† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
3 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
GroupSyracuse, NYNew YorkUnited States
Irish17.7%10.5%9.4%
German14.5%8.6%12.5%
Italian14.3%10.9%4.8%
English12.5%5.6%9.5%
Polish5.6%3.9%2.2%
American4.1%4.2%5.3%
French3.4%1.3%1.6%
Scottish1.0%—1.3%
African American†6.1%8.0%9.9%
Jamaican0.3%1.6%0.4%
Haitian0.2%0.9%0.3%
African0.2%0.6%0.5%
Somali0.2%——
Puerto Rican2.3%5.1%1.8%
Mexican0.6%2.5%11.3%
Cuban0.4%—0.7%
Dominican0.3%4.6%0.7%
Spanish0.2%——
Chinese0.8%3.6%1.3%
Asian Indian0.5%1.9%1.4%
Burmese0.4%——
Vietnamese0.3%—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
Syracuse, NY
New York
United States
Median age
40.1
39.9
39.1
Age 18–24
10.6%
9.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.7%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Syracuse, NY
New York
United States
Median household income
$75,402
$85,974
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.9%
14.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.1%
40.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Syracuse, NY
New York
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.3%
30.9%
22.3%
Spanish
2.7%
14.8%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
4.0%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Syracuse, NY
New York
United States
Catholic
30.0%
30.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
7.3%
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
51.7%
48.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.9%
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.
Syracuse, NY
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−15.2%
1896
−29.1%
1900
−25.0%
1904
−28.9%
1908
−23.8%
1912
−2.0%
1916
−17.4%
1920
−39.6%
1924
−40.9%
1928
−21.8%
1932
−7.7%
1936
−18.8%
1940
−19.3%
1944
−10.3%
1948
−15.2%
1952
−34.1%
1956
−49.0%
1960
−12.4%
1964
+33.0%
1968
−9.8%
1972
−40.4%
1976
−20.9%
1980
−14.4%
1984
−24.1%
1988
−7.6%
1992
+3.5%
1996
+11.3%
2000
+8.2%
2004
+5.7%
2008
+15.4%
2012
+17.0%
2016
+4.8%
2020
+10.1%
2024
+6.9%
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
53.2%Harris168,267
46.3%Trump146,489
0.5%
D+6.9
R+3.2
D+8.4
316,358
D
53.9%Biden174,941
43.8%Trump142,266
2.3%
D+10.1
D+5.2
D+5.6
324,601
D
49.2%Clinton141,099
44.4%Trump127,273
6.4%
D+4.8
R+12.2
D+2.7
286,684
D
57.5%Obama159,640
40.5%Romney112,433
1.9%
D+17.0
D+1.6
D+13.2
277,402
D
56.8%Obama168,786
41.4%McCain122,977
1.9%
D+15.4
D+9.7
D+8.1
297,390
D
51.8%Kerry153,635
46.2%Bush136,868
2.0%
D+5.7
R+2.5
D+8.1
296,519
D
51.6%Gore144,770
43.4%Bush121,806
5.0%
D+8.2
R+3.1
D+7.7
280,488
D
49.5%Clinton132,462
38.2%Dole102,254
12.3%
D+11.3
D+7.8
D+2.8
267,600
D
39.9%Clinton117,734
36.4%Bush107,465
23.6%
D+3.5
D+11.1
R+2.1
294,872
R
45.8%Dukakis123,846
53.4%Bush144,344
0.8%
R+7.6
D+16.5
D+0.1
270,450
R
37.8%Mondale104,415
61.9%Reagan170,906
0.4%
R+24.1
R+9.7
R+5.8
276,311
R
37.2%Carter96,639
51.6%Reagan134,072
11.2%
R+14.4
D+6.5
R+4.7
259,758
R
39.3%Carter101,251
60.2%Ford155,097
0.5%
R+20.9
D+19.5
R+23.0
257,632
R
29.7%McGovern79,453
70.1%Nixon187,540
0.2%
R+40.4
R+30.6
R+17.2
267,631
R
42.3%Humphrey105,268
52.1%Nixon129,666
5.5%
R+9.8
R+42.8
R+9.1
