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« on: June 23, 2017, 11:39:49 AM »
« edited: June 23, 2017, 11:42:14 AM by RINO Tom »

Been doing some research to better understand the House districts lately, and I thought this would be interesting.  Share as much as you want in whatever format you'd like, of course.  Navigating this site http://statisticalatlas.com/state/Iowa/Overview might help you find some cool information, too!  Here is both my home one and where we would have lived if we never moved:

IA-2 (Home District)
Rep: Dave Loebsack (2007-Present)
Previous Rep: Jim Leach (2003-2007)
2016 Result: Loebsack 53.7%, Peters 46.2%
2016 POTUS Result: Trump 49%, Clinton 45%
Population: 765,750
Demographics: 87.7% White, 4.9% Hispanic, 3.6% Black, 2.0% Asian, 1.5% Mixed, .3% Other
Median Income: $49,500
College Degree: 36.7%
Major Cities: Quad Cities (IA side), Iowa City
Other Fact(s): Jim Leach was redistricted from IA-1 to this district, which most attribute to his eventual loss (he was very popular).

IL-18 (Birth District)
Rep: Darin LaHood (2015-Present)
Previous Rep: Aaron Schock (2009-2015) (LOL)
2016 Result: LaHood 72.13%, Rodriguez 27.87%
2012 POTUS Result: Romney 61%, Obama 37% (can't find 2016)
Population: 717,250
Demographics: 89.7% White, 3.8% Black, 2.5% Hispanic, 2.3% Asian, 1.5% Mixed, .2% Other
Median Income: $58,300
College Degree: 38.6%
Major Cities: Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, Springfield
Other Fact(s): Abraham Lincoln represented most of this district during his term, and it has not sent a Democrat to DC since 1939.

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« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2017, 12:16:37 PM »

MA-06 (mother's district, stay here during weekdays)
Rep: Seth Moulton (2015-present)
Previous Rep: John Tierney (1997-2015)
2016 Result: Moulton 98.4%, write-ins 1.6%
Population: 735,940
Demographics: 84.4% white, 7.2% Hispanic, 3.8% Asian, 3% black, 1.5% other
Median Income: $77,400 (household income)
College Degree: 49.1%
Major Cities: Lynn, Peabody, Salem, Beverly, Woburn
Other Fact(s): Home to Peter Torkildsen, one of Massachusetts' most recent Republican representatives. Tierney was primaried by 10 points, despite the only poll showing him losing being a Moulton internal.

NH-02 (father's district, stay here during weekends)
Rep: Ann Kuster (2013-present)
Previous rep: Charles Bass (2011-2013)
2016 result: Kuster 49.8%, Lawrence 45.3%, Babiarz 4.9%
Population: 658,190
Demographics: 91.9% white, 2.9% Hispanic, 2.3% Asian, 0.9% black, 2% other
Median Income: $64,300
College Degree: 43.1%
Major cities: Nashua, Concord, Keene, Lebanon, Claremont
Other Facts: Judd Gregg held this seat at one point. Whilst researching facts for this district, I discovered that Kuster's Wikipedia page contains a 2750 x 4000 portrait of her in its full size at one point.
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« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2017, 12:41:12 PM »
« Edited: June 23, 2017, 01:39:35 PM by Sprouts Farmers Market ✘ »

Well, you probably won't be getting an accurately diverse sampling of congressional district flavors on here, but I'll contribute:

PA-2
Rep: Dwight Evans (2016-Present)
Previous: Chaka Fattah (1995-2016)
2016 Result: Evans 90.2%, Jones, 9.8%
2016 POTUS Result: Clinton 90.4%, Trump 7.6%
Population: 646,355
Demographics: 61.2% Black, 30.9% White, 4.3% Asian, 3.0% Hispanic
Median Household Income: $40,244 | Mean Household Income: $69,693
Bachelor's Degree+: 35.6% | Graduate Degree: 16.3%
Major Cities: Philadelphia (West, North, Northwest, half of Center City), Bala Cynwyd, Bryn Mawr, Lower Merion
Other Facts: Something, something Rocky, something, something Fresh Prince (Donald Trump's college!)

e: my tiny census tract is ironically significantly different from this.
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« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2017, 01:37:25 PM »
« Edited: June 23, 2017, 01:43:07 PM by MT Treasurer »

