Middlesex County, New Jersey

2024 results by precinct

610 precincts · 366,639 votes cast

Harris · D+8

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+8.0%	191,802	162,459	366,639
2020	D	+22.2%	226,250	143,467	372,271
2016	D	+21.3%	193,044	122,953	328,557
2012	D	+27.6%	190,555	107,310	301,860
2008	D	+21.8%	193,812	123,695	321,015
2004	D	+13.6%	166,628	126,492	295,805
2000	D	+23.7%	154,998	93,545	258,849
1996	D	+24.3%	145,201	82,433	258,386
1992	D	+7.1%	128,824	108,701	285,271
1988	R	−9.9%	117,149	143,422	264,119
1984	R	−20.7%	104,905	160,221	267,853
1980	R	−10.4%	97,304	122,354	241,206
1976	D	+3.9%	122,859	113,539	240,864
1972	R	−25.0%	88,397	149,033	242,694
1968	D	+3.0%	103,339	96,515	225,530
1964	D	+40.7%	151,196	63,370	215,618
1960	D	+16.6%	116,095	83,025	199,556
1956	R	−21.5%	64,538	100,071	165,286
1952	R	−2.3%	70,234	73,577	146,224
1948	D	+10.2%	61,634	49,810	116,210
1944	D	+14.2%	60,504	45,232	107,378
1940	D	+23.3%	67,140	41,709	109,013
1936	D	+30.1%	61,679	32,959	95,340
1932	D	+16.5%	45,997	32,673	80,781
1928	R	−5.1%	34,908	38,714	73,950
1924	R	−32.8%	16,373	34,556	55,482
1920	R	−42.1%	11,618	29,334	42,088
1916	R	−8.5%	9,975	11,851	22,146
1912	D	+18.7%	8,186	4,743	18,399
1908	R	−17.0%	7,940	11,261	19,560
1904	R	−17.7%	6,996	10,117	17,613
1900	R	−12.7%	7,191	9,348	16,938
1896	R	−21.0%	5,976	9,304	15,843
1892	D	+12.5%	7,945	6,142	14,439
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%

African American

8.3%

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: 39.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.2%

2.2%

75–84

2.6%

4.5%

65–74

5.1%

6.4%

55–64

6.5%

6.7%

45–54

6.5%

7.1%

35–44

6.8%

6.5%

25–34

6.4%

4.8%

18–24

4.6%

8.3%

5–17

7.9%

2.7%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$111,549

Middlesex County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.

Middlesex County$111,549

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

8.6%

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

31.3%

Non-Christian

9.5%

Other Christian

4.5%

Baptist

1.7%

Mainline Protestant

1.4%

Methodist

1.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Middlesex County's large South Asian and Latino communities — centered in Edison, New Brunswick, and Piscataway — have made it a bellwether for how demographic shifts translate into durable partisan margins in New Jersey's suburbs.

The Democratic margin in Middlesex County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at forty-one points in 1964; the 2024 margin was eight points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Middlesex County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 41% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $111,549, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — South Central Connecticut Planning Region and Naugatuck Valley Planning Region.

Most similar counties

South Central Connecticut Planning Region

Connecticut

Similarity 0.98

Naugatuck Valley Planning Region

Middlesex County is one of the bluest places in America.