congressional districtNew Jersey 6th Congressional District
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004D+13.5
2008D+21.0
2012D+27.1
2016D+19.0
2020D+19.6
2024D+6.3
net swing · 2004→2024R+7.2D+13.5 → D+6.3
vs. U.S. · 2024D+7.8D+6.3 vs R+1.5
presidential returns
2024 turnout 59.6% of 521,201 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
160,729
141,148
8,816
310,693
521,201
59.6%
2020
197,728
132,648
2,290
332,666
501,466†
66.3%
2016
168,258
113,093
9,446
290,797
491,902†
59.1%
2012
170,707
97,044
3,614
271,365
477,309†
56.9%
2008
176,272
114,468
3,819
294,559
465,444†
63.3%
2004
153,851
116,779
3,156
273,786
453,579†
60.4%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles from the constituent-county ACS trend anchored to the current figure. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
20042024
District by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupNJ-6New JerseyUnited States
Italian12.6%13.7%4.8%
Irish10.4%12.1%9.4%
German6.2%8.6%12.5%
Polish5.0%4.6%2.2%
English3.1%4.9%9.5%
American2.7%3.3%5.3%
Russian1.7%1.3%—
Hungarian1.0%——
Dominican5.6%4.0%0.7%
Puerto Rican5.4%5.1%1.8%
Mexican3.8%2.6%11.3%
Colombian1.4%1.7%0.4%
Peruvian1.3%0.8%—
Honduran1.2%—0.3%
Ecuadorian0.9%1.7%—
Cuban0.8%0.9%0.7%
Asian Indian12.5%4.6%1.4%
Chinese2.5%1.6%1.3%
Filipino1.3%1.3%0.9%
Pakistani1.1%0.4%—
Korean0.5%1.1%0.4%
Vietnamese0.3%0.2%0.6%
Nepalese0.2%——
Taiwanese0.2%——
African American†7.3%8.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.9%0.8%0.4%
African0.5%0.5%0.5%
Haitian0.5%0.7%0.3%
Ghanaian0.4%——
Nigerian0.4%0.4%0.2%
West Indian0.3%——
Guyanese0.3%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
NJ-6
New Jersey
United States
Median age
38.7
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
8.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.8%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
NJ-6
New Jersey
United States
Median household income
$105,178
$103,556
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.7%
9.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
46.8%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
NJ-6
New Jersey
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
41.1%
33.2%
22.3%
Spanish
16.1%
17.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
11.4%
5.6%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
2.5%
1.5%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
4.1%
1.6%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
NJ-6
New Jersey
United States
Catholic
—
32.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
47.8%
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 Jersey 6th Congressional District
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+13.5%
2008
+21.0%
2012
+27.1%
2016
+19.0%
2020
+19.6%
2024
+6.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.
Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races
U.S. House
Each result reflects the U.S. House district as it was drawn for that election; redistricting has redrawn these lines over time, so they can differ from the current 120th-Congress district shown on the map above.
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
District
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
6
D
56.1%170,275
40.3%122,519
303,681
2022
6
D
57.5%106,238
41.0%75,839
184,919
2020
6
D
61.2%199,648
38.8%126,760
326,408
2018
6
D
63.6%140,752
36.4%80,443
221,195
2016
6
D
63.7%167,895
34.9%91,908
263,435
2014
6
D
59.9%72,190
38.9%46,891
120,457
2012
6
D
63.3%151,782
35.2%84,360
239,638
2010
6
D
54.7%81,933
43.7%65,413
149,662
2008
6
D
66.9%164,077
31.6%77,469
245,077
2006
6
D
68.6%98,615
30.3%43,539
143,773
2004
6
D
66.9%153,981
30.8%70,942
230,151
2002
6
D
66.5%91,379
30.9%42,479
137,495
2000
6
D
67.5%141,698
29.8%62,454
209,852
1998
6
D
57.0%78,102
40.3%55,180
137,012
1996
6
D
61.3%124,635
36.1%73,402
203,478
1994
6
D
60.4%88,922
37.5%55,287
147,331
1992
6
D
52.3%118,266
44.6%100,949
226,093
1990
6
D
50.6%63,745
46.1%58,147
126,022
1988
6
D
61.1%120,125
38.1%74,824
196,598
1986
6
D
69.0%67,460
28.9%28,286
97,769
1984
6
D
55.9%118,532
42.8%90,862
212,080
1982
6
D
68.1%100,419
31.3%46,095
147,434
1980
6
R
41.3%92,227
56.3%125,792
223,254
1978
6
R
38.4%56,874
60.4%89,446
148,184
1976
6
R
39.7%85,053
58.8%125,920
214,304
U.S. Senate
The statewide Senate race, counted in this district — aggregated from the precinct-level returns that fall inside its boundaries (not a statewide figure).
Votes · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL) precinct returns (CC BY 4.0); aggregated to the district over VEST precinct geometry (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
54.0%162,410
42.4%127,497
300,972
2020
D
57.2%2,541,178
40.9%1,817,052
4,440,440
2018
D
54.0%1,711,654
42.8%1,357,355
3,169,310
2014
D
55.8%1,043,866
42.3%791,297
1,869,535
2012
D
58.9%1,987,680
39.4%1,329,534
3,376,649
2008
D
56.0%1,951,218
42.0%1,461,025
3,482,445
2006
D
53.4%1,200,843
44.3%997,775
2,250,070
2002
D
53.9%1,138,193
43.9%928,439
2,112,604
2000
D
50.1%1,511,237
47.1%1,420,267
3,015,662
1996
D
52.7%1,519,154
42.6%1,227,351
2,883,466
1994
D
50.3%1,033,487
47.0%966,244
2,054,887
1990
D
50.4%977,810
47.4%918,874
1,938,454
1988
D
53.6%1,599,905
45.2%1,349,937
2,987,634
1984
D
64.2%1,986,644
34.9%1,080,100
3,096,456
1982
D
50.9%1,117,549
47.8%1,047,626
2,193,945
1978
D
55.3%1,082,960
43.1%844,200
1,957,515
1976
D
60.7%1,681,140
38.0%1,054,508
2,771,390
2024 U.S. Senate — every candidate counted in this district
Andy Kim · Democrat54.0%162,410
Curtis Bashaw · Republican42.4%127,497
Christina Khalil · Independent/Green1.9%5,772
Kenneth R Kaplan · Independent/Libertarian0.7%2,020
Patricia G Mooneyham · Independent/Vote Better0.6%1,870
Stretching across Monmouth County's suburban and coastal communities, NJ-6 has narrowed steadily from a double-digit Democratic lean to a 1.9-point margin, making it one of the more competitive battlegrounds in the state's congressional map.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.1 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 13.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.3 points.
A population of 773,602, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $105,178 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Congressional District 12 and Congressional District 6.
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How did New Jersey 6th Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New Jersey 6th Congressional District voted Democratic by 6.3 points (D+6.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 310,693 votes cast, 160,729 went Democratic and 141,148 went Republican.
How many people live in New Jersey 6th Congressional District?
New Jersey 6th Congressional District has a population of 773,602 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New Jersey 6th Congressional District?
Median household income in New Jersey 6th Congressional District is $105,178 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of New Jersey 6th Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in New Jersey 6th Congressional District from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
