Kingston, NY Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

Kingston, NY

HarrisD+18.4

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Kamala Harris ✓Democratic	58.5%	57,974
Donald TrumpRepublican	40.1%	39,743
OtherAll other candidates	1.5%	1,455

D+60

R+60

A single county, filled by its 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover it for the full result.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 1876–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	No data
1880	No data
1884	No data
1888	No data
1892	+1.8%
1896	−15.0%
1900	−9.5%
1904	−8.6%
1908	−9.7%
1912	+5.2%
1916	−15.4%
1920	−35.8%
1924	−33.8%
1928	−27.6%
1932	−7.3%
1936	−12.5%
1940	−14.2%
1944	−22.3%
1948	−32.2%
1952	−39.2%
1956	−52.7%
1960	−22.5%
1964	+19.8%
1968	−23.0%
1972	−37.3%
1976	−7.8%
1980	−21.8%
1984	−28.2%
1988	−14.4%
1992	+4.5%
1996	+13.1%
2000	+6.0%
2004	+11.2%
2008	+23.6%
2012	+22.6%
2016	+11.0%
2020	+20.9%
2024	+18.4%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	D	58.5%Harris57,974	40.1%Trump39,743	1.5%	+18.4%	99,172
2020	D	59.5%Biden57,970	38.6%Trump37,590	1.9%incl. Jorgensen	+20.9%	97,420
2016	D	52.3%Clinton44,597	41.3%Trump35,239	6.4%incl. Johnson	+11.0%	85,290
2012	D	60.0%Obama47,752	37.4%Romney29,759	2.7%	+22.6%	79,626
2008	D	60.9%Obama54,320	37.4%McCain33,300	1.7%	+23.6%	89,149
2004	D	54.3%Kerry47,602	43.1%Bush37,821	2.6%	+11.2%	87,712
2000	D	48.8%Gore38,162	42.8%Bush33,447	8.5%incl. Nader	+6.0%	78,237
1996	D	48.5%Clinton35,852	35.5%Dole26,212	16.0%incl. Perot	+13.1%	73,851
1992	D	40.7%Clinton32,886	36.2%Bush29,223	23.2%incl. Perot	+4.5%	80,821
1988	R	42.4%Dukakis30,744	56.7%Bush41,173	0.9%	−14.4%	72,557
1984	R	35.7%Mondale26,445	63.9%Reagan47,372	0.4%	−28.2%	74,102
1980	R	33.2%Carter22,179	55.0%Reagan36,709	11.7%incl. Anderson	−21.8%	66,726
1976	R	45.6%Carter30,190	53.4%Ford35,353	0.9%	−7.8%	66,153
1972	R	31.2%McGovern21,371	68.5%Nixon46,883	0.3%	−37.3%	68,433
1968	R	34.6%Humphrey20,886	57.6%Nixon34,798	7.8%incl. Wallace	−23.0%	60,387
1964	D	59.8%Johnson35,486	40.0%Goldwater23,749	0.2%	+19.8%	59,326
1960	R	38.7%Kennedy23,017	61.2%Nixon36,418	0.1%	−22.5%	59,502
1956	R	23.6%Stevenson13,321	76.4%Eisenhower43,034	0.0%	−52.7%	56,355
1952	R	30.2%Stevenson15,733	69.4%Eisenhower36,141	0.4%	−39.2%	52,085
1948	R	32.1%Truman14,441	64.3%Dewey28,941	3.6%incl. Thurmond	−32.2%	45,012
1944	R	38.7%Roosevelt16,943	61.0%Dewey26,703	0.3%	−22.3%	43,763
1940	R	42.8%Roosevelt20,403	57.0%Willkie27,186	0.2%	−14.2%	47,696
1936	R	42.9%Roosevelt19,118	55.3%Landon24,678	1.8%	−12.5%	44,611
1932	R	45.5%Roosevelt18,092	52.9%Hoover21,002	1.6%	−7.3%	39,721
1928	R	34.9%Smith14,200	62.5%Hoover25,418	2.6%	−27.6%	40,695
1924	R	29.6%Davis9,361	63.3%Coolidge20,048	7.1%incl. La Follette	−33.8%	31,660
1920	R	30.6%Cox8,759	66.4%Harding19,001	3.0%	−35.8%	28,612
1916	R	41.2%Wilson7,807	56.6%Hughes10,734	2.3%	−15.4%	18,971
1912	D	43.6%Wilson8,510	38.3%Taft7,485	18.1%incl. Roosevelt	+5.2%	19,526
1908	R	43.4%Bryan8,560	53.1%Taft10,475	3.6%	−9.7%	19,740
1904	R	44.5%Parker9,516	53.1%Roosevelt11,356	2.3%	−8.6%	21,373
1900	R	44.2%Bryan9,349	53.7%McKinley11,348	2.1%	−9.5%	21,141
1896	R	41.3%Bryan8,140	56.3%McKinley11,100	2.4%	−15.0%	19,711
1892	D	48.0%Cleveland9,808	46.3%Harrison9,450	5.7%incl. Weaver	+1.8%	20,415
1888	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1884	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1880	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1876	—	—	—	—	No data	—

