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New York 17th Congressional District

New York 17th Congressional District moved 9.5 points toward the Republican candidate between 2020 and 2024.

New York's 17th district under the 2026 lines: a Democratic seat with narrowing margins.

2008 — 2024·5 elections
NY
2024 presidential election
New York 17th Congressional District
HarrisD+0.6
2024
2024 presidential margin for New York 17th Congressional DistrictThe boundary of New York 17th Congressional District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+0.6), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.New York 17th Congressional District · D+0.6
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic49.9%194,291
Donald TrumpRepublican49.3%192,130
OtherAll other candidates0.7%2,902
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 4 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: +0.6% in 2024.+0.6%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+7.7%
2012+5.2%
2016+8.0%
2020+10.0%
2024+0.6%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
R
Michael Lawler
U.S. House · NY-17 · Republican
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
49.9%Harris194,291
49.3%Trump192,130
0.7%
+0.6%
389,323
D
54.4%Biden210,426
44.3%Trump171,552
1.3%incl. Jorgensen
+10.0%
387,017
D
52.0%Clinton179,396
43.9%Trump151,630
4.1%incl. Johnson
+8.0%
345,209
D
52.6%Obama165,037
47.4%Romney148,701
0.0%
+5.2%
313,738
D
53.4%Obama180,198
45.6%McCain154,075
1.0%
+7.7%
337,666
Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
YearDistrictWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
202417R
44.2%173,899
46.0%180,924
393,425
202217D
45.8%133,457
43.2%125,738
291,256
202017D
55.3%183,976
35.2%117,309
332,872
201817D
82.5%159,923
0.0%0
193,841
201617D
89.5%193,819
0.0%0
216,585
201417D
51.3%89,295
36.5%63,549
173,931
201217D
60.7%161,624
34.5%91,899
266,087
201017D
72.9%95,346
22.8%29,792
130,799
200817D
74.0%149,676
17.8%35,994
202,301
200617D
72.4%88,714
18.5%22,608
122,456
200417D
73.3%135,344
22.0%40,524
184,536
200217D
59.4%73,569
28.6%35,389
123,843
200017D
87.9%112,748
9.0%11,513
128,294
199817D
86.2%79,257
8.7%7,982
91,984
199617D
82.1%97,891
9.6%11,488
119,187
199417D
59.2%70,486
14.2%16,896
118,987
199217D
77.4%94,758
13.5%16,511
122,381
199017D
63.4%73,450
13.1%15,219
115,940
198817D
79.4%148,089
14.2%26,443
186,495
198617D
77.9%86,653
12.3%13,725
111,262
198417D
76.0%151,534
16.7%33,316
199,479
198217D
73.2%97,384
12.4%16,555
133,100
198017R
31.7%46,178
39.7%57,810
145,645
197817D
54.2%54,228
25.1%25,068
99,961
197617D
65.6%89,126
20.4%27,734
135,915

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-17Congressional districtNew YorkStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White67.5%55.2%61.0%
Black7.6%14.4%12.2%
Asian5.1%9.1%6.0%
Two or more races9.0%10.3%12.6%
Other race10.8%11.1%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino19.9%19.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$125,890$85,974$84,427
Poverty rate10.7%14.0%12.5%
Median age40.139.939.1
Age 18–248.7%9.0%9.2%
Age 65 and older17.6%18.0%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)49.1%40.0%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home35.7%30.9%22.3%
Spanish18.4%14.8%13.6%
German or other West Germanic4.7%1.5%0.5%
Other Indo-European4.4%4.0%2.0%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)2.0%1.5%0.7%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryItalian 13.5%Italian 10.9%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryIrish 11.4%Irish 10.5%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryGerman 6.1%German 8.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic38.4%County context30.8%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant4.0%County context5.1%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed40.1%County context48.7%51.5%
Jewish8.0%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
Italian
13.5%
Irish
11.4%
German
6.1%
American
6.0%
English
3.8%
Polish
3.3%
Hungarian
2.0%
Russian
1.8%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Dominican
5.1%
Puerto Rican
5.0%
Ecuadorian
3.0%
Mexican
3.0%
Guatemalan
1.7%
Colombian
1.2%
Peruvian
0.8%
Cuban
0.5%
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.
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
1.9%
Haitian
1.3%
African
0.4%
Nigerian
0.3%
West Indian
0.3%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian
0.2%
Ghanaian
0.2%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Asian Indian
1.9%
Chinese
1.3%
Filipino
0.9%
Korean
0.5%
Pakistani
0.3%
Japanese
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: 40.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.7%
2.3%
75–84
3.0%
4.6%
65–74
5.2%
6.5%
55–64
6.9%
6.4%
45–54
6.5%
6.3%
35–44
6.3%
5.8%
25–34
5.7%
4.4%
18–24
4.3%
8.9%
5–17
8.4%
3.2%
<5
3.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$125,890
New York 17th Congressional District$125,890
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
10.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.4%
Working age (18–64)9.4%
Seniors (65+)10.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
64.3%
speak English only
Spanish18.4%
German or other West Germanic4.7%
Other Indo-European4.4%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island1.3%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic1.3%
Other languages1.2%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)1.0%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.6%
Arabic0.5%
Korean0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
38.4%
Jewish
8.0%
Evangelical Protestant
4.0%
Mainline Protestant
3.2%
Muslim
2.0%
Black Protestant
1.7%
Other Christian
0.9%
Orthodox Christian
0.7%
Hindu
0.4%
Latter-day Saints
0.3%
Buddhist
0.2%
Other faiths
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted40.1%
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 17th congressional district, as drawn for the 2026 elections, takes in Rockland and Putnam counties and parts of Westchester and Dutchess. About 777,000 people live within its 2026 boundaries, with a median age of 40.1. Measured on those boundaries, the district has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 2012, by narrowing margins. The margin was D+5.2 in 2012, D+8.0 in 2016, D+10.0 in 2020, and D+0.6 in 2024.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 10.0 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 9.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.6 points.

A population of 777,049, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $125,890 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York 17th Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 17th Congressional District voted Democratic by 0.6 points (D+0.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 389,323 votes cast, 194,291 went Democratic and 192,130 went Republican.
How many people live in New York 17th Congressional District?
New York 17th Congressional District has a population of 777,049 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York 17th Congressional District?
Median household income in New York 17th Congressional District is $125,890 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 17th Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 17th Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.