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1876–2024
Congressional District 16·New York

New York 16th Congressional District has voted Democratic in nine straight presidential cycles.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
NY
Latest
D+28
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
332,899
2024 ACS

New York 16th Congressional District, New York: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+28%. Republican peak: R+41 in 1920.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+28MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
332,8992024 5-year
Median household income
$107,0842024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
45.5%2024 5-year
Black
16.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
32.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+40 in 2020MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+41 in 1920MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 2 D · 0 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
+28.1%
90,01550,360141,267
D
+40.0%
100,68942,759144,997
D
+39.2%
89,68837,826132,400
D
+32.2%
80,21740,800122,343
D
+33.5%
85,99642,570129,565
D
+23.2%
74,97846,438123,249
D
+26.9%
70,97339,988115,221
D
+26.9%
64,26735,450107,014
D
+13.2%
60,01244,590117,061
R
−1.8%
55,74557,818114,598
R
−11.9%
53,27467,742121,365
R
−13.5%
43,26558,416112,366
R
−3.4%
57,47961,576119,850
R
−21.1%
52,47780,626133,456
R
−1.7%
59,24861,497128,713
D
+28.3%
83,58746,682130,429
R
−4.8%
63,05169,442132,768
R
−33.3%
42,79485,547128,341
R
−22.8%
47,09675,298123,443
R
−15.1%
39,98755,930105,353
R
−8.5%
47,82756,782104,953
R
−10.6%
47,25958,548106,279
D
+11.0%
51,00740,71793,568
D
+6.6%
39,34234,26477,118
R
−3.9%
31,72134,37167,890
R
−33.5%
11,48726,71645,492
R
−40.9%
9,59725,28438,313
R
−15.5%
8,13211,24020,009
D
+9.9%
5,8544,38314,861
R
−22.0%
5,0768,14513,951
R
−15.6%
5,0066,94512,417
R
−12.4%
4,5485,88110,715
R
−23.4%
3,2525,3508,974
D
+8.5%
4,4513,7238,615
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
12.4%
Irish
9.3%
German
5.0%
American
4.5%
English
3.3%
Polish
2.2%
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: 40.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.7%
2.2%
75–84
3.0%
4.5%
65–74
5.3%
6.5%
55–64
7.0%
6.5%
45–54
6.8%
6.4%
35–44
6.6%
6.0%
25–34
6.0%
4.3%
18–24
4.4%
8.4%
5–17
7.9%
2.8%
<5
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$107,084
Congressional District 16 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 16$107,084
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
12.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.8%
Working age (18–64)11.1%
Seniors (65+)14.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
61.4%
speak English only
Spanish25.2%
Other Indo-European8.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.2%
Other languages2.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
38.5%
Non-Christian
7.4%
Other Christian
4.0%
Mainline Protestant
2.4%
Baptist
1.6%
Methodist
1.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

New York 16th Congressional District sits in the Mid-Atlantic. Its political identity has been Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember. 6 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 York 16th Congressional District reached its widest at forty points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was twenty-eight points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $107,084, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 332,899 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 16, New York — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/3616/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 16, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 16, New York voted Democratic by 28.1 points (D+28), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 141,267 votes cast, 90,015 went Democratic and 50,360 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 16, New York's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 16, New York as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 20 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 16, New York last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 16, New York voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Congressional District 16, New York?
Congressional District 16, New York has a population of 332,899 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 16, New York?
Median household income in Congressional District 16, New York is $107,084 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Congressional District 16, New York?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 16, New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 20 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.