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New York 23rd Congressional District

New York 23rd Congressional District delivered R+21.0 in 2024.

New York's 23rd district under the 2026 lines: a Republican seat with widening margins.

2008 — 2024·5 elections
NY
2024 presidential election
New York 23rd Congressional District
TrumpR+21.0
2024
2024 presidential margin for New York 23rd Congressional DistrictThe boundary of New York 23rd Congressional District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (R+21.0), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.New York 23rd Congressional District · R+21.0
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican60.1%237,461
Kamala HarrisDemocratic39.1%154,428
OtherAll other candidates0.8%3,227
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 9 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: −21.0% in 2024.−21.0%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008−7.3%
2012−11.5%
2016−25.2%
2020−18.2%
2024−21.0%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
R
Nick Langworthy
U.S. House · NY-23 · 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
R
39.1%Harris154,428
60.1%Trump237,461
0.8%
−21.0%
395,116
R
39.9%Biden160,041
58.0%Trump232,953
2.1%incl. Jorgensen
−18.2%
401,370
R
34.5%Clinton123,202
59.7%Trump213,223
5.8%incl. Johnson
−25.2%
357,094
R
44.3%Obama147,318
55.7%Romney185,526
0.0%
−11.5%
332,844
R
45.4%Obama165,499
52.6%McCain192,065
2.0%
−7.3%
364,800
Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
YearDistrictWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
202423R
32.3%128,397
53.8%213,928
397,475
202223R
34.0%104,114
53.3%163,000
306,054
202023R
37.0%116,025
51.6%161,800
313,765
201823R
42.0%100,914
47.7%114,722
240,374
201623R
38.1%106,600
49.0%136,964
279,735
201423R
32.8%60,233
51.5%94,375
183,372
201223R
43.2%114,590
44.4%117,641
265,204
201023D
47.5%82,232
42.6%73,646
172,976
200823R
32.0%70,037
55.2%120,778
218,900
200623R
34.8%58,859
52.9%89,482
169,099
200423R
29.3%66,448
60.1%136,222
226,527
200223R
0.0%0
88.3%110,042
124,682
200023R
19.5%38,049
56.7%110,634
195,035
199823R
0.0%0
80.8%111,242
137,735
199623R
26.0%50,436
61.3%118,653
193,687
199423R
19.8%40,786
60.5%124,486
205,688
199223R
28.2%61,835
63.6%139,774
219,662
199023D
52.5%102,492
33.7%65,760
195,130
198823D
61.7%145,040
35.5%83,308
234,898
198623D
96.4%140,759
0.0%0
146,038
198423D
77.8%188,144
20.3%49,092
241,846
198223D
76.1%164,427
18.2%39,288
216,083
198023D
56.2%85,749
36.0%54,866
152,520
197823D
51.6%66,354
38.2%49,071
128,572
197623R
43.3%75,083
45.3%78,601
173,430

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-23Congressional districtNew YorkStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White89.3%55.2%61.0%
Black2.2%14.4%12.2%
Asian1.2%9.1%6.0%
Two or more races5.1%10.3%12.6%
Other race2.1%11.1%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino3.6%19.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$72,834$85,974$84,427
Poverty rate12.5%14.0%12.5%
Median age44.239.939.1
Age 18–249.0%9.0%9.2%
Age 65 and older19.9%18.0%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)33.0%40.0%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home9.3%30.9%22.3%
Spanish2.9%14.8%13.6%
Other Indo-European1.9%4.0%2.0%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 20.2%Italian 10.9%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryIrish 15.4%Irish 10.5%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryItalian 12.5%German 8.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic34.7%County context30.8%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant8.1%County context5.1%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed43.5%County context48.7%51.5%
Mainline Protestant6.3%County context3.8%5.2%

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
German
20.2%
Irish
15.4%
Italian
12.5%
Polish
11.3%
English
10.2%
American
3.8%
French
1.7%
Scottish
1.3%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Puerto Rican
3.3%
Mexican
0.7%
Dominican
0.3%
Spanish
0.2%
Cuban
0.2%
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
0.4%
Jamaican
0.2%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Asian Indian
0.9%
Bangladeshi
0.6%
Chinese
0.5%
Burmese
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: 44.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.9%
85+
1.6%
2.5%
75–84
3.2%
5.6%
65–74
6.1%
6.9%
55–64
7.2%
5.7%
45–54
5.8%
6.1%
35–44
6.1%
6.5%
25–34
6.3%
4.6%
18–24
4.4%
7.8%
5–17
7.4%
2.7%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$72,834
New York 23rd Congressional District$72,834
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
12.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.9%
Working age (18–64)13.7%
Seniors (65+)11.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.7%
speak English only
Spanish2.9%
Other Indo-European1.9%
German or other West Germanic0.8%
Arabic0.7%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.6%
Other languages0.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.5%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.4%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%
Vietnamese0.1%
Korean0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
34.7%
Evangelical Protestant
8.1%
Mainline Protestant
6.3%
Black Protestant
3.1%
Muslim
1.9%
Latter-day Saints
0.6%
Other Christian
0.6%
Jewish
0.5%
Orthodox Christian
0.3%
Buddhist
0.2%
Hindu
0.2%
Other faiths
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted43.5%
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 23rd congressional district, as drawn for the 2026 elections, takes in Chautauqua, Chemung, and Cattaraugus counties and parts of Erie and Steuben. About 776,900 people live within its 2026 boundaries, with a median age of 44.2. Measured on those boundaries, the district has voted Republican in every presidential election since 2012, by widening margins. The margin was R+11.4 in 2012, R+25.2 in 2016, R+18.2 in 2020, and R+21.0 in 2024.

Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 25.2 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.0 points.

A population of 776,867, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,834 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New York 23rd Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New York 23rd Congressional District voted Republican by 21.0 points (R+21.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 395,116 votes cast, 154,428 went Democratic and 237,461 went Republican.
How many people live in New York 23rd Congressional District?
New York 23rd Congressional District has a population of 776,867 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New York 23rd Congressional District?
Median household income in New York 23rd Congressional District is $72,834 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New York 23rd Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New York 23rd Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.