Oneida County, New York: Florida Surge county. In 2024, voted R+21%. Republican peak: R+40 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+21MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Florida SurgeAkashic typology
- Population
- 229,1242024 5-year
- Median household income
- $70,1542024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+30 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Herkimer County, NY · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Oneida CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Oneida County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican 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 | −2.7% |
| 1896 | −25.3% |
| 1900 | −19.3% |
| 1904 | −15.0% |
| 1908 | −12.4% |
| 1912 | +2.8% |
| 1916 | −7.7% |
| 1920 | −37.9% |
| 1924 | −32.0% |
| 1928 | −7.7% |
| 1932 | −3.4% |
| 1936 | −3.2% |
| 1940 | −3.2% |
| 1944 | −0.4% |
| 1948 | +1.6% |
| 1952 | −22.1% |
| 1956 | −39.7% |
| 1960 | +3.1% |
| 1964 | +29.7% |
| 1968 | −7.9% |
| 1972 | −39.9% |
| 1976 | −9.3% |
| 1980 | −7.3% |
| 1984 | −21.0% |
| 1988 | −7.1% |
| 1992 | −2.6% |
| 1996 | +6.7% |
| 2000 | −3.8% |
| 2004 | −12.2% |
| 2008 | −6.1% |
| 2012 | −4.7% |
| 2016 | −19.4% |
| 2020 | −15.6% |
| 2024 | −21.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 39,415 | 60,687 | 100,814 | ||
| R | 41,973 | 57,860 | 101,858 | ||
| R | 33,743 | 51,437 | 91,009 | ||
| R | 40,468 | 44,530 | 86,700 | ||
| R | 43,506 | 49,256 | 94,365 | ||
| R | 40,792 | 52,392 | 95,381 | ||
| R | 43,933 | 47,603 | 96,010 | ||
| D | 44,399 | 37,996 | 94,929 | ||
| R | 40,966 | 43,806 | 108,342 | ||
| R | 47,665 | 55,039 | 103,461 | ||
| R | 42,603 | 65,377 | 108,269 | ||
| R | 44,292 | 51,968 | 104,799 | ||
| R | 47,779 | 57,655 | 105,988 | ||
| R | 33,642 | 78,549 | 112,444 | ||
| R | 44,685 | 52,875 | 103,761 | ||
| D | 73,359 | 39,737 | 113,210 | ||
| D | 63,368 | 59,513 | 122,981 | ||
| R | 34,649 | 80,178 | 114,827 | ||
| R | 44,438 | 69,652 | 114,283 | ||
| D | 48,332 | 46,755 | 97,613 | ||
| R | 48,371 | 48,749 | 97,344 | ||
| R | 49,109 | 52,362 | 101,742 | ||
| R | 43,439 | 46,317 | 91,111 | ||
| R | 38,413 | 41,193 | 81,148 | ||
| R | 38,231 | 44,782 | 84,786 | ||
| R | 18,124 | 37,545 | 60,734 | ||
| R | 15,560 | 36,311 | 54,791 | ||
| R | 16,070 | 18,813 | 35,805 | ||
| D | 12,182 | 11,245 | 33,676 | ||
| R | 14,968 | 19,346 | 35,437 | ||
| R | 14,064 | 19,243 | 34,571 | ||
| R | 12,820 | 19,204 | 33,152 | ||
| R | 11,003 | 18,855 | 31,007 | ||
| R | 13,552 | 14,359 | 29,694 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
16.4%
Irish
14.8%
German
13.8%
English
9.8%
Polish
9.3%
American
5.0%
French
3.3%
African American
5.0%
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: 40.7 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
$70,154
Oneida County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Oneida County$70,154
New York$85,974
United States$80,734
Oneida 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
15.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.5%
Working age (18–64)13.7%
Seniors (65+)11.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
86.9%
speak English only
Other Indo-European4.7%
Spanish3.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.3%
Other languages1.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Oneida County anchors the Mohawk Valley region, blending the mid-size city of Utica — which has absorbed significant refugee resettlement — with surrounding townships that vote heavily Republican, producing one of upstate New York's wider partisan gaps.
The Democratic margin here once reached thirty points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-one points.
A population of 229,124, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,154 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Herkimer County and Fulton County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Oneida County, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, Oneida County, New York voted Republican by 21.1 points (R+21), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 100,814 votes cast, 39,415 went Democratic and 60,687 went Republican.
What is Oneida County, New York's political typology?
Akashic places Oneida County, New York in the "Florida Surge" typology — Florida coastal and retiree counties that moved sharply Republican across the Trump era. 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 5 times, Republican 29 times, and other 0 times.
When did Oneida County, New York last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Oneida County, New York voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Oneida County, New York?
Oneida County, New York has a population of 229,124 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Oneida County, New York?
Median household income in Oneida County, New York is $70,154 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Oneida County, New York?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Oneida County, New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "Florida Surge" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.