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1876–2024
New York 16th Congressional District

New York 16th Congressional District moved 11.2 points toward the Republican candidate between 2020 and 2024.

New York's 16th district under the 2026 lines: a Democratic seat with narrowing margins.

2008 — 2024·5 elections
NY
2024 presidential election
New York 16th Congressional District
HarrisD+33.0
2024
2024 presidential margin for New York 16th Congressional DistrictThe boundary of New York 16th Congressional District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+33.0), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.New York 16th Congressional District · D+33.0
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic66.2%214,412
Donald TrumpRepublican33.2%107,552
OtherAll other candidates0.6%1,983
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: +33.0% in 2024.+33.0%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+38.1%
2012+38.4%
2016+43.4%
2020+44.2%
2024+33.0%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
D
George Latimer
U.S. House · NY-16 · 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
66.2%Harris214,412
33.2%Trump107,552
0.6%
+33.0%
323,947
D
71.6%Biden236,111
27.4%Trump90,378
1.0%incl. Jorgensen
+44.2%
329,825
D
69.9%Clinton211,426
26.6%Trump80,304
3.5%incl. Johnson
+43.4%
302,439
D
69.2%Obama196,892
30.8%Romney87,664
0.0%
+38.4%
284,556
D
68.6%Obama208,672
30.5%McCain92,868
0.8%
+38.1%
304,082
Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
YearDistrictWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
202416D
65.7%217,668
26.1%86,408
331,087
202216D
57.3%127,024
33.5%74,156
221,597
202016D
84.0%218,514
0.0%0
260,090
201816D
94.3%172,815
0.0%0
183,356
201616D
89.5%198,811
0.0%0
222,230
201416D
90.4%90,088
0.0%0
99,658
201216D
73.5%173,885
22.8%53,935
236,470
201016D
95.7%61,642
3.5%2,257
64,400
200816D
93.7%123,312
3.0%3,941
131,667
200616D
90.3%53,179
3.5%2,045
58,883
200416D
91.0%106,739
4.2%4,917
117,248
200216D
87.9%48,411
7.1%3,916
55,082
200016D
93.8%100,891
3.7%3,943
107,555
199816D
93.4%65,957
3.5%2,457
70,580
199616D
87.6%86,971
2.9%2,878
99,233
199416D
66.8%57,157
0.0%0
85,519
199216D
86.8%80,927
7.2%6,741
93,197
199016D
66.2%50,421
4.5%3,440
76,109
198816D
85.9%95,227
8.0%8,820
110,850
198616D
82.7%52,521
7.8%4,962
63,545
198416D
85.9%104,337
11.1%13,422
121,398
198216D
74.0%58,134
6.3%4,964
78,605
198016D
74.2%64,536
15.9%13,860
86,926
197816D
72.5%52,855
12.4%9,033
72,890
197616D
76.7%86,992
13.3%15,094
113,418

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-16Congressional districtNew YorkStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White43.3%55.2%61.0%
Black22.1%14.4%12.2%
Asian6.6%9.1%6.0%
Two or more races11.1%10.3%12.6%
Other race16.8%11.1%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino28.8%19.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$104,031$85,974$84,427
Poverty rate10.9%14.0%12.5%
Median age4139.939.1
Age 18–248.7%9.0%9.2%
Age 65 and older17.5%18.0%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)47.2%40.0%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home39.1%30.9%22.3%
Spanish25.8%14.8%13.6%
Other Indo-European5.0%4.0%2.0%
Other languages1.7%1.3%0.8%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)1.4%1.5%0.7%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryItalian 12.1%Italian 10.9%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryDominican 9.4%Irish 10.5%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 9.0%German 8.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic37.6%County context30.8%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant3.9%County context5.1%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed44.1%County context48.7%51.5%

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
12.1%
Irish
9.0%
German
4.9%
American
4.4%
English
3.3%
Polish
2.2%
Russian
1.8%
French
0.9%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Dominican
9.4%
Puerto Rican
7.3%
Mexican
4.3%
Ecuadorian
3.1%
Colombian
1.3%
Guatemalan
1.1%
Peruvian
1.0%
Cuban
0.8%
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
2.9%
African
0.9%
Haitian
0.6%
West Indian
0.5%
Ghanaian
0.4%
Nigerian
0.4%
Guyanese
0.3%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian
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
1.8%
Chinese
1.3%
Filipino
0.8%
Korean
0.5%
Japanese
0.4%
Bangladeshi
0.2%
Pakistani
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: 41.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.7%
2.2%
75–84
3.0%
4.5%
65–74
5.3%
6.5%
55–64
7.0%
6.5%
45–54
6.8%
6.4%
35–44
6.6%
6.0%
25–34
6.1%
4.3%
18–24
4.4%
8.4%
5–17
7.9%
2.8%
<5
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$104,031
New York 16th Congressional District$104,031
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
10.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.4%
Working age (18–64)11.5%
Seniors (65+)15.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
60.9%
speak English only
Spanish25.8%
Other Indo-European5.0%
Other languages1.7%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)1.4%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island1.1%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)1.0%
Arabic0.5%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.5%
German or other West Germanic0.5%
Korean0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
37.6%
Evangelical Protestant
3.9%
Jewish
3.6%
Mainline Protestant
3.3%
Muslim
3.2%
Black Protestant
2.0%
Other Christian
0.8%
Orthodox Christian
0.6%
Latter-day Saints
0.4%
Hindu
0.3%
Buddhist
0.2%
Other faiths
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted44.1%
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 16th congressional district, as drawn for the 2026 elections, takes in parts of Westchester and Bronx counties. About 776,900 people live within its 2026 boundaries, with a median age of 41. Measured on those boundaries, the district has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 2012, by narrowing margins. The margin was D+38.0 in 2012, D+43.4 in 2016, D+44.2 in 2020, and D+33.0 in 2024.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.2 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 11.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.0 points.

A population of 776,930, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $104,031 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York 16th Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 16th Congressional District voted Democratic by 33.0 points (D+33.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 323,947 votes cast, 214,412 went Democratic and 107,552 went Republican.
How many people live in New York 16th Congressional District?
New York 16th Congressional District has a population of 776,930 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York 16th Congressional District?
Median household income in New York 16th Congressional District is $104,031 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 16th Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 16th Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.