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1876–2024
New York 18th Congressional District

New York 18th Congressional District moved 6.0 points toward the Republican candidate between 2020 and 2024.

New York's 18th district under the 2026 lines: a Democratic seat with narrowing margins.

2008 — 2024·5 elections
NY
2024 presidential election
New York 18th Congressional District
HarrisD+3.3
2024
2024 presidential margin for New York 18th Congressional DistrictThe boundary of New York 18th Congressional District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+3.3), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.New York 18th Congressional District · D+3.3
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic51.3%190,676
Donald TrumpRepublican48.0%178,299
OtherAll other candidates0.7%2,443
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 3 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: +3.3% in 2024.+3.3%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+10.9%
2012+11.5%
2016+1.5%
2020+9.4%
2024+3.3%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
D
Patrick Ryan
U.S. House · NY-18 · 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
51.3%Harris190,676
48.0%Trump178,299
0.7%
+3.3%
371,418
D
53.8%Biden195,013
44.5%Trump161,036
1.7%incl. Jorgensen
+9.4%
362,156
D
48.2%Clinton153,940
46.7%Trump149,277
5.1%incl. Johnson
+1.5%
319,466
D
55.8%Obama163,437
44.2%Romney129,654
0.0%
+11.5%
293,091
D
54.7%Obama177,968
43.8%McCain142,587
1.4%
+10.9%
325,178
Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
YearDistrictWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
202418D
50.4%189,345
36.8%138,409
375,999
202218D
45.2%123,168
42.9%116,972
272,535
202018D
51.0%171,161
38.3%128,611
335,871
201818D
50.2%126,368
38.3%96,345
251,690
201618D
48.3%140,951
38.1%111,117
291,527
201418D
42.6%76,235
37.2%66,523
178,947
201218D
47.8%132,456
40.9%113,386
276,894
201018D
62.2%115,619
32.5%60,513
186,032
200818D
65.6%167,365
28.7%73,237
255,289
200618D
67.8%119,041
25.9%45,472
175,706
200418D
65.0%159,072
30.2%73,975
244,690
200218D
88.7%95,396
0.0%0
107,515
200018D
67.3%126,878
28.1%52,923
188,647
199818D
82.8%91,623
0.0%0
110,702
199618D
63.6%118,194
27.8%51,656
185,722
199418D
50.2%91,663
30.5%55,636
182,550
199218D
55.6%115,841
35.5%74,076
208,528
199018D
64.5%36,652
2.1%1,189
56,826
198818D
88.3%73,168
7.0%5,764
82,866
198618D
85.9%39,833
5.3%2,479
46,353
198418D
84.4%81,260
9.3%8,970
96,328
198218D
87.9%50,687
6.1%3,504
57,664
198018R
38.8%62,598
54.1%87,286
161,200
197818R
42.2%48,196
50.5%57,738
114,301
197618D
66.1%98,813
19.9%29,728
149,422

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-18Congressional districtNew YorkStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White66.6%55.2%61.0%
Black10.6%14.4%12.2%
Asian3.1%9.1%6.0%
Two or more races9.5%10.3%12.6%
Other race10.1%11.1%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino18.1%19.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$94,063$85,974$84,427
Poverty rate11.6%14.0%12.5%
Median age39.739.939.1
Age 18–2410.1%9.0%9.2%
Age 65 and older16.8%18.0%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)36.2%40.0%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home23.7%30.9%22.3%
Spanish12.4%14.8%13.6%
German or other West Germanic5.2%1.5%0.5%
Other Indo-European2.0%4.0%2.0%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryIrish 15.1%Italian 10.9%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryItalian 14.6%Irish 10.5%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryGerman 10.5%German 8.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic27.6%County context30.8%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant3.6%County context5.1%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed54.9%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
Irish
15.1%
Italian
14.6%
German
10.5%
English
6.1%
American
5.6%
Hungarian
3.5%
Polish
3.4%
Dutch
0.8%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Puerto Rican
7.1%
Mexican
4.0%
Dominican
2.5%
Ecuadorian
0.9%
Colombian
0.8%
Honduran
0.5%
Guatemalan
0.5%
Salvadoran
0.4%
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
1.5%
Haitian
0.5%
African
0.4%
West Indian
0.3%
Nigerian
0.2%
Guyanese
0.2%
Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Aztec
0.4%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Chinese
1.0%
Asian Indian
0.8%
Filipino
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: 39.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.3%
2.2%
75–84
2.7%
4.8%
65–74
5.2%
6.8%
55–64
6.8%
6.4%
45–54
6.3%
6.3%
35–44
6.1%
6.2%
25–34
5.8%
5.1%
18–24
5.0%
8.5%
5–17
8.1%
2.9%
<5
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$94,063
New York 18th Congressional District$94,063
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
11.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.8%
Working age (18–64)10.3%
Seniors (65+)11.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
76.3%
speak English only
Spanish12.4%
German or other West Germanic5.2%
Other Indo-European2.0%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.8%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.8%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.8%
Other languages0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.4%
Arabic0.3%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%
Korean0.2%
Vietnamese0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
27.6%
Mainline Protestant
4.1%
Jewish
3.6%
Evangelical Protestant
3.6%
Other Christian
2.1%
Hindu
1.3%
Muslim
0.9%
Black Protestant
0.7%
Latter-day Saints
0.6%
Buddhist
0.3%
Orthodox Christian
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted54.9%
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 18th congressional district, as drawn for the 2026 elections, takes in Orange county and parts of Dutchess and Ulster. About 776,900 people live within its 2026 boundaries, with a median age of 39.7. Measured on those boundaries, the district has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 2012, by narrowing margins. The margin was D+11.5 in 2012, D+1.5 in 2016, D+9.4 in 2020, and D+3.3 in 2024.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 11.5 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.3 points.

A population of 776,934, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $94,063 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York 18th Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 18th Congressional District voted Democratic by 3.3 points (D+3.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 371,418 votes cast, 190,676 went Democratic and 178,299 went Republican.
How many people live in New York 18th Congressional District?
New York 18th Congressional District has a population of 776,934 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York 18th Congressional District?
Median household income in New York 18th Congressional District is $94,063 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 18th Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 18th Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.