† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
3 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
GroupUticaNew YorkUnited States
Irish15.6%10.5%9.4%
Italian15.3%10.9%4.8%
German14.4%8.6%12.5%
English11.2%5.6%9.5%
Polish8.0%3.9%2.2%
American5.6%4.2%5.3%
French3.3%1.3%1.6%
Welsh1.6%——
Puerto Rican2.5%5.1%1.8%
Dominican0.9%4.6%0.7%
Mexican0.8%2.5%11.3%
Ecuadorian0.2%1.6%—
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Spanish0.2%——
African American†3.4%8.0%9.9%
Somali0.2%——
Burmese1.2%——
Chinese0.4%3.6%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.6%0.9%
Asian Indian0.2%1.9%1.4%
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
Cambodian0.2%——
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
Utica
New York
United States
Median age
41.3
39.9
39.1
Age 18–24
10.8%
9.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.6%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Utica
New York
United States
Median household income
$69,655
$85,974
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.6%
14.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.1%
40.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Utica
New York
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.7%
30.9%
22.3%
Spanish
3.0%
14.8%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
2.4%
2.0%
0.7%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.6%
0.9%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Utica
New York
United States
Catholic
26.8%
30.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
6.3%
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
54.3%
48.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.2%
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.
Utica, New York
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−3.9%
1896
−22.5%
1900
−17.6%
1904
−15.4%
1908
−12.7%
1912
+2.7%
1916
−7.0%
1920
−35.9%
1924
−34.6%
1928
−19.3%
1932
−10.3%
1936
−10.2%
1940
−10.7%
1944
−7.6%
1948
−5.9%
1952
−28.1%
1956
−42.6%
1960
−4.7%
1964
+30.0%
1968
−11.7%
1972
−38.8%
1976
−10.9%
1980
−8.5%
1984
−23.4%
1988
−7.5%
1992
−2.2%
1996
+7.5%
2000
−4.3%
2004
−11.0%
2008
−4.6%
2012
−4.0%
2016
−20.4%
2020
−16.5%
2024
−21.6%
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
R
39.1%Harris61,556
60.7%Trump95,500
0.1%Stein189 +9
R+21.6
R+5.1
R+20.1
157,434
All 12 candidates in 2024 · 10 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican60.7%95,500
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic39.1%61,556
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%189
Chase OliverIndependent0.1%93
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%33
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%26
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%18
Shiva AyyaduraiIndependent0.0%15
Andrew O'DonnellIndependent0.0%1
Chris GarrityIndependent0.0%1
Future Madam PotusIndependent0.0%1
Raymond Anthony ScollinIndependent0.0%1
R
40.8%Biden64,887
57.2%Trump91,113
2.0%
R+16.5
D+3.9
R+20.9
159,190
R
36.6%Clinton52,277
57.0%Trump81,444
6.4%
R+20.4
R+16.4
R+22.5
142,932
R
47.0%Obama63,858
51.0%Romney69,273
2.0%
R+4.0
D+0.6
R+7.8
135,879
R
46.8%Obama69,170
51.4%McCain75,901
1.8%
R+4.6
D+6.5
R+11.8
147,670
R
43.4%Kerry65,190
54.4%Bush81,758
2.3%
R+11.0
R+6.8
R+8.6
150,343
R
45.4%Gore67,617
49.6%Bush73,969
5.0%
R+4.3
R+11.8
R+4.8
149,073
D
46.5%Clinton67,779
39.0%Dole56,855
14.4%
D+7.5
D+9.7
R+1.0
145,681
R
37.8%Clinton62,317
40.0%Bush65,999
22.2%
R+2.2
D+5.3
R+7.8
164,887
R
45.8%Dukakis71,428
53.4%Bush83,164
0.8%
R+7.5
D+15.9
D+0.2
155,818
R
38.1%Mondale62,531
61.6%Reagan100,981
