New York 1st Congressional District (NY) — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

New York 1st Congressional District

TrumpR+10.0

2024

How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	54.3%	233,172
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	44.3%	190,038
OtherAll other candidates	1.4%	6,187

D+60

R+60

District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 1 county it's drawn from (shown faint).

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1876–2024, on its current boundaries.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 2008–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
2008	+2.1%
2012	−2.9%
2016	−9.8%
2020	−1.7%
2024	−10.0%

DemocraticRepublican

current representation

Current officeholders

Nicholas Lalota

U.S. House · NY-01 · Republican

Charles Ellis (chuck) Schumer

U.S. Senate · Democratic

Kirsten Gillibrand

U.S. Senate · Democratic

Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.

Source · Voteview HSall_members.csv.

5 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	44.3%Harris190,038	54.3%Trump233,172	1.4%	−10.0%	429,397
2020	R	48.4%Biden207,865	50.2%Trump215,368	1.4%incl. Jorgensen	−1.7%	429,347
2016	R	43.1%Clinton162,103	52.9%Trump199,097	4.0%incl. Johnson	−9.8%	376,162
2012	R	48.5%Obama156,995	51.5%Romney166,437	0.0%	−2.9%	323,432
2008	D	50.5%Obama184,303	48.4%McCain176,605	1.1%	+2.1%	365,049

Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	District	Won	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	1	R	42.2%181,647	46.7%200,802	430,084
2022	1	R	41.3%135,170	47.1%154,046	326,986
2020	1	R	42.9%160,978	48.2%180,855	375,116
2018	1	D	46.0%124,213	45.0%121,562	270,053
2016	1	R	39.1%126,635	48.9%158,409	323,890
2014	1	R	39.6%68,387	44.6%77,062	172,757
2012	1	D	48.5%134,205	38.5%106,678	276,848
2010	1	D	50.2%98,316	39.9%78,300	196,039
2008	1	D	51.0%141,727	36.0%100,036	277,628
2006	1	D	55.2%92,546	32.2%54,044	167,688
2004	1	D	50.6%140,878	39.8%110,786	278,209
2002	1	D	48.5%81,325	38.7%64,999	167,791
2000	1	R	40.6%97,299	46.3%111,003	239,604
1998	1	R	35.1%54,463	48.8%75,643	155,090
1996	1	D	44.0%93,816	42.2%90,001	213,116
1994	1	D	42.8%78,692	39.1%72,045	184,033
1992	1	D	49.1%111,908	38.3%87,248	227,983
1990	1	D	50.9%72,937	32.4%46,380	143,180
1988	1	D	49.8%103,511	42.2%87,812	207,951
1986	1	D	49.0%64,217	40.8%53,502	131,031
1984	1	R	41.7%84,058	45.8%92,262	201,580
1982	1	R	36.1%49,787	52.9%72,978	138,021
1980	1	R	41.9%85,629	44.8%91,647	204,486
1978	1	R	41.9%67,180	47.2%75,586	160,204
1976	1	D	62.6%129,779	29.7%61,671	207,468

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	58.8%4,711,669	40.5%3,246,690	8,011,270
2022	D	51.7%3,022,822	37.7%2,204,499	5,848,556
2018	D	62.0%3,755,489	28.6%1,730,439	6,055,151
2016	D	64.7%4,784,220	23.3%1,723,927	7,396,308
2012	D	66.4%4,420,043	22.7%1,514,647	6,660,665
2010	D	66.3%3,047,880	27.0%1,239,605	4,595,515
2006	D	60.1%2,698,931	27.0%1,212,902	4,490,053
2004	D	65.4%4,384,907	24.2%1,625,069	6,702,875
2000	D	52.5%3,562,415	40.2%2,724,589	6,779,839
1998	D	51.1%2,386,314	36.0%1,680,203	4,670,805
1994	D	47.5%2,528,387	32.1%1,711,760	5,328,486
1992	D	45.6%2,943,001	41.1%2,652,822	6,458,826
1988	D	64.7%3,907,178	27.9%1,686,558	6,040,980
1986	R	38.4%1,723,216	45.3%2,030,260	4,484,859
1982	D	62.2%3,089,871	28.5%1,415,749	4,967,497
1980	D	43.5%2,618,661	37.8%2,272,082	6,014,841
1976	D	48.6%3,238,511	37.9%2,525,139	6,666,875

