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1876–2024
Massena-Ogdensburg, NY·New York

Massena-Ogdensburg, NY peaked at D+41; 2024 delivered R+18.

St. Lawrence River corridor where border economics shape the ballot

1876 — 2024·38 elections
NY
Latest
R+18
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
107,226
2024 ACS

Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, New York: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+18%. Republican peak: R+53 in 1920.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+18MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
PopulistAkashic typology
Population
107,2262024 5-year
Median household income
$62,8502024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
91.7%2024 5-year
Black
2.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
2.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+41 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+53 in 1920MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−17.9%
18,01025,91944,168
R
−11.7%
19,36124,60844,800
R
−8.8%
16,48819,94239,158
D
+16.7%
21,35315,13837,191
D
+16.3%
23,70616,95641,326
D
+11.6%
22,85718,02941,761
D
+12.4%
21,38616,44939,786
D
+28.5%
21,79810,82738,477
D
+10.2%
18,19713,90142,317
R
−3.5%
18,92120,29039,481
R
−24.0%
15,96326,06242,149
R
−3.6%
17,00618,43739,624
R
−11.9%
17,50322,24939,934
R
−26.2%
15,28626,14541,503
R
−14.0%
15,66220,98237,933
D
+41.3%
29,17312,10241,307
R
−14.2%
19,43025,84845,302
R
−49.1%
10,89231,89742,789
R
−36.6%
13,00028,03641,087
R
−22.8%
13,20021,16034,925
R
−18.0%
15,22321,91937,219
R
−21.9%
15,56924,33939,990
R
−33.5%
12,76326,03139,556
R
−27.9%
12,68722,65035,680
R
−34.0%
12,56725,80438,960
R
−39.7%
7,02617,68226,856
R
−53.5%
7,21324,65132,606
R
−36.0%
6,05613,14219,683
R
−16.4%
5,3298,40418,721
R
−39.6%
5,89814,15120,849
R
−43.7%
5,79815,27421,686
R
−44.6%
5,69915,29621,539
R
−44.3%
5,74915,28721,541
R
−34.2%
6,15613,17720,535
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
14.8%
English
14.0%
German
8.8%
French
8.8%
American
6.3%
Italian
5.8%
Scottish
2.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.4%
2.5%
75–84
2.8%
5.6%
65–74
5.7%
6.9%
55–64
6.9%
5.8%
45–54
5.6%
5.9%
35–44
5.5%
5.9%
25–34
5.1%
7.4%
18–24
6.3%
7.9%
5–17
7.2%
2.4%
<5
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$62,850
Massena-Ogdensburg, NY ranks near the middle of US counties.
Massena-Ogdensburg, NY$62,850
New York$85,974
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.9%
Working age (18–64)15.9%
Seniors (65+)15.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.7%
speak English only
Other Indo-European4.1%
Spanish1.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
22.4%
Other Christian
9.3%
Methodist
2.8%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Non-Christian
1.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.7%
Baptist
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

This sparsely populated North Country metro straddles the St. Lawrence Seaway and hosts the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation, a combination that makes cross-border trade and tribal sovereignty recurring factors in local electoral politics.

The Democratic margin in Massena-Ogdensburg, NY peaked at forty-one points in 1964. By 2016 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was eighteen points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $62,850 sits well below state and national norms, and 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.

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All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, New York — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/32390/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, New York voted Republican by 17.9 points (R+18), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 44,168 votes cast, 18,010 went Democratic and 25,919 went Republican.
What is Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, New York's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, New York as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 7 times, Republican 27 times, and other 0 times.
When did Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, New York last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, New York voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, New York?
Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, New York has a population of 107,226 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, New York?
Median household income in Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, New York is $62,850 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, New York?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.