Passaic County, New Jersey

2024 results by precinct

283 precincts · 203,351 votes cast

Trump · R+3

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−2.9%	95,156	100,954	203,351
2020	D	+16.7%	129,097	92,009	222,209
2016	D	+22.4%	116,759	72,902	196,228
2012	D	+28.2%	115,926	64,523	182,214
2008	D	+21.7%	113,257	72,552	187,395
2004	D	+11.5%	94,962	75,200	171,311
2000	D	+18.7%	90,324	61,043	156,573
1996	D	+21.1%	85,879	53,594	152,951
1992	R	−0.7%	70,030	71,147	164,888
1988	R	−13.9%	66,254	88,070	157,513
1984	R	−18.5%	69,590	101,951	174,940
1980	R	−13.2%	61,486	82,531	158,951
1976	R	−5.4%	76,194	85,102	166,226
1972	R	−26.4%	62,302	108,511	174,923
1968	R	−3.1%	74,442	79,862	172,657
1964	D	+28.3%	113,919	63,114	179,699
1960	D	+5.6%	90,950	80,853	179,402
1956	R	−23.6%	61,859	101,182	166,676
1952	R	−11.2%	70,727	89,083	164,190
1948	D	+0.4%	60,147	59,675	130,430
1944	D	+0.6%	68,737	67,856	137,182
1940	D	+3.2%	69,880	65,523	135,907
1936	D	+18.3%	71,384	49,046	122,190
1932	D	+4.9%	54,576	49,218	109,404
1928	R	−10.0%	47,167	57,708	105,834
1924	R	−45.6%	11,644	43,384	69,599
1920	R	−52.0%	11,873	42,692	59,225
1916	R	−16.0%	13,340	18,754	33,904
1912	D	+17.9%	10,810	5,349	30,531
1908	R	−18.0%	11,961	17,635	31,511
1904	R	−19.9%	11,532	17,705	30,948
1900	R	−9.3%	12,891	15,619	29,483
1896	R	−23.5%	9,280	15,437	26,247
1892	R	−2.3%	10,992	11,527	23,147
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%

French

0.5%

African American

8.2%

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: 38.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.3%

2.1%

75–84

2.7%

4.3%

65–74

4.9%

6.2%

55–64

6.5%

6.2%

45–54

6.3%

6.4%

35–44

6.3%

6.6%

25–34

6.7%

4.6%

18–24

4.6%

8.9%

5–17

8.4%

3.2%

3.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$87,522

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

Passaic County$87,522

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

13.0%

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

35.9%

Non-Christian

14.0%

Other Christian

4.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.0%

Mainline Protestant

1.5%

Methodist

1.1%

Baptist

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Passaic County's large Latino and working-class population in cities like Paterson has driven a notable rightward shift in recent cycles, turning a county that backed Clinton by double digits into a narrow Republican-leaning jurisdiction by 2024.

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

Passaic County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 41% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $87,522, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Middlesex County and Imperial County.

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Passaic County is one of the bluest places in America.