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	NY-1Congressional district	New YorkState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	75.0%	55.2%	61.0%
Black	4.5%	14.4%	12.2%
Asian	5.1%	9.1%	6.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	10.3%	12.6%
Other race	6.9%	11.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	19.8%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$134,242	$85,974	$84,427
Poverty rate	6.2%	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	17.9%	18.0%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	40.2%	40.0%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	24.8%	30.9%	22.3%
Spanish	16.1%	14.8%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	3.3%	4.0%	2.0%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)	1.1%	1.5%	0.7%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1.1%	2.0%	0.7%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	Italian 20.6%	Italian 10.9%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	Irish 16.2%	Irish 10.5%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	German 11.0%	German 8.6%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	54.9%County context	30.8%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	3.7%County context	5.1%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	32.8%County context	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

Italian

20.6%

Irish

16.2%

German

11.0%

English

4.2%

Polish

4.0%

American

3.9%

Russian

1.5%

Greek

1.2%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Salvadoran

5.0%

Puerto Rican

4.3%

Dominican

2.5%

Ecuadorian

2.0%

Mexican

1.5%

Colombian

1.5%

Guatemalan

1.0%

Honduran

1.0%

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

Asian Indian

1.3%

Chinese

1.0%

Pakistani

0.6%

Filipino

0.4%

Korean

0.3%

Bangladeshi

0.2%

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

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

Haitian

0.9%

Jamaican

0.7%

Guyanese

0.3%

African

0.2%

Trinidadian and Tobagonian

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

0.8%

85+

1.4%

2.3%

75–84

3.1%

4.9%

65–74

5.4%

7.4%

55–64

7.5%

6.6%

45–54

6.6%

6.1%

35–44

5.9%

6.3%

25–34

6.0%

4.6%

18–24

4.4%

7.9%

5–17

7.6%

2.7%

2.6%

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

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$134,242

New York 1st Congressional District$134,242

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

6.2%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 187.1%

Working age (18–64)6.0%

Seniors (65+)8.9%

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

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

75.2%

speak English only

Spanish16.1%

Other Indo-European3.3%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)1.1%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic1.1%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.9%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.8%

Other languages0.5%

German or other West Germanic0.4%

Korean0.2%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%

Arabic0.2%

Vietnamese0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic

54.9%

Evangelical Protestant

3.7%

Mainline Protestant

3.2%

Muslim

1.9%

Jewish

1.1%

Other Christian

0.8%

Black Protestant

0.7%

Orthodox Christian

0.4%

Latter-day Saints

0.2%

Buddhist

0.2%

Other faiths

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted32.8%

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.

New York's 1st congressional district, as drawn for the 2026 elections, takes in parts of Suffolk county. About 777,000 people live within its 2026 boundaries, with a median age of 44.1. Measured on those boundaries, the district has voted Republican in every presidential election since 2012, by widening margins. The margin was R+2.9 in 2012, R+9.8 in 2016, R+1.7 in 2020, and R+10.0 in 2024.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 2.1 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 10.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.0 points.

A population of 776,966, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $134,242 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York 1st Congressional District vote in 2024?

In 2024, New York 1st Congressional District voted Republican by 10.0 points (R+10.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 429,397 votes cast, 190,038 went Democratic and 233,172 went Republican.

When did New York 1st Congressional District last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which New York 1st Congressional District voted Democratic was 2008.

How many people live in New York 1st Congressional District?

New York 1st Congressional District has a population of 776,966 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in New York 1st Congressional District?

Median household income in New York 1st Congressional District is $134,242 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.

What is the political history of New York 1st Congressional District?

Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 1st Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 4 went Republican.

New York 1st Congressional District moved 8.3 points toward the Republican candidate between 2020 and 2024.

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