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1876–2024
Plattsburgh, NY·New York

Plattsburgh, NY moved 7.4 points toward the Republican candidate between 2020 and 2024.

Lake Champlain border city where Canadian cross-border ties shape local economics

2008 — 2024·5 elections
NY
2024 presidential election
Plattsburgh, NY
TrumpR+2.1
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2024 presidential margin by county for Plattsburgh, NY, NYA map of the single county of Plattsburgh, NY, NY, outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Clinton County, NY · R+2.1
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican50.9%18,247
Kamala HarrisDemocratic48.8%17,478
OtherAll other candidates0.3%92
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 timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −2.1% in 2024.flipped R · 2024−2.1%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−3.6%
1896−31.9%
1900−19.0%
1904−21.8%
1908−16.3%
1912−6.6%
1916−9.2%
1920−37.0%
1924−20.3%
1928+16.3%
1932+14.3%
1936+1.8%
1940+4.6%
1944+6.5%
1948−1.7%
1952−29.1%
1956−40.9%
1960+10.5%
1964+50.3%
1968−7.8%
1972−27.4%
1976−14.3%
1980−6.0%
1984−28.7%
1988−10.6%
1992−1.8%
1996+19.4%
2000+7.4%
2004+6.8%
2008+22.9%
2012+25.6%
2016+1.9%
2020+5.2%
2024−2.1%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
48.8%Harris17,478
50.9%Trump18,247
0.3%
−2.1%
35,817
D
51.8%Biden18,364
46.6%Trump16,514
1.6%incl. Jorgensen
+5.2%
35,437
D
46.9%Clinton15,059
45.0%Trump14,449
8.1%incl. Johnson
+1.9%
32,105
D
61.9%Obama18,961
36.3%Romney11,115
1.9%
+25.6%
30,656
D
60.6%Obama20,216
37.7%McCain12,579
1.6%
+22.9%
33,337
D
52.2%Kerry17,624
45.4%Bush15,330
2.3%
+6.8%
33,736
D
50.9%Gore15,542
43.4%Bush13,274
5.7%incl. Nader
+7.4%
30,559
D
52.9%Clinton15,386
33.6%Dole9,759
13.5%incl. Perot
+19.4%
29,060
R
40.3%Clinton12,881
42.1%Bush13,455
17.7%incl. Perot
−1.8%
31,988
R
44.4%Dukakis12,670
55.0%Bush15,702
0.7%
−10.6%
28,563
R
35.5%Mondale10,804
64.2%Reagan19,549
0.3%
−28.7%
30,443
R
42.8%Carter11,498
48.8%Reagan13,120
8.4%incl. Anderson
−6.0%
26,890
R
42.6%Carter11,555
56.9%Ford15,433
0.4%
−14.3%
27,103
R
36.2%McGovern9,703
63.6%Nixon17,048
0.2%
−27.4%
26,804
R
43.8%Humphrey10,153
51.6%Nixon11,951
4.6%incl. Wallace
−7.8%
23,168
D
75.1%Johnson18,398
24.8%Goldwater6,078
0.1%
+50.3%
24,492
D
55.2%Kennedy13,782
44.7%Nixon11,154
0.1%
+10.5%
24,951
R
29.5%Stevenson6,833
70.5%Eisenhower16,295
0.0%
−40.9%
23,128
R
35.3%Stevenson7,963
64.5%Eisenhower14,535
0.2%
−29.1%
22,546
R
47.4%Truman9,357
49.1%Dewey9,694
3.6%incl. Thurmond
−1.7%
19,755
D
53.2%Roosevelt9,996
46.7%Dewey8,775
0.2%
+6.5%
18,806
D
52.2%Roosevelt11,378
47.6%Willkie10,369
0.2%
+4.6%
21,800
D
50.6%Roosevelt10,898
48.8%Landon10,521
0.6%
+1.8%
21,538
D
56.9%Roosevelt11,027
42.7%Hoover8,263
0.4%
+14.3%
19,365
D
58.0%Smith10,888
41.7%Hoover7,824
0.3%
+16.3%
18,771
R
37.5%Davis5,138
57.8%Coolidge7,918
4.7%incl. La Follette
−20.3%
13,698
R
30.7%Cox4,110
67.7%Harding9,062
1.6%
−37.0%
13,385
R
44.5%Wilson4,130
53.7%Hughes4,986
1.9%
−9.2%
9,288
R
38.1%Wilson3,323
44.7%Taft3,903
17.2%incl. Roosevelt
−6.6%
8,723
R
39.2%Bryan3,866
55.5%Taft5,474
5.2%
−16.3%
9,856
R
37.2%Parker3,988
59.1%Roosevelt6,327
3.7%
−21.8%
10,712
R
39.9%Bryan4,287
58.8%McKinley6,326
1.3%
−19.0%
10,756
R
33.5%Bryan3,074
65.3%McKinley6,005
1.2%
−31.9%
9,189
R
47.0%Cleveland4,773
50.6%Harrison5,135
2.4%incl. Weaver
−3.6%
10,149
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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.
IndicatorPlattsburgh, NYMetro areaNew YorkStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White89.0%55.2%61.0%
Black3.3%14.4%12.2%
Asian1.6%9.1%6.0%
Two or more races4.4%10.3%12.6%
Other race1.7%11.1%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino3.5%19.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$71,224$85,974$84,427
