† 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
GroupHudson, NYNew YorkUnited States
German17.2%8.6%12.5%
Irish16.8%10.5%9.4%
English12.9%5.6%9.5%
Italian12.2%10.9%4.8%
Polish5.4%3.9%2.2%
American4.7%4.2%5.3%
Dutch4.2%——
French3.7%1.3%1.6%
Puerto Rican1.6%5.1%1.8%
Mexican1.3%2.5%11.3%
Guatemalan0.5%0.5%0.5%
Cuban0.4%—0.7%
Dominican0.4%4.6%0.7%
Nicaraguan0.3%——
Salvadoran0.3%0.9%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.9%0.4%
African American†2.3%8.0%9.9%
Jamaican0.4%1.6%0.4%
African0.3%0.6%0.5%
Somali0.2%——
West Indian0.2%0.4%—
Asian Indian0.7%1.9%1.4%
Chinese0.5%3.6%1.3%
Bangladeshi0.2%0.6%—
Nepalese0.2%——
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
Hudson, NY
New York
United States
Median age
49.8
39.9
39.1
Age 18–24
6.4%
9.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
26.3%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hudson, NY
New York
United States
Median household income
$81,528
$85,974
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.1%
14.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.4%
40.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hudson, NY
New York
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.2%
30.9%
22.3%
Spanish
4.0%
14.8%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.3%
1.5%
0.5%
Other Indo-European
2.0%
4.0%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hudson, NY
New York
United States
Catholic
11.4%
30.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
3.3%
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
74.9%
48.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.4%
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.
Hudson, NY
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+4.1%
1896
−20.0%
1900
−13.1%
1904
−6.6%
1908
−5.7%
1912
+8.7%
1916
−3.6%
1920
−27.5%
1924
−31.4%
1928
−36.9%
1932
−12.3%
1936
−21.5%
1940
−22.3%
1944
−30.3%
1948
−34.6%
1952
−48.5%
1956
−58.3%
1960
−29.0%
1964
+23.3%
1968
−26.4%
1972
−40.8%
1976
−20.2%
1980
−16.9%
1984
−35.3%
1988
−13.1%
1992
−0.7%
1996
+9.4%
2000
+1.2%
2004
+4.7%
2008
+13.4%
2012
+13.7%
2016
+4.9%
2020
+16.7%
2024
+14.6%
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
D
56.8%Harris20,396
42.3%Trump15,168
0.9%
D+14.6
R+2.1
D+16.0
35,897
D
57.4%Biden20,386
40.7%Trump14,464
1.9%
D+16.7
D+11.7
D+12.2
35,522
D
49.5%Clinton15,284
44.5%Trump13,756
6.0%
D+4.9
R+8.8
D+2.9
30,902
D
55.7%Obama16,221
42.0%Romney12,225
2.3%
D+13.7
D+0.3
D+9.9
29,129
D
55.9%Obama17,556
42.4%McCain13,337
1.7%
D+13.4
D+8.7
D+6.1
31,433
D
51.2%Kerry15,929
46.5%Bush14,457
2.3%
D+4.7
D+3.6
D+7.2
31,103
D
47.0%Gore13,489
45.8%Bush13,153
7.2%
D+1.2
R+8.3
D+0.7
28,698
D
47.1%Clinton12,910
37.7%Dole10,324
15.2%
D+9.4
D+10.1
D+0.9
27,403
R
39.1%Clinton11,368
39.8%Bush11,568
21.1%
R+0.7
D+12.4
R+6.2
29,056
R
43.0%Dukakis11,585
56.1%Bush15,111
0.8%
R+13.1
D+22.2
R+5.4
26,924
R
32.1%Mondale8,960
67.5%Reagan18,814
0.4%
R+35.3
R+18.4
R+17.1
27,891
R
36.2%Carter9,500
53.1%Reagan13,946
10.8%
R+16.9
D+3.2
R+7.2
26,274
R
39.6%Carter10,514
59.7%Ford15,871
0.7%
R+20.2
D+20.6
R+22.2
26,574
R
29.5%McGovern7,558
70.3%Nixon17,995
0.2%
R+40.8
R+14.4
R+17.6
25,610
R
33.6%Humphrey7,762
60.0%Nixon13,857
6.4%
R+26.4
R+49.7
R+25.7
23,085
D
61.6%Johnson14,516
38.3%Goldwater9,023