MT-AL

Rep: Greg Gianforte (2017-Present)
Previous Rep: Ryan Zinke (2015-2017)
2016 Result: Zinke 56.2%, Juneau 40.5%, Breckenridge 3.3%
2016 POTUS Result: Trump 56%, Clinton 35%, Johnson 6%, Stein 2%
2017 Special election result: Gianforte 50%, Quist 44%, Wicks 6%
Population: 1,042,520 (2016 est.)
Demographics: 86.5% White, 6.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 3.6% Hispanic, 0.8% Asian, 0.6% Black, 2.7% Two or more races
Median Income:  $47,169 (2011-2015)
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+ years: 92.8% (2011-2015)
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+ years: 29.5% (2011-2015)
Some college or Associate Degree: 33.2%
High School or GED: 30.1%
Major Cities: Billings, Missoula, Great Falls, Bozeman
Other Fact(s): The state sent the first woman to Congress - Jeannette Rankin (R) in 1916 (RIP FF). It is the largest Congressional district by population. In the longer term, Montana may stand to gain a second district again.
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« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2017, 01:46:29 PM »
« Edited: June 23, 2017, 11:00:00 PM by JGibson »

IL-12 (my home district)
Rep: Mike Bost (R) (2015-present)
Previous Rep: Bill Enyart (D) (2013-2015)
2016 Result: Bost (R) 54.3%, Baricevic (D) 39.7%
2016 POTUS: Trump/Pence (R) 55.0%, Clinton/Kaine (D) 40.2
2012 POTUS: Obama/Biden (D) 49.7%, Romney/Ryan (R) 48.2%
PVI: R+5 [EVEN in 2013]
Population: 710,492
Demographics: 77.1% White, 16.8% Black, 2.9% Hispanic, 1.0% Asian, 1.9% Mixed, 0.3% Other
Median Income: $44,600 (household)
College Degree: 25.3% some college, 9.5% associate's, 13.3% bachelor's, 6.0% master's
High School Diploma: 32.0%
Major Cities: Alton, Belleville, Benton, Cairo, Carbondale, Du Quoin, East St. Louis, Granite City, Marion, Mount Vernon, O'Fallon, Sparta, Waterloo
Other Fact(s): This region was where Paul Simon and Dick Durbin's political careers began. St. Louis-based sports teams rule the roost in this district.
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« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2017, 02:03:19 PM »
« Edited: June 23, 2017, 02:32:27 PM by L.D. Smith »

Well, you probably won't be getting an accurately diverse sampling of congressional district flavors on here, but I'll contribute:

CA-13
PVI: D+40
Rep: Barbara Lee (2013-Present)
Previous: Pete Stark (2003-2013)
2016 Result: Lee 91%, Caro, 9.8%
2016 POTUS Result: Clinton 87.4%, Trump 6.8%
2016 SENATE RESULT: Harris 75 + %, Sanchez < 25%
2012 POTUS RESULT: Obama 87.5%, Romney 9%
Population: 713,621
Demographics: 34.1% White, 21% Asian, 20.6% Hispanic, 19% Black
Other Significant Languages: Spanish, Chinese
Median Household Income: $59.2 K | Mean Household Income: $69,693
Bachelor's Degree+: 24.5% | Graduate Degree: 20.1%
Major Cities: Oakland (East, West, Hills), Berkeley
Other Facts: Something something Free Speech Movement, something something Antifa, oh and Philip K. Dick and Ursula LeGuin came from here. The original district was actually in the LA area
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« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2017, 02:20:46 PM »

OK-01
PVI: R+17
Rep.: Jim Bridenstine (R) (2013-present)
Previous Rep.: John Sullivan (R) (2002-2013)
2016 (Primary) Result*: Bridenstine 80.8%, Atkinson 16%, Rogers 3.2%
2016 POTUS: Trump/Pence (R) 61.4%, Clinton/Kaine (D) 32.7%
2012 POTUS: Romney/Ryan (R) 65.8%, Obama/Biden (D) 34.2%
Population: 754,310
Demographics: 67.1% White, 9% Black, 2.1% Asian, 9.8% Hispanic, 6.6% Native American, 5.4% Other
Median Income: $49.3k
College Degree: 36.8%
Major Cities: Tulsa, Bartlesville, Broken Arrow, Bixby, Jenks, Sand Springs, Wagoner
Other Facts: Both of my Senators and my House Rep. are named James.