0.3%
R+23.4
R+14.9
R+5.2
164,038
R
41.2%Carter64,584
49.7%Reagan77,887
9.0%
R+8.5
D+2.4
D+1.2
156,594
R
44.3%Carter70,441
55.2%Ford87,813
0.5%
R+10.9
D+27.9
R+13.0
159,119
R
30.5%McGovern51,027
69.3%Nixon116,107
0.2%
R+38.8
R+27.2
R+15.7
167,532
R
41.3%Humphrey63,606
53.0%Nixon81,610
5.8%
R+11.7
R+41.6
R+11.0
154,122
D
64.9%Johnson108,685
35.0%Goldwater58,539
0.1%
D+30.0
D+34.6
D+7.4
167,386
R
47.6%Kennedy86,244
52.3%Nixon94,693
0.1%
R+4.7
D+37.9
R+4.8
181,096
R
28.7%Stevenson49,082
71.3%Eisenhower121,908
0.0%
R+42.6
R+14.5
R+27.2
170,990
R
35.8%Stevenson62,152
64.0%Eisenhower110,936
0.2%
R+28.1
R+22.2
R+17.4
173,409
R
45.6%Truman68,083
51.5%Dewey76,880
2.8%
R+5.9
D+1.7
R+10.4
149,148
R
46.1%Roosevelt68,601
53.7%Dewey79,832
0.2%
R+7.6
D+3.1
R+15.0
148,742
R
44.5%Roosevelt69,920
55.2%Willkie86,723
0.3%
R+10.7
R+0.5
R+20.6
157,046
R
44.2%Roosevelt64,093
54.4%Landon78,940
1.4%
R+10.2
D+0.1
R+34.5
145,005
R
44.0%Roosevelt57,721
54.3%Hoover71,255
1.7%
R+10.3
D+9.0
R+28.1
131,203
R
39.5%Smith54,891
58.7%Hoover81,692
1.8%
R+19.3
D+15.3
R+1.8
139,101
R
29.0%Davis30,429
63.6%Coolidge66,743
7.4%
R+34.6
D+1.3
R+9.4
104,967
R
29.6%Cox28,342
65.6%Harding62,733
4.8%
R+35.9
R+29.0
R+9.8
95,676
R
45.2%Wilson28,316
52.1%Hughes32,673
2.7%
R+7.0
R+9.6
R+10.1
62,689
D
37.8%Wilson22,642
35.1%Taft21,048
27.1%
D+2.7
D+15.4
R+16.9
59,897
R
41.9%Bryan26,861
54.6%Taft35,007
3.5%
R+12.7
D+2.7
R+3.2
64,093
R
40.5%Parker25,616
55.9%Roosevelt35,332
3.6%
R+15.4
D+2.2
D+4.3
63,230
R
39.6%Bryan24,363
57.2%McKinley35,197
3.3%
R+17.6
D+4.9
R+10.0
61,568
R
37.0%Bryan21,850
59.5%McKinley35,112
3.5%
R+22.5
R+18.6
R+16.4
59,029
R
45.1%Cleveland25,486
49.0%Harrison27,673
5.9%
R+3.9
—
R+5.5
56,484
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+12.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+21.6
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 9.6 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Utica in Utica: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,584
2012
−1,633
2013
−1,462
2014
−2,775
2015
−2,949
2016
−2,038
2017
−1,125
2018
−1,433
2019
−1,529
2021
+1,092
2022
−835
2023
−640
2024
−210
2025
−720
Utica's media market stretches across a post-industrial corridor where refugee resettlement has quietly diversified formerly homogeneous communities, contributing to shifting margins in state and federal races over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 30.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 42.6 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 5.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.6 points.
A population of 348,989, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,655 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wilkes-Barre-Scranton-Hazleton and Binghamton.
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In 2024, Utica, New York voted Republican by 21.6 points (R+21.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 157,434 votes cast, 61,556 went Democratic and 95,500 went Republican.
When did Utica, New York last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Utica, New York voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Utica, New York?
Utica, New York has a population of 348,989 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Utica, New York?
Median household income in Utica, New York is $69,655 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Utica, New York?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Utica, New York from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 31 went Republican.
