Queens County, New York: New American county. In 2024, voted D+24%. Democratic peak: D+59 in 2012.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+24MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,323,0522024 5-year
- Median household income
- $86,1362024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 26.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 17.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 28.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+59 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+43 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Bronx County, NY · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Queens CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Queens 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 | +12.4% |
| 1896 | −20.8% |
| 1900 | +8.6% |
| 1904 | +11.9% |
| 1908 | +2.1% |
| 1912 | +33.8% |
| 1916 | −4.8% |
| 1920 | −43.0% |
| 1924 | −22.5% |
| 1928 | +7.6% |
| 1932 | +27.2% |
| 1936 | +31.9% |
| 1940 | −5.8% |
| 1944 | −11.0% |
| 1948 | −8.6% |
| 1952 | −15.1% |
| 1956 | −18.8% |
| 1960 | +9.6% |
| 1964 | +32.7% |
| 1968 | +13.6% |
| 1972 | −12.9% |
| 1976 | +21.6% |
| 1980 | +3.2% |
| 1984 | +7.0% |
| 1988 | +19.8% |
| 1992 | +34.5% |
| 1996 | +51.9% |
| 2000 | +53.0% |
| 2004 | +44.2% |
| 2008 | +50.8% |
| 2012 | +59.2% |
| 2016 | +53.6% |
| 2020 | +45.2% |
| 2024 | +24.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 437,282 | 264,628 | 715,964 | ||
| D | 569,038 | 212,665 | 788,262 | ||
| D | 517,220 | 149,341 | 686,393 | ||
| D | 470,732 | 118,589 | 595,245 | ||
| D | 480,692 | 155,221 | 640,137 | ||
| D | 433,835 | 165,954 | 605,392 | ||
| D | 416,967 | 122,052 | 555,991 | ||
| D | 372,925 | 107,650 | 511,296 | ||
| D | 349,520 | 157,561 | 555,956 | ||
| D | 325,147 | 217,049 | 546,729 | ||
| D | 328,379 | 285,477 | 615,578 | ||
| D | 269,147 | 251,333 | 560,923 | ||
| D | 379,907 | 244,396 | 627,503 | ||
| R | 328,316 | 426,015 | 756,087 | ||
| D | 410,546 | 306,620 | 765,912 | ||
| D | 541,418 | 274,351 | 816,828 | ||
| D | 446,348 | 367,688 | 815,899 | ||
| R | 318,723 | 466,057 | 784,780 | ||
| R | 331,217 | 450,610 | 789,682 | ||
| R | 268,742 | 323,459 | 639,543 | ||
| R | 292,940 | 365,365 | 660,376 | ||
| R | 288,024 | 323,406 | 613,954 | ||
| D | 320,053 | 162,797 | 493,009 | ||
| D | 244,740 | 136,641 | 398,141 | ||
| D | 184,640 | 158,505 | 345,556 | ||
| R | 58,402 | 100,793 | 188,169 | ||
| R | 35,296 | 94,360 | 137,324 | ||
| R | 31,350 | 34,670 | 68,595 | ||
| D | 28,076 | 9,201 | 55,798 | ||
| D | 20,342 | 19,420 | 44,008 | ||
| D | 18,151 | 14,096 | 34,017 | ||
| D | 14,747 | 12,323 | 28,046 | ||
| R | 11,980 | 18,694 | 32,213 | ||
| D | 15,195 | 11,704 | 28,060 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
4.9%
Irish
3.6%
American
2.8%
German
2.3%
Polish
2.0%
English
1.0%
African American
13.8%
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
$86,136
Queens County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Queens County$86,136
New York$85,974
United States$80,734
Queens County ranks in the top 25% 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
12.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.8%
Working age (18–64)11.6%
Seniors (65+)18.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
44.6%
speak English only
Spanish23.3%
Other Indo-European15.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander14.7%
Other languages2.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Queens delivered a D+24.2 margin in 2024, notably narrower than its recent presidential baselines, driven by movement among its densely concentrated immigrant communities spanning over 160 languages and dozens of national-origin groups.
Queens County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of fifty-nine points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved twenty-one 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 26% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $86,136, and a population of 2,323,052. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bronx County and Kings County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Queens County, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, Queens County, New York voted Democratic by 24.1 points (D+24), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 715,964 votes cast, 437,282 went Democratic and 264,628 went Republican.
What is Queens County, New York's political typology?
Akashic places Queens County, New York 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 24 times, Republican 10 times, and other 0 times.
When did Queens County, New York last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Queens County, New York voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Queens County, New York?
Queens County, New York has a population of 2,323,052 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Queens County, New York?
Median household income in Queens County, New York is $86,136 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Queens County, New York?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Queens County, New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.