Florida State Senate District 8

State Legislative District Profile (Upper Chamber)

Overview

District ID
fl-sd-008
State
Florida
Chamber
Upper chamber (state senate)
District Code
008
Land Area
1,125.9 sq mi
Water Area
360.2 sq mi

Boundary

Boundary of Florida State Senate District 8

Boundary as GeoJSON

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

Counties

CountyOverlapShare of district landShare of county land
Volusia County908.20 sq mi80.7%82.5%
Brevard County217.77 sq mi19.3%21.5%

Showing all 2 counties

Places

PlaceOverlapShare of district landShare of place land
Daytona Beach city63.81 sq mi5.7%94.7%
New Smyrna Beach city37.74 sq mi3.4%99.6%
Deltona city37.32 sq mi3.3%100.0%
Titusville city29.22 sq mi2.6%100.0%
Port Orange city26.79 sq mi2.4%99.8%
Edgewater city24.60 sq mi2.2%99.1%
DeLand city19.02 sq mi1.7%97.5%
DeBary city18.95 sq mi1.7%100.0%
Mims CDP17.07 sq mi1.5%100.0%
Samsula-Spruce Creek CDP16.81 sq mi1.5%100.0%
Orange City city7.81 sq mi0.7%100.0%
Oak Hill city6.72 sq mi0.6%95.7%
Lake Helen city4.55 sq mi0.4%100.0%
Ponce Inlet town4.49 sq mi0.4%100.0%
South Daytona city3.70 sq mi0.3%100.0%
Glencoe CDP3.50 sq mi0.3%100.0%
De Leon Springs CDP2.66 sq mi0.2%98.6%
Ormond Beach city2.65 sq mi0.2%7.5%
West DeLand CDP2.15 sq mi0.2%100.0%
Scottsmoor CDP1.16 sq mi0.1%100.0%
Daytona Beach Shores city0.85 sq mi0.1%100.0%
DeLand Southwest CDP0.61 sq mi0.1%100.0%
North DeLand CDP0.52 sq mi<0.1%100.0%

Showing all 23 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 7298,36554.9%38.8%46.7%
FL District 6175,69632.3%22.8%34.0%
FL District 869,11512.7%9.0%19.3%

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

Voters

Registered Voters
441,644
Active Voters
386,003 (87.4%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic122,04127.6%
Republican180,67740.9%
Unaffiliated122,33727.7%
Other parties16,5893.8%
No party recorded00.0%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2025–20267,040 (1.6%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2023–2024299,351 (67.8%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2021–2022207,592 (47.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2019–2020279,348 (63.3%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2017–2018198,138 (44.9%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2015–2016216,262 (49.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2013–2014135,022 (30.6%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2011–2012170,252 (38.5%)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
567,150 (± 2,417)
Median Age
45.4
Median Household Income
$69,673 (± $1,250)
High School Graduate or Higher (age 25+)
91.8%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher (age 25+)
27.5%

Population by Age

GroupPeopleShare
Under 18101,93018.0%
18 to 64326,47857.6%
65 and over138,74224.5%

Population by Race and Hispanic Origin

GroupPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino (any race)92,26716.3%
White, not Hispanic381,54667.3%
Black, not Hispanic61,33410.8%
Asian, not Hispanic10,4921.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native, not Hispanic8790.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, not Hispanic2090.0%
Some other race, not Hispanic2,6650.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic17,7583.1%

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
549,067
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
448,217

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic464,53984.6%
Hispanic84,52815.4%
White382,83469.7%
Black59,30110.8%
Asian8,3471.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native8950.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander2060.0%
Two or More Races8000.1%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic386,83686.3%
Hispanic61,38413.7%
White326,02572.7%
Black48,67410.9%
Asian8,0921.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native3,2740.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1980.0%
Two or More Races6770.2%

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