Sussex County, New Jersey: Republican loyalist county. In 2024, voted R+25%. Republican peak: R+62 in 1956.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+25MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Republican loyalistAkashic typology
- Population
- 145,8072024 5-year
- Median household income
- $116,1862024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+37 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Berkeley County, SC · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sussex CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sussex County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| R | 31,019 | 52,123 | 84,917 | ||
| R | 34,481 | 51,701 | 87,276 | ||
| R | 24,212 | 46,658 | 75,158 | ||
| R | 26,104 | 40,625 | 68,194 | ||
| R | 28,840 | 44,184 | 74,154 | ||
| R | 23,990 | 44,506 | 69,458 | ||
| R | 21,353 | 33,277 | 57,490 | ||
| R | 19,525 | 26,746 | 54,183 | ||
| R | 14,775 | 29,510 | 57,064 | ||
| R | 13,676 | 36,086 | 50,160 | ||
| R | 11,502 | 35,680 | 47,345 | ||
| R | 10,531 | 27,063 | 42,327 | ||
| R | 14,759 | 23,613 | 39,229 | ||
| R | 8,585 | 25,977 | 34,898 | ||
| R | 8,325 | 18,043 | 29,240 | ||
| D | 14,349 | 11,836 | 26,197 | ||
| R | 7,269 | 16,362 | 23,642 | ||
| R | 3,756 | 15,867 | 19,669 | ||
| R | 4,534 | 13,415 | 17,963 | ||
| R | 4,527 | 9,269 | 13,939 | ||
| R | 5,237 | 8,817 | 14,066 | ||
| R | 6,314 | 8,642 | 14,984 | ||
| R | 6,862 | 7,945 | 14,861 | ||
| R | 6,136 | 7,130 | 13,408 | ||
| R | 3,043 | 8,964 | 12,032 | ||
| R | 3,632 | 6,319 | 10,298 | ||
| R | 3,516 | 5,224 | 8,892 | ||
| D | 3,093 | 2,461 | 5,673 | ||
| D | 2,852 | 890 | 5,371 | ||
| D | 3,214 | 2,653 | 5,995 | ||
| D | 3,133 | 2,642 | 6,058 | ||
| D | 3,395 | 2,874 | 6,479 | ||
| R | 2,975 | 3,045 | 6,203 | ||
| D | 3,218 | 2,347 | 5,789 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
21.2%
Italian
19.8%
German
17.9%
English
9.7%
Polish
7.5%
American
4.1%
French
2.0%
African American
1.5%
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. 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: 43.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$116,186
Sussex County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
Sussex County$116,186
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
5.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.3%
Working age (18–64)4.9%
Seniors (65+)7.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
87.8%
speak English only
Spanish6.9%
Other Indo-European3.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 70.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sussex County sits in the state's rural northwest, where low population density and a predominantly white, working-class demographic have produced Republican presidential margins exceeding 20 points in every cycle since 2004.
The Republican margin in Sussex County reached its widest at sixty-two points in 1956. The margin in 2024 was twenty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.
Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $116,186, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 145,807 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 Berkeley County and Warren County.
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Sussex County, New Jersey — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://akashic.app/county/34037/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sussex County, New Jersey vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sussex County, New Jersey voted Republican by 24.9 points (R+25), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 84,917 votes cast, 31,019 went Democratic and 52,123 went Republican.
What is Sussex County, New Jersey's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Sussex County, New Jersey as a "Republican loyalist" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 7 times, Republican 27 times, and other 0 times.
When did Sussex County, New Jersey last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sussex County, New Jersey voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Sussex County, New Jersey?
Sussex County, New Jersey has a population of 145,807 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sussex County, New Jersey?
Median household income in Sussex County, New Jersey is $116,186 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Sussex County, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sussex County, New Jersey from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.