Hudson County, New Jersey

2024 results by precinct

465 precincts · 232,232 votes cast

Harris · D+28

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+27.9%	144,765	79,913	232,232
2020	D	+46.6%	181,452	65,698	248,402
2016	D	+52.1%	163,917	49,043	220,542
2012	D	+56.0%	153,108	42,369	197,694
2008	D	+46.7%	154,140	55,360	211,312
2004	D	+35.2%	127,447	60,646	189,554
2000	D	+44.5%	118,206	43,804	167,361
1996	D	+46.9%	116,121	38,288	166,009
1992	D	+18.0%	99,799	66,505	185,057
1988	D	+7.7%	98,507	84,334	184,463
1984	R	−8.9%	94,304	112,834	208,244
1980	D	+2.2%	95,622	91,207	198,688
1976	D	+11.1%	116,241	92,636	212,730
1972	R	−21.5%	87,977	136,895	227,600
1968	D	+13.7%	124,939	91,324	244,560
1964	D	+48.0%	200,051	69,515	272,009
1960	D	+20.9%	174,754	113,972	291,292
1956	R	−25.8%	107,098	183,919	297,585
1952	D	+2.4%	161,469	153,583	324,280
1948	D	+23.6%	182,979	111,113	304,653
1944	D	+24.0%	191,354	117,087	309,135
1940	D	+31.9%	208,429	107,552	316,508
1936	D	+56.0%	233,390	65,110	300,559
1932	D	+45.8%	184,676	66,937	257,019
1928	D	+20.9%	153,009	99,972	254,071
1924	D	+5.3%	91,094	80,892	193,952
1920	R	−22.9%	62,637	101,759	170,793
1916	D	+2.4%	44,663	42,518	89,205
1912	D	+41.2%	40,517	8,763	77,104
1908	R	−2.7%	39,637	41,967	85,796
1904	D	+1.7%	38,021	36,683	78,613
1900	D	+7.8%	38,025	32,341	72,628
1896	R	−8.6%	28,133	33,626	64,033
1892	D	+15.8%	32,237	23,307	56,410
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

0.5%

African American

9.5%

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: 35.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.9%

1.6%

75–84

2.3%

3.4%

65–74

4.0%

5.2%

55–64

5.5%

5.9%

45–54

5.9%

8.6%

35–44

7.8%

10.7%

25–34

10.2%

4.0%

18–24

3.7%

6.9%

5–17

6.6%

3.2%

3.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$91,795

Hudson County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Hudson County$91,795

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

14.9%

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

31.2%

Non-Christian

8.9%

Other Christian

4.8%

Baptist

2.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.1%

Mainline Protestant

0.7%

Methodist

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hudson County lines the western bank of the Hudson River directly across from Manhattan, and its dense urban core — anchored by Jersey City and Bayonne — consistently produces some of New Jersey's largest Democratic margins, reaching D+28 in 2024.

The Democratic margin in Hudson County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at fifty-six points in 2012; the 2024 margin was twenty-eight points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Hudson County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 32% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $91,795, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Essex County and Broward County.

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Hudson County is one of the bluest places in America.