New York 3rd Congressional District (NY) — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

New York 3rd Congressional District

TrumpR+4.4

2024

How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	51.4%	194,137
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	47.0%	177,694
OtherAll other candidates	1.6%	5,916

D+60

R+60

District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 3 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 time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
2008	+9.5%
2012	+7.4%
2016	+8.3%
2020	+11.3%
2024	−4.4%

DemocraticRepublican

current representation

Current officeholders

Thomas Suozzi

U.S. House · NY-03 · Democratic

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	47.0%Harris177,694	51.4%Trump194,137	1.6%	−4.4%	377,747
2020	D	55.0%Biden216,913	43.7%Trump172,437	1.3%incl. Jorgensen	+11.3%	394,418
2016	D	52.4%Clinton180,161	44.1%Trump151,638	3.6%incl. Johnson	+8.3%	344,075
2012	D	53.7%Obama157,960	46.3%Romney136,141	0.0%	+7.4%	294,101
2008	D	54.3%Obama183,618	44.8%McCain151,520	1.0%	+9.5%	338,362

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	3	D	48.6%185,491	42.3%161,196	381,439
2022	3	R	42.9%120,045	47.9%133,859	279,671
2020	3	D	52.6%196,056	39.6%147,461	372,781
2018	3	D	56.1%149,937	37.0%98,716	267,062
2016	3	D	53.0%171,775	41.3%133,954	324,254
2014	3	D	48.9%80,393	38.5%63,219	164,301
2012	3	D	53.6%146,016	36.1%98,455	272,630
2010	3	R	28.1%51,346	71.9%131,674	183,020
2008	3	R	34.6%93,481	55.3%149,344	270,299
2006	3	R	41.9%76,169	47.9%86,918	181,630
2004	3	R	37.0%100,737	55.6%151,323	271,996
2002	3	R	27.2%46,022	58.5%98,874	169,072
2000	3	R	38.2%91,948	51.1%122,820	240,428
1998	3	R	34.9%63,628	52.5%95,709	182,383
1996	3	R	40.2%93,145	48.1%111,310	231,426
1994	3	R	35.6%77,774	45.1%98,628	218,772
1992	3	D	46.5%116,915	43.1%108,574	251,622
1990	3	D	48.2%70,118	31.4%45,699	145,444
1988	3	D	57.2%128,336	35.8%80,398	224,306
1986	3	D	56.4%83,985	34.7%51,664	148,792
1984	3	D	51.0%120,191	42.7%100,591	235,751
1982	3	D	51.8%93,846	39.4%71,282	181,133
1980	3	D	42.9%75,389	42.6%74,868	175,657
1978	3	D	50.9%70,526	39.3%54,509	138,670
1976	3	D	52.0%94,265	39.5%71,714	181,439

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-3Congressional district	New YorkState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	56.9%	55.2%	61.0%
Black	3.8%	14.4%	12.2%
Asian	23.5%	9.1%	6.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	10.3%	12.6%
Other race	7.9%	11.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	19.8%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$139,677	$85,974	$84,427
Poverty rate	5.8%	14.0%	12.5%
Median age	44.8	39.9	39.1
Age 18–24	8.1%	9.0%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	18.4%	18.0%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	45.7%	40.0%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	37.1%	30.9%	22.3%
Spanish	16.4%	14.8%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	7.5%	4.0%	2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)	4.6%	3.2%	1.1%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)	1.8%	1.5%	0.7%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	Italian 13.5%	Italian 10.9%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	Irish 9.6%	Irish 10.5%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	German 5.8%	German 8.6%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	41.9%County context	30.8%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	3.9%County context	5.1%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	38.0%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

13.5%

Irish

9.6%

German

5.8%

American

3.5%

Polish

3.1%

Russian

2.1%

English

2.0%

Greek

1.4%

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Chinese

5.4%

Asian Indian

4.3%

Korean

1.3%

Filipino

1.1%

Pakistani

1.0%

Bangladeshi

0.9%

Nepalese

0.2%

Japanese

0.2%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Salvadoran

3.5%

Puerto Rican

3.1%

Dominican

3.0%

Ecuadorian

2.3%

Mexican

1.9%

Colombian

1.9%

Guatemalan

0.7%

Honduran

0.6%

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.

Jamaican

1.9%

Haitian

1.8%

Guyanese

1.3%

Trinidadian and Tobagonian

0.5%

West Indian

0.4%

African

0.3%

Nigerian

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: 44.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.6%

2.3%

75–84

3.0%

5.0%

65–74

5.6%

6.9%

55–64

7.2%

6.5%

45–54

6.6%

6.4%

35–44

6.4%

6.3%

25–34

6.3%

4.1%

18–24

4.0%

8.1%

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

$139,677

New York 3rd Congressional District$139,677

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

5.8%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 188.5%

Working age (18–64)6.8%

Seniors (65+)10.8%

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

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

62.9%

speak English only

Spanish16.4%

Other Indo-European7.5%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)4.6%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)1.8%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic1.7%

Other Asian & Pacific Island1.3%

Other languages1.1%

Korean1.1%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.8%

Arabic0.5%

German or other West Germanic0.3%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic

41.9%

Jewish

4.8%

Muslim

4.5%

Evangelical Protestant

3.9%

Mainline Protestant

2.7%

Black Protestant

1.5%

Orthodox Christian

1.0%

Hindu

0.5%

Other Christian

0.4%

Latter-day Saints

0.3%

Buddhist

0.3%

Other faiths

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted38.0%

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 3rd congressional district, as drawn for the 2026 elections, takes in parts of Nassau and Queens counties. About 777,000 people live within its 2026 boundaries, with a median age of 44.8. Measured on those boundaries, the district voted Democratic for president early in the decade and Republican in 2024. The margin was D+7.4 in 2012, D+8.3 in 2016, D+11.3 in 2020, and R+4.4 in 2024.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 11.3 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 4.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 15.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.4 points.

A population of 776,971, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $139,677 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York 3rd Congressional District vote in 2024?

In 2024, New York 3rd Congressional District voted Republican by 4.4 points (R+4.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 377,747 votes cast, 177,694 went Democratic and 194,137 went Republican.

When did New York 3rd Congressional District last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which New York 3rd Congressional District voted Democratic was 2020.

How many people live in New York 3rd Congressional District?

New York 3rd Congressional District has a population of 776,971 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in New York 3rd Congressional District?

Median household income in New York 3rd Congressional District is $139,677 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.

What is the political history of New York 3rd Congressional District?

Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 3rd Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 1 went Republican.

New York 3rd Congressional District moved 15.6 points toward the Republican candidate between 2020 and 2024.

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