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1876–2024
New York 2nd Congressional District

New York 2nd Congressional District moved 11.5 points toward the Republican candidate between 2020 and 2024.

New York's 2nd district under the 2026 lines: Democratic in 2012, Republican by 2024.

2008 — 2024·5 elections
NY
2024 presidential election
New York 2nd Congressional District
TrumpR+13.9
2024
2024 presidential margin for New York 2nd Congressional DistrictThe boundary of New York 2nd Congressional District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (R+13.9), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.New York 2nd Congressional District · R+13.9
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican56.4%204,363
Kamala HarrisDemocratic42.5%153,928
OtherAll other candidates1.1%3,846
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 2 counties 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 timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: −13.9% in 2024.flipped R · 2016−13.9%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+7.0%
2012+8.1%
2016−7.6%
2020−2.4%
2024−13.9%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
R
Andrew R. Garbarino
U.S. House · NY-02 · Republican
D
Charles Ellis (chuck) Schumer
U.S. Senate · Democratic
D
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).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
42.5%Harris153,928
56.4%Trump204,363
1.1%
−13.9%
362,137
R
48.1%Biden176,294
50.5%Trump185,232
1.4%incl. Jorgensen
−2.4%
366,588
R
44.3%Clinton143,998
51.9%Trump168,541
3.8%incl. Johnson
−7.6%
324,751
D
54.1%Obama152,298
45.9%Romney129,393
0.0%
+8.1%
281,691
D
52.9%Obama166,588
46.0%McCain144,697
1.1%
+7.0%
314,682
Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
YearDistrictWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
20242R
35.8%129,937
49.7%180,374
362,865
20222R
36.4%93,299
51.1%130,798
256,011
20202R
43.2%144,849
47.2%158,151
335,163
20182R
45.1%108,803
46.7%112,565
241,217
20162R
35.0%102,270
53.9%157,571
292,595
20142R
30.0%41,814
55.0%76,659
139,272
20122R
38.6%93,375
48.0%116,083
241,905
20102D
56.3%94,594
34.9%58,525
167,879
20082D
59.7%143,759
29.1%70,145
240,920
20062D
62.9%94,100
25.2%37,671
149,488
20042D
60.7%147,197
30.1%72,953
242,543
20022D
51.9%75,845
33.0%48,239
146,126
20002D
47.9%90,438
34.9%65,880
188,632
19982R
29.5%37,949
55.9%71,760
128,438
19962R
30.4%53,055
55.6%97,105
174,594
19942R
24.8%40,358
53.4%86,857
162,546
19922R
44.4%91,320
45.8%94,208
205,714
19902D
51.6%56,722
28.9%31,808
110,005
19882D
60.0%104,765
31.9%55,773
174,618
19862D
61.2%66,443
27.6%29,937
108,554
19842D
51.7%92,329
38.8%69,247
178,503
19822D
62.0%78,582
28.5%36,113
126,712
19802D
56.3%84,035
34.4%51,256
149,141
19782D
54.9%64,807
37.1%43,791
118,129
19762D
56.4%90,172
36.0%57,612
159,902

