Cayuga County, New York

2024 results by precinct

41 precincts · 36,517 votes cast

Trump · R+13

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−12.9%	15,772	20,482	36,517
2020	R	−8.9%	16,359	19,632	36,754
2016	R	−11.6%	13,522	17,384	33,172
2012	D	+11.4%	17,007	13,454	31,161
2008	D	+8.5%	18,128	15,243	34,022
2004	R	−0.6%	17,534	17,743	36,052
2000	D	+6.0%	17,031	14,988	33,978
1996	D	+15.0%	15,879	11,093	31,894
1992	D	+2.9%	13,088	12,065	35,671
1988	R	−5.9%	15,044	16,934	32,285
1984	R	−27.4%	12,207	21,451	33,779
1980	R	−19.0%	11,708	17,945	32,756
1976	R	−19.3%	13,348	19,775	33,343
1972	R	−34.4%	11,097	22,774	33,952
1968	R	−4.8%	14,604	16,167	32,666
1964	D	+35.5%	24,090	11,453	35,566
1960	R	−8.4%	17,257	20,437	37,722
1956	R	−44.2%	10,268	26,503	36,771
1952	R	−36.3%	11,695	25,037	36,804
1948	R	−13.9%	14,317	19,017	33,747
1944	R	−14.8%	13,849	18,680	32,629
1940	R	−20.0%	13,985	21,032	35,173
1936	R	−24.2%	12,158	20,203	33,200
1932	R	−13.8%	12,989	17,280	31,043
1928	R	−25.9%	11,787	20,202	32,525
1924	R	−36.5%	7,369	17,252	27,100
1920	R	−39.5%	6,343	15,234	22,510
1916	R	−9.8%	6,391	7,831	14,689
1912	R	−8.0%	4,691	5,788	13,777
1908	R	−23.5%	5,789	9,699	16,624
1904	R	−29.4%	5,707	10,708	17,028
1900	R	−23.2%	6,330	10,328	17,217
1896	R	−25.6%	5,846	10,024	16,330
1892	R	−15.1%	5,999	8,341	15,461
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%

African American

2.7%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 43.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.4%

2.9%

75–84

3.4%

6.3%

65–74

6.4%

7.7%

55–64

7.6%

6.2%

45–54

5.7%

6.6%

35–44

5.8%

6.7%

25–34

5.6%

3.9%

18–24

3.6%

7.5%

5–17

7.1%

2.5%

2.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,904

Cayuga County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Cayuga County$67,904

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

13.5%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

31.8%

Other Christian

3.5%

Methodist

2.6%

Mainline Protestant

2.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.8%

Baptist

1.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cayuga County anchors the northern Finger Lakes, where a shrinking manufacturing base and a predominantly rural, non-college white electorate have pushed presidential margins from competitive to reliably Republican over the past decade.

The Democratic margin in Cayuga County has rarely exceeded thirty-six points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded forty-four points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by thirteen points.

Cayuga County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 88% non-Hispanic-white share, a 14% poverty rate, and a median household income of $67,904 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sullivan County and Erie County.

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