† 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
GroupKingston, NYNew YorkUnited States
Irish17.7%10.5%9.4%
Italian16.1%10.9%4.8%
German14.3%8.6%12.5%
English8.6%5.6%9.5%
American6.3%4.2%5.3%
Polish4.2%3.9%2.2%
Dutch2.7%——
French2.2%1.3%1.6%
Puerto Rican4.4%5.1%1.8%
Mexican2.2%2.5%11.3%
Dominican1.1%4.6%0.7%
Cuban0.9%—0.7%
Salvadoran0.5%0.9%0.7%
Colombian0.4%0.9%0.4%
Guatemalan0.3%0.5%0.5%
Ecuadorian0.3%1.6%—
African American†3.4%8.0%9.9%
Jamaican1.1%1.6%0.4%
West Indian0.5%0.4%—
African0.2%0.6%0.5%
Haitian0.2%0.9%0.3%
Chinese0.5%3.6%1.3%
Asian Indian0.4%1.9%1.4%
Filipino0.2%0.6%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
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
Kingston, NY
New York
United States
Median age
44.1
39.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
9.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.3%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Kingston, NY
New York
United States
Median household income
$86,271
$85,974
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.6%
14.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.2%
40.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Kingston, NY
New York
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.1%
30.9%
22.3%
Spanish
7.1%
14.8%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.5%
4.0%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Kingston, NY
New York
United States
Catholic
21.2%
30.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
2.2%
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
63.9%
48.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.1%
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.
Kingston, NY
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+1.8%
1896
−15.0%
1900
−9.5%
1904
−8.6%
1908
−9.7%
1912
+5.2%
1916
−15.4%
1920
−35.8%
1924
−33.8%
1928
−27.6%
1932
−7.3%
1936
−12.5%
1940
−14.2%
1944
−22.3%
1948
−32.2%
1952
−39.2%
1956
−52.7%
1960
−22.5%
1964
+19.8%
1968
−23.0%
1972
−37.3%
1976
−7.8%
1980
−21.8%
1984
−28.2%
1988
−14.4%
1992
+4.5%
1996
+13.1%
2000
+6.0%
2004
+11.2%
2008
+23.6%
2012
+22.6%
2016
+11.0%
2020
+20.9%
2024
+18.5%
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
58.8%Harris57,974
40.3%Trump39,743
0.8%
D+18.5
R+2.4
D+20.0
98,534
D
59.5%Biden57,970
38.6%Trump37,590
1.9%
D+20.9
D+9.9
D+16.5
97,420
D
52.3%Clinton44,597
41.3%Trump35,239
6.4%
D+11.0
R+11.6
D+8.9
85,290
D
60.0%Obama47,752
37.4%Romney29,759
2.7%
D+22.6
R+1.0
D+18.7
79,626
D
60.9%Obama54,320
37.4%McCain33,300
1.7%
D+23.6
D+12.4
D+16.3
89,149
D
54.3%Kerry47,602
43.1%Bush37,821
2.6%
D+11.2
D+5.1
D+13.6
87,712
D
48.8%Gore38,162
42.8%Bush33,447
8.5%
D+6.0
R+7.0
D+5.5
78,237
D
48.5%Clinton35,852
35.5%Dole26,212
16.0%
D+13.1
D+8.5
D+4.5
73,851
D
40.7%Clinton32,886
36.2%Bush29,223
23.2%
D+4.5
D+18.9
R+1.0
80,821
R
42.4%Dukakis30,744
56.7%Bush41,173
0.9%
R+14.4
D+13.9
R+6.6
72,557
R
35.7%Mondale26,445
63.9%Reagan47,372
0.4%
R+28.2
R+6.5
R+10.0
74,102
R
33.2%Carter22,179
55.0%Reagan36,709
11.7%
R+21.8
R+14.0
R+12.0
66,726
R
45.6%Carter30,190
53.4%Ford35,353
0.9%
R+7.8
D+29.5
R+9.9
66,153
R
31.2%McGovern21,371
68.5%Nixon46,883
0.3%
R+37.3
R+14.2
R+14.1
68,433
R
34.6%Humphrey20,886
57.6%Nixon34,798
7.8%
R+23.0
R+42.8
R+22.3
60,387
D
59.8%Johnson35,486
40.0%Goldwater23,749
0.2%
