Richmond County, New York: New American county. In 2024, voted R+29%. Republican peak: R+53 in 1956.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 494,9562024 5-year
- Median household income
- $98,3332024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 59.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 19.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Somerset County, MD · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Richmond CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Richmond 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 | +18.9% |
| 1896 | −15.3% |
| 1900 | +5.4% |
| 1904 | +1.2% |
| 1908 | +3.8% |
| 1912 | +34.3% |
| 1916 | +9.2% |
| 1920 | −30.0% |
| 1924 | −5.9% |
| 1928 | +7.3% |
| 1932 | +25.8% |
| 1936 | +33.2% |
| 1940 | −0.8% |
| 1944 | −14.5% |
| 1948 | −12.4% |
| 1952 | −32.8% |
| 1956 | −53.2% |
| 1960 | −13.1% |
| 1964 | +8.8% |
| 1968 | −20.1% |
| 1972 | −48.6% |
| 1976 | −8.7% |
| 1980 | −24.9% |
| 1984 | −30.4% |
| 1988 | −23.5% |
| 1992 | −9.3% |
| 1996 | +9.7% |
| 2000 | +7.0% |
| 2004 | −13.7% |
| 2008 | −4.1% |
| 2012 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | −15.1% |
| 2020 | −14.9% |
| 2024 | −29.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 69,345 | 128,151 | 200,558 | ||
| R | 90,997 | 123,320 | 216,278 | ||
| R | 74,143 | 101,437 | 180,960 | ||
| D | 78,181 | 74,223 | 154,180 | ||
| R | 79,311 | 86,062 | 166,578 | ||
| R | 68,448 | 90,325 | 160,143 | ||
| D | 73,828 | 63,903 | 142,129 | ||
| D | 64,684 | 52,207 | 128,007 | ||
| R | 56,901 | 70,707 | 147,760 | ||
| R | 47,812 | 77,427 | 125,975 | ||
| R | 44,345 | 83,187 | 127,826 | ||
| R | 37,306 | 64,885 | 110,647 | ||
| R | 47,867 | 56,995 | 105,326 | ||
| R | 29,241 | 84,686 | 114,123 | ||
| R | 34,770 | 54,631 | 98,824 | ||
| D | 50,524 | 42,330 | 92,946 | ||
| R | 38,673 | 50,356 | 89,123 | ||
| R | 19,644 | 64,233 | 83,877 | ||
| R | 28,280 | 55,993 | 84,608 | ||
| R | 30,442 | 39,539 | 73,134 | ||
| R | 31,502 | 42,188 | 73,918 | ||
| R | 38,307 | 38,911 | 77,467 | ||
| D | 46,229 | 22,852 | 70,389 | ||
| D | 36,857 | 21,278 | 60,345 | ||
| D | 28,945 | 24,995 | 54,234 | ||
| R | 15,801 | 18,007 | 37,586 | ||
| R | 9,373 | 17,844 | 28,258 | ||
| D | 8,843 | 7,319 | 16,498 | ||
| D | 8,445 | 3,035 | 15,757 | ||
| D | 7,401 | 6,831 | 15,084 | ||
| D | 7,182 | 7,000 | 14,668 | ||
| D | 6,759 | 6,042 | 13,201 | ||
| R | 4,452 | 6,170 | 11,198 | ||
| D | 6,122 | 4,091 | 10,741 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
22.9%
Irish
8.8%
American
4.5%
German
3.2%
Polish
3.0%
English
1.4%
African American
7.8%
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: 40.6 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
$98,333
Richmond County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Richmond County$98,333
New York$85,974
United States$80,734
Richmond County ranks in the top 5% 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
11.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.5%
Working age (18–64)10.4%
Seniors (65+)13.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
63.1%
speak English only
Other Indo-European12.6%
Spanish11.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander9.2%
Other languages4.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Staten Island (Richmond County) delivered a 29.5-point Republican margin in 2024, making it a persistent outlier within a city that votes heavily Democratic — a pattern driven by its outer-borough, homeowner-heavy demographic profile.
Richmond County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of thirty-four points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved fourteen 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 60% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $98,333, and a population of 494,956. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Somerset County and Salem County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Richmond County, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, Richmond County, New York voted Republican by 29.3 points (R+29), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 200,558 votes cast, 69,345 went Democratic and 128,151 went Republican.
What is Richmond County, New York's political typology?
Akashic places Richmond 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 13 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Richmond County, New York last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Richmond County, New York voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Richmond County, New York?
Richmond County, New York has a population of 494,956 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Richmond County, New York?
Median household income in Richmond County, New York is $98,333 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Richmond County, New York?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Richmond County, New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.