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1876–2024
Manhattan
New York County·New York

New York County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

Manhattan's density and diversity anchor one of the nation's most lopsided margins

18762024·38 elections
Manhattan · Dllu · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+64
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
1,629,477
2024 ACS
County seat
New York
NY
Most similar
District of Columbia
DC · similarity 1.00
827 precincts · 660,633 votes cast
Harris · D+64
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+63.6%
533,782113,921660,633
2020D
+74.5%
603,04085,185695,263
2016D
+76.9%
579,01364,930668,940
2012D
+68.8%
502,67489,559600,291
2008D
+72.2%
572,12689,906667,594
2004D
+65.3%
526,765107,405641,951
2000D
+65.2%
454,52382,113571,006
1996D
+66.2%
394,13167,839492,899
1992D
+62.3%
416,14284,501532,118
1988D
+53.3%
385,675115,927506,551
1984D
+44.7%
379,521144,281526,671
1980D
+36.2%
275,742115,911441,898
1976D
+47.7%
337,438117,702460,838
1972D
+32.9%
354,326178,515534,863
1968D
+44.5%
370,806135,458529,392
1964D
+61.3%
503,848120,125625,719
1960D
+31.1%
414,902217,271635,567
1956D
+11.5%
377,856300,004677,860
1952D
+19.1%
446,727300,284765,183
1948D
+18.8%
380,310241,752738,270
1944D
+32.4%
509,263258,650772,777
1940D
+23.9%
478,153292,480778,099
1936D
+48.2%
517,134174,299711,253
1932D
+39.1%
378,077157,014565,205
1928D
+25.1%
317,227186,396521,558
1924R
−1.6%
183,249190,871463,326
1920R
−30.1%
135,249275,013464,420
1916D
+9.9%
139,547113,254265,560
1912D
+29.6%
166,15763,107347,655
1908D
+1.5%
160,261154,958346,612
1904D
+9.4%
189,712155,003368,072
1900D
+8.3%
181,786153,001346,487
1896R
−6.7%
135,624156,359308,232
1892D
+26.8%
175,26798,967284,984
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
0.7%
African American
11.0%
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.
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
21.9%
Non-Christian
14.7%
Other Christian
9.6%
Mainline Protestant
2.9%
Baptist
1.7%
Methodist
1.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

New York County—coterminous with Manhattan—delivers presidential margins exceeding 60 points for Democrats, driven by one of the highest urban population densities in the country and a highly educated, renter-majority electorate.

The Democratic margin in New York County reached its widest at seventy-seven points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was sixty-four points — still decisive.

New York County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $103,931, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,629,477 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of District of Columbia and Jefferson County.