D+19.8
D+42.3
R+2.8
59,326
R
38.7%Kennedy23,017
61.2%Nixon36,418
0.1%
R+22.5
D+30.2
R+22.7
59,502
R
23.6%Stevenson13,321
76.4%Eisenhower43,034
0.0%
R+52.7
R+13.5
R+37.3
56,355
R
30.2%Stevenson15,733
69.4%Eisenhower36,141
0.4%
R+39.2
R+7.0
R+28.4
52,085
R
32.1%Truman14,441
64.3%Dewey28,941
3.6%
R+32.2
R+9.9
R+36.7
45,012
R
38.7%Roosevelt16,943
61.0%Dewey26,703
0.3%
R+22.3
R+8.1
R+29.8
43,763
R
42.8%Roosevelt20,403
57.0%Willkie27,186
0.2%
R+14.2
R+1.8
R+24.2
47,696
R
42.9%Roosevelt19,118
55.3%Landon24,678
1.8%
R+12.5
R+5.1
R+36.7
44,611
R
45.5%Roosevelt18,092
52.9%Hoover21,002
1.6%
R+7.3
D+20.2
R+25.1
39,721
R
34.9%Smith14,200
62.5%Hoover25,418
2.6%
R+27.6
D+6.2
R+10.1
40,695
R
29.6%Davis9,361
63.3%Coolidge20,048
7.1%
R+33.8
D+2.0
R+8.6
31,660
R
30.6%Cox8,759
66.4%Harding19,001
3.0%
R+35.8
R+20.4
R+9.6
28,612
R
41.2%Wilson7,807
56.6%Hughes10,734
2.3%
R+15.4
R+20.7
R+18.6
18,971
D
43.6%Wilson8,510
38.3%Taft7,485
18.1%
D+5.2
D+15.0
R+14.3
19,526
R
43.4%Bryan8,560
53.1%Taft10,475
3.6%
R+9.7
R+1.1
R+0.1
19,740
R
44.5%Parker9,516
53.1%Roosevelt11,356
2.3%
R+8.6
D+0.8
D+11.1
21,373
R
44.2%Bryan9,349
53.7%McKinley11,348
2.1%
R+9.5
D+5.6
R+1.9
21,141
R
41.3%Bryan8,140
56.3%McKinley11,100
2.4%
R+15.0
R+16.8
R+8.9
19,711
D
48.0%Cleveland9,808
46.3%Harrison9,450
5.7%
D+1.8
—
D+0.1
20,415
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
62.3%60,364
37.0%35,889
96,882
2022
D
58.9%45,660
40.4%31,327
77,503
2018
D
64.6%50,163
35.3%27,410
77,618
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+19.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+18.5
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.7 points.
Domestic migration in Kingston, NY in Kingston, NY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−413
2012
−1,224
2013
−1,105
2014
−532
2015
−869
2016
−741
2017
−340
2018
−146
2019
−677
2021
+2,799
2022
−902
2023
+234
2024
−313
2025
+285
The Kingston metro blends Ulster County's arts-driven, college-educated enclaves with older working-class townships that have shifted competitively in recent cycles, making countywide margins tighter than statewide trends suggest.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.6 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 52.7 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.5 points.
A population of 182,601, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,271 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY and Syracuse, NY.
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In 2024, Kingston, NY, New York voted Democratic by 18.5 points (D+18.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 98,534 votes cast, 57,974 went Democratic and 39,743 went Republican.
When did Kingston, NY, New York last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Kingston, NY, New York voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Kingston, NY, New York?
Kingston, NY, New York has a population of 182,601 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kingston, NY, New York?
Median household income in Kingston, NY, New York is $86,271 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Kingston, NY, New York?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Kingston, NY, New York from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.
