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1876–2024
New York 12th Congressional District

New York 12th Congressional District moved 7.4 points toward the Republican candidate between 2020 and 2024.

New York's 12th district under the 2026 lines: a consistently Democratic seat.

2008 — 2024·5 elections
NY
2024 presidential election
New York 12th Congressional District
HarrisD+63.6
2024
2024 presidential margin for New York 12th Congressional DistrictThe boundary of New York 12th Congressional District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+63.6), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.New York 12th Congressional District · D+63.6
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic80.8%273,583
Donald TrumpRepublican17.2%58,190
OtherAll other candidates2.0%6,770
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: +63.6% in 2024.+63.6%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+62.2%
2012+55.2%
2016+70.3%
2020+71.0%
2024+63.6%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
D
Jerrold Lewis Nadler
U.S. House · NY-12 · 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).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
80.8%Harris273,583
17.2%Trump58,190
2.0%
+63.6%
338,543
D
84.8%Biden286,826
13.8%Trump46,573
1.5%incl. Jorgensen
+71.0%
338,350
D
83.1%Clinton266,923
12.8%Trump41,123
4.1%incl. Johnson
+70.3%
321,264
D
77.6%Obama221,964
22.4%Romney64,120
0.0%
+55.2%
286,084
D
80.7%Obama267,850
18.4%McCain61,272
0.9%
+62.2%
332,109
Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
YearDistrictWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
202412D
71.1%243,111
18.4%62,989
341,969
202212D
73.6%184,872
16.3%40,994
251,078
202012D
82.1%265,172
15.2%49,157
323,021
201812D
81.7%205,858
12.1%30,446
251,877
201612D
78.3%230,153
16.8%49,398
294,070
201412D
69.2%78,440
17.3%19,564
113,334
201212D
77.0%184,864
17.5%41,969
240,147
201012D
93.9%68,624
0.0%0
73,106
200812D
84.5%115,633
9.1%12,486
136,801
200612D
79.5%55,674
8.8%6,143
70,029
200412D
80.3%100,402
12.6%15,697
124,962
200212D
86.7%43,809
0.0%0
50,527
200012D
82.5%81,699
10.1%10,052
99,080
199812D
85.0%53,269
10.2%6,405
62,706
199612D
80.6%58,947
10.7%7,824
73,174
199412D
55.3%37,322
0.0%0
67,437
199212D
76.5%55,926
16.8%12,288
73,067
199012D
67.3%39,103
0.0%0
58,115
198812D
86.5%69,063
5.8%4,652
79,886
198612D
81.8%37,695
6.0%2,752
46,058
198412D
86.4%78,364
7.8%7,053
90,656
198212D
86.1%42,401
6.5%3,215
49,259
198012D
85.1%34,611
8.3%3,372
40,689
197812D
73.1%21,406
12.2%3,580
29,277
197612D
83.2%41,297
10.8%5,336
49,632

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-12Congressional districtNew YorkStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White67.8%55.2%61.0%
Black5.3%14.4%12.2%
Asian14.2%9.1%6.0%
Two or more races8.4%10.3%12.6%
Other race4.3%11.1%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino11.2%19.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$147,775$85,974$84,427
Poverty rate9.5%14.0%12.5%
Median age40.339.939.1
Age 18–248.6%9.0%9.2%
Age 65 and older18.0%18.0%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)64.2%40.0%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home36.9%30.9%22.3%
Spanish19.2%14.8%13.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)5.1%3.2%1.1%
Other Indo-European3.6%4.0%2.0%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)2.4%1.5%0.7%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryDominican 10.1%Italian 10.9%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryIrish 7.1%Irish 10.5%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryItalian 6.1%German 8.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic21.3%County context30.8%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant5.0%County context5.1%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed47.5%County context48.7%51.5%
Jewish6.1%County context3.8%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
Irish
7.1%
Italian
6.1%
German
5.7%
English
5.1%
American
4.5%
Polish
3.3%
Russian
3.1%
French
2.0%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Chinese
6.1%
Asian Indian
2.2%
Korean
1.1%
Filipino
0.7%
Japanese
0.7%
Taiwanese
0.3%
Vietnamese
0.2%
Pakistani
0.2%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Dominican
10.1%
Puerto Rican
5.1%
Mexican
2.5%
Ecuadorian
0.9%
Cuban
0.7%
Colombian
0.6%
Spaniard
0.4%
Honduran
0.3%
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.
African
0.7%
Jamaican
0.6%
Haitian
0.4%
West Indian
0.3%
Nigerian
0.2%
Senegalese
0.2%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian
0.2%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
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: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.9%
85+
1.6%
2.3%
75–84
3.5%
4.3%
65–74
5.4%
5.8%
55–64
5.9%
6.1%
45–54
6.0%
7.4%
35–44
7.3%
10.1%
25–34
10.8%
3.8%
18–24
4.8%
4.9%
5–17
4.8%
2.1%
<5
2.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$147,775
New York 12th Congressional District$147,775
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
9.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.8%
Working age (18–64)15.5%
Seniors (65+)19.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
63.1%
speak English only
Spanish19.2%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)5.1%
Other Indo-European3.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)2.4%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic1.6%
Other languages1.4%
Other Asian & Pacific Island1.3%
Korean0.7%
German or other West Germanic0.6%
Arabic0.5%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.3%
Vietnamese0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
21.3%
Jewish
6.1%
Evangelical Protestant
5.0%
Other Christian
4.5%
Mainline Protestant
4.0%
Muslim
3.7%
Hindu
2.9%
Buddhist
1.8%
Black Protestant
1.5%
Orthodox Christian
1.0%
Latter-day Saints
0.5%
Other faiths
0.2%
Unaffiliated or not counted47.5%
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 12th congressional district, as drawn for the 2026 elections, takes in parts of New York county. About 776,700 people live within its 2026 boundaries, with a median age of 40.3. Measured on those boundaries, the district has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 2012. The margin was D+55.2 in 2012, D+70.3 in 2016, D+71.0 in 2020, and D+63.6 in 2024.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 71.0 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 63.6 points.

A population of 776,706, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $147,775 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York 12th Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 12th Congressional District voted Democratic by 63.6 points (D+63.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 338,543 votes cast, 273,583 went Democratic and 58,190 went Republican.
How many people live in New York 12th Congressional District?
New York 12th Congressional District has a population of 776,706 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York 12th Congressional District?
Median household income in New York 12th Congressional District is $147,775 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 12th Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 12th Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.