Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY

TrumpR+2.0

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	50.7%	166,714
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	48.7%	160,247
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	2,112

D+60

R+60

2 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its 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	−2.5%
1896	−24.6%
1900	−18.3%
1904	−17.1%
1908	−14.4%
1912	−2.3%
1916	−12.6%
1920	−36.3%
1924	−42.3%
1928	−28.8%
1932	−12.9%
1936	−9.6%
1940	−14.4%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−30.1%
1952	−42.6%
1956	−55.9%
1960	−21.4%
1964	+24.1%
1968	−19.0%
1972	−41.0%
1976	−12.8%
1980	−25.2%
1984	−36.0%
1988	−24.3%
1992	−5.3%
1996	+6.6%
2000	−2.1%
2004	−7.8%
2008	+6.2%
2012	+6.5%
2016	−2.8%
2020	+4.5%
2024	−2.0%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	48.7%Harris160,247	50.7%Trump166,714	0.6%	−2.0%	329,073
2020	D	51.5%Biden166,398	47.0%Trump151,940	1.5%incl. Jorgensen	+4.5%	323,284
2016	R	46.1%Clinton130,563	48.9%Trump138,466	4.9%incl. Johnson	−2.8%	283,039
2012	D	52.4%Obama138,627	45.9%Romney121,392	1.6%	+6.5%	264,333
2008	D	52.5%Obama149,386	46.3%McCain131,670	1.1%	+6.2%	284,284
2004	R	45.3%Kerry121,626	53.0%Bush142,461	1.7%	−7.8%	268,554
2000	R	46.4%Gore110,560	48.5%Bush115,521	5.1%incl. Nader	−2.1%	238,328
1996	D	46.9%Clinton102,334	40.2%Dole87,885	12.9%incl. Perot	+6.6%	218,359
1992	R	36.8%Clinton87,601	42.1%Bush100,202	21.0%incl. Perot	−5.3%	237,848
1988	R	37.4%Dukakis77,433	61.7%Bush127,611	0.8%	−24.3%	206,769
1984	R	31.8%Mondale65,530	67.8%Reagan139,737	0.4%	−36.0%	205,993
1980	R	32.0%Carter58,638	57.2%Reagan104,884	10.9%incl. Anderson	−25.2%	183,477
1976	R	43.1%Carter77,893	55.9%Ford100,997	1.0%	−12.8%	180,784
1972	R	29.4%McGovern53,650	70.4%Nixon128,420	0.2%	−41.0%	182,418
1968	R	36.5%Humphrey59,147	55.5%Nixon89,987	8.1%incl. Wallace	−19.0%	162,216
1964	D	62.0%Johnson98,423	37.9%Goldwater60,113	0.1%	+24.1%	158,649
1960	R	39.3%Kennedy61,313	60.7%Nixon94,755	0.1%	−21.4%	156,186
1956	R	22.1%Stevenson31,598	77.9%Eisenhower111,579	0.0%	−55.9%	143,177
1952	R	28.6%Stevenson39,229	71.2%Eisenhower97,598	0.2%	−42.6%	137,147
1948	R	33.4%Truman38,077	63.5%Dewey72,418	3.1%incl. Thurmond	−30.1%	114,070
1944	R	39.3%Roosevelt46,837	60.4%Dewey71,931	0.3%	−21.1%	119,088
1940	R	42.7%Roosevelt53,230	57.1%Willkie71,242	0.2%	−14.4%	124,739
1936	R	44.2%Roosevelt51,995	53.8%Landon63,296	2.0%	−9.6%	117,621
1932	R	42.8%Roosevelt43,345	55.7%Hoover56,444	1.5%	−12.9%	101,294
1928	R	34.1%Smith35,795	62.9%Hoover66,021	3.1%	−28.8%	105,041
1924	R	24.1%Davis18,629	66.4%Coolidge51,357	9.6%incl. La Follette	−42.3%	77,386
1920	R	29.6%Cox20,505	65.9%Harding45,710	4.6%	−36.3%	69,381
1916	R	42.8%Wilson19,104	55.4%Hughes24,701	1.8%	−12.6%	44,593
1912	R	41.1%Wilson18,275	43.4%Taft19,280	15.5%incl. Roosevelt	−2.3%	44,451
1908	R	41.0%Bryan18,899	55.5%Taft25,546	3.5%	−14.4%	46,051
1904	R	39.9%Parker18,157	57.0%Roosevelt25,931	3.1%	−17.1%	45,504
1900	R	39.8%Bryan17,871	58.1%McKinley26,073	2.0%	−18.3%	44,847
1896	R	36.2%Bryan15,605	60.8%McKinley26,213	2.9%	−24.6%	43,089
1892	R	45.9%Cleveland19,399	48.4%Harrison20,457	5.7%incl. Weaver	−2.5%	42,249
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	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NYMetro area	New YorkState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	64.9%	55.2%	61.0%
Black	10.8%	14.4%	12.2%
Asian	3.2%	9.1%	6.0%
Two or more races	11.6%	10.3%	12.6%
Other race	9.5%	11.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	19.8%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$98,151	$85,974	$84,427
Poverty rate	10.8%	14.0%	12.5%
Median age	39.3	39.9	39.1
Age 18–24	10.3%	9.0%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	16.5%	18.0%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	36.4%	40.0%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	24.3%	30.9%	22.3%
Spanish	12.6%	14.8%	13.6%
German or other West Germanic	5.3%	1.5%	0.5%
Other Indo-European	2.0%	4.0%	2.0%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	Irish 15.0%	Italian 10.9%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	Italian 14.7%	Irish 10.5%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	German 10.3%	German 8.6%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	28.5%	30.8%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	3.8%	5.1%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	53.9%	48.7%	51.5%

