† 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
28 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
GroupNew YorkUnited States
Italian11.0%4.8%
Irish8.9%9.4%
German5.9%12.5%
American3.9%5.3%
Polish3.3%2.2%
English3.3%9.5%
Russian1.6%—
Hungarian0.4%—
Dominican5.8%0.7%
Puerto Rican5.5%1.8%
Mexican3.0%11.3%
Ecuadorian2.2%—
Colombian1.5%0.4%
Salvadoran1.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.6%0.5%
Peruvian0.5%—
African American†8.5%9.9%
Jamaican1.7%0.4%
Haitian1.1%0.3%
Guyanese0.7%—
African0.6%0.5%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.5%—
Nigerian0.4%0.2%
West Indian0.4%—
Chinese3.9%1.3%
Asian Indian3.3%1.4%
Filipino1.0%0.9%
Korean0.9%0.4%
Bangladeshi0.5%—
Pakistani0.5%—
Japanese0.2%0.2%
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
New York
United States
Median age
39.7
39.1
Age 18–24
8.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
New York
United States
Median household income
$101,710
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
43.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
New York
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
39.2%
22.3%
Spanish
19.5%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
2.4%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
5.5%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
3.4%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
New York
United States
Catholic
32.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
4.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
46.9%
51.5%
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.
New York, New York
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+15.1%
1896
−15.5%
1900
−2.2%
1904
−3.1%
1908
−8.9%
1912
+23.7%
1916
−2.8%
1920
−37.1%
1924
−21.5%
1928
+4.2%
1932
+21.7%
1936
+31.9%
1940
+9.0%
1944
+8.7%
1948
+1.5%
1952
−7.1%
1956
−19.0%
1960
+8.1%
1964
+35.0%
1968
+5.8%
1972
−16.7%
1976
+7.2%
1980
−7.0%
1984
−8.8%
1988
+0.2%
1992
+15.0%
1996
+30.3%
2000
+29.0%
2004
+19.8%
2008
+27.9%
2012
+30.2%
2016
+27.3%
2020
+26.5%
2024
+13.6%
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
56.1%Harris4,831,023
42.5%Trump3,661,635
0.5%Stein41,524 +15
D+13.6
R+12.9
D+15.1
8,609,882
All 18 candidates in 2024 · 16 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic56.1%4,831,023
Donald J TrumpRepublican42.5%3,661,635
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%41,524
OtherAll other candidates0.4%34,226
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.2%19,441
Chase OliverLibertarian0.1%10,061
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%6,764
Randall TerryIndependent0.0%2,472
Joseph KishoreIndependent0.0%1,133
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%1,067
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%273
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%165
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.0%84
Raymond Anthony ScollinIndependent0.0%5
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%4
Chris GarityIndependent0.0%3
Andre Ramon Mc Neil SrIndependent0.0%1
Garry HubbardIndependent0.0%1
D
62.8%Biden5,689,890
36.3%Trump3,287,664
0.9%
D+26.5
R+0.7
D+22.1
9,058,152
D
61.8%Clinton4,948,152
34.6%Trump2,766,337
3.6%
D+27.3
R+2.9
D+25.2
8,004,287
D
64.5%Obama4,672,092
34.3%Romney2,487,369
1.2%
D+30.2
D+2.2
D+26.3
7,244,641
D
63.5%Obama4,945,729
35.6%McCain2,771,508
0.8%
D+27.9
D+8.1
D+20.7
7,782,842
D
59.4%Kerry4,359,521
39.5%Bush2,902,598
1.1%
D+19.8
R+9.1
D+22.3
7,343,456
D
62.5%Gore4,134,481
33.6%Bush2,219,500
3.9%
D+29.0
R+1.3
D+28.4
6,613,838
D
60.9%Clinton3,732,974
30.6%Dole1,877,890
8.5%
D+30.3
D+15.2
D+21.7
6,130,388
D
50.9%Clinton3,411,280
35.9%Bush2,405,954
13.1%
D+15.0
D+14.8
D+9.5
6,696,277
D
