† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
5 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
GroupRochester, NYNew YorkUnited States
German17.3%8.6%12.5%
Italian15.1%10.9%4.8%
Irish14.7%10.5%9.4%
English12.4%5.6%9.5%
American4.3%4.2%5.3%
Polish4.3%3.9%2.2%
French2.0%1.3%1.6%
Dutch1.4%——
African American†8.6%8.0%9.9%
Jamaican0.5%1.6%0.4%
African0.4%0.6%0.5%
Puerto Rican5.4%5.1%1.8%
Mexican0.8%2.5%11.3%
Dominican0.5%4.6%0.7%
Cuban0.3%—0.7%
Spanish0.2%——
Chinese0.7%3.6%1.3%
Asian Indian0.6%1.9%1.4%
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
Korean0.2%0.6%0.4%
Nepalese0.2%——
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
Rochester, NY
New York
United States
Median age
40.6
39.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.6%
9.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.5%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Rochester, NY
New York
United States
Median household income
$76,563
$85,974
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.7%
14.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.7%
40.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Rochester, NY
New York
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.1%
30.9%
22.3%
Spanish
4.9%
14.8%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.6%
4.0%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Rochester, NY
New York
United States
Catholic
26.3%
30.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
7.7%
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
52.9%
48.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.1%
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.
Rochester, NY, New York
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−11.5%
1896
−20.4%
1900
−17.1%
1904
−27.4%
1908
−20.3%
1912
−1.0%
1916
−24.5%
1920
−41.1%
1924
−40.0%
1928
−23.1%
1932
−13.5%
1936
−3.3%
1940
−8.3%
1944
−6.3%
1948
−8.1%
1952
−25.4%
1956
−38.8%
1960
−9.6%
1964
+40.0%
1968
−6.2%
1972
−28.4%
1976
−13.5%
1980
+0.8%
1984
−21.2%
1988
−4.8%
1992
−1.3%
1996
+12.0%
2000
+0.7%
2004
−3.0%
2008
+11.5%
2012
+11.6%
2016
+6.2%
2020
+12.1%
2024
+9.7%
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
54.6%Harris277,882
44.9%Trump228,325
0.0%Stein40 +6
D+9.7
R+2.4
D+11.2
508,722
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic54.6%277,882
Donald J TrumpRepublican44.9%228,325
OtherAll other candidates0.5%2,408
Jill SteinIndependent0.0%40
Chase OliverIndependent0.0%33
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%17
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%12
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%4
Chris GarrityIndependent0.0%1
D
54.9%Biden288,647
42.8%Trump225,037
2.3%
D+12.1
D+5.9
D+7.6
525,835
D
49.7%Clinton238,654
43.5%Trump208,941
6.8%
D+6.2
R+5.4
D+4.1
480,101
D
54.8%Obama249,416
43.1%Romney196,488
2.1%
D+11.6
D+0.1
D+7.8
455,425
D
55.1%Obama269,203
43.6%McCain212,971
1.4%
D+11.5
D+14.5
D+4.2
488,918
R
47.6%Kerry226,081
50.6%Bush240,291
1.8%
R+3.0
R+3.7
R+0.5
475,053
D
48.0%Gore210,919
47.3%Bush207,661
4.7%
D+0.7
R+11.2
D+0.2
439,385
D
50.7%Clinton214,093
38.8%Dole163,674
10.5%
D+12.0
D+13.3
D+3.4
421,895
R
39.3%Clinton181,322
40.6%Bush187,523
20.1%
R+1.3
D+3.5
R+6.9
461,470
R
47.2%Dukakis196,963
52.0%Bush217,156
0.8%
R+4.8
D+16.4
D+2.9
417,574
R
39.1%Mondale164,722
60.4%Reagan254,130
0.5%
R+21.2
R+22.1
R+3.0
420,776
D
44.7%Carter181,348
43.9%Reagan178,036
11.4%
D+0.8
D+14.3
D+10.6
405,589
