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1876–2024
Congressional District 12·New Jersey

New Jersey 12th Congressional District has voted Democratic in nine straight presidential cycles.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
NJ
Latest
D+16
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
904,381
2024 ACS

New Jersey 12th Congressional District, New Jersey: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+16%. Democratic peak: D+38 in 1964.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+16MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
904,3812024 5-year
Median household income
$113,1902024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
43.8%2024 5-year
Black
12.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
23.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+38 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+37 in 1920MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
6 counties · 4 D · 2 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
D
+15.7%
221,910160,081394,017
D
+26.9%
256,918147,226407,199
D
+24.2%
215,700128,799358,730
D
+26.3%
209,028120,759335,100
D
+22.9%
214,972133,996352,883
D
+13.1%
183,307140,441326,691
D
+20.0%
167,180109,509288,045
D
+21.1%
155,77496,183282,779
D
+6.0%
138,800120,116310,524
R
−9.4%
128,019155,062286,441
R
−17.9%
117,235168,907288,568
R
−8.1%
108,328129,779263,890
D
+1.9%
132,155127,224264,718
R
−20.7%
102,893158,016266,238
D
+3.2%
113,753105,818248,846
D
+38.3%
164,93973,296239,093
D
+13.9%
128,36096,981225,871
R
−19.1%
77,330114,124192,358
R
−3.2%
85,56891,370178,772
D
+6.4%
73,72264,525142,894
D
+10.7%
75,25660,535136,970
D
+14.7%
78,39458,250136,997
D
+23.2%
73,63145,709120,215
D
+3.6%
52,01648,297103,659
R
−15.0%
41,65656,44898,566
R
−34.6%
20,38745,75373,293
R
−37.3%
18,07840,63960,416
R
−12.1%
13,92117,84332,428
D
+14.3%
11,0237,13727,162
R
−20.4%
11,73418,00130,717
R
−22.0%
10,70717,02528,747
R
−20.1%
10,38715,83727,056
R
−29.7%
8,28415,72925,042
D
+3.7%
11,81510,94023,380
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
10.4%
Irish
8.7%
German
6.4%
Polish
4.9%
English
3.6%
American
2.6%
French
0.8%
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: 39.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.3%
2.1%
75–84
2.6%
4.5%
65–74
5.1%
6.5%
55–64
6.7%
6.8%
45–54
6.7%
6.9%
35–44
6.7%
6.3%
25–34
6.2%
4.7%
18–24
4.6%
8.4%
5–17
7.9%
2.7%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$113,190
Congressional District 12 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 12$113,190
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
8.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.7%
Working age (18–64)7.6%
Seniors (65+)10.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
57.4%
speak English only
Spanish18.1%
Other Indo-European13.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander8.5%
Other languages2.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
30.4%
Non-Christian
7.9%
Other Christian
4.5%
Baptist
2.4%
Mainline Protestant
2.3%
Methodist
1.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

New Jersey 12th Congressional District sits in the Mid-Atlantic. Its political identity has been Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember. 3 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Democratic candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Democratic margin in New Jersey 12th Congressional District reached its widest at thirty-eight points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was sixteen points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $113,190, a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 904,381 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Congressional District 12, New Jersey — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/3412/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 12, New Jersey vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 12, New Jersey voted Democratic by 15.7 points (D+16), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 394,017 votes cast, 221,910 went Democratic and 160,081 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 12, New Jersey's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 12, New Jersey as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 12, New Jersey last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 12, New Jersey voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Congressional District 12, New Jersey?
Congressional District 12, New Jersey has a population of 904,381 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 12, New Jersey?
Median household income in Congressional District 12, New Jersey is $113,190 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Congressional District 12, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 12, New Jersey from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.