*Bridenstine ran unopposed in the general election and as such, no election was held.
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« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2017, 03:07:48 PM »

NJ-01 (Home district)
PVI: D+12
Rep.: Donald Norcross (D) (2014–present)
Previous rep.: Rob Andrews (D) (1990–2014)
2016 result: Norcross 60%; Patterson 37%; Other 3%
2016 POTUS: Clinton 61%; Trump 36%; Other 3%
2012 POTUS: Obama 65%; Romney 34%; Other 1%
Population: 732,658
Demographics: 70% White; 17% Black; 12% Hispanic, 5% Asian, <1% Native American
Median income: $63.9k
Major cities: Camden, Gloucester City, Woodbury

I wasn't born in the US, so I can't provide a "birth district," but I figured out the first congressional district I was in, however briefly:

CA-33
PVI: D+16
Rep.: Ted Lieu (D) (2015–present)
Previous rep.: Henry Waxman (D) (1975–2015)
2016 result: Lieu 66%; Wright 37%; Other 7%
2016 POTUS: Clinton 68%; Trump 27%; Other 5%
2012 POTUS: Obama 61%; Romney 37%; Other 2%
Population: 707,889
Demographics: 69% White; 14% Asian; 11% Hispanic; 3% Black
Median income: $61.3k
Major cities: Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Malibu, Santa Monica

As you can see, for almost my entire life, I've avoided swing districts Cheesy
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« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2017, 03:37:38 PM »
« Edited: June 23, 2017, 03:49:23 PM by JA »

FL-04
PVI: R+17
Rep.: John Rutherford (R) (2017-present)
Previous rep.Sad Ander Crenshaw (R) (2001-2017)
2016 result: Rutherford (R) - 70.2% | Bruderly (D) - 27.6%
2016 POTUS: Trump (R) - 62.1% | Clinton (D) - 34.1%
2012 POTUS: Romney (R) - 66.1% | Obama (D) - 32.8%
Population: 753,050
Demographics: White - 77.8% | Black - 13.5% | Hispanic - 4.2% | Asian - 2.4% | Native American - 0.3% | Other - 0.1%
Median Household Income: $64,011
Major cities: Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Augustine, Jacksonville Beach, Fernandina Beach, Nocatee
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« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2017, 07:39:47 PM »
« Edited: June 24, 2017, 12:04:13 PM by Crumpets »

WA-7
PVI: D+33
Rep.: Pramila Jayapal (D) (2017-present)
Previous Rep.: Jim McDermott (D) (1989-2017)
2016 result: Jayapal (D) 55.98% | Walkinshaw (D) 44.02%
2016 POTUS: Clinton 82%, Trump 12%
2012 POTUS: Obama 79%, Romney 18%
Population (2010): 683,158
Demographics: White - 76.0%, Asian 10.5%, Hispanic 7.3%, Black 5.3%, Native American 1.0%
Median Household Income: $61,747
Major cities: Seattle, Shoreline, Burien, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Vashon

A bit more about our politics, in case you couldn't tell from the numbers:

This happened in my district:


As did this:


And this:
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« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2017, 08:28:26 PM »

NY-27
Rep: Chris Collins (R)
2016 result: Collins 62.3%, Kastenbaum 30.4%
2016 POTUS: Trump 59.7%, Clinton 35.2%
Population: 717,390
Demographics: 92.4% White, 2.4% Black, 2.3% Hispanic
Median Income: $58,900
College Degree: 41.2%
Major cities: Batavia, Canandaigua, Lockport, Niagara Falls (part)
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« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2017, 09:39:12 PM »

CA-48
Rep: Dana Rohrabacher (R)
Rating: Lean R
2016 result: Rohrabacher 58-42%
2016 POTUS: Clinton 48-46%
Population: 712,000
Demographics: 59% White, 20% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 1% Black, 3% Other
Median Household Income: $76,000
College Degree: 42%
Major cities: Huntington Beach (largest city in the district, carries Rohrabacher to victory every year, my hometown), Sunset Beach, Seal Beach, Midway City. Includes parts of: Westminster, Fountain Valley, parts of Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Aliso Viejo, Laguna Beach, and Laguna Niguel.

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« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2017, 10:39:32 PM »
« Edited: June 24, 2017, 02:40:33 AM by Interlocutor »

CA-41
Rep: Mark Takano (2013-Present)
Previous: Ken Calvert (1993-2013)
Rating: D+12, Solid D
2016 Result: Takano 65%, Shepherd 35%
2016 POTUS Result: Clinton 61%, Trump 33.1%
2012 POTUS Result: Obama 61.5%, Romney 36.3%
Population: 714,117
Demographics: 56.8% Hispanic, 25.2% White, 9.6% Black, 5.3% Asian
Median Household Income: $54,000
College degree: 23.4%
Major Cities: Riverside (43.3% of the district), Moreno Valley (27.5%), Jurupa Valley (13.7%)
Other Facts: Rep. Takano is the first openly gay Asian Congressman, as well as the first openly gay Congressman of California. During the ending stretch of the Democratic Primaries, Bernie & Hillary held rallies within hours of each other in Downtown Riverside. Besides those tidbits, we're certainly building our share of warehouses...
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« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2017, 12:38:33 AM »

