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Texas's 17th district

U.S. House district profile: the sitting representative, 2024 Census demographics (119th-district boundaries), partisan lean, and 2026 race rating.

Representative

Official portrait of Pete Sessions

Pete Sessions

TX · District 17
RepublicanChair, Government Operations
Raised $1,050,237 · 64K followers (office + personal) · missed 0.0% of votes
29.7 years in Congress · Up for reelection: 2026
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · House Committee on Financial Services +4 more
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Cook PVI: R+10

District demographics

MeasureValue
Population798,340
Median household income$69,771
Median age36.7
Bachelor's degree or higher29.3%
White alone50.6%
Black alone13.9%
Hispanic or Latino28.2%
Asian alone2.5%
Unemployment rate4.4%
Population density (per sq mi)76

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.