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Columbia County, NY

Office (updates table and map)

President margin by year

Place winner margin

1892–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1892 → 2024

2024

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the county’s overall result across 1892–2024.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

German17.2%8.6%12.5%

Irish16.8%10.5%9.4%

English12.9%5.6%9.5%

Italian12.2%10.9%4.8%

Polish5.4%3.9%2.2%

American4.7%4.2%5.3%

Dutch4.2%——

French3.7%1.3%1.6%

Puerto Rican1.6%5.1%1.8%

Mexican1.3%2.5%11.3%

Guatemalan0.5%0.5%0.5%

Cuban0.4%—0.7%

Dominican0.4%4.6%0.7%

Nicaraguan0.3%——

Salvadoran0.3%0.9%0.7%

Colombian0.2%0.9%0.4%

African American†2.3%8.0%9.9%

Jamaican0.4%1.6%0.4%

African0.3%0.6%0.5%

Somali0.2%——

West Indian0.2%0.4%—

Asian Indian0.7%1.9%1.4%

Chinese0.5%3.6%1.3%

Bangladeshi0.2%0.6%—

Nepalese0.2%——

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	Columbia County	New York	United States
Median age	49.8	39.9	39.1
Age 18–24	6.4%	9.0%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	26.3%	18.0%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	Columbia County	New York	United States
Median household income	$81,528	$85,974	$84,427
Poverty rate	12.1%	14.0%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	39.4%	40.0%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	Columbia County	New York	United States
Owner-occupied homes	76.3%	54.3%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	23.7%	45.7%	34.8%
Median home value	$347,100	$423,800	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	$1,260	$1,621	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	57.3%	52.1%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	20.3%	10.0%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	Columbia County	New York	United States
Mean commute	25.7 min	32.6 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	6.8%	16.8%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	66.7%	48.8%	68.8%
Takes public transit	2.9%	21.6%	3.2%
Works from home	17.4%	14.9%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	Columbia County	New York	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	9.2%	30.9%	22.3%
Spanish	4.0%	14.8%	13.6%
German or other West Germanic	1.3%	1.5%	0.5%
Other Indo-European	2.0%	4.0%	2.0%

Religious landscape

Measure	Columbia County	New York	United States
Catholic	11.4%	30.8%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	3.3%	5.1%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	74.9%	48.7%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	7.4%	3.8%	5.2%

Origins and service

Measure	Columbia County	New York	United States
Foreign-born residents	7.4%	22.8%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	4.2%	13.6%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	3.1%	9.2%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	6.2%	3.7%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	0.510	0.517	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083).

President results by year

2024 turnout 73.4% of 49,509 citizens 18+

HarrisDemocratic56.8%20,396TrumpRepublican42.3%15,168OtherAll other candidates0.9%333

D+14.6

Lead: 5,228
Total: 35,897
vs nation: D+16.0
Turnout: 73.4%

BidenDemocratic57.4%20,386TrumpRepublican40.7%14,464JorgensenLibertarian1.0%357

D+16.7

Lead: 5,922
Total: 35,522
vs nation: D+12.2
Turnout: 74.2%

ClintonDemocratic49.5%15,284TrumpRepublican44.5%13,756JohnsonLibertarian3.1%944

D+4.9

Lead: 1,528
Total: 30,902
vs nation: D+2.9
Turnout: 64.0%

ObamaDemocratic55.7%16,221RomneyRepublican42.0%12,225JohnsonLibertarian1.0%299

D+13.7

Lead: 3,996
Total: 29,129
vs nation: D+9.9
Turnout: —

ObamaDemocratic55.9%17,556McCainRepublican42.4%13,337OtherAll other candidates1.7%540

D+13.4

Lead: 4,219
Total: 31,433
vs nation: D+6.1
Turnout: —

KerryDemocratic51.2%15,929BushRepublican46.5%14,457OtherAll other candidates2.3%717

D+4.7

Lead: 1,472
Total: 31,103
vs nation: D+7.2
Turnout: —

GoreDemocratic47.0%13,489BushRepublican45.8%13,153NaderGreen5.9%1,707

D+1.2

Lead: 336
Total: 28,698
vs nation: D+0.7
Turnout: —

ClintonDemocratic47.1%12,910DoleRepublican37.7%10,324PerotReform12.6%3,466

D+9.4

Lead: 2,586
Total: 27,403
vs nation: D+0.9
Turnout: —

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+14.6MIT Election Lab
Population: 61,1002024 5-year
Population density: 96 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area: 635 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income: $81,5282024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 82.4%2024 5-year
Black: 3.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 6.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+23.3 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+58.3 in 1956MIT Election Lab
Most similar: Ulster County, NY · twin score 93.5

Participation

Midterm durability

Total general-election participants divided by same-year citizen voting-age population. These are total ballots or participating voters—not presidential candidate votes.

2024 total turnout: 73.4%36,324 participants ÷ 49,509 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off: +13.7 ptsVolatile
Drop-off versus state: -8.1 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026 scenario: 59.7%–65.8%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast

Election	Participants	CVAP	Turnout	Quality
2016 · Presidential	31,151	48,654	64.0%	A/A
2018 · Midterm	30,145	48,154	62.6%	A/A
2020 · Presidential	35,539	47,925	74.2%	A/A
2022 · Midterm	30,058	49,686	60.5%	A/A
2024 · Presidential	36,324	49,509	73.4%	A/A

Sources and methods

2016: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 293/111.
2018: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 297/138.
2020: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 301/2.
2022: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 306/183.
2024: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 311/228.

presidential history

Party record book

Columbia County, NY · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.

1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles

Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.

Democratic

Lyndon B. Johnson1964

61.6%

14,516 votes · D+23.3

Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 57.4%

Republican

Dwight D. Eisenhower1956

79.2%

19,004 votes · R+58.3

Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 74.1%

Most votes

Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.