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
58.8%4,711,669
40.5%3,246,690
8,011,270
2022D
51.7%3,022,822
37.7%2,204,499
5,848,556
2018D
62.0%3,755,489
28.6%1,730,439
6,055,151
2016D
64.7%4,784,220
23.3%1,723,927
7,396,308
2012D
66.4%4,420,043
22.7%1,514,647
6,660,665
2010D
66.3%3,047,880
27.0%1,239,605
4,595,515
2006D
60.1%2,698,931
27.0%1,212,902
4,490,053
2004D
65.4%4,384,907
24.2%1,625,069
6,702,875
2000D
52.5%3,562,415
40.2%2,724,589
6,779,839
1998D
51.1%2,386,314
36.0%1,680,203
4,670,805
1994D
47.5%2,528,387
32.1%1,711,760
5,328,486
1992D
45.6%2,943,001
41.1%2,652,822
6,458,826
1988D
64.7%3,907,178
27.9%1,686,558
6,040,980
1986R
38.4%1,723,216
45.3%2,030,260
4,484,859
1982D
62.2%3,089,871
28.5%1,415,749
4,967,497
1980D
43.5%2,618,661
37.8%2,272,082
6,014,841
1976D
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.
IndicatorNY-2Congressional districtNew YorkStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White60.8%55.2%61.0%
Black10.2%14.4%12.2%
Asian3.3%9.1%6.0%
Two or more races10.6%10.3%12.6%
Other race15.1%11.1%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino27.3%19.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$128,330$85,974$84,427
Poverty rate6.4%14.0%12.5%
Median age39.739.939.1
Age 18–248.8%9.0%9.2%
Age 65 and older18.0%18.0%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)42.0%40.0%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home25.9%30.9%22.3%
Spanish15.6%14.8%13.6%
Other Indo-European3.9%4.0%2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)1.3%3.2%1.1%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)1.2%1.5%0.7%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryItalian 19.8%Italian 10.9%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryIrish 15.3%Irish 10.5%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryGerman 10.2%German 8.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic53.1%County context30.8%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant3.7%County context5.1%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed33.3%County context48.7%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
19.8%
Irish
15.3%
German
10.2%
Polish
3.9%
American
3.9%
English
3.8%
Russian
1.7%
Greek
1.2%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Salvadoran
4.9%
Puerto Rican
4.0%
Dominican
2.5%
Ecuadorian
1.8%
Colombian
1.5%
Mexican
1.4%
Honduran
1.0%
Guatemalan
0.9%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
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.
Haitian
1.1%
Jamaican
0.9%
Guyanese
0.4%
African
0.2%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian
0.2%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Asian Indian
1.8%
Chinese
1.5%
Pakistani
0.7%
Filipino
0.5%
Korean
0.5%
Bangladeshi
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: 39.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.5%
2.3%
75–84
3.1%
4.9%
65–74
5.4%
7.3%
55–64
7.5%
6.6%
45–54
6.6%
6.1%
35–44
6.0%
6.2%
25–34
6.0%
4.5%
18–24
4.3%
8.0%
5–17
7.7%
2.7%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$128,330
New York 2nd Congressional District$128,330
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
6.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 186.8%
Working age (18–64)5.8%
Seniors (65+)8.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
74.1%
speak English only
Spanish15.6%
Other Indo-European3.9%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)1.3%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)1.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.9%
Other languages0.6%
German or other West Germanic0.4%
Korean0.3%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.3%
Arabic0.2%
Vietnamese0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
53.1%
Evangelical Protestant
3.7%
Mainline Protestant
3.2%
Muslim
2.2%
Jewish
1.9%
Other Christian
0.8%
Black Protestant
0.8%
Orthodox Christian
0.5%
Latter-day Saints
0.2%
Buddhist
0.2%
Other faiths
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted33.3%
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 2nd congressional district, as drawn for the 2026 elections, takes in parts of Suffolk and Nassau counties. About 777,000 people live within its 2026 boundaries, with a median age of 39.7. Measured on those boundaries, the district voted Democratic for president early in the decade and Republican in 2024. The margin was D+8.1 in 2012, R+7.6 in 2016, R+2.4 in 2020, and R+13.9 in 2024.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 8.1 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 13.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 11.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.9 points.

A population of 776,959, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $128,330 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York 2nd Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 2nd Congressional District voted Republican by 13.9 points (R+13.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 362,137 votes cast, 153,928 went Democratic and 204,363 went Republican.
When did New York 2nd Congressional District last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which New York 2nd Congressional District voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in New York 2nd Congressional District?
New York 2nd Congressional District has a population of 776,959 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York 2nd Congressional District?
Median household income in New York 2nd Congressional District is $128,330 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 2nd Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 2nd Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 3 went Republican.