VA-10

PVI: D+1
Rep: Barbara Comstock (2015-present)
Previous Rep: Frank Wolf (1981-2015)
2016 Result: Comstock 52.7%, Bennett 47.0%
2016 POTUS: Clinton 52.2%, Trump 42.2%
2012 POTUS: Romney 50.8%, Obama 49.2% (I've seen different numbers on this so I'm not entirely sure, I do know that Romney carried it though)
Population: 751,122
Race Demographics: 65.6% White, 12.0% Asian, 11.9% Hispanic, 6.9% Black, 3.1% Mixed
Median Income: $113,400
College Degree: 59.0%
Major Cities: None really, the planned city of Reston is conveniently gerrymandered out of this district, otherwise Winchester is the closest thing to a traditional city

We're home to McMansion land:


National Air and Space Museum (I used to intern here):


but we also have scenery:


and if you drive out west towards I-81, you might find some of this:
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« Reply #14 on: June 24, 2017, 12:49:02 AM »

^ Beautiful scenery.


Damn Shocked And that's in a district with over 700,000 people.
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« Reply #15 on: June 24, 2017, 02:00:28 AM »

Oh, another interesting political thing about our district is that we have this lovely statue:

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« Reply #16 on: June 24, 2017, 02:26:56 AM »
« Edited: June 24, 2017, 03:54:32 AM by camembert and shame »

People describing their homes as a series of statistics is depressing. Not in that the content of the statistics is necessarily depressing, just that that is how they would choose to do so to find it interesting.

yes I know this is Atlas and everything but I can still now feel the icy clutch of despair on my shoulder, sticking his dry tongue into my ear, hissing, spraying acidic bits of saliva into the creases and folds, median income 24,000, teen pregnancy rate 14.41 per 1000, percentage of farmland not corn 4.5%
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« Reply #17 on: June 24, 2017, 02:51:56 AM »

WA-06 (Home district)
PVI: D+6
Rep.: Derek Kilmer (D) (2013–present)
Previous rep.: Norm Dicks (D) (1977–2013)
2016 result: Derek Kilmer (D) 61.5%, Todd Bloom (R) 38.5%
2016 POTUS: 51.8% Clinton, 39.5% Trump
2012 POTUS: 56.1% Obama, 41.2% Romney
Population:    674,679
Demographics: 81.3% White, 3.7% Black, 4.5% Asian, 2.3% Native American, 6.7% Hispanic
Median income: $51,982
College degree: 27.2%
Major cities: Tacoma, Bremerton, Port Angeles, Aberdeen, Bainbridge Island, Gig Harbor

Some pics of the district:













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« Reply #18 on: June 24, 2017, 03:41:06 AM »

MO -01
PVI: D +28
Rep: Lacy Clay (William L. Clay, Jr.) (2001-present)
Previous Rep: William L. Clay, Sr. (1969-2001)
2016 Democratic primary: Lacy Clay - 62.64%; Maria Chapelle-Nadal (my state senator) - 26.85%; Bill Haas - 10.51%
2016 General Election: Lacy Clay (D) 75.47%; Steven Bailey (R) 19.97%; Robb Cunningham (L) 4.56%
2014 General Election: Lacy Clay (D) 72.98%; Daniel Elder (R) 21.57%; Robb Cunningham (L) 5.45%
2016 POTUS: Hillary Clinton: 77%; Donald Trump: 19%
2012 POTUS: Barack Obama 80%; Mitt Romney: 19%
Racial demographic: 49.8% black, 46.9% white, 1.5% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic
Largest city: St. Louis (319,294); second largest city: Florissant (52,158); third largest: University City (35,371).
Major universities: St. Louis University, Washington University, Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis.
Prominent performance venues: Powell Symphony Hall, home of the renowned St. Louis Symphony; Fox Theatre; Peabody Opera House; The Muny in Forest Park.
Other prominent features: The Gateway Arch; Forest Park, one of the largest urban parks in the United States; St. Louis Zoo (within Forest Park), recently recognized the best zoo in the United States (USA Today); St. Louis Walk of Fame, a series of brass plaques embedded in the sidewalk along Delmar Blvd, in University City, each plaque commemorates a celebrity who has lived in the St. Louis area.
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« Reply #19 on: June 24, 2017, 08:46:55 AM »

^ Beautiful scenery.


Damn Shocked And that's in a district with over 700,000 people.

