† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAmsterdam, NYNew YorkUnited States
German14.8%8.6%12.5%
Italian14.4%10.9%4.8%
Irish11.7%10.5%9.4%
English8.9%5.6%9.5%
Polish7.9%3.9%2.2%
American5.6%4.2%5.3%
Dutch3.7%——
French2.7%1.3%1.6%
Puerto Rican11.2%5.1%1.8%
Mexican1.6%2.5%11.3%
Dominican0.4%4.6%0.7%
Costa Rican0.4%——
Colombian0.3%0.9%0.4%
Peruvian0.3%——
Spaniard0.3%——
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
African American†1.6%8.0%9.9%
Jamaican0.5%1.6%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Amsterdam, NY
New York
United States
Median age
40.3
39.9
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
9.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.4%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Amsterdam, NY
New York
United States
Median household income
$64,943
$85,974
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.6%
14.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.9%
40.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Amsterdam, NY
New York
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.9%
30.9%
22.3%
Spanish
6.6%
14.8%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
3.4%
1.5%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Amsterdam, NY
New York
United States
Catholic
31.4%
30.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
8.2%
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
52.0%
48.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.1%
3.8%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Amsterdam, NY
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−2.4%
1896
−19.2%
1900
−17.0%
1904
−17.2%
1908
−17.4%
1912
−4.4%
1916
−11.0%
1920
−35.6%
1924
−34.0%
1928
−21.4%
1932
−9.2%
1936
+2.0%
1940
−1.5%
1944
−1.1%
1948
−0.4%
1952
−20.3%
1956
−34.8%
1960
+3.7%
1964
+39.1%
1968
−4.4%
1972
−27.4%
1976
−8.1%
1980
−9.4%
1984
−22.8%
1988
+1.1%
1992
+3.0%
1996
+15.7%
2000
+2.3%
2004
−8.9%
2008
−8.1%
2012
−4.6%
2016
−24.7%
2020
−22.6%
2024
−28.6%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
35.5%Harris7,356
64.1%Trump13,286
0.3%
R+28.6
R+6.1
R+27.2
20,712
R
37.7%Biden7,977
60.3%Trump12,745
1.9%
R+22.6
D+2.1
R+27.0
21,134
R
34.6%Clinton6,595
59.3%Trump11,301
6.1%
R+24.7
R+20.1
R+26.8
19,054
R
46.7%Obama8,493
51.3%Romney9,334
2.0%
R+4.6
D+3.5
R+8.5
18,186
R
45.0%Obama9,080
53.1%McCain10,711
1.9%
R+8.1
D+0.8
R+15.4
20,175
R
44.5%Kerry9,449
53.4%Bush11,338
2.0%
R+8.9
R+11.2
R+6.4
21,221
D
49.3%Gore10,249
46.9%Bush9,765
3.8%
D+2.3
R+13.3
D+1.8
20,809
D
49.5%Clinton10,485
33.9%Dole7,172
16.6%
D+15.7
D+12.6
D+7.1
21,166
D
40.6%Clinton9,509
37.5%Bush8,802
21.9%
D+3.0
D+1.9
R+2.5
23,443
D
50.1%Dukakis11,371
49.1%Bush11,128
0.8%
D+1.1
D+23.8
D+8.8
22,685
R
38.5%Mondale9,044
61.2%Reagan14,398
0.3%
R+22.8
R+13.3
R+4.5
23,520
R
40.0%Carter9,645
49.5%Reagan11,917
10.5%
R+9.4
R+1.3
D+0.3
24,086
R
45.6%Carter11,271
53.7%Ford13,281
0.7%
R+8.1
D+19.3
R+10.2
24,734
R
36.1%McGovern9,460
63.6%Nixon16,640
0.3%
R+27.4
R+23.0
R+4.3
26,171
R
45.3%Humphrey11,449
49.8%Nixon12,566
4.9%
R+4.4
R+43.5
R+3.7
25,257
D
69.5%Johnson19,370
30.4%Goldwater8,471
0.1%
D+39.1
D+35.4
D+16.5
27,861
D
51.8%Kennedy15,976
48.1%Nixon14,837
0.0%
D+3.7
D+38.5
D+3.5
30,827
R
32.6%Stevenson9,996
67.4%Eisenhower20,678
0.0%
R+34.8
R+14.5
R+19.4
30,674
R
39.8%Stevenson12,934
60.1%Eisenhower19,554
0.1%
R+20.3
R+19.9
R+9.6
32,533
R
48.5%Truman14,085
48.9%Dewey14,212
2.6%
R+0.4
D+0.7
R+4.9
29,064
R
49.3%Roosevelt14,400
50.5%Dewey14,726
0.2%
R+1.1
D+0.4
R+8.6
29,189
R
49.2%Roosevelt15,079
50.7%Willkie15,546
0.1%
R+1.5
R+3.5
R+11.5
30,659
D
50.4%Roosevelt14,698
48.5%Landon14,127
1.1%
D+2.0
D+11.2
R+22.3
29,139
R
44.9%Roosevelt11,700
54.1%Hoover14,104
1.0%
R+9.2
D+12.2
R+27.0
26,076
R
38.9%Smith9,845
60.3%Hoover15,257
0.8%
R+21.4
D+12.7
R+3.9
25,309
R
29.2%Davis5,939
63.2%Coolidge12,869
7.6%
R+34.0
D+1.6
R+8.9
20,362
R
30.4%Cox5,911
66.1%Harding12,835
3.5%
R+35.6
R+24.6
R+9.5
19,425
R
43.5%Wilson5,347
54.6%Hughes6,704
1.9%
R+11.0
R+6.6
R+14.2
12,285
R
37.6%Wilson4,508
42.0%Taft5,040
20.4%
R+4.4
D+13.0
R+24.0
11,999
R
39.6%Bryan5,254
57.0%Taft7,571
3.4%
R+17.4
R+0.2
R+7.9
13,278
R
40.1%Parker5,209
57.3%Roosevelt7,444
2.6%
R+17.2
R+0.2
D+2.5
12,993
R
40.4%Bryan5,138
57.4%McKinley7,302
2.3%
R+17.0
D+2.2
R+9.4
12,732
R
39.2%Bryan4,759
58.4%McKinley7,082
2.4%
R+19.2
R+16.8
R+13.1
12,129
R
46.0%Cleveland5,445
48.4%Harrison5,727
5.6%
R+2.4
—
R+4.0
11,837
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
41.9%8,263
57.7%11,383
19,739
2022
R
37.0%5,783
62.5%9,764
15,632
2018
R
46.3%7,024
53.6%8,131
15,161
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+9.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+28.6
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 19 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Amsterdam, NY in Amsterdam, NY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−445
2012
−163
2013
−165
2014
−252
2015
−250
2016
−552
2017
−205
2018
−10
2019
−267
2021
+114
2022
−10
2023
+119
2024
+40
2025
+512
Amsterdam anchors a compact metro straddling the Mohawk Valley, where post-industrial demographic shifts and a significant Latino population have reshaped local electoral patterns over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 35.6 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.6 points.
A population of 49,528, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,943 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY and Utica-Rome, NY.
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In 2024, Amsterdam, NY, New York voted Republican by 28.6 points (R+28.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,712 votes cast, 7,356 went Democratic and 13,286 went Republican.
When did Amsterdam, NY, New York last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Amsterdam, NY, New York voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Amsterdam, NY, New York?
Amsterdam, NY, New York has a population of 49,528 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Amsterdam, NY, New York?
Median household income in Amsterdam, NY, New York is $64,943 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Amsterdam, NY, New York?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Amsterdam, NY, New York from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.
