† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
4 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupSyracuse-Auburn, NYNew YorkUnited States
Irish18.1%10.5%9.4%
German14.6%8.6%12.5%
Italian14.3%10.9%4.8%
English12.9%5.6%9.5%
Polish5.7%3.9%2.2%
American4.2%4.2%5.3%
French3.4%1.3%1.6%
Scottish0.9%—1.3%
African American†5.8%8.0%9.9%
Jamaican0.3%1.6%0.4%
African0.2%0.6%0.5%
Somali0.2%——
Puerto Rican2.2%5.1%1.8%
Mexican0.6%2.5%11.3%
Cuban0.4%—0.7%
Dominican0.3%4.6%0.7%
Chinese0.7%3.6%1.3%
Asian Indian0.5%1.9%1.4%
Burmese0.3%——
Vietnamese0.3%—0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Syracuse-Auburn, NY
New York
United States
Median age
40.5
39.9
39.1
Age 18–24
10.3%
9.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.1%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Syracuse-Auburn, NY
New York
United States
Median household income
$74,632
$85,974
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.8%
14.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.0%
40.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Syracuse-Auburn, NY
New York
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.8%
30.9%
22.3%
Spanish
2.6%
14.8%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.2%
4.0%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Syracuse-Auburn, NY
New York
United States
Catholic
30.2%
30.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
7.0%
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
52.2%
48.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.9%
3.8%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Syracuse-Auburn, NY
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−15.2%
1896
−28.5%
1900
−24.6%
1904
−29.0%
1908
−23.8%
1912
−3.0%
1916
−16.2%
1920
−39.6%
1924
−40.2%
1928
−22.4%
1932
−8.6%
1936
−19.5%
1940
−19.4%
1944
−10.9%
1948
−15.0%
1952
−34.4%
1956
−48.3%
1960
−11.9%
1964
+33.3%
1968
−9.2%
1972
−39.7%
1976
−20.7%
1980
−14.9%
1984
−24.4%
1988
−7.4%
1992
+3.4%
1996
+11.7%
2000
+8.0%
2004
+5.0%
2008
+14.7%
2012
+16.5%
2016
+3.1%
2020
+8.1%
2024
+4.8%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
52.2%Harris184,039
47.3%Trump166,971
0.5%
D+4.8
R+3.3
D+6.3
352,701
D
52.9%Biden191,300
44.8%Trump161,898
2.3%
D+8.1
D+5.0
D+3.7
361,355
D
48.3%Clinton154,621
45.2%Trump144,657
6.4%
D+3.1
R+13.3
D+1.0
319,856
D
57.2%Obama176,647
40.8%Romney125,887
2.0%
D+16.5
D+1.8
D+12.6
308,563
D
56.4%Obama186,914
41.7%McCain138,220
1.9%
D+14.7
D+9.7
D+7.4
331,412
D
51.5%Kerry171,169
46.5%Bush154,611
2.0%
D+5.0
R+3.0
D+7.4
332,571
D
51.5%Gore161,801
43.5%Bush136,794
5.0%
D+8.0
R+3.7
D+7.4
314,466
D
49.5%Clinton148,341
37.8%Dole113,347
12.6%
D+11.7
D+8.3
D+3.2
299,494
D
39.6%Clinton130,822
36.2%Bush119,530
24.3%
D+3.4
D+10.8
R+2.1
330,543
R
45.9%Dukakis138,890
53.3%Bush161,278
0.8%
R+7.4
D+17.0
D+0.3
302,735
R
37.6%Mondale116,622
62.0%Reagan192,357
0.4%
R+24.4
R+9.5
R+6.2
310,090
R
37.0%Carter108,347
52.0%Reagan152,017
11.0%
R+14.9
D+5.8
R+5.2
292,514
R
39.4%Carter114,599
60.1%Ford174,872
0.5%
R+20.7
D+19.0
R+22.8
290,975
R
30.0%McGovern90,550
69.7%Nixon210,314
0.2%
R+39.7
R+30.5
R+16.6
301,583
R
42.6%Humphrey119,872
51.8%Nixon145,833
5.6%
R+9.2
R+42.5
R+8.5
281,386
D
66.6%Johnson191,821
33.3%Goldwater95,931
0.1%
D+33.3
D+45.2
D+10.7
287,986
R
44.0%Kennedy132,070
