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      Home›Washington›WA-09

      Washington's 9th Congressional District

      D+97.9
      ↑ D+54.5 vs 2022· Washington · Latest: 2024

      Safe Democratic — flipped 2 times in 17 elections

      Population773K

      Current Representative

      DEMAdam SmithElected 2024

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

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      Key Insights

      • Has voted Democratic in the last 5 presidential elections
      • Latest election (2024) was a Democratic landslide with a 41.0% margin

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      Who lives in Washington's 9th Congressional District? 772,812 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      WA-09 vs Washington vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      773K
      State: 7.8M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.23%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      77.0%
      State: 76.7% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      39.8%
      State: 21.4% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      60.2%
      State: 78.6% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $100,420
      State: $101,109 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      10.9%
      State: 9.9% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      42.0%
      State: 39.3% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      55.8%
      State: 63.8% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      37.4 yrs
      State: 38.5 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      16.1%
      State: 15.7% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      14.4%
      State: 16.6% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      31.1%
      State: 15.4% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      WA-09 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 39.1%Asian 23.5%Hispanic 15.1%Black 12.3%Multiracial 9.4%Native American 0.7%
      GroupWA-09StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      39.1%63.1%57.4%
      ▶Asian(6)
      23.5%9.8%6.0%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(19)
      15.1%14.4%19.3%
      ▶Black(14)
      12.3%4.0%12.2%
      Multiracial / Other
      9.4%6.8%4.0%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(10)
      2.0%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(5)
      0.7%1.2%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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