Poverty rate13.7%14.0%12.5%
Median age41.939.939.1
Age 18–2412.1%9.0%9.2%
Age 65 and older19.1%18.0%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)27.6%40.0%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home5.7%30.9%22.3%
Spanish1.8%14.8%13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)1.5%1.5%0.7%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryIrish 15.3%Italian 10.9%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryFrench 15.0%Irish 10.5%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryEnglish 12.0%German 8.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic34.6%30.8%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant3.2%5.1%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed57.2%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
15.3%
French
15.0%
English
12.0%
German
8.8%
French Canadian
7.7%
Italian
6.5%
American
6.1%
Scottish
2.5%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
0.8%
Puerto Rican
0.8%
Dominican
0.6%
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
Nigerian
0.2%
Jamaican
0.2%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Filipino
0.5%
Chinese
0.4%
Asian Indian
0.3%
Korean
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: 41.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.3%
2.7%
75–84
3.0%
5.7%
65–74
5.8%
7.2%
55–64
7.3%
6.4%
45–54
5.6%
6.8%
35–44
5.6%
6.5%
25–34
5.5%
5.8%
18–24
6.3%
6.9%
5–17
6.8%
2.2%
<5
2.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$71,224
Plattsburgh, NY$71,224
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
13.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.3%
Working age (18–64)13.2%
Seniors (65+)9.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.3%
speak English only
Spanish1.8%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)1.5%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.3%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.3%
German or other West Germanic0.2%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%
Other languages0.2%
Korean0.1%
Vietnamese0.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
34.6%
Evangelical Protestant
3.2%
Mainline Protestant
3.0%
Latter-day Saints
0.7%
Other Christian
0.4%
Muslim
0.4%
Jewish
0.3%
Other faiths
0.2%
Unaffiliated or not counted57.2%
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.

Plattsburgh's metro straddles the Quebec border, and cross-border commerce with Montreal influences its labor market and retail economy in ways unusual for an upstate New York city of its size.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 50.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 40.9 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 7.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.1 points.

A population of 78,493, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,224 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Plattsburgh, NY, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, Plattsburgh, NY, New York voted Republican by 2.1 points (R+2.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 35,817 votes cast, 17,478 went Democratic and 18,247 went Republican.
When did Plattsburgh, NY, New York last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Plattsburgh, NY, New York voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Plattsburgh, NY, New York?
Plattsburgh, NY, New York has a population of 78,493 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Plattsburgh, NY, New York?
Median household income in Plattsburgh, NY, New York is $71,224 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Plattsburgh, NY, New York?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Plattsburgh, NY, New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.