Cattaraugus County, New York: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+33%. Republican peak: R+45 in 1956.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+33MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 76,1452024 5-year
- Median household income
- $59,5402024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Champaign County, OH · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Cattaraugus CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Cattaraugus 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 | −14.7% |
| 1896 | −20.4% |
| 1900 | −22.3% |
| 1904 | −33.0% |
| 1908 | −19.7% |
| 1912 | +0.5% |
| 1916 | −14.0% |
| 1920 | −39.1% |
| 1924 | −44.1% |
| 1928 | −36.1% |
| 1932 | −21.5% |
| 1936 | −26.0% |
| 1940 | −31.6% |
| 1944 | −25.5% |
| 1948 | −22.9% |
| 1952 | −37.2% |
| 1956 | −44.9% |
| 1960 | −19.0% |
| 1964 | +33.7% |
| 1968 | −12.4% |
| 1972 | −33.4% |
| 1976 | −17.1% |
| 1980 | −13.2% |
| 1984 | −40.5% |
| 1988 | −22.3% |
| 1992 | −10.8% |
| 1996 | +0.2% |
| 2000 | −13.5% |
| 2004 | −19.1% |
| 2008 | −10.6% |
| 2012 | −13.2% |
| 2016 | −32.7% |
| 2020 | −29.6% |
| 2024 | −32.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 11,424 | 22,586 | 34,107 | ||
| R | 11,879 | 22,155 | 34,760 | ||
| R | 9,497 | 19,692 | 31,161 | ||
| R | 12,649 | 16,569 | 29,767 | ||
| R | 14,307 | 17,770 | 32,617 | ||
| R | 13,514 | 20,051 | 34,266 | ||
| R | 13,816 | 18,382 | 33,733 | ||
| D | 13,029 | 12,971 | 31,643 | ||
| R | 10,150 | 13,944 | 35,092 | ||
| R | 12,447 | 19,691 | 32,428 | ||
| R | 10,194 | 24,162 | 34,468 | ||
| R | 12,917 | 17,222 | 32,709 | ||
| R | 13,768 | 19,469 | 33,422 | ||
| R | 10,909 | 21,906 | 32,927 | ||
| R | 12,733 | 16,594 | 31,148 | ||
| D | 21,994 | 10,907 | 32,933 | ||
| R | 14,797 | 21,749 | 36,573 | ||
| R | 9,613 | 25,282 | 34,895 | ||
| R | 11,333 | 24,808 | 36,195 | ||
| R | 11,289 | 18,246 | 30,393 | ||
| R | 11,787 | 19,907 | 31,795 | ||
| R | 11,924 | 22,987 | 35,055 | ||
| R | 11,901 | 20,484 | 32,984 | ||
| R | 11,467 | 18,071 | 30,786 | ||
| R | 10,229 | 22,135 | 33,001 | ||
| R | 5,369 | 17,307 | 27,066 | ||
| R | 6,693 | 16,083 | 24,029 | ||
| R | 6,565 | 8,825 | 16,197 | ||
| D | 4,886 | 4,820 | 14,363 | ||
| R | 6,096 | 9,320 | 16,371 | ||
| R | 4,923 | 10,182 | 15,919 | ||
| R | 6,224 | 9,948 | 16,713 | ||
| R | 6,088 | 9,337 | 15,889 | ||
| R | 5,753 | 7,973 | 15,105 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
25.2%
Irish
16.2%
English
13.2%
Polish
8.6%
Italian
8.1%
American
4.1%
French
1.8%
African American
1.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 42.8 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
$59,540
Cattaraugus County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Cattaraugus County$59,540
New York$85,974
United States$80,734
Cattaraugus County ranks near the middle 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
19.1%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.3%
Working age (18–64)16.8%
Seniors (65+)15.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.0%
speak English only
Other Indo-European3.5%
Spanish1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other languages0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Cattaraugus sits in the Southern Tier's forested hill country, where a predominantly white, working-class population has shifted from a competitive swing county in the early 2000s to one of New York's most lopsided presidential margins by 2024.
The Republican margin here reached forty-five points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-three points.
A population of 76,145, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,540 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Champaign County and Sanilac County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cattaraugus County, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cattaraugus County, New York voted Republican by 32.7 points (R+33), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 34,107 votes cast, 11,424 went Democratic and 22,586 went Republican.
What is Cattaraugus County, New York's political typology?
Akashic places Cattaraugus County, New York in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. 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 3 times, Republican 31 times, and other 0 times.
When did Cattaraugus County, New York last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cattaraugus County, New York voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Cattaraugus County, New York?
Cattaraugus County, New York has a population of 76,145 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cattaraugus County, New York?
Median household income in Cattaraugus County, New York is $59,540 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Cattaraugus County, New York?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cattaraugus County, New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 31 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.