0.1%
D+23.3
D+52.3
D+0.7
23,558
R
35.5%Kennedy8,747
64.4%Nixon15,893
0.1%
R+29.0
D+29.4
R+29.1
24,664
R
20.8%Stevenson4,999
79.2%Eisenhower19,004
0.0%
R+58.3
R+9.9
R+42.9
24,003
R
25.7%Stevenson6,075
74.1%Eisenhower17,539
0.2%
R+48.5
R+13.8
R+37.7
23,659
R
31.3%Truman6,527
65.9%Dewey13,758
2.8%
R+34.6
R+4.3
R+39.1
20,880
R
34.7%Roosevelt6,969
65.0%Dewey13,055
0.3%
R+30.3
R+8.0
R+37.8
20,078
R
38.8%Roosevelt8,591
61.0%Willkie13,527
0.2%
R+22.3
R+0.8
R+32.2
22,162
R
38.6%Roosevelt8,375
60.1%Landon13,034
1.2%
R+21.5
R+9.2
R+45.8
21,673
R
43.4%Roosevelt9,083
55.7%Hoover11,667
0.9%
R+12.3
D+24.5
R+30.1
20,931
R
31.1%Smith6,403
67.9%Hoover14,000
1.0%
R+36.9
R+5.5
R+19.4
20,612
R
32.3%Davis5,466
63.7%Coolidge10,774
4.0%
R+31.4
R+3.9
R+6.2
16,914
R
35.1%Cox5,203
62.6%Harding9,284
2.3%
R+27.5
R+23.9
R+1.3
14,823
R
47.7%Wilson4,938
51.3%Hughes5,314
0.9%
R+3.6
R+12.4
R+6.8
10,349
D
46.7%Wilson4,599
38.0%Taft3,741
15.3%
D+8.7
D+14.4
R+10.8
9,841
R
45.9%Bryan5,097
51.5%Taft5,726
2.6%
R+5.7
D+0.9
D+3.9
11,109
R
45.8%Parker5,245
52.4%Roosevelt5,996
1.8%
R+6.6
D+6.5
D+13.1
11,447
R
42.5%Bryan4,953
55.6%McKinley6,478
1.9%
R+13.1
D+6.9
R+5.5
11,648
R
38.4%Bryan4,373
58.5%McKinley6,654
3.1%
R+20.0
R+24.1
R+14.0
11,382
D
49.7%Cleveland5,868
45.6%Harrison5,384
4.7%
D+4.1
—
D+2.4
11,807
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
60.2%21,345
39.2%13,890
35,463
2022
D
56.9%16,812
42.8%12,633
29,543
2018
D
62.1%18,137
37.8%11,055
29,213
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+13.7
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+14.6
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.8 points.
Domestic migration in Hudson, NY in Hudson, NY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−424
2012
+2
2013
−234
2014
−140
2015
−371
2016
−506
2017
−393
2018
−401
2019
−178
2021
+745
2022
−602
2023
−426
2024
−171
2025
−67
Hudson and surrounding Columbia County shifted measurably toward Democrats over the 2000s and 2010s as creative-industry transplants from New York City displaced older agricultural and manufacturing demographics, producing margins that now diverge sharply from neighboring rural counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 58.3 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.6 points.
A population of 61,100, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,528 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kingston, NY and Vineyard Haven, MA.
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In 2024, Hudson, NY, New York voted Democratic by 14.6 points (D+14.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 35,897 votes cast, 20,396 went Democratic and 15,168 went Republican.
When did Hudson, NY, New York last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Hudson, NY, New York voted Republican was 1992.
How many people live in Hudson, NY, New York?
Hudson, NY, New York has a population of 61,100 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hudson, NY, New York?
Median household income in Hudson, NY, New York is $81,528 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Hudson, NY, New York?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Hudson, NY, New York from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
