale455,036
62.3%Reagan757,307
0.3%
R+24.9
R+6.1
R+6.6
1,215,596
R
38.7%Carter381,303
57.4%Reagan566,109
3.9%
R+18.8
R+16.3
R+9.0
985,629
R
48.4%Carter442,648
50.8%Ford464,669
0.9%
R+2.4
D+24.1
R+4.5
915,215
R
36.5%McGovern277,065
63.0%Nixon478,557
0.5%
R+26.5
R+25.3
R+3.4
759,150
R
39.5%Humphrey249,420
40.7%Nixon257,039
19.8%
R+1.2
R+24.1
R+0.5
631,639
D
61.4%Johnson315,265
38.4%Goldwater197,436
0.2%
D+22.9
D+25.0
D+0.3
513,826
R
47.8%Kennedy211,663
49.9%Nixon220,920
2.3%
R+2.1
D+19.9
R+2.3
442,864
R
38.1%Stevenson135,377
60.2%Eisenhower213,545
1.7%
R+22.0
R+10.1
R+6.6
354,935
R
44.0%Stevenson159,776
55.9%Eisenhower203,001
0.1%
R+11.9
R+30.3
R+1.1
363,219
D
51.0%Truman92,699
32.7%Dewey59,362
16.3%
D+18.4
R+39.1
D+13.9
181,595
D
68.7%Roosevelt109,128
11.3%Dewey17,893
20.0%
D+57.5
D+1.0
D+50.0
158,779
D
78.2%Roosevelt112,619
21.7%Willkie31,227
0.1%
D+56.5
R+19.2
D+46.6
144,043
D
87.7%Roosevelt91,217
11.9%Landon12,430
0.4%
D+75.7
D+3.1
D+51.4
104,066
D
86.0%Roosevelt84,251
13.4%Hoover13,086
0.7%
D+72.6
D+71.2
D+54.8
98,014
D
50.6%Smith41,110
49.2%Hoover39,993
0.2%
D+1.4
R+42.0
D+18.8
81,229
D
68.1%Davis45,646
24.7%Coolidge16,571
7.2%
D+43.4
D+24.1
D+68.5
67,049
D
46.4%Cox25,071
27.2%Harding14,676
26.4%
D+19.3
R+22.5
D+45.4
53,981
D
68.9%Wilson22,934
27.2%Hughes9,049
3.9%
D+41.7
R+11.9
D+38.6
33,266
D
67.2%Wilson17,138
13.6%Taft3,455
19.2%
D+53.7
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D+34.1
25,497
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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
47.4%1,288,182
50.0%1,358,808
2,715,450
2020
R
46.4%1,256,937
51.1%1,383,963
2,708,020
2018
D
50.8%1,018,159
48.5%973,722
2,006,153
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Houston-Pasadena, TX
Year
Total registered
2016
3,572,297
2018
3,680,483
2020
4,043,638
2022
4,239,589
2024
4,489,967
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+8,134 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +405,595 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Houston-Pasadena, TX in Houston-Pasadena, TX: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+23,605
2012
+38,544
2013
+55,064
2014
+67,470
2015
+63,437
2016
+28,273
2017
−8,551
2018
−9,022
2019
+7,257
2021
+28,457
2022
+39,076
2023
+43,082
2024
+20,769
2025
+8,134
Houston-Pasadena, TX sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 75.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 26.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 7.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.0 points.
A population of 7,637,767, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,105 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK and San Antonio-New Braunfels-Kerrville, TX.
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In 2024, Houston-Pasadena, TX, Texas voted Republican by 8.0 points (R+8.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,733,494 votes cast, 1,235,044 went Democratic and 1,454,210 went Republican.
When did Houston-Pasadena, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Houston-Pasadena, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Houston-Pasadena, TX, Texas?
Houston-Pasadena, TX, Texas has a population of 7,637,767 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Houston-Pasadena, TX, Texas?
Median household income in Houston-Pasadena, TX, Texas is $83,105 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Houston-Pasadena, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Houston-Pasadena, TX, Texas from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
