Bergen County, New Jersey: New American county. In 2024, voted D+3%. Republican peak: R+56 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+3MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 962,3162024 5-year
- Median household income
- $124,8842024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 22.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+20 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Burlington County, NJ · similarity 0.94
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Bergen CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Bergen 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 | +7.7% |
| 1896 | −29.2% |
| 1900 | −16.5% |
| 1904 | −14.7% |
| 1908 | −28.1% |
| 1912 | +19.7% |
| 1916 | −22.6% |
| 1920 | −56.4% |
| 1924 | −50.2% |
| 1928 | −27.7% |
| 1932 | −7.8% |
| 1936 | +0.8% |
| 1940 | −26.4% |
| 1944 | −30.3% |
| 1948 | −33.9% |
| 1952 | −38.9% |
| 1956 | −50.9% |
| 1960 | −18.0% |
| 1964 | +19.6% |
| 1968 | −15.2% |
| 1972 | −31.7% |
| 1976 | −13.3% |
| 1980 | −22.3% |
| 1984 | −26.7% |
| 1988 | −17.0% |
| 1992 | −1.8% |
| 1996 | +13.8% |
| 2000 | +13.6% |
| 2004 | +4.5% |
| 2008 | +9.5% |
| 2012 | +11.3% |
| 2016 | +13.2% |
| 2020 | +16.5% |
| 2024 | +3.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 232,660 | 217,096 | 460,685 | ||
| D | 285,967 | 204,417 | 493,236 | ||
| D | 231,211 | 175,529 | 422,213 | ||
| D | 212,754 | 169,070 | 385,990 | ||
| D | 225,367 | 186,118 | 414,733 | ||
| D | 207,666 | 189,833 | 400,244 | ||
| D | 202,682 | 152,731 | 366,721 | ||
| D | 191,085 | 141,164 | 362,887 | ||
| R | 171,104 | 178,223 | 403,137 | ||
| R | 160,655 | 226,885 | 389,933 | ||
| R | 155,039 | 268,507 | 424,718 | ||
| R | 139,474 | 232,043 | 415,157 | ||
| R | 180,738 | 237,331 | 424,853 | ||
| R | 147,155 | 285,458 | 436,894 | ||
| R | 162,182 | 224,911 | 413,037 | ||
| D | 234,849 | 157,899 | 393,465 | ||
| R | 156,165 | 224,969 | 381,808 | ||
| R | 82,169 | 254,334 | 338,113 | ||
| R | 93,373 | 212,842 | 307,502 | ||
| R | 69,132 | 142,657 | 217,131 | ||
| R | 76,350 | 142,836 | 219,752 | ||
| R | 76,541 | 131,588 | 208,823 | ||
| D | 91,107 | 89,628 | 181,878 | ||
| R | 73,921 | 86,885 | 165,743 | ||
| R | 50,373 | 89,105 | 140,067 | ||
| R | 16,844 | 60,803 | 87,598 | ||
| R | 12,396 | 47,512 | 62,305 | ||
| R | 11,530 | 18,494 | 30,797 | ||
| D | 9,978 | 5,087 | 24,868 | ||
| R | 7,628 | 14,042 | 22,828 | ||
| R | 7,301 | 9,957 | 18,103 | ||
| R | 6,456 | 9,086 | 15,964 | ||
| R | 4,531 | 8,545 | 13,766 | ||
| D | 5,865 | 5,019 | 11,053 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
14.3%
Irish
9.8%
German
6.7%
Polish
4.9%
English
3.1%
American
2.8%
French
0.8%
African American
4.6%
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: 42.0 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
$124,884
Bergen County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
Bergen County$124,884
New Jersey$103,556
United States$80,734
Bergen County ranks in the top 0.5% 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
6.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.8%
Working age (18–64)6.0%
Seniors (65+)11.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
57.5%
speak English only
Spanish17.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander11.8%
Other Indo-European10.7%
Other languages2.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
New Jersey's most populous county shifted from a double-digit Republican margin in 2012 to D+3.4 in 2024, driven by demographic change among its large Korean-American and South Asian communities in the inner suburbs.
Bergen County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of twenty points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved thirteen 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 55% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $124,884, and a population of 962,316. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Burlington County and Passaic County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Bergen County, New Jersey vote in 2024?
In 2024, Bergen County, New Jersey voted Democratic by 3.4 points (D+3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 460,685 votes cast, 232,660 went Democratic and 217,096 went Republican.
What is Bergen County, New Jersey's political typology?
Akashic places Bergen 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 12 times, Republican 22 times, and other 0 times.
When did Bergen County, New Jersey last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Bergen County, New Jersey voted Republican was 1992.
How many people live in Bergen County, New Jersey?
Bergen County, New Jersey has a population of 962,316 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bergen County, New Jersey?
Median household income in Bergen County, New Jersey is $124,884 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Bergen County, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bergen County, New Jersey from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.