Florida State Senate District 38

State Legislative District Profile (Upper Chamber)

Overview

District ID
fl-sd-038
State
Florida
Chamber
Upper chamber (state senate)
District Code
038
Land Area
153.4 sq mi
Water Area
189.4 sq mi

Boundary

Boundary of Florida State Senate District 38

Boundary as GeoJSON

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

Counties

CountyOverlapShare of district landShare of county land
Miami-Dade County153.41 sq mi100.0%8.1%

Showing all 1 county

Places

PlaceOverlapShare of district landShare of place land
Kendall CDP16.10 sq mi10.5%100.0%
Cutler Bay town9.89 sq mi6.4%100.0%
Coral Gables city9.09 sq mi5.9%70.3%
Palmetto Bay village8.28 sq mi5.4%100.0%
Pinecrest village7.45 sq mi4.9%100.0%
Princeton CDP7.42 sq mi4.8%100.0%
South Miami Heights CDP4.91 sq mi3.2%100.0%
Homestead Base CDP4.24 sq mi2.8%100.0%
Glenvar Heights CDP4.08 sq mi2.7%100.0%
Miami city3.73 sq mi2.4%10.4%
Sunset CDP3.51 sq mi2.3%100.0%
Leisure City CDP3.26 sq mi2.1%100.0%
Goulds CDP2.91 sq mi1.9%100.0%
Olympia Heights CDP2.71 sq mi1.8%100.0%
South Miami city2.27 sq mi1.5%100.0%
Palmetto Estates CDP2.16 sq mi1.4%100.0%
West Perrine CDP1.75 sq mi1.1%100.0%
Richmond Heights CDP1.59 sq mi1.0%100.0%
Naranja CDP1.50 sq mi1.0%100.0%
Westchester CDP1.30 sq mi0.8%16.3%
Key Biscayne village1.25 sq mi0.8%100.0%
Westwood Lakes CDP1.04 sq mi0.7%62.6%
Three Lakes CDP1.01 sq mi0.7%31.2%
Richmond West CDP0.99 sq mi0.6%23.8%
The Crossings CDP0.12 sq mi0.1%3.5%

Showing all 25 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 27363,96366.9%47.3%54.5%
FL District 28179,71133.1%23.4%45.5%

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

Voters

Registered Voters
366,077
Active Voters
293,689 (80.2%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic118,51632.4%
Republican122,59933.5%
Unaffiliated116,55631.8%
Other parties8,4062.3%
No party recorded00.0%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2025–20265,809 (1.6%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2023–2024254,825 (69.6%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2021–2022166,817 (45.6%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2019–2020239,241 (65.4%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2017–2018163,707 (44.7%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2015–2016182,680 (49.9%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2013–201495,128 (26.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2011–2012144,968 (39.6%)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
560,610 (± 6,350)
Median Age
39.3
Median Household Income
$86,590 (± $1,956)
High School Graduate or Higher (age 25+)
88.2%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher (age 25+)
40.6%

Population by Age

GroupPeopleShare
Under 18126,79322.6%
18 to 64344,65161.5%
65 and over89,16615.9%

Population by Race and Hispanic Origin

GroupPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino (any race)369,35865.9%
White, not Hispanic100,75218.0%
Black, not Hispanic60,04810.7%
Asian, not Hispanic11,1072.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native, not Hispanic1730.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, not Hispanic630.0%
Some other race, not Hispanic3,2660.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic15,8432.8%

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
470,529
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
354,995

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic177,68737.8%
Hispanic292,84062.2%
White100,22521.3%
Black59,04712.5%
Asian9,0631.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native1640.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander900.0%
Two or More Races2,6730.6%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic131,41937.0%
Hispanic223,57863.0%
White74,55421.0%
Black45,99113.0%
Asian8,3182.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native8480.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander900.0%
Two or More Races1,7240.5%

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