Essex County, New Jersey

2024 results by precinct

572 precincts · 313,283 votes cast

Harris · D+45

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+44.9%	224,596	83,908	313,283
2020	D	+55.7%	266,820	75,475	343,591
2016	D	+56.8%	240,837	63,176	312,884
2012	D	+56.7%	237,035	64,767	304,071
2008	D	+52.6%	240,306	74,063	316,183
2004	D	+41.6%	203,681	83,374	289,348
2000	D	+45.7%	185,505	66,842	259,573
1996	D	+43.4%	175,368	65,162	254,196
1992	D	+24.9%	158,130	89,146	276,858
1988	D	+16.1%	156,098	111,491	276,967
1984	D	+11.6%	173,295	136,798	314,543
1980	D	+9.8%	145,281	117,222	287,166
1976	D	+12.8%	174,434	133,911	315,812
1972	R	−2.6%	161,270	170,036	338,888
1968	D	+12.7%	185,440	140,084	357,095
1964	D	+40.6%	277,042	116,172	396,477
1960	D	+12.7%	217,878	167,848	393,623
1956	R	−22.8%	146,313	234,682	388,253
1952	R	−9.7%	180,501	219,863	407,635
1948	R	−3.3%	155,468	166,963	343,567
1944	R	−1.3%	174,320	178,989	360,742
1940	R	−8.1%	154,363	182,124	344,034
1936	D	+10.6%	174,857	140,991	319,441
1932	R	−5.8%	132,666	149,630	290,772
1928	R	−17.5%	118,268	168,856	288,514
1924	R	−43.9%	41,708	123,614	186,673
1920	R	−45.9%	40,970	116,168	163,848
1916	R	−21.4%	34,596	54,167	91,439
1912	D	+11.5%	26,250	16,994	80,601
1908	R	−27.0%	30,191	53,687	87,004
1904	R	−31.4%	25,452	50,508	79,863
1900	R	−26.7%	25,735	45,318	73,294
1896	R	−33.7%	20,509	42,587	65,525
1892	D	+1.9%	30,176	29,044	60,324
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

1.5%

African American

29.0%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 37.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.1%

1.7%

75–84

2.5%

3.7%

65–74

4.6%

5.8%

55–64

6.3%

6.6%

45–54

6.9%

7.0%

35–44

7.2%

6.7%

25–34

6.8%

4.5%

18–24

4.4%

8.9%

5–17

8.5%

3.2%

3.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$80,789

Essex County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Essex County$80,789

New Jersey$103,556

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.6%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

29.4%

Non-Christian

7.9%

Other Christian

5.8%

Baptist

5.3%

Methodist

1.9%

Mainline Protestant

1.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Essex County anchors New Jersey's urban core around Newark, delivering presidential margins above 40 points and a population density that makes it a reliable high-turnout anchor for statewide Democratic coalitions.

The Democratic margin in Essex County peaked at fifty-seven points in 2016. By 1976 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-five points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Essex County's median household income of $80,789 sits well below state and national norms, and 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cook County and Allendale County.

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Essex County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.