Yeah, but I'd measure a majority of the people who make six-figures don't even work in the district. Loudoun County has had booming residential growth for many decades, but businesses seem to have no reason to relocate away from inside or around the Beltway and into Loudoun. This clogs up all the major roads that go east-west Angry
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« Reply #20 on: June 24, 2017, 08:54:43 AM »

People describing their homes as a series of statistics is depressing. Not in that the content of the statistics is necessarily depressing, just that that is how they would choose to do so to find it interesting.

yes I know this is Atlas and everything but I can still now feel the icy clutch of despair on my shoulder, sticking his dry tongue into my ear, hissing, spraying acidic bits of saliva into the creases and folds, median income 24,000, teen pregnancy rate 14.41 per 1000, percentage of farmland not corn 4.5%

It's just a topic, bro.  Trying to get more exposed to the House districts without spending hours and hours pulling this information myself, and I figured people would like to describe the politics and demographics of where they live ... not like I've ever answered the "Where are you from?" question with, "Well, I was born in IL-18, but now I live in IA-2."
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« Reply #21 on: June 24, 2017, 08:58:29 AM »

People describing their homes as a series of statistics is depressing. Not in that the content of the statistics is necessarily depressing, just that that is how they would choose to do so to find it interesting.

yes I know this is Atlas and everything but I can still now feel the icy clutch of despair on my shoulder, sticking his dry tongue into my ear, hissing, spraying acidic bits of saliva into the creases and folds, median income 24,000, teen pregnancy rate 14.41 per 1000, percentage of farmland not corn 4.5%

It's just a topic, bro.  Trying to get more exposed to the House districts without spending hours and hours pulling this information myself, and I figured people would like to describe the politics and demographics of where they live ... not like I've ever answered the "Where are you from?" question with, "Well, I was born in IL-18, but now I live in IA-2."

please refer to the "I know this is Atlas and everything but..." portion of my post, girlfriend.
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« Reply #22 on: June 24, 2017, 09:27:25 AM »

... yes I know this is Atlas and everything but I can still now feel the icy clutch of despair on my shoulder, sticking his dry tongue into my ear, hissing, spraying acidic bits of saliva into the creases and folds, median income 24,000, teen pregnancy rate 14.41 per 1000, percentage of farmland not corn 4.5%

Let me refer just to this part of your post for a moment.  Chill the  out.
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« Reply #23 on: June 24, 2017, 09:48:35 AM »

Level of chill, 2017: 85%

looks like I'm fine
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« Reply #24 on: June 24, 2017, 02:22:58 PM »
« Edited: June 24, 2017, 02:24:55 PM by Southern Delegate TimTurner »

Birth district and current home district: TX-03
PVI: R+13
Rep: Sam Johnson (Samuel Robert Johnson) (1991-present)
Previous Rep: Steve Bartlett (1983-1991)
2016 General Election: Sam Johnson (R) 61.2%; Adam Bell (R) 34.6%
2014 General Election: Sam Johnson (R) 82%; Paul Blair (Green) 18%
2016 POTUS: Donald Trump: 55%; Hillary Clinton: 41%
2012 POTUS: Mitt Romney: 63%; Barack Obama: 34%
Racial demographic: 61.4% white, 14.5% hispanic, 12.6% asian, 8.6% black, 2.8% mixed/other
Largest city: Plano (286,057 in 2016)
Major universities: Collin College, SMU-in-Plano, DBU North
The last Democrat to represent TX-03 in Congress was Joe Pool, who was highly influential in providing funding for the 7,740 acre-lake that now bears his name. It elected James Collins in a 1968 special election, and since it has been represented by Collins till 1983, Bartlett from 1983 to 1991, and Johnson till present day. Johnson is the sole Vietnam vet still in the US House of Representatives (he's 86, and he's announced his retirement).

TX-03 was one of the first areas in Texas to begin electing Republicans. The sprawl-y suburbs of Dallas were affluent, and saw little reason to not vote Republican. During this time, TX-03 was based in northern Dallas County. The meteoric growth of Collin County resulted in TX-03 moving more and more to the north, and losing more and more of its share of Dallas County. In 2013, it became entirely in Collin County. TX-03 is likely to shrink even more in 2020.

TX-03 is the home of many corporate headquarters and big corporate offices, like such as Alliance Data, Cinemark Theatres, Dell Services, Denbury Resources, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Ericsson, Frito-Lay, HP Enterprise Services, J. C. Penney, Pizza Hut, Rent-A-Center, Siemens PLM Software, and Toyota Motors USA.

But not all of it is archetypical rich McMansion suburbia like this.

There are poor sections of the district. These are concentrated in places like Eastern Plano. However, the CD overall is your typical rich McMansion suburban district, and the poor parts are kind of irrelevant; median income is around $84,000.
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