Rochester, NY Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

Rochester, NY

HarrisD+8.5

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Kamala Harris ✓Democratic	53.7%	278,847
Donald TrumpRepublican	45.3%	234,886
OtherAll other candidates	1.0%	5,174

D+60

R+60

5 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	−10.7%
1896	−20.3%
1900	−17.4%
1904	−27.6%
1908	−20.7%
1912	−1.1%
1916	−24.9%
1920	−41.3%
1924	−40.0%
1928	−22.9%
1932	−13.9%
1936	−3.8%
1940	−8.6%
1944	−6.7%
1948	−8.5%
1952	−25.5%
1956	−38.7%
1960	−9.5%
1964	+40.0%
1968	−6.2%
1972	−28.4%
1976	−13.3%
1980	+0.8%
1984	−21.5%
1988	−5.0%
1992	−1.6%
1996	+11.6%
2000	+0.4%
2004	−3.4%
2008	+10.8%
2012	+10.9%
2016	+5.2%
2020	+11.1%
2024	+8.5%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	D	53.7%Harris278,847	45.3%Trump234,886	1.0%	+8.5%	518,907
2020	D	54.4%Biden290,015	43.3%Trump230,955	2.3%incl. Jorgensen	+11.1%	533,288
2016	D	49.2%Clinton239,465	44.0%Trump214,217	6.7%incl. Johnson	+5.2%	486,415
2012	D	54.4%Obama250,715	43.5%Romney200,284	2.1%	+10.9%	460,689
2008	D	54.7%Obama270,927	43.9%McCain217,410	1.4%	+10.8%	495,222
2004	R	47.4%Kerry227,835	50.8%Bush244,299	1.8%	−3.4%	480,919
2000	D	47.8%Gore212,948	47.5%Bush211,298	4.7%incl. Nader	+0.4%	445,170
1996	D	50.5%Clinton216,260	38.9%Dole166,614	10.5%incl. Perot	+11.6%	427,836
1992	R	39.1%Clinton183,007	40.7%Bush190,625	20.2%incl. Perot	−1.6%	468,132
1988	R	47.1%Dukakis199,369	52.1%Bush220,696	0.8%	−5.0%	423,555
1984	R	39.0%Mondale166,481	60.5%Reagan258,306	0.5%	−21.5%	426,738
1980	D	44.7%Carter184,287	43.9%Reagan180,878	11.3%incl. Anderson	+0.8%	411,816
1976	R	43.1%Carter176,400	56.4%Ford230,783	0.5%	−13.3%	409,274
1972	R	35.7%McGovern150,648	64.1%Nixon270,610	0.2%	−28.4%	422,177
1968	R	44.8%Humphrey173,838	51.0%Nixon197,985	4.2%incl. Wallace	−6.2%	388,079
1964	D	69.9%Johnson266,662	30.0%Goldwater114,219	0.1%	+40.0%	381,223
1960	R	45.2%Kennedy176,385	54.7%Nixon213,392	0.1%	−9.5%	389,974
1956	R	30.6%Stevenson113,243	69.4%Eisenhower256,422	0.0%	−38.7%	369,665
1952	R	37.2%Stevenson135,901	62.6%Eisenhower228,970	0.2%	−25.5%	365,490
1948	R	44.3%Truman136,660	52.8%Dewey162,807	2.9%incl. Thurmond	−8.5%	308,398
1944	R	46.5%Roosevelt146,465	53.2%Dewey167,488	0.3%	−6.7%	314,993
1940	R	45.5%Roosevelt148,003	54.1%Willkie176,098	0.4%	−8.6%	325,476
1936	R	47.2%Roosevelt140,276	51.0%Landon151,690	1.8%	−3.8%	297,219
1932	R	41.5%Roosevelt110,435	55.4%Hoover147,468	3.1%	−13.9%	266,164
1928	R	36.9%Smith96,925	59.8%Hoover157,219	3.3%	−22.9%	262,910
1924	R	21.4%Davis44,876	61.4%Coolidge128,963	17.2%incl. La Follette	−40.0%	210,071
1920	R	24.7%Cox44,327	66.0%Harding118,296	9.3%	−41.3%	179,303
1916	R	35.7%Wilson38,002	60.6%Hughes64,463	3.7%	−24.9%	106,409
1912	R	34.3%Wilson32,182	35.4%Taft33,256	30.3%incl. Roosevelt	−1.1%	93,870
1908	R	37.7%Bryan38,749	58.4%Taft60,088	3.9%	−20.7%	102,848
1904	R	33.4%Parker31,721	61.0%Roosevelt57,948	5.6%	−27.6%	94,986
1900	R	39.2%Bryan36,453	56.5%McKinley52,628	4.3%	−17.4%	93,069
1896	R	38.4%Bryan33,991	58.7%McKinley51,958	2.9%	−20.3%	88,553
1892	R	41.3%Cleveland34,437	52.0%Harrison43,393	6.7%incl. Weaver	−10.7%	83,376
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	Rochester, NYMetro area	New YorkState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	74.9%	55.2%	61.0%
Black	10.8%	14.4%	12.2%
Asian	3.1%	9.1%	6.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	10.3%	12.6%
Other race	3.5%	11.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	19.8%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$76,325	$85,974	$84,427
Poverty rate	12.7%	14.0%	12.5%
Median age	40.7	39.9	39.1
Age 18–24	9.5%	9.0%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	19.4%	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	10.8%	30.9%	22.3%
Spanish	5.0%	14.8%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	1.5%	4.0%	2.0%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	German 17.4%	Italian 10.9%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	Italian 15.2%	Irish 10.5%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	Irish 14.7%	German 8.6%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	26.2%	30.8%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	7.6%	5.1%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	52.8%	48.7%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	6.0%	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

