Hudson County, New Jersey: New American county. In 2024, voted D+28%. Democratic peak: D+56 in 2012.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+28MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 718,3232024 5-year
- Median household income
- $91,7952024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 32.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 40.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+56 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+26 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Essex County, NJ · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hudson CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hudson County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Harris +50Trump +50
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 | +15.8% |
| 1896 | −8.6% |
| 1900 | +7.8% |
| 1904 | +1.7% |
| 1908 | −2.7% |
| 1912 | +41.2% |
| 1916 | +2.4% |
| 1920 | −22.9% |
| 1924 | +5.3% |
| 1928 | +20.9% |
| 1932 | +45.8% |
| 1936 | +56.0% |
| 1940 | +31.9% |
| 1944 | +24.0% |
| 1948 | +23.6% |
| 1952 | +2.4% |
| 1956 | −25.8% |
| 1960 | +20.9% |
| 1964 | +48.0% |
| 1968 | +13.7% |
| 1972 | −21.5% |
| 1976 | +11.1% |
| 1980 | +2.2% |
| 1984 | −8.9% |
| 1988 | +7.7% |
| 1992 | +18.0% |
| 1996 | +46.9% |
| 2000 | +44.5% |
| 2004 | +35.2% |
| 2008 | +46.7% |
| 2012 | +56.0% |
| 2016 | +52.1% |
| 2020 | +46.6% |
| 2024 | +27.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 144,765 | 79,913 | 232,232 | ||
| D | 181,452 | 65,698 | 248,402 | ||
| D | 163,917 | 49,043 | 220,542 | ||
| D | 153,108 | 42,369 | 197,694 | ||
| D | 154,140 | 55,360 | 211,312 | ||
| D | 127,447 | 60,646 | 189,554 | ||
| D | 118,206 | 43,804 | 167,361 | ||
| D | 116,121 | 38,288 | 166,009 | ||
| D | 99,799 | 66,505 | 185,057 | ||
| D | 98,507 | 84,334 | 184,463 | ||
| R | 94,304 | 112,834 | 208,244 | ||
| D | 95,622 | 91,207 | 198,688 | ||
| D | 116,241 | 92,636 | 212,730 | ||
| R | 87,977 | 136,895 | 227,600 | ||
| D | 124,939 | 91,324 | 244,560 | ||
| D | 200,051 | 69,515 | 272,009 | ||
| D | 174,754 | 113,972 | 291,292 | ||
| R | 107,098 | 183,919 | 297,585 | ||
| D | 161,469 | 153,583 | 324,280 | ||
| D | 182,979 | 111,113 | 304,653 | ||
| D | 191,354 | 117,087 | 309,135 | ||
| D | 208,429 | 107,552 | 316,508 | ||
| D | 233,390 | 65,110 | 300,559 | ||
| D | 184,676 | 66,937 | 257,019 | ||
| D | 153,009 | 99,972 | 254,071 | ||
| D | 91,094 | 80,892 | 193,952 | ||
| R | 62,637 | 101,759 | 170,793 | ||
| D | 44,663 | 42,518 | 89,205 | ||
| D | 40,517 | 8,763 | 77,104 | ||
| R | 39,637 | 41,967 | 85,796 | ||
| D | 38,021 | 36,683 | 78,613 | ||
| D | 38,025 | 32,341 | 72,628 | ||
| R | 28,133 | 33,626 | 64,033 | ||
| D | 32,237 | 23,307 | 56,410 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
6.9%
Irish
6.0%
German
3.3%
Polish
2.5%
American
2.3%
English
1.8%
French
0.7%
African American
9.5%
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: 35.8 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
$91,795
Hudson County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Hudson County$91,795
New Jersey$103,556
United States$80,734
Hudson County ranks in the top 10% 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
14.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.8%
Working age (18–64)13.0%
Seniors (65+)20.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
43.5%
speak English only
Spanish33.4%
Other Indo-European11.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander8.0%
Other languages3.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Hudson County lines the western bank of the Hudson River directly across from Manhattan, and its dense urban core — anchored by Jersey City and Bayonne — consistently produces some of New Jersey's largest Democratic margins, reaching D+28 in 2024.
Hudson County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of fifty-six points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved nineteen 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 32% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $91,795, and a population of 718,323. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Essex County and Broward County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hudson County, New Jersey vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hudson County, New Jersey voted Democratic by 27.9 points (D+28), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 232,232 votes cast, 144,765 went Democratic and 79,913 went Republican.
What is Hudson County, New Jersey's political typology?
Akashic places Hudson 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 28 times, Republican 6 times, and other 0 times.
When did Hudson County, New Jersey last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Hudson County, New Jersey voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Hudson County, New Jersey?
Hudson County, New Jersey has a population of 718,323 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hudson County, New Jersey?
Median household income in Hudson County, New Jersey is $91,795 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Hudson County, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hudson County, New Jersey from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 28 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.