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1876–2024
New York 7th Congressional District

New York 7th Congressional District moved 14.3 points toward the Republican candidate between 2020 and 2024.

New York's 7th district under the 2026 lines: a Democratic seat with narrowing margins.

2008 — 2024·5 elections
NY
2024 presidential election
New York 7th Congressional District
HarrisD+46.0
2024
2024 presidential margin for New York 7th Congressional DistrictThe boundary of New York 7th Congressional District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+46.0), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.New York 7th Congressional District · D+46.0
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic71.6%167,589
Donald TrumpRepublican25.6%60,014
OtherAll other candidates2.8%6,477
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: +46.0% in 2024.+46.0%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+65.6%
2012+75.3%
2016+71.5%
2020+60.2%
2024+46.0%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
D
Nydia M. Velázquez
U.S. House · NY-07 · Democratic
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). † 2012, 2016 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported these cycles at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from the adjacent cycles’ precinct geography, scaled to the unit’s certified totals.
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
71.6%Harris167,589
25.6%Trump60,014
2.8%
+46.0%
234,080
D
79.5%Biden197,075
19.2%Trump47,688
1.3%incl. Jorgensen
+60.2%
248,027
D
84.0%Clinton177,611
12.5%Trump26,376
3.5%incl. Johnson
+71.5%
211,459
D
87.7%Obama152,988
12.3%Romney21,537
0.0%
+75.3%
174,525
D
82.4%Obama148,056
16.8%McCain30,160
0.8%
+65.6%
179,738
Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
YearDistrictWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
20247D
61.2%145,141
18.1%43,052
237,335
20227D
62.3%95,645
17.2%26,351
153,557
20207D
69.6%156,889
13.0%29,404
225,453
20187D
85.3%134,125
0.0%0
157,302
20167D
87.3%165,819
7.9%14,941
189,890
20147D
74.0%47,142
9.0%5,713
63,704
20127D
88.8%132,456
0.0%0
149,133
20107D
80.6%71,247
15.6%13,751
88,430
20087D
81.5%113,988
13.8%19,373
139,936
20067D
79.1%60,266
13.6%10,402
76,217
20047D
77.9%100,382
17.0%21,843
128,823
20027D
70.4%48,983
23.7%16,460
69,539
20007D
71.7%78,207
22.5%24,592
109,101
19987D
69.0%50,924
25.6%18,896
73,780
19967D
71.1%78,848
22.4%24,826
110,940
19947O
47.6%58,935
0.0%0
123,885
19927D
56.9%72,280
36.4%46,218
126,919
19907D
57.7%48,159
0.0%0
83,438
19887D
95.7%89,105
0.0%0
93,120
19867D
77.4%62,836
17.8%14,459
81,220
19847D
65.6%92,478
26.8%37,784
141,044
19827D
73.3%79,741
17.6%19,157
108,845
19807D
73.2%73,785
19.1%19,280
100,840
19787D
72.7%55,985
16.9%13,008
77,001
19767D
72.4%82,107
17.5%19,896
113,373

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-7Congressional districtNew YorkStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White40.6%55.2%61.0%
Black11.3%14.4%12.2%
Asian12.9%9.1%6.0%
Two or more races11.6%10.3%12.6%
Other race23.5%11.1%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino35.9%19.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$88,575$85,974$84,427
Poverty rate18.2%14.0%12.5%
Median age33.939.939.1
Age 18–247.5%9.0%9.2%
Age 65 and older16.4%18.0%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)39.7%40.0%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home48.8%30.9%22.3%
Spanish17.9%14.8%13.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)7.8%3.2%1.1%
Other Indo-European6.4%4.0%2.0%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic4.9%2.0%0.7%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryChinese 8.6%Italian 10.9%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryItalian 4.7%Irish 10.5%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryPuerto Rican 4.6%German 8.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic24.9%County context30.8%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant4.9%County context5.1%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed50.2%County context48.7%51.5%
Jewish7.9%County context3.8%0.6%
Muslim6.3%County context3.5%1.3%

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
4.7%
Irish
3.8%
American
3.6%
German
2.6%
Polish
2.1%
English
1.9%
Russian
1.9%
Ukrainian
1.0%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Puerto Rican
4.6%
Dominican
4.1%
Mexican
4.0%
Ecuadorian
2.9%
Colombian
1.6%
Salvadoran
0.7%
Guatemalan
0.6%
Peruvian
0.4%
Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Aztec
0.2%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Chinese
8.6%
Asian Indian
2.7%
Bangladeshi
1.5%
Korean
1.0%
Filipino
0.9%
Pakistani
0.8%
Japanese
0.2%
Nepalese
0.2%
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
3.1%
Haitian
2.1%
Guyanese
1.9%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian
1.3%
West Indian
0.9%
African
0.7%
Nigerian
0.5%
Barbadian
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: 33.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.3%
2.0%
75–84
2.9%
4.3%
65–74
5.2%
5.7%
55–64
6.4%
5.9%
45–54
6.3%
7.0%
35–44
7.2%
8.0%
25–34
8.5%
3.7%
18–24
3.8%
7.7%
5–17
7.3%
3.1%
<5
3.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$88,575
New York 7th Congressional District$88,575
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
18.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.1%
Working age (18–64)14.6%
Seniors (65+)22.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
51.2%
speak English only
Spanish17.9%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)7.8%
Other Indo-European6.4%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic4.9%
German or other West Germanic2.9%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)2.8%
Other languages1.8%
Other Asian & Pacific Island1.3%
Arabic1.2%
Korean0.8%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.7%
Vietnamese0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
24.9%
Jewish
7.9%
Muslim
6.3%
Evangelical Protestant
4.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Black Protestant
1.8%
Hindu
0.8%
Orthodox Christian
0.6%
Buddhist
0.3%
Latter-day Saints
0.2%
Unaffiliated or not counted50.2%
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 7th congressional district, as drawn for the 2026 elections, takes in parts of Kings and Queens counties. About 776,900 people live within its 2026 boundaries, with a median age of 33.9. Measured on those boundaries, the district has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 2012, by narrowing margins. The margin was D+75.9 in 2012, D+71.5 in 2016, D+60.3 in 2020, and D+46.0 in 2024.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 75.3 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 14.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.0 points.

A population of 776,939, a 41% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $88,575 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York 7th Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 7th Congressional District voted Democratic by 46.0 points (D+46.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 234,080 votes cast, 167,589 went Democratic and 60,014 went Republican.
How many people live in New York 7th Congressional District?
New York 7th Congressional District has a population of 776,939 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York 7th Congressional District?
Median household income in New York 7th Congressional District is $88,575 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 7th Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 7th Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.