Florida State House District 8

State Legislative District Profile (Lower Chamber)

Overview

District ID
fl-hd-008
State
Florida
Chamber
Lower chamber
District Code
008
Land Area
622.8 sq mi
Water Area
15.5 sq mi

Boundary

Boundary of Florida State House District 8

Boundary as GeoJSON

Source: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line state legislative district boundaries.

Counties

CountyOverlapShare of district landShare of county land
Gadsden County516.38 sq mi82.9%100.0%
Leon County106.33 sq mi17.1%15.9%

Showing all 2 counties

Places

PlaceOverlapShare of district landShare of place land
Tallahassee city40.81 sq mi6.6%39.8%
Quincy city11.65 sq mi1.9%100.0%
Midway CDP9.62 sq mi1.5%80.0%
Gretna city8.56 sq mi1.4%100.0%
Chattahoochee city5.60 sq mi0.9%100.0%
Woodville CDP5.26 sq mi0.8%62.2%
Havana town2.79 sq mi0.4%100.0%
Greensboro town2.30 sq mi0.4%100.0%

Showing all 8 places

Overlapping Congressional Districts

Congressional districtPopulation in bothShare of this district's populationShare of the congressional district's populationShare of this district's land
FL District 2175,555100.0%22.8%100.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 blocks and 2025 block equivalency files (119th Congress, 2024 state legislative plans).

Voters

Registered Voters
123,014
Active Voters
96,649 (78.6%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic74,43560.5%
Republican21,18217.2%
Unaffiliated24,24919.7%
Other parties3,1482.6%
No party recorded00.0%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2025–2026<10 (—)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2023–202476,806 (62.4%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2021–202250,619 (41.1%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2019–202073,116 (59.4%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2017–201855,009 (44.7%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2015–201656,788 (46.2%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2013–201438,352 (31.2%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2011–201249,281 (40.1%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)

Turnout counts today's registered voters with a counted ballot in the cycle's elections (the odd and even year), as a share of today's registered voters. Voters who have since left the rolls are not counted.

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Source: Civitech voter file snapshot as of 12/10/2025. These are registered voters, separate from the Census population figures. Counts under 10 are suppressed and shown as "<10".

Demographics

Total Population
178,632 (± 2,746)
Median Age
29.9
Median Household Income
$47,348 (± $2,557)
High School Graduate or Higher (age 25+)
87.5%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher (age 25+)
33.1%

Population by Age

GroupPeopleShare
Under 1834,02319.0%
18 to 64123,54569.2%
65 and over21,06411.8%

Population by Race and Hispanic Origin

GroupPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino (any race)16,2459.1%
White, not Hispanic59,02733.0%
Black, not Hispanic90,91450.9%
Asian, not Hispanic3,8692.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native, not Hispanic1860.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, not Hispanic430.0%
Some other race, not Hispanic4700.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic7,8784.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 ACS 5-year estimates (tables B01001, B01002, B01003, B03002, B15003, B19013) for this state legislative district. Estimates are survey-based; ± figures are 90% margins of error.

Citizen Voting Age Population

Total Citizen Population
171,304
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
138,438

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic158,20392.4%
Hispanic13,1007.6%
White59,59434.8%
Black90,44852.8%
Asian1,9311.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native1860.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander630.0%
Two or More Races7160.4%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic128,81793.1%
Hispanic9,6237.0%
White52,86338.2%
Black71,98652.0%
Asian2,3271.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native1,4431.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander610.0%
Two or More Races4090.3%

Source: Redistricting Data Hub / U.S. Census Bureau CVAP Special Tabulation (2020-2024 ACS 5-year).