55.9%Nixon167,865
0.1%
R+11.9
D+36.4
R+12.1
300,143
R
25.8%Stevenson73,898
74.2%Eisenhower212,187
0.0%
R+48.3
R+14.0
R+32.9
286,085
R
32.7%Stevenson92,514
67.1%Eisenhower189,629
0.2%
R+34.4
R+19.3
R+23.6
282,701
R
40.9%Truman99,369
55.9%Dewey135,895
3.2%
R+15.0
R+4.1
R+19.5
242,957
R
44.4%Roosevelt106,113
55.3%Dewey132,289
0.3%
R+10.9
D+8.4
R+18.4
239,136
R
40.2%Roosevelt101,226
59.5%Willkie150,038
0.3%
R+19.4
D+0.2
R+29.3
252,087
R
39.3%Roosevelt92,038
58.8%Landon137,857
1.9%
R+19.5
R+11.0
R+43.8
234,436
R
44.2%Roosevelt95,426
52.8%Hoover113,896
3.0%
R+8.6
D+13.9
R+26.4
215,735
R
37.9%Smith83,349
60.3%Hoover132,662
1.8%
R+22.4
D+17.8
R+4.9
220,022
R
25.1%Davis43,436
65.3%Coolidge112,812
9.5%
R+40.2
R+0.6
R+15.0
172,732
R
27.5%Cox41,493
67.1%Harding101,241
5.4%
R+39.6
R+23.4
R+13.4
150,884
R
39.5%Wilson36,430
55.7%Hughes51,381
4.8%
R+16.2
R+13.2
R+19.4
92,231
R
33.8%Wilson28,938
36.8%Taft31,476
29.4%
R+3.0
D+20.8
R+22.5
85,627
R
35.1%Bryan32,241
58.8%Taft54,082
6.1%
R+23.8
D+5.3
R+14.2
91,902
R
33.3%Parker29,902
62.4%Roosevelt55,944
4.3%
R+29.0
R+4.4
R+9.4
89,718
R
35.6%Bryan31,306
60.2%McKinley52,979
4.2%
R+24.6
D+3.8
R+17.1
87,959
R
34.2%Bryan29,522
62.7%McKinley54,055
3.1%
R+28.5
R+13.3
R+22.4
86,213
R
39.3%Cleveland31,682
54.5%Harrison43,894
6.1%
R+15.2
—
R+16.8
80,525
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
54.2%187,233
45.3%156,463
345,628
2022
D
52.2%137,081
47.2%123,888
262,520
2018
D
57.5%153,558
42.4%113,224
266,974
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+1.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+4.8
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 3.6 points more Republican.
Domestic migration in Syracuse-Auburn, NY in Syracuse-Auburn, NY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−3,782
2012
−5,175
2013
−2,495
2014
−4,982
2015
−5,773
2016
−6,783
2017
−5,913
2018
−3,511
2019
−4,075
2021
−4,031
2022
−2,934
2023
−2,937
2024
−1,945
2025
−2,647
Syracuse-Auburn, NY sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 48.3 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.8 points.
A population of 731,512, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,632 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Albany-Schenectady, NY and Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY.
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How did Syracuse-Auburn, NY, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, Syracuse-Auburn, NY, New York voted Democratic by 4.8 points (D+4.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 352,701 votes cast, 184,039 went Democratic and 166,971 went Republican.
When did Syracuse-Auburn, NY, New York last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Syracuse-Auburn, NY, New York voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Syracuse-Auburn, NY, New York?
Syracuse-Auburn, NY, New York has a population of 731,512 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Syracuse-Auburn, NY, New York?
Median household income in Syracuse-Auburn, NY, New York is $74,632 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Syracuse-Auburn, NY, New York?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Syracuse-Auburn, NY, New York from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