248,720
D
66.4%Johnson167,731
33.5%Goldwater84,478
0.1%
D+33.0
D+45.4
D+10.4
252,420
R
43.8%Kennedy114,813
56.2%Nixon147,428
0.1%
R+12.4
D+36.5
R+12.6
262,421
R
25.5%Stevenson63,630
74.5%Eisenhower185,684
0.0%
R+49.0
R+14.9
R+33.6
249,314
R
32.9%Stevenson80,819
66.9%Eisenhower164,592
0.2%
R+34.1
R+18.9
R+23.3
245,897
R
40.7%Truman85,052
55.9%Dewey116,878
3.5%
R+15.2
R+4.9
R+19.7
209,210
R
44.7%Roosevelt92,264
55.0%Dewey113,609
0.3%
R+10.3
D+8.9
R+17.8
206,507
R
40.2%Roosevelt87,241
59.5%Willkie129,006
0.3%
R+19.3
R+0.5
R+29.2
216,914
R
39.7%Roosevelt79,880
58.5%Landon117,654
1.8%
R+18.8
R+11.1
R+43.0
201,236
R
44.6%Roosevelt82,437
52.3%Hoover96,616
3.1%
R+7.7
D+14.1
R+25.5
184,692
R
38.2%Smith71,562
60.0%Hoover112,460
1.9%
R+21.8
D+19.0
R+4.3
187,497
R
24.8%Davis36,067
65.6%Coolidge95,560
9.6%
R+40.9
R+1.2
R+15.7
145,632
R
27.4%Cox35,150
67.0%Harding86,007
5.6%
R+39.6
R+22.2
R+13.4
128,374
R
38.7%Wilson30,039
56.2%Hughes43,550
5.1%
R+17.4
R+15.4
R+20.6
77,542
R
33.7%Wilson24,247
35.8%Taft25,688
30.5%
R+2.0
D+21.8
R+21.6
71,850
R
35.1%Bryan26,452
59.0%Taft44,383
5.9%
R+23.8
D+5.1
R+14.3
75,278
R
33.3%Parker24,195
62.2%Roosevelt45,236
4.5%
R+28.9
R+4.0
R+9.3
72,690
R
35.3%Bryan24,976
60.3%McKinley42,651
4.4%
R+25.0
D+4.1
R+17.4
70,742
R
33.9%Bryan23,676
63.0%McKinley44,031
3.1%
R+29.1
R+14.0
R+23.0
69,883
R
39.5%Cleveland25,683
54.6%Harrison35,553
5.9%
R+15.2
—
R+16.8
65,064
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
55.1%170,881
44.3%137,490
310,130
2022
D
53.3%125,554
46.1%108,749
235,722
2018
D
58.2%139,735
41.7%99,992
239,910
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+2.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+6.9
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 4.6 points more Republican.
Domestic migration in Syracuse, NY in Syracuse, NY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−3,457
2012
−4,880
2013
−2,003
2014
−4,586
2015
−5,264
2016
−6,161
2017
−5,623
2018
−3,109
2019
−3,473
2021
−3,596
2022
−2,441
2023
−2,912
2024
−2,047
2025
−2,451
Syracuse, NY sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 49.0 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.9 points.
A population of 656,410, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,402 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY and Rochester, NY.
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In 2024, Syracuse, NY, New York voted Democratic by 6.9 points (D+6.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 316,358 votes cast, 168,267 went Democratic and 146,489 went Republican.
When did Syracuse, NY, New York last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Syracuse, NY, New York voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Syracuse, NY, New York?
Syracuse, NY, New York has a population of 656,410 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Syracuse, NY, New York?
Median household income in Syracuse, NY, New York is $75,402 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Syracuse, NY, New York?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Syracuse, NY, New York from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
