Passaic County, New Jersey: New American county. In 2024, voted R+3%. Republican peak: R+52 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+3MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 521,0122024 5-year
- Median household income
- $87,5222024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 41.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 44.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+28 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Middlesex County, NJ · similarity 0.96
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Passaic CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Passaic 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 | −2.3% |
| 1896 | −23.5% |
| 1900 | −9.3% |
| 1904 | −19.9% |
| 1908 | −18.0% |
| 1912 | +17.9% |
| 1916 | −16.0% |
| 1920 | −52.0% |
| 1924 | −45.6% |
| 1928 | −10.0% |
| 1932 | +4.9% |
| 1936 | +18.3% |
| 1940 | +3.2% |
| 1944 | +0.6% |
| 1948 | +0.4% |
| 1952 | −11.2% |
| 1956 | −23.6% |
| 1960 | +5.6% |
| 1964 | +28.3% |
| 1968 | −3.1% |
| 1972 | −26.4% |
| 1976 | −5.4% |
| 1980 | −13.2% |
| 1984 | −18.5% |
| 1988 | −13.9% |
| 1992 | −0.7% |
| 1996 | +21.1% |
| 2000 | +18.7% |
| 2004 | +11.5% |
| 2008 | +21.7% |
| 2012 | +28.2% |
| 2016 | +22.4% |
| 2020 | +16.7% |
| 2024 | −2.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 95,156 | 100,954 | 203,351 | ||
| D | 129,097 | 92,009 | 222,209 | ||
| D | 116,759 | 72,902 | 196,228 | ||
| D | 115,926 | 64,523 | 182,214 | ||
| D | 113,257 | 72,552 | 187,395 | ||
| D | 94,962 | 75,200 | 171,311 | ||
| D | 90,324 | 61,043 | 156,573 | ||
| D | 85,879 | 53,594 | 152,951 | ||
| R | 70,030 | 71,147 | 164,888 | ||
| R | 66,254 | 88,070 | 157,513 | ||
| R | 69,590 | 101,951 | 174,940 | ||
| R | 61,486 | 82,531 | 158,951 | ||
| R | 76,194 | 85,102 | 166,226 | ||
| R | 62,302 | 108,511 | 174,923 | ||
| R | 74,442 | 79,862 | 172,657 | ||
| D | 113,919 | 63,114 | 179,699 | ||
| D | 90,950 | 80,853 | 179,402 | ||
| R | 61,859 | 101,182 | 166,676 | ||
| R | 70,727 | 89,083 | 164,190 | ||
| D | 60,147 | 59,675 | 130,430 | ||
| D | 68,737 | 67,856 | 137,182 | ||
| D | 69,880 | 65,523 | 135,907 | ||
| D | 71,384 | 49,046 | 122,190 | ||
| D | 54,576 | 49,218 | 109,404 | ||
| R | 47,167 | 57,708 | 105,834 | ||
| R | 11,644 | 43,384 | 69,599 | ||
| R | 11,873 | 42,692 | 59,225 | ||
| R | 13,340 | 18,754 | 33,904 | ||
| O | 10,810 | 5,349 | 30,531 | ||
| R | 11,961 | 17,635 | 31,511 | ||
| R | 11,532 | 17,705 | 30,948 | ||
| R | 12,891 | 15,619 | 29,483 | ||
| R | 9,280 | 15,437 | 26,247 | ||
| R | 10,992 | 11,527 | 23,147 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
10.7%
Irish
6.0%
German
4.7%
Polish
4.0%
American
2.5%
English
2.2%
French
0.6%
African American
8.2%
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: 38.1 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
$87,522
Passaic County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Passaic County$87,522
New Jersey$103,556
United States$80,734
Passaic 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
13.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.3%
Working age (18–64)10.8%
Seniors (65+)13.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
48.7%
speak English only
Spanish37.4%
Other Indo-European7.9%
Other languages3.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Passaic County's large Latino and working-class population in cities like Paterson has driven a notable rightward shift in recent cycles, turning a county that backed Clinton by double digits into a narrow Republican-leaning jurisdiction by 2024.
Passaic County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of twenty-eight points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved twenty 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 41% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $87,522, and a population of 521,012. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Middlesex County and Imperial County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Passaic County, New Jersey vote in 2024?
In 2024, Passaic County, New Jersey voted Republican by 2.9 points (R+3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 203,351 votes cast, 95,156 went Democratic and 100,954 went Republican.
What is Passaic County, New Jersey's political typology?
Akashic places Passaic 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 14 times, Republican 19 times, and other 1 times.
When did Passaic County, New Jersey last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Passaic County, New Jersey voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Passaic County, New Jersey?
Passaic County, New Jersey has a population of 521,012 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Passaic County, New Jersey?
Median household income in Passaic County, New Jersey is $87,522 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Passaic County, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Passaic County, New Jersey from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 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.