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	Kingston, NYMetro area	New YorkState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	74.6%	55.2%	61.0%
Black	6.2%	14.4%	12.2%
Asian	2.1%	9.1%	6.0%
Two or more races	11.8%	10.3%	12.6%
Other race	5.2%	11.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	19.8%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$86,271	$85,974	$84,427
Poverty rate	14.6%	14.0%	12.5%
Median age	44.1	39.9	39.1
Age 18–24	9.0%	9.0%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	21.3%	18.0%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	38.2%	40.0%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	12.1%	30.9%	22.3%
Spanish	7.1%	14.8%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	1.5%	4.0%	2.0%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	Irish 17.7%	Italian 10.9%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	Italian 16.1%	Irish 10.5%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	German 14.3%	German 8.6%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	21.2%	30.8%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	2.2%	5.1%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	63.9%	48.7%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	6.1%	3.8%	5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

Irish

17.7%

Italian

16.1%

German

14.3%

English

8.6%

American

6.3%

Polish

4.2%

Dutch

2.7%

French

2.2%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Puerto Rican

4.4%

Mexican

2.2%

Dominican

1.1%

Cuban

0.9%

Salvadoran

0.5%

Colombian

0.4%

Guatemalan

0.3%

Ecuadorian

0.3%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

Jamaican

1.1%

West Indian

0.5%

African

0.2%

Haitian

0.2%

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Chinese

0.5%

Asian Indian

0.4%

Filipino

0.2%

Vietnamese

0.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 44.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.7%

2.8%

75–84

3.4%

6.0%

65–74

6.5%

7.5%

55–64

7.6%

6.4%

45–54

6.1%

6.5%

35–44

6.1%

6.4%

25–34

6.0%

4.4%

18–24

4.6%

6.5%

5–17

6.3%

2.2%

2.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$86,271

Kingston, NY$86,271

New York$85,974

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.6%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1813.5%

Working age (18–64)15.3%

Seniors (65+)11.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

87.9%

speak English only

Spanish7.1%

Other Indo-European1.5%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.7%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.6%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.5%

German or other West Germanic0.4%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.4%

Other languages0.4%

Vietnamese0.2%

Korean0.1%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%

Arabic0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic

21.2%

Mainline Protestant

6.1%

Other Christian

2.3%

Evangelical Protestant

2.2%

Black Protestant

1.0%

Latter-day Saints

0.7%

Hindu

0.7%

Buddhist

0.7%

Jewish

0.6%

Muslim

0.3%

Orthodox Christian

0.2%

Other faiths

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted63.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

The Kingston metro blends Ulster County's arts-driven, college-educated enclaves with older working-class townships that have shifted competitively in recent cycles, making countywide margins tighter than statewide trends suggest.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.6 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 52.7 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.4 points.

A population of 182,601, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,271 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Kingston, NY, New York vote in 2024?

In 2024, Kingston, NY, New York voted Democratic by 18.4 points (D+18.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 99,172 votes cast, 57,974 went Democratic and 39,743 went Republican.

When did Kingston, NY, New York last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Kingston, NY, New York voted Republican was 1988.

How many people live in Kingston, NY, New York?

Kingston, NY, New York has a population of 182,601 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Kingston, NY, New York?

Median household income in Kingston, NY, New York is $86,271 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.

What is the political history of Kingston, NY, New York?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kingston, NY, New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.

Kingston, NY has voted Democratic in nine straight presidential elections — D+18.4 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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