Atlantic County, New Jersey: New American county. In 2024, voted R+3%. Republican peak: R+56 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+3MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 276,2702024 5-year
- Median household income
- $78,0502024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 13.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 20.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+32 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Cumberland County, NJ · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Atlantic CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Atlantic County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −4.9% |
| 1896 | −36.6% |
| 1900 | −39.3% |
| 1904 | −43.3% |
| 1908 | −30.7% |
| 1912 | +3.3% |
| 1916 | −27.5% |
| 1920 | −55.9% |
| 1924 | −55.3% |
| 1928 | −32.0% |
| 1932 | −5.3% |
| 1936 | +23.1% |
| 1940 | +8.4% |
| 1944 | +6.2% |
| 1948 | −10.8% |
| 1952 | −16.3% |
| 1956 | −33.8% |
| 1960 | −3.9% |
| 1964 | +32.5% |
| 1968 | +3.6% |
| 1972 | −22.8% |
| 1976 | +6.5% |
| 1980 | −8.8% |
| 1984 | −19.2% |
| 1988 | −13.5% |
| 1992 | +5.9% |
| 1996 | +17.8% |
| 2000 | +19.0% |
| 2004 | +5.9% |
| 2008 | +15.1% |
| 2012 | +16.8% |
| 2016 | +7.0% |
| 2020 | +6.7% |
| 2024 | −3.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 61,879 | 65,817 | 130,209 | ||
| D | 73,808 | 64,438 | 139,204 | ||
| D | 60,924 | 52,690 | 118,041 | ||
| D | 65,600 | 46,522 | 113,344 | ||
| D | 67,830 | 49,902 | 119,042 | ||
| D | 55,746 | 49,487 | 106,097 | ||
| D | 52,880 | 35,593 | 91,102 | ||
| D | 44,434 | 29,538 | 83,601 | ||
| D | 39,633 | 34,279 | 90,298 | ||
| R | 34,047 | 44,748 | 79,442 | ||
| R | 33,240 | 49,158 | 82,851 | ||
| R | 31,286 | 37,973 | 76,202 | ||
| D | 41,965 | 36,733 | 80,630 | ||
| R | 28,203 | 45,667 | 76,700 | ||
| D | 35,581 | 32,807 | 77,834 | ||
| D | 50,945 | 25,626 | 78,019 | ||
| R | 36,129 | 39,158 | 76,969 | ||
| R | 21,668 | 44,698 | 68,038 | ||
| R | 28,953 | 40,259 | 69,375 | ||
| R | 25,313 | 31,608 | 58,071 | ||
| D | 28,972 | 25,593 | 54,794 | ||
| D | 36,155 | 30,551 | 66,798 | ||
| D | 39,605 | 24,680 | 64,688 | ||
| R | 28,071 | 31,264 | 60,261 | ||
| R | 19,152 | 37,238 | 56,465 | ||
| R | 6,937 | 27,936 | 37,939 | ||
| R | 5,753 | 21,245 | 27,725 | ||
| R | 5,467 | 9,713 | 15,447 | ||
| D | 4,885 | 4,422 | 13,963 | ||
| R | 4,577 | 8,822 | 13,847 | ||
| R | 3,064 | 7,933 | 11,247 | ||
| R | 2,566 | 6,122 | 9,046 | ||
| R | 2,233 | 5,005 | 7,576 | ||
| R | 3,003 | 3,329 | 6,632 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
16.6%
Irish
15.6%
German
11.7%
English
6.9%
Polish
3.5%
American
2.7%
French
1.1%
African American
10.7%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$78,050
Atlantic County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Atlantic County$78,050
New Jersey$103,556
United States$80,734
Atlantic County ranks in the top 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.6%
Working age (18–64)11.8%
Seniors (65+)11.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
73.7%
speak English only
Spanish15.0%
Other Indo-European6.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.9%
Other languages1.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Atlantic County anchors New Jersey's casino and hospitality corridor, and its electorate has shifted rightward over the past decade, flipping from a Democratic-leaning county to one that backed the Republican presidential candidate by roughly three points in 2024.
Atlantic County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of thirty-two points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved ten points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $78,050, and a population of 276,270. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cumberland County and Nassau County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Atlantic County, New Jersey vote in 2024?
In 2024, Atlantic County, New Jersey voted Republican by 3.0 points (R+3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 130,209 votes cast, 61,879 went Democratic and 65,817 went Republican.
What is Atlantic County, New Jersey's political typology?
Akashic places Atlantic County, New Jersey in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 19 times, and other 0 times.
When did Atlantic County, New Jersey last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Atlantic County, New Jersey voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Atlantic County, New Jersey?
Atlantic County, New Jersey has a population of 276,270 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Atlantic County, New Jersey?
Median household income in Atlantic County, New Jersey is $78,050 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Atlantic County, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Atlantic County, New Jersey from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.