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Texas's 36th 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 Brian Babin

Brian Babin

TX · District 36
RepublicanChair, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Raised $1,006,944 · 110K followers (office + personal) · missed 0.6% of votes
11.7 years in Congress · Up for reelection: 2026
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology +2 more
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Cook PVI: R+12

District demographics

MeasureValue
Population816,162
Median household income$76,372
Median age36.2
Bachelor's degree or higher24.9%
White alone43.4%
Black alone11.8%
Hispanic or Latino36.2%
Asian alone3.9%
Unemployment rate7.5%
Population density (per sq mi)137

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.