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1876–2024
New York 9th Congressional District

New York 9th Congressional District moved 11.2 points toward the Republican candidate between 2020 and 2024.

New York's 9th district under the 2026 lines: a Democratic seat with narrowing margins.

2008 — 2024·5 elections
NY
2024 presidential election
New York 9th Congressional District
HarrisD+40.4
2024
2024 presidential margin for New York 9th Congressional DistrictThe boundary of New York 9th Congressional District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+40.4), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.New York 9th Congressional District · D+40.4
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic69.2%172,647
Donald TrumpRepublican28.7%71,752
OtherAll other candidates2.1%5,190
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: +40.4% in 2024.+40.4%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+57.8%
2012+60.7%
2016+59.4%
2020+51.6%
2024+40.4%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
D
Yvette Diane Clarke
U.S. House · NY-09 · 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
69.2%Harris172,647
28.7%Trump71,752
2.1%
+40.4%
249,589
D
75.4%Biden201,847
23.7%Trump63,522
0.9%incl. Jorgensen
+51.6%
267,826
D
78.4%Clinton183,505
18.9%Trump44,310
2.7%incl. Johnson
+59.4%
234,143
D
80.3%Obama182,278
19.7%Romney44,646
0.0%
+60.7%
226,924
D
78.7%Obama182,552
20.9%McCain48,398
0.5%
+57.8%
232,039
Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
YearDistrictWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
20249D
68.4%173,207
20.3%51,458
253,334
20229D
59.6%99,771
0.0%0
167,533
20209D
70.6%195,758
14.5%40,110
277,248
20189D
82.2%167,269
9.2%18,702
203,423
20169D
85.7%198,886
0.0%0
232,094
20149D
76.8%70,997
0.0%0
92,386
20129D
83.5%178,168
9.8%20,899
213,296
20109D
60.8%67,011
34.3%37,750
110,140
20089D
88.0%106,097
0.0%0
120,583
20069D
93.4%67,040
0.0%0
71,762
20049D
68.5%108,577
25.0%39,648
158,476
20029D
61.8%57,104
30.2%27,882
92,435
20009D
66.6%96,348
28.3%40,866
144,632
19989D
64.4%67,274
23.4%24,486
104,522
19969D
71.6%102,556
19.4%27,829
143,213
19949D
57.2%90,783
19.1%30,371
158,807
19929D
84.7%111,424
0.0%0
131,530
19909D
47.1%35,177
17.9%13,330
74,625
19889D
100.0%72,851
0.0%0
72,851
19869D
69.4%50,738
24.7%18,040
73,126
19849D
52.8%71,420
40.0%54,089
135,330
19829D
73.2%75,286
19.8%20,352
102,820
19809D
58.3%63,796
31.5%34,453
109,360
19789D
54.2%51,350
33.9%32,096
94,787
19769D
46.4%53,418
38.1%43,900
115,195

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-9Congressional districtNew YorkStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White33.4%55.2%61.0%
Black42.0%14.4%12.2%
Asian9.1%9.1%6.0%
Two or more races8.0%10.3%12.6%
Other race7.4%11.1%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino11.4%19.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$75,855$85,974$84,427
Poverty rate18.6%14.0%12.5%
Median age36.939.939.1
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%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Aztec
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: 36.9 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
$75,855
New York 9th Congressional District$75,855
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
18.6%
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 9th 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 36.9. Measured on those boundaries, the district has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 2012, by narrowing margins. The margin was D+60.4 in 2012, D+59.4 in 2016, D+51.6 in 2020, and D+40.4 in 2024.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 60.7 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 11.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.4 points.

A population of 776,971, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,855 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York 9th Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 9th Congressional District voted Democratic by 40.4 points (D+40.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 249,589 votes cast, 172,647 went Democratic and 71,752 went Republican.
How many people live in New York 9th Congressional District?
New York 9th 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 9th Congressional District?
Median household income in New York 9th Congressional District is $75,855 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 9th Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 9th Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.