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1876–2024
New York 8th Congressional District

New York 8th Congressional District moved 10.6 points toward the Republican candidate between 2020 and 2024.

New York's 8th district under the 2026 lines: a Democratic seat with narrowing margins.

2008 — 2024·5 elections
NY
2024 presidential election
New York 8th Congressional District
HarrisD+44.5
2024
2024 presidential margin for New York 8th Congressional DistrictThe boundary of New York 8th Congressional District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+44.5), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.New York 8th Congressional District · D+44.5
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic71.4%168,970
Donald TrumpRepublican26.9%63,659
OtherAll other candidates1.6%3,866
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 timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: +44.5% in 2024.+44.5%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+63.5%
2012+71.8%
2016+61.8%
2020+55.1%
2024+44.5%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
D
Hakeem Jeffries
U.S. House · NY-08 · 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). † 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 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
71.4%Harris168,970
26.9%Trump63,659
1.6%
+44.5%
236,495
D
77.1%Biden196,941
22.0%Trump56,169
0.9%incl. Jorgensen
+55.1%
255,484
D
79.7%Clinton184,224
17.9%Trump41,419
2.4%incl. Johnson
+61.8%
231,087
D
85.9%Obama184,110
14.1%Romney30,249
0.0%
+71.8%
214,359
D
81.5%Obama185,272
18.0%McCain40,877
0.5%
+63.5%
227,237
Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
YearDistrictWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
20248D
69.7%168,036
20.1%48,369
241,150
20228D
68.6%99,079
25.5%36,776
144,476
20208D
74.7%207,111
14.1%39,124
277,169
20188D
89.2%170,850
0.0%0
191,567
20168D
88.3%203,235
0.0%0
230,203
20148D
84.0%70,469
0.0%0
83,928
20128D
87.5%178,687
7.8%15,841
204,129
20108D
75.5%98,839
22.6%29,514
130,835
20088D
76.1%152,153
18.5%36,897
199,837
20068D
75.3%96,115
13.6%17,413
127,622
20048D
76.5%154,098
17.5%35,177
201,322
20028D
67.6%71,996
17.5%18,623
106,481
20008D
75.6%139,936
14.6%27,057
184,987
19988D
82.5%108,408
14.0%18,383
131,331
19968D
77.2%123,809
15.6%25,005
160,352
19948D
64.1%103,268
13.1%21,132
161,225
19928D
77.6%132,172
15.0%25,548
170,248
19908D
52.8%53,552
14.2%14,384
101,494
19888D
95.8%96,045
0.0%0
100,240
19868D
85.1%66,605
0.0%0
78,284
19848D
59.5%99,046
32.6%54,264
166,573
19828D
84.9%87,042
0.0%0
102,571
19808D
71.0%79,150
18.8%20,970
111,429
19788D
72.4%68,971
15.9%15,165
95,202
19768D
71.8%98,954
17.2%23,754
137,861

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-8Congressional districtNew YorkStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White29.3%55.2%61.0%
Black44.5%14.4%12.2%
Asian8.9%9.1%6.0%
Two or more races8.4%10.3%12.6%
Other race8.9%11.1%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino16.2%19.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$66,089$85,974$84,427
Poverty rate20.8%14.0%12.5%
Median age38.739.939.1
Age 18–247.6%9.0%9.2%
Age 65 and older15.5%18.0%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)42.1%40.0%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home44.6%30.9%22.3%
Spanish14.4%14.8%13.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)6.7%3.2%1.1%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic6.1%2.0%0.7%
German or other West Germanic4.6%1.5%0.5%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryChinese 7.3%Italian 10.9%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryPuerto Rican 5.0%Irish 10.5%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryItalian 4.5%German 8.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic20.7%County context30.8%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant4.9%County context5.1%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed53.3%County context48.7%51.5%
Jewish10.6%County context3.8%0.6%
Muslim5.6%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
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
Jamaican
3.1%
Haitian
2.5%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian
1.6%
Guyanese
1.4%
West Indian
1.0%
African
0.9%
Nigerian
0.5%
Barbadian
0.5%
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
Italian
4.5%
American
4.1%
Irish
4.0%
German
2.8%
English
2.4%
Russian
2.3%
Polish
2.1%
Ukrainian
1.7%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Puerto Rican
5.0%
Mexican
3.9%
Dominican
3.7%
Ecuadorian
1.3%
Guatemalan
0.6%
Colombian
0.6%
Panamanian
0.5%
Salvadoran
0.5%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Chinese
7.3%
Asian Indian
1.1%
Pakistani
0.8%
Bangladeshi
0.8%
Filipino
0.4%
Korean
0.4%
Vietnamese
0.2%
Japanese
0.2%
Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Aztec
0.2%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
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: 38.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.2%
1.8%
75–84
2.8%
4.0%
65–74
5.0%
5.2%
55–64
6.0%
5.5%
45–54
6.1%
7.0%
35–44
7.4%
8.4%
25–34
9.1%
3.7%
18–24
3.9%
8.1%
5–17
7.7%
3.3%
<5
3.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$66,089
New York 8th Congressional District$66,089
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
20.8%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1826.1%
Working age (18–64)16.5%
Seniors (65+)24.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
55.4%
speak English only
Spanish14.4%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)6.7%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic6.1%
German or other West Germanic4.6%
Other Indo-European4.0%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)3.5%
Other languages2.2%
Arabic1.4%
Other Asian & Pacific Island1.1%
Korean0.2%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%
Vietnamese0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
20.7%
Jewish
10.6%
Muslim
5.6%
Evangelical Protestant
4.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.4%
Black Protestant
1.6%
Orthodox Christian
0.4%
Latter-day Saints
0.2%
Hindu
0.2%
Buddhist
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted53.3%
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 8th congressional district, as drawn for the 2026 elections, takes in parts of Kings county. About 777,000 people live within its 2026 boundaries, with a median age of 38.7. Measured on those boundaries, the district has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 2012, by narrowing margins. The margin was D+71.8 in 2012, D+61.8 in 2016, D+55.4 in 2020, and D+44.5 in 2024.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 71.8 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 10.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.5 points.

A population of 776,971, a 29% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,089 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York 8th Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 8th Congressional District voted Democratic by 44.5 points (D+44.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 236,495 votes cast, 168,970 went Democratic and 63,659 went Republican.
How many people live in New York 8th Congressional District?
New York 8th 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 8th Congressional District?
Median household income in New York 8th Congressional District is $66,089 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 8th Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 8th Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.