† 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
22 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
GroupNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJUnited States
Italian10.8%4.8%
Irish8.5%9.4%
German5.6%12.5%
American3.8%5.3%
Polish3.3%2.2%
English3.1%9.5%
Russian1.7%—
Greek0.4%—
Dominican6.0%0.7%
Puerto Rican5.4%1.8%
Mexican3.0%11.3%
Ecuadorian2.3%—
Colombian1.6%0.4%
Salvadoran1.2%0.7%
Cuban0.6%0.7%
Guatemalan0.6%0.5%
African American†8.7%9.9%
Jamaican1.7%0.4%
Haitian1.2%0.3%
Guyanese0.8%—
African0.6%0.5%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.5%—
Nigerian0.4%0.2%
West Indian0.4%—
Chinese4.0%1.3%
Asian Indian3.4%1.4%
Filipino1.0%0.9%
Korean1.0%0.4%
Pakistani0.6%—
Bangladeshi0.5%—
Japanese0.2%0.2%
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
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
United States
Median age
39.6
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
United States
Median household income
$102,164
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
43.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
40.2%
22.3%
Spanish
20.0%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
2.4%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
5.7%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
3.6%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
United States
Catholic
32.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
4.4%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
46.2%
51.5%
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.
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+16.4%
1896
−15.4%
1900
−1.5%
1904
−2.4%
1908
−9.0%
1912
+25.0%
1916
−2.4%
1920
−37.4%
1924
−20.6%
1928
+6.1%
1932
+23.0%
1936
+33.6%
1940
+9.9%
1944
+9.7%
1948
+2.6%
1952
−5.9%
1956
−17.8%
1960
+9.3%
1964
+35.4%
1968
+6.8%
1972
−15.7%
1976
+8.1%
1980
−6.0%
1984
−7.5%
1988
+1.5%
1992
+16.2%
1996
+31.8%
2000
+30.9%
2004
+21.5%
2008
+29.3%
2012
+31.7%
2016
+29.3%
2020
+28.0%
2024
+14.7%
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
56.6%Harris4,561,803
41.9%Trump3,377,483
0.5%Stein41,002 +15
D+14.7
R+13.3
D+16.2
8,052,867
All 18 candidates in 2024 · 16 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic56.6%4,561,803
Donald J TrumpRepublican41.9%3,377,483
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%41,002
OtherAll other candidates0.4%32,051
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.2%18,986
Chase OliverLibertarian0.1%9,721
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%6,708
Randall TerryIndependent0.0%2,429
Joseph KishoreIndependent0.0%1,121
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%1,041
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%269
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%155
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.0%84
Raymond Anthony ScollinIndependent0.0%5
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%4
Chris GarityIndependent0.0%3
Andre Ramon Mc Neil SrIndependent0.0%1
Garry HubbardIndependent0.0%1
D
63.6%Biden5,412,113
35.6%Trump3,025,487
0.8%
D+28.0
R+1.2
D+23.6
8,509,922
D
62.9%Clinton4,733,875
33.6%Trump2,530,782
3.5%
D+29.3
R+2.4
D+27.2
7,530,017
D
65.3%Obama4,441,490
33.6%Romney2,284,983
1.1%
D+31.7
D+2.4
D+27.8
6,803,573
D
64.2%Obama4,693,052
34.9%McCain2,552,620
0.8%
D+29.3
D+7.8
D+22.0
7,305,003
D
60.2%Kerry4,148,559
38.7%Bush2,665,011
1.1%
D+21.5
R+9.4
D+24.0
6,886,717
D
63.6%Gore3,947,538
32.6%Bush2,026,318
3.8%
D+30.9
R+0.8
D+30.4
6,210,580
D
61.8%Clinton3,559,422
30.1%Dole1,730,615
8.1%
D+31.8
D+15.6
D+23.2
5,757,989
D
51.8%Clinton3,259,692
35.6%Bush2,240,581
12.6%
D+16.2
D+14.7
D+10.6
6,290,868
D
50.2%Dukakis2,991,492
48.7%Bush2,902,093
