New York 4th Congressional District (NY) — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

New York 4th Congressional District

HarrisD+1.3

2024

How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Kamala Harris ✓Democratic	50.0%	194,455
Donald TrumpRepublican	48.8%	189,484
OtherAll other candidates	1.2%	4,687

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	+13.3%
2012	+15.4%
2016	+12.0%
2020	+14.5%
2024	+1.3%

DemocraticRepublican

current representation

Current officeholders

Laura Gillen

U.S. House · NY-04 · 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	D	50.0%Harris194,455	48.8%Trump189,484	1.2%	+1.3%	388,626
2020	D	56.6%Biden223,897	42.1%Trump166,533	1.3%incl. Jorgensen	+14.5%	395,616
2016	D	54.3%Clinton191,162	42.2%Trump148,723	3.5%incl. Johnson	+12.0%	352,259
2012	D	57.7%Obama176,598	42.3%Romney129,493	0.0%	+15.4%	306,091
2008	D	56.2%Obama194,996	42.9%McCain148,730	0.9%	+13.3%	346,715

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	4	D	48.6%190,569	43.3%169,641	391,983
2022	4	D	47.0%130,871	46.5%129,353	278,464
2020	4	D	56.1%199,762	39.2%139,559	355,912
2018	4	D	60.2%156,728	34.7%90,306	260,206
2016	4	D	58.1%181,861	35.5%111,246	313,000
2014	4	D	49.3%83,772	39.9%67,811	169,920
2012	4	D	57.5%152,590	32.0%84,982	265,251
2010	4	D	53.6%94,483	39.3%69,323	176,201
2008	4	D	59.2%151,792	33.0%84,444	256,270
2006	4	D	59.3%93,041	30.7%48,121	156,911
2004	4	D	58.5%148,615	33.6%85,505	254,110
2002	4	D	50.7%85,496	36.5%61,473	168,540
2000	4	D	57.0%128,688	33.5%75,650	225,755
1998	4	D	50.5%86,692	37.6%64,509	171,583
1996	4	D	54.3%119,946	35.3%78,004	221,016
1994	4	R	33.2%65,286	44.6%87,815	196,690
1992	4	R	44.0%97,007	44.7%98,723	220,644
1990	4	R	29.4%41,308	45.5%63,838	140,304
1988	4	R	26.7%57,435	62.8%135,173	215,386
1986	4	R	28.9%41,117	56.6%80,578	142,288
1984	4	R	28.1%63,213	61.5%138,209	224,679
1982	4	R	34.7%60,533	51.6%90,041	174,348
1980	4	R	31.1%54,607	55.2%97,064	175,725
1978	4	R	32.5%46,508	56.0%80,266	143,302
1976	4	R	41.7%79,308	48.0%91,304	190,029

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-4Congressional district	New YorkState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	53.7%	55.2%	61.0%
Black	17.0%	14.4%	12.2%
Asian	7.1%	9.1%	6.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	10.3%	12.6%
Other race	13.2%	11.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	22.1%	19.8%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$141,082	$85,974	$84,427
Poverty rate	6.0%	14.0%	12.5%
Median age	40.7	39.9	39.1
Age 18–24	8.3%	9.0%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	18.7%	18.0%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	49.7%	40.0%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	30.7%	30.9%	22.3%
Spanish	13.7%	14.8%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	6.6%	4.0%	2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)	2.9%	3.2%	1.1%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)	1.8%	1.5%	0.7%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	Italian 16.4%	Italian 10.9%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	Irish 11.6%	Irish 10.5%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	German 6.9%	German 8.6%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	45.4%County context	30.8%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	3.6%County context	5.1%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	35.4%County context	48.7%	51.5%
Jewish	5.5%County context	3.8%	0.6%

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

16.4%

Irish

11.6%

German

6.9%

American

3.7%

Polish

3.5%

Russian

2.4%

English

2.3%

Greek

1.4%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Salvadoran

4.4%

Puerto Rican

2.7%

Dominican

2.3%

Colombian

1.5%

Mexican

1.1%

Ecuadorian

1.1%

Honduran

0.8%

Guatemalan

0.7%

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

1.9%

Jamaican

1.5%

Guyanese

0.8%

Nigerian

0.3%

Trinidadian and Tobagonian

0.3%

African

0.2%

West Indian

0.2%

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.

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Asian Indian

4.1%

Chinese

3.6%

Korean

1.1%

Pakistani

1.1%

Filipino

0.9%

Bangladeshi

0.3%

Japanese

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

0.9%

85+

1.7%

2.4%

75–84

3.0%

5.1%

65–74

5.6%

7.0%

55–64

7.3%

6.5%

45–54

6.6%

6.2%

35–44

6.3%

5.9%

25–34

5.8%

4.2%

18–24

4.1%

8.4%

5–17

7.9%

2.7%

2.6%

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

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$141,082

New York 4th Congressional District$141,082

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

6.0%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 185.7%

Working age (18–64)5.0%

Seniors (65+)8.1%

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

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

69.3%

speak English only

Spanish13.7%

Other Indo-European6.6%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)2.9%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)1.8%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic1.2%

Other languages1.2%

Other Asian & Pacific Island1.1%

Korean0.9%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.6%

German or other West Germanic0.3%

Arabic0.3%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic

45.4%

Jewish

5.5%

Evangelical Protestant

3.6%

Muslim

3.5%

Mainline Protestant

3.0%

Black Protestant

1.3%

Orthodox Christian

1.1%

Other Christian

0.6%

Latter-day Saints

0.3%

Hindu

0.1%

Other faiths

0.1%

Buddhist

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted35.4%

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 4th congressional district, as drawn for the 2026 elections, takes in parts of Nassau county. About 776,900 people live within its 2026 boundaries, with a median age of 40.7. Measured on those boundaries, the district has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 2012, by narrowing margins. The margin was D+15.4 in 2012, D+12.0 in 2016, D+14.5 in 2020, and D+1.3 in 2024.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 15.4 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 13.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.3 points.

A population of 776,926, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $141,082 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York 4th Congressional District vote in 2024?

In 2024, New York 4th Congressional District voted Democratic by 1.3 points (D+1.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 388,626 votes cast, 194,455 went Democratic and 189,484 went Republican.

How many people live in New York 4th Congressional District?

New York 4th Congressional District has a population of 776,926 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in New York 4th Congressional District?

Median household income in New York 4th Congressional District is $141,082 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.

What is the political history of New York 4th Congressional District?

Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 4th Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.

New York 4th Congressional District moved 13.2 points toward the Republican candidate between 2020 and 2024.

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