Vern Buchanan
FL · District 16
RepublicanChair, Health
Raised $929,859 · 45K followers (office + personal) · missed 11.5% of votes
Joint Committee on Taxation · House Committee on Ways and Means +2 more
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Florida's 16th district
U.S. House district profile: the sitting representative, 2024 Census demographics (119th-district boundaries), partisan lean, and 2026 race rating.
Representative
Cook PVI: R+6
District demographics
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 882,786 |
| Median household income | $88,995 |
| Median age | 43.9 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 37.7% |
| White alone | 56.7% |
| Black alone | 11.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 22.8% |
| Asian alone | 3.4% |
| Unemployment rate | 3.9% |
| Population density (per sq mi) | 765 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B01003, B01002, B19013 and related), 119th Congress district boundaries, released September 2025; land area from the 2025 Gazetteer.