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

15.0%

Italian

14.7%

German

10.3%

English

6.0%

American

5.6%

Hungarian

3.6%

Polish

3.4%

French

0.7%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Puerto Rican

7.2%

Mexican

4.1%

Dominican

2.5%

Ecuadorian

1.0%

Colombian

0.8%

Guatemalan

0.5%

Honduran

0.5%

Salvadoran

0.4%

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

1.6%

Haitian

0.5%

African

0.4%

West Indian

0.3%

Nigerian

0.2%

Guyanese

0.2%

Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016

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

Aztec

0.4%

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Chinese

1.1%

Asian Indian

0.9%

Filipino

0.3%

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: 39.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.3%

2.2%

75–84

2.6%

4.7%

65–74

5.1%

6.8%

55–64

6.8%

6.4%

45–54

6.3%

35–44

6.1%

25–34

5.8%

5.2%

18–24

5.1%

8.6%

5–17

8.1%

2.9%

2.8%

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

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$98,151

Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$98,151

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

10.8%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1813.4%

Working age (18–64)9.8%

Seniors (65+)11.0%

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

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

75.7%

speak English only

Spanish12.6%

German or other West Germanic5.3%

Other Indo-European2.0%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.8%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.8%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.8%

Other languages0.6%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.4%

Arabic0.3%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.3%

Korean0.2%

Vietnamese0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic

28.5%

Mainline Protestant

4.0%

Evangelical Protestant

3.8%

Jewish

3.7%

Other Christian

2.1%

Hindu

1.2%

Muslim

1.0%

Black Protestant

0.7%

Latter-day Saints

0.5%

Buddhist

0.3%

Orthodox Christian

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted53.9%

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 metropolitan area spans the densely organized Haredi enclave of Kiryas Joel, where near-unanimous turnout shapes local races, and the broader mid-Hudson suburbs, where competitive margins reflect ongoing demographic and economic change.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 55.9 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.0 points.

A population of 704,836, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $98,151 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York vote in 2024?

In 2024, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York voted Republican by 2.0 points (R+2.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 329,073 votes cast, 160,247 went Democratic and 166,714 went Republican.

When did Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York voted Democratic was 2020.

How many people live in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York?

Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York has a population of 704,836 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York?

Median household income in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York is $98,151 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.

What is the political history of Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.

Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY moved 6.4 points toward the Republican candidate between 2020 and 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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