congressional districtNew York 5th Congressional District
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004D+65.6
2008D+70.1
2012D+77.7
2016D+69.1
2020D+62.2
2024D+41.9
net swing · 2004→2024R+23.7D+65.6 → D+41.9
vs. U.S. · 2024D+43.4D+41.9 vs R+1.5
presidential returns
2024 turnout 46.4% of 519,186 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
169,080
68,079
3,634
240,793
519,186
46.4%
2020
214,666
49,249
2,040
265,955
500,512†
53.1%
2016
198,246
34,315
4,722
237,283
494,614†
48.0%
2012
187,335
22,611
2,111
212,057
470,049†
45.1%
2008
196,531
34,077
1,281
231,889
472,148†
49.1%
2004
177,382
36,276
1,353
215,011
474,246†
45.3%
† 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
GroupNY-5New YorkUnited States
African American†15.9%8.0%9.9%
Jamaican7.7%1.6%0.4%
Guyanese6.9%0.7%—
Haitian3.8%0.9%0.3%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian2.3%0.4%—
West Indian2.0%0.4%—
African1.0%0.6%0.5%
Nigerian1.0%0.2%0.2%
Ecuadorian3.9%1.6%—
Dominican3.4%4.6%0.7%
Mexican3.0%2.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican3.0%5.1%1.8%
Colombian2.3%0.9%0.4%
Salvadoran0.7%0.9%0.7%
Peruvian0.7%——
Guatemalan0.5%0.5%0.5%
Chinese6.1%3.6%1.3%
Asian Indian3.0%1.9%1.4%
Bangladeshi1.6%0.6%—
Korean1.2%0.6%0.4%
Filipino1.0%0.6%0.9%
Pakistani0.5%0.4%—
Nepalese0.3%——
Japanese0.2%0.2%0.2%
Italian3.1%10.9%4.8%
Irish2.3%10.5%9.4%
American1.8%4.2%5.3%
German1.5%8.6%12.5%
Polish1.3%3.9%2.2%
Russian0.8%1.2%—
Greek0.8%——
English0.6%5.6%9.5%
Aztec1.3%——
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
NY-5
New York
United States
Median age
40.3
39.9
39.1
Age 18–24
7.4%
9.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.9%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
NY-5
New York
United States
Median household income
$86,577
$85,974
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.9%
14.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.1%
40.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
NY-5
New York
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
55.4%
30.9%
22.3%
Spanish
23.3%
14.8%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
3.1%
2.0%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
10.2%
4.0%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
9.6%
3.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
NY-5
New York
United States
Catholic
—
30.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
48.7%
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 5th Congressional District
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+65.6%
2008
+70.1%
2012
+77.7%
2016
+69.1%
2020
+62.2%
2024
+41.9%
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 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle 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
5
D
72.7%168,425
24.5%56,689
231,736
2022
5
D
75.1%104,396
24.8%34,407
138,987
2020
5
D
99.3%229,125
0.0%0
230,679
2018
5
D
99.4%160,500
0.0%0
161,471
2016
5
D
85.4%199,815
13.0%30,312
233,853
2014
5
D
95.1%75,712
0.0%0
79,582
2012
5
D
89.7%167,835
9.6%17,875
187,055
2010
5
D
63.1%72,239
36.2%41,493
114,530
2008
5
D
71.0%112,724
27.1%43,039
158,773
2006
5
D
100.0%77,190
0.0%0
77,190
2004
5
D
71.3%119,726
27.9%46,867
167,841
2002
5
D
93.0%75,810
0.0%0
81,528
2000
5
D
68.0%137,684
30.1%61,084
202,614
1998
5
D
65.0%97,404
33.1%49,586
149,862
1996
5
D
63.7%125,918
35.0%69,244
197,785
1994
5
D
49.2%93,896
38.7%73,884
190,775
1992
5
D
52.4%110,476
45.0%94,907
210,831
1990
5
R
38.0%53,920
50.7%71,948
141,927
1988
5
R
33.2%68,930
65.1%134,881
207,313
1986
5
R
34.7%49,728
65.3%93,473
143,201
1984
5
R
35.3%78,429
62.4%138,560
222,191
1982
5
R
38.8%67,002
58.1%100,485
172,888
1980
5
R
42.3%77,228
57.7%105,140
182,368
1978
5
R
41.6%60,519
58.4%84,864
145,383
1976
5
R
44.3%87,868
55.7%110,366
198,234
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
73.6%172,967
25.6%60,205
234,955
2022
D
56.8%3,320,561
42.8%2,501,151
5,848,556
2018
D
67.0%4,056,931
33.0%1,998,220
6,055,151
2016
D
70.6%5,221,949
27.2%2,009,353
7,396,308
2012
D
72.2%4,808,878
26.4%1,755,466
6,660,665
2010
D
66.3%3,047,880
32.2%1,480,423
4,595,515
2006
D
67.0%3,008,428
31.0%1,392,189
4,490,053
2004
D
71.2%4,769,824
24.2%1,625,069
6,702,875
2000
D
55.3%3,747,310
43.0%2,915,730
6,779,839
1998
D
54.6%2,551,065
44.1%2,058,988
4,670,805
1994
D
49.7%2,646,541
37.3%1,988,308
5,328,486
1992
D
49.0%3,166,994
47.8%3,086,200
6,458,826
1988
D
67.0%4,048,649
31.1%1,875,784
6,040,980
1986
R
38.4%1,723,216
53.0%2,378,197
4,484,859
1982
D
65.1%3,232,146
34.2%1,696,766
4,967,497
1980
R
43.5%2,618,661
44.9%2,699,652
6,014,841
1976
D
51.3%3,422,594
42.5%2,836,633
6,666,875
2024 U.S. Senate — every candidate counted in this district
Kirsten E Gillibrand · Democrat/Working Families73.6%172,967
Mike Sapraicone · Republican/Conservative25.6%60,205
Diane Sare · Larouche/Lrp0.5%1,194
Scatter0.3%589
New York's 5th congressional district, as drawn for the 2026 elections, takes in parts of Queens county. About 777,000 people live within its 2026 boundaries, with a median age of 40.3.
Measured on those boundaries, the district has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 2012, by narrowing margins. The margin was D+78.5 in 2012, D+69.1 in 2016, D+62.2 in 2020, and D+41.9 in 2024.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.7 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 20.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.9 points.
A population of 776,998, a 13% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,577 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Congressional District 24 and Congressional District 10.
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How did New York 5th Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 5th Congressional District voted Democratic by 41.9 points (D+41.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 240,793 votes cast, 169,080 went Democratic and 68,079 went Republican.
How many people live in New York 5th Congressional District?
New York 5th Congressional District has a population of 776,998 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York 5th Congressional District?
Median household income in New York 5th Congressional District is $86,577 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 5th Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in New York 5th Congressional District from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