R
43.0%Carter173,376
56.5%Ford227,585
0.5%
R+13.5
D+15.0
R+15.5
402,993
R
35.7%McGovern148,235
64.1%Nixon266,311
0.2%
R+28.4
R+22.2
R+5.3
415,466
R
44.8%Humphrey171,210
51.0%Nixon194,958
4.2%
R+6.2
R+46.2
R+5.5
382,172
D
70.0%Johnson262,341
30.0%Goldwater112,327
0.1%
D+40.0
D+49.6
D+17.4
374,990
R
45.2%Kennedy173,279
54.8%Nixon209,940
0.1%
R+9.6
D+29.2
R+9.7
383,418
R
30.6%Stevenson111,385
69.4%Eisenhower252,437
0.0%
R+38.8
R+13.4
R+23.4
363,822
R
37.2%Stevenson133,828
62.6%Eisenhower225,115
0.2%
R+25.4
R+17.3
R+14.6
359,570
R
44.5%Truman134,691
52.6%Dewey159,238
2.9%
R+8.1
R+1.8
R+12.6
302,738
R
46.7%Roosevelt144,464
53.0%Dewey163,828
0.3%
R+6.3
D+2.1
R+13.8
309,319
R
45.6%Roosevelt145,648
53.9%Willkie172,224
0.4%
R+8.3
R+5.1
R+18.3
319,232
R
47.5%Roosevelt138,517
50.8%Landon148,018
1.7%
R+3.3
D+10.3
R+27.5
291,505
R
41.7%Roosevelt108,531
55.2%Hoover143,781
3.1%
R+13.5
D+9.6
R+31.3
260,427
R
36.9%Smith95,083
60.0%Hoover154,777
3.2%
R+23.1
D+16.9
R+5.7
258,013
R
21.4%Davis44,124
61.4%Coolidge126,754
17.2%
R+40.0
D+1.0
R+14.9
206,344
R
24.9%Cox43,632
66.0%Harding115,629
9.1%
R+41.1
R+16.6
R+14.9
175,284
R
35.9%Wilson37,139
60.4%Hughes62,500
3.8%
R+24.5
R+23.5
R+27.6
103,556
R
34.3%Wilson31,190
35.2%Taft32,068
30.5%
R+1.0
D+19.4
R+20.5
91,025
R
37.9%Bryan38,086
58.3%Taft58,478
3.8%
R+20.3
D+7.1
R+10.8
100,379
R
33.5%Parker30,971
60.9%Roosevelt56,301
5.5%
R+27.4
R+10.3
R+7.8
92,380
R
39.3%Bryan35,801
56.5%McKinley51,393
4.2%
R+17.1
D+3.2
R+9.6
90,998
R
38.3%Bryan33,084
58.7%McKinley50,664
2.9%
R+20.4
R+8.9
R+14.3
86,274
R
40.8%Cleveland33,083
52.2%Harrison42,394
7.0%
R+11.5
—
R+13.1
81,164
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+7.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+9.7
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.2 points.
Domestic migration in Rochester, NY in Rochester, NY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−2,860
2012
−4,212
2013
−3,977
2014
−5,840
2015
−6,903
2016
−7,125
2017
−5,168
2018
−3,702
2019
−3,556
2021
−4,193
2022
−5,808
2023
−4,412
2024
−573
2025
−540
Rochester's media market anchors Monroe County, a bellwether that has tracked closely with statewide margins while its urban core and outer-ring suburbs increasingly diverge in turnout patterns and party preference.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 41.1 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.7 points.
A population of 1,043,331, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,563 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Syracuse and Albany-Schenectady-Troy.
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In 2024, Rochester, NY, New York voted Democratic by 9.7 points (D+9.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 508,722 votes cast, 277,882 went Democratic and 228,325 went Republican.
When did Rochester, NY, New York last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Rochester, NY, New York voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Rochester, NY, New York?
Rochester, NY, New York has a population of 1,043,331 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rochester, NY, New York?
Median household income in Rochester, NY, New York is $76,563 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Rochester, NY, New York?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Rochester, NY, New York from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican.