49.6%Dukakis3,126,041
49.4%Bush3,114,964
1.0%
D+0.2
D+9.0
D+7.9
6,305,856
R
45.3%Mondale3,013,034
54.2%Reagan3,600,160
0.5%
R+8.8
R+1.9
D+9.4
6,646,240
R
42.1%Carter2,529,328
49.0%Reagan2,948,386
8.9%
R+7.0
R+14.1
D+2.8
6,013,569
D
53.0%Carter3,357,046
45.8%Ford2,902,365
1.2%
D+7.2
D+23.9
D+5.1
6,332,553
R
41.3%McGovern2,846,018
58.0%Nixon3,998,866
0.7%
R+16.7
R+22.5
D+6.4
6,894,293
D
49.4%Humphrey3,262,228
43.6%Nixon2,878,890
7.1%
D+5.8
R+29.2
D+6.5
6,607,351
D
67.4%Johnson4,643,549
32.3%Goldwater2,228,782
0.3%
D+35.0
D+26.9
D+12.5
6,892,409
D
53.8%Kennedy3,675,986
45.7%Nixon3,121,675
0.5%
D+8.1
D+27.1
D+8.0
6,832,358
R
40.3%Stevenson2,635,263
59.3%Eisenhower3,879,078
0.4%
R+19.0
R+11.9
R+3.6
6,538,282
R
45.7%Stevenson2,986,987
52.8%Eisenhower3,451,466
1.4%
R+7.1
R+8.6
D+3.6
6,531,923
D
45.8%Truman2,557,254
44.2%Dewey2,471,897
10.0%
D+1.5
R+7.2
R+3.0
5,588,744
D
54.1%Roosevelt3,099,139
45.4%Dewey2,600,913
0.6%
D+8.7
R+0.3
D+1.2
5,732,381
D
54.2%Roosevelt3,046,601
45.1%Willkie2,538,933
0.7%
D+9.0
R+22.8
R+0.9
5,624,926
D
64.9%Roosevelt3,198,055
33.1%Landon1,629,363
2.0%
D+31.9
D+10.2
D+7.6
4,924,832
D
58.3%Roosevelt2,381,861
36.7%Hoover1,497,095
5.0%
D+21.7
D+17.5
D+3.9
4,083,063
D
51.0%Smith1,883,705
46.8%Hoover1,727,869
2.3%
D+4.2
D+25.7
D+21.7
3,694,707
R
31.3%Davis820,693
52.7%Coolidge1,384,268
16.0%
R+21.5
D+15.6
D+3.7
2,625,549
R
27.3%Cox625,966
64.4%Harding1,475,372
8.3%
R+37.1
R+34.3
R+10.9
2,292,014
R
46.7%Wilson590,466
49.5%Hughes625,316
3.8%
R+2.8
R+26.5
R+5.9
1,263,503
D
44.9%Wilson523,228
21.2%Taft246,738
34.0%
D+23.7
D+32.6
D+4.2
1,166,522
R
42.2%Bryan490,570
51.1%Taft594,151
6.8%
R+8.9
R+5.8
D+0.7
1,163,395
R
46.0%Parker523,350
49.1%Roosevelt558,229
4.9%
R+3.1
R+0.9
D+16.6
1,137,566
R
47.4%Bryan504,117
49.6%McKinley527,383
3.0%
R+2.2
D+13.3
D+5.4
1,062,897
R
40.0%Bryan380,425
55.5%McKinley527,614
4.5%
R+15.5
R+30.5
R+9.4
950,434
D
55.7%Cleveland487,542
40.6%Harrison355,722
3.7%
D+15.1
—
D+13.4
875,422
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+27.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+13.6
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 14 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in New York in New York: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−90,571
2012
−119,703
2013
−121,039
2014
−152,662
2015
−174,745
2016
−201,856
2017
−204,522
2018
−198,826
2019
−196,228
2021
−355,512
2022
−323,329
2023
−200,142
2024
−150,257
2025
−168,061
The New York DMA's sheer ad cost makes it an expensive target for statewide campaigns, while genuine competitiveness is concentrated in Long Island and the Hudson Valley exurbs rather than the five boroughs.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 37.1 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 12.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.6 points.
A population of 20,937,165, a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $101,710 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Philadelphia and Chicago.
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In 2024, New York voted Democratic by 13.6 points (D+13.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 8,609,882 votes cast, 4,831,023 went Democratic and 3,661,635 went Republican.
When did New York last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which New York voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in New York?
New York has a population of 20,937,165 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York?
Median household income in New York is $101,710 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of New York?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in New York from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