German

17.4%

Italian

15.2%

Irish

14.7%

English

12.5%

Polish

4.5%

American

4.3%

French

2.1%

Dutch

1.4%

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

0.5%

African

0.4%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Puerto Rican

5.4%

Mexican

0.9%

Dominican

0.5%

Cuban

0.3%

Spanish

0.2%

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

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

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Chinese

0.7%

Asian Indian

0.6%

Vietnamese

0.2%

Korean

0.2%

Nepalese

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: 40.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.5%

2.5%

75–84

3.2%

5.4%

65–74

6.0%

6.8%

55–64

7.2%

5.6%

45–54

5.9%

6.1%

35–44

6.2%

6.6%

25–34

6.5%

4.8%

18–24

4.7%

7.7%

5–17

7.3%

2.5%

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

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$76,325

Rochester, NY$76,325

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

12.7%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1817.0%

Working age (18–64)11.9%

Seniors (65+)10.3%

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

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

89.2%

speak English only

Spanish5.0%

Other Indo-European1.5%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.9%

German or other West Germanic0.6%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.6%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.6%

Other languages0.5%

Arabic0.4%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.3%

Vietnamese0.2%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%

Korean0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic

26.2%

Evangelical Protestant

7.6%

Mainline Protestant

6.0%

Muslim

2.2%

Black Protestant

1.2%

Hindu

0.9%

Jewish

0.8%

Latter-day Saints

0.7%

Other Christian

0.6%

Buddhist

0.4%

Orthodox Christian

0.4%

Other faiths

0.2%

Unaffiliated or not counted52.8%

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.

Rochester's electorate reflects a post-industrial city anchored by major research universities and healthcare institutions, producing high Democratic margins in Monroe County even as surrounding exurban townships trend in the opposite direction.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 41.3 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.5 points.

A population of 1,058,413, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,325 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

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

In 2024, Rochester, NY, New York voted Democratic by 8.5 points (D+8.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 518,907 votes cast, 278,847 went Democratic and 234,886 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 1,058,413 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 $76,325 — 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 38 presidential elections in Rochester, NY, New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican.

Rochester, NY delivered D+8.5 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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