congressional districtNew York 16th Congressional District
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004D+28.3
2008D+38.1
2012D+38.0
2016D+43.4
2020D+44.2
2024D+33.0
net swing · 2004→2024D+4.7D+28.3 → D+33.0
vs. U.S. · 2024D+34.5D+33.0 vs R+1.5
presidential returns
2024 turnout 61.0% of 530,863 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
214,412
107,552
1,983
323,947
530,863
61.0%
2020
236,111
90,378
3,336
329,825
509,093†
64.8%
2016
211,426
80,304
10,709
302,439
489,920†
61.7%
2012
196,892
87,664
3,125
287,681
470,029†
61.2%
2008
208,672
92,868
2,542
304,082
466,528†
65.2%
2004
182,185
100,783
4,608
287,576
463,026†
62.1%
† 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-16New YorkUnited States
Italian12.7%10.9%4.8%
Irish9.4%10.5%9.4%
German5.1%8.6%12.5%
American4.6%4.2%5.3%
English3.5%5.6%9.5%
Polish2.3%3.9%2.2%
Russian1.9%1.2%—
French0.9%1.3%1.6%
Dominican8.3%4.6%0.7%
Puerto Rican6.4%5.1%1.8%
Mexican3.8%2.5%11.3%
Ecuadorian2.7%1.6%—
Colombian1.1%0.9%0.4%
Guatemalan1.0%0.5%0.5%
Peruvian0.9%——
Cuban0.7%—0.7%
African American†13.0%8.0%9.9%
Jamaican4.1%1.6%0.4%
African1.3%0.6%0.5%
Haitian0.8%0.9%0.3%
West Indian0.7%0.4%—
Ghanaian0.6%——
Nigerian0.6%0.2%0.2%
Guyanese0.4%0.7%—
Asian Indian2.0%1.9%1.4%
Chinese1.5%3.6%1.3%
Filipino0.9%0.6%0.9%
Korean0.6%0.6%0.4%
Japanese0.5%0.2%0.2%
Bangladeshi0.2%0.6%—
Pakistani0.2%0.4%—
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-16
New York
United States
Median age
41
39.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.7%
9.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.5%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
NY-16
New York
United States
Median household income
$104,031
$85,974
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.9%
14.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
47.2%
40.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
NY-16
New York
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
39.1%
30.9%
22.3%
Spanish
25.8%
14.8%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.4%
1.5%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
5.0%
4.0%
2.0%
Other languages
1.7%
1.3%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
NY-16
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 16th Congressional District
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+28.3%
2008
+38.1%
2012
+38.0%
2016
+43.4%
2020
+44.2%
2024
+33.0%
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
16
D
71.3%217,668
28.3%86,408
305,079
2022
16
D
64.2%133,567
35.7%74,156
207,928
2020
16
D
84.0%218,514
0.0%0
260,090
2018
16
D
99.3%182,044
0.0%0
183,356
2016
16
D
94.4%209,857
0.0%0
222,230
2014
16
D
100.0%99,658
0.0%0
99,658
2012
16
D
75.9%179,561
22.8%53,935
236,470
2010
16
D
95.7%61,642
4.3%2,758
64,400
2008
16
D
96.6%127,179
3.4%4,488
131,667
2006
16
D
95.3%56,124
4.7%2,759
58,883
2004
16
D
95.2%111,638
4.8%5,610
117,248
2002
16
D
92.1%50,716
7.9%4,366
55,082
2000
16
D
95.8%103,041
3.7%3,943
107,555
1998
16
D
95.4%67,367
3.5%2,457
70,580
1996
16
D
96.3%95,568
2.9%2,878
99,233
1994
16
D
68.5%58,572
0.0%0
85,519
1992
16
D
91.4%85,222
8.6%7,975
93,197
1990
16
D
73.4%55,882
24.5%18,635
76,109
1988
16
D
97.1%107,620
0.0%0
110,850
1986
16
D
96.4%61,262
0.0%0
63,545
1984
16
D
97.0%117,759
0.0%0
121,398
1982
16
D
97.5%76,626
0.0%0
78,605
1980
16
D
77.5%67,343
19.6%17,050
86,926
1978
16
D
81.9%59,703
12.9%9,405
72,890
1976
16
D
82.9%93,995
17.1%19,423
113,418
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
68.3%215,216
31.2%98,264
315,112
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 Families68.3%215,216
Mike Sapraicone · Republican/Conservative31.2%98,264
Diane Sare · Larouche/Lrp0.4%1,404
Write-In0.1%206
Scatter0.0%22
New York's 16th congressional district, as drawn for the 2026 elections, takes in parts of Westchester and Bronx counties. About 776,900 people live within its 2026 boundaries, with a median age of 41.
Measured on those boundaries, the district has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 2012, by narrowing margins. The margin was D+38.0 in 2012, D+43.4 in 2016, D+44.2 in 2020, and D+33.0 in 2024.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.2 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 11.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.0 points.
A population of 776,930, a 40% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $104,031 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Congressional District 7 and Congressional District 3.
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How did New York 16th Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 16th Congressional District voted Democratic by 33.0 points (D+33.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 323,947 votes cast, 214,412 went Democratic and 107,552 went Republican.
How many people live in New York 16th Congressional District?
New York 16th Congressional District has a population of 776,930 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York 16th Congressional District?
Median household income in New York 16th Congressional District is $104,031 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 16th Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in New York 16th Congressional District from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
