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      Home›Florida›FL-18

      Florida's 18th Congressional District

      R+30.6
      ↑ D+44.1 vs 2022· Florida · Latest: 2024

      Safe Republican — flipped 3 times in 22 elections

      Population825K

      Current Representative

      REPScott FranklinElected 2024

      118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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      Key Insights

      • Has voted Republican in the last 5 presidential elections
      • Latest election (2024) was a Republican landslide with a 29.3% margin
      • Shifted 16.8 points toward Republicans over the last 4 elections

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      2024 House ElectionFlorida Profile

      Who lives in Florida's 18th Congressional District? 825,024 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      FL-18 vs Florida vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      825K
      State: 22.4M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.25%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      75.6%
      State: 78.4% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      27.4%
      State: 30.6% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      72.6%
      State: 69.4% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $62,039
      State: $75,325 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      16.1%
      State: 12.6% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      20.6%
      State: 34.2% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      72.0%
      State: 67.6% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      40.9 yrs
      State: 43.1 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      14.7%
      State: 14.2% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      21.3%
      State: 21.3% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      13.2%
      State: 21.9% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      FL-18 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 52.4%Hispanic 29.7%Black 13.2%Multiracial 2.4%Asian 1.5%Native American 0.8%
      GroupFL-18StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      52.4%50.4%57.4%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(20)
      29.7%27.4%19.3%
      ▶Black(11)
      13.2%15.1%12.2%
      Multiracial / Other
      2.4%3.7%4.0%
      ▶Asian(6)
      1.5%2.9%6.0%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(2)
      0.8%0.3%0.9%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(9)
      0.4%—0.9%

      Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

      Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

      MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).

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