1.0%
D+1.5
D+9.0
D+9.2
5,955,379
R
46.0%Mondale2,897,434
53.5%Reagan3,366,733
0.5%
R+7.5
R+1.4
D+10.8
6,295,935
R
42.6%Carter2,426,316
48.6%Reagan2,769,520
8.8%
R+6.0
R+14.1
D+3.7
5,697,378
D
53.4%Carter3,217,761
45.4%Ford2,732,811
1.2%
D+8.1
D+23.8
D+6.0
6,020,269
R
41.8%McGovern2,749,757
57.5%Nixon3,782,659
0.7%
R+15.7
R+22.5
D+7.5
6,580,853
D
49.9%Humphrey3,156,896
43.1%Nixon2,724,779
7.0%
D+6.8
R+28.6
D+7.5
6,325,774
D
67.6%Johnson4,470,404
32.1%Goldwater2,125,441
0.3%
D+35.4
D+26.1
D+12.9
6,615,641
D
54.4%Kennedy3,565,954
45.1%Nixon2,955,865
0.5%
D+9.3
D+27.1
D+9.1
6,556,255
R
40.9%Stevenson2,571,060
58.7%Eisenhower3,685,943
0.4%
R+17.8
R+11.8
R+2.3
6,280,927
R
46.3%Stevenson2,911,147
52.2%Eisenhower3,283,254
1.5%
R+5.9
R+8.5
D+4.8
6,287,022
D
46.2%Truman2,485,902
43.6%Dewey2,345,834
10.3%
D+2.6
R+7.1
R+1.9
5,383,693
D
54.6%Roosevelt3,015,091
44.8%Dewey2,477,633
0.6%
D+9.7
R+0.2
D+2.2
5,524,508
D
54.6%Roosevelt2,950,436
44.7%Willkie2,415,437
0.7%
D+9.9
R+23.7
±0.0
5,404,770
D
65.8%Roosevelt3,102,162
32.2%Landon1,519,891
2.0%
D+33.6
D+10.5
D+9.3
4,715,920
D
58.9%Roosevelt2,298,288
35.9%Hoover1,400,429
5.2%
D+23.0
D+17.0
D+5.2
3,899,618
D
51.9%Smith1,821,035
45.9%Hoover1,608,753
2.2%
D+6.1
D+26.6
D+23.5
3,508,220
R
31.5%Davis782,467
52.1%Coolidge1,293,942
16.4%
R+20.6
D+16.8
D+4.6
2,484,138
R
27.0%Cox584,981
64.4%Harding1,393,278
8.6%
R+37.4
R+35.0
R+11.2
2,163,608
R
46.9%Wilson553,546
49.2%Hughes581,641
3.9%
R+2.4
R+27.4
R+5.5
1,181,118
D
44.9%Wilson486,921
19.9%Taft215,332
35.2%
D+25.0
D+34.0
D+5.5
1,084,333
R
42.0%Bryan452,469
51.0%Taft548,918
7.0%
R+9.0
R+6.6
D+0.6
1,077,123
R
46.3%Parker486,785
48.7%Roosevelt511,963
5.1%
R+2.4
R+0.9
D+17.3
1,051,996
R
47.8%Bryan466,817
49.2%McKinley481,286
3.0%
R+1.5
D+13.9
D+6.1
977,506
R
40.0%Bryan347,471
55.4%McKinley480,871
4.6%
R+15.4
R+31.7
R+9.3
868,333
D
56.4%Cleveland448,416
40.1%Harrison318,492
3.5%
D+16.4
—
D+14.7
794,582
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+29.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+14.7
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 14 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−85,779
2012
−111,150
2013
−115,348
2014
−146,079
2015
−168,609
2016
−197,630
2017
−203,751
2018
−199,067
2019
−196,189
2021
−365,351
2022
−320,942
2023
−197,969
2024
−148,905
2025
−168,105
The tri-state metro consistently delivers Democratic presidential margins above 30 points, driven by dense urban cores in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Newark, while suburban counties in New Jersey and Long Island remain perennial battlegrounds for statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 37.4 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 13.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.7 points.
A population of 19,798,537, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $102,164 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN and Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
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How did New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey voted Democratic by 14.7 points (D+14.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 8,052,867 votes cast, 4,561,803 went Democratic and 3,377,483 went Republican.
When did New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey?
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey has a population of 19,798,537 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey?
Median household income in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey is $102,164 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, New Jersey from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