Democratic

Kamala Harris2024

20,396votes

56.8% of the vote · D+14.6

Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 20,386 votes

Republican

Dwight D. Eisenhower1956

19,004votes

79.2% of the vote · R+58.3

Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 18,814 votes

Best relative to the U.S.

This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.

Democratic

Kamala Harris2024

+16.0pts D vs U.S.

Place D+14.6 · U.S. R+1.5

Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +13.1 pts

Republican

Alf Landon1936

+45.8pts R vs U.S.

Place R+21.5 · U.S. D+24.3

Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · +42.9 pts

U.S. House elections · 3 House

Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.

U.S. House

Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.

Source · Akashic actual-race rollup from certified returns, House; geographic aggregation.
Year	Vote lead	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	56.7%17,696	43.3%13,495	31,191
2020	D	62.2%21,257	37.8%12,918	34,175
2018	D	58.0%16,741	42.0%12,125	28,866

voter registration

Registered voters

By party of registration, over time

Party registration · 2026D+13.7

Presidential vote · 2024D+14.6

Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.8 points.

49,421 registered voters · 2026

Democratic39.7%Republican26.0%Unaffiliated27.6%Other6.7%

domestic migration

Who moves in and out

Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote

−67 net domestic migration · 2025

20112025

Net −3,166 over 2011–2025 · gain loss

Arrivals reported $114,885 in average income, against $99,995 for residents who stayed — 15% higher. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)

The places arrivals came from lean D+24.3 on average — 9.7 points more Democratic-leaning than Columbia County, NY itself (D+14.6).

Where arrivals came from lean of each source

Kings County, NY152D+43.3
Dutchess County, NY135D+5.4
New York County, NY134D+64.2
Rensselaer County, NY98D+1.4
Albany County, NY88D+25.6
Greene County, NY72R+16.9

Where departures went households, 2022–23

Rensselaer County, NY193
Albany County, NY137
Dutchess County, NY114
Greene County, NY110
New York County, NY86
Kings County, NY66

Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.

Domestic migration in Columbia County, NY in Columbia County, NY: net domestic migration by year
Year	Net domestic migration
2011	−424
2012	+2
2013	−234
2014	−140
2015	−371
2016	−506
2017	−393
2018	−401
2019	−178
2021	+745
2022	−602
2023	−426
2024	−171
2025	−67

Columbia County has shifted steadily toward Democratic margins over the past two decades, driven partly by an influx of metro-area transplants settling in towns like Hudson and Kinderhook alongside a long-established rural and small-manufacturing base.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 58.3 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.6 points.

A population of 61,100, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,528 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ulster County and Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region.

Political twins — counties

The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Ulster County

New York

93.5twin score

2012–2024 trajectory≠ median age

Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region

Connecticut

89.8twin score

2012–2024 trajectory≠ % unaffiliated

Saratoga County

New York

89.3twin score

2016–2024 trajectory12-yr trend≠ median age

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Cities & towns in Columbia County

Hudson

D+57

5.9K residents

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Frequently asked questions

How did Columbia County, New York vote in 2024?

In 2024, Columbia County, New York voted Democratic by 14.6 points (D+14.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 35,897 votes cast, 20,396 went Democratic and 15,168 went Republican.

When did Columbia County, New York last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Columbia County, New York voted Republican was 1992.

How many people live in Columbia County, New York?

Columbia County, New York has a population of 61,100 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Columbia County, New York?

Median household income in Columbia County, New York is $81,528 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.

What is the political history of Columbia County, New York?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Columbia County, New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.

Measure

Columbia County

New York

United States

Median age

49.8

39.9

39.1

Age 18–24

6.4%

9.0%

9.2%

Age 65 and older

26.3%

18.0%

17.2%

Measure

Columbia County

New York

United States

Median household income

$81,528

$85,974

$84,427

Poverty rate

12.1%

14.0%

12.5%

Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)

39.4%

40.0%

35.6%

Measure

Columbia County

New York

United States

Owner-occupied homes

76.3%

54.3%

65.2%

Renter-occupied homes

23.7%

45.7%

34.8%

Median home value

$347,100

$423,800

$332,700

Median gross rent (monthly)

$1,260

$1,621

$1,413

Renters paying 30%+ of income

57.3%

52.1%

51.1%

Vacant housing units

20.3%

10.0%

10.1%

Measure

Columbia County

New York

United States

Mean commute

25.7 min

32.6 min

26.4 min

Commutes 60 minutes or more

6.8%

16.8%

8.6%

Drives alone to work

66.7%

48.8%

68.8%

Takes public transit

2.9%

21.6%

3.2%

Works from home

17.4%

14.9%

15.1%

Measure

Columbia County

New York

United States

Speaks a non-English language at home

9.2%

30.9%

22.3%

Spanish

4.0%

14.8%

13.6%

German or other West Germanic

1.3%

1.5%

0.5%

Other Indo-European

2.0%

4.0%

2.0%

Measure

Columbia County

New York

United States

Catholic

11.4%

30.8%

18.6%

Evangelical Protestant

3.3%

5.1%

16.5%

Unclaimed / not counted

74.9%

48.7%

51.5%

Mainline Protestant

7.4%

3.8%

5.2%

Measure

Columbia County

New York

United States

Foreign-born residents

7.4%

22.8%

14.1%

Naturalized citizens

4.2%

13.6%

7.4%

Not U.S. citizens

3.1%

9.2%

6.8%

Veterans (18+)

6.2%

3.7%

6.2%

Income inequality (Gini)

0.510

0.517

0.483

Key facts

2024 presidential margin

D+14.6MIT Election Lab

Population

61,1002024 5-year

Population density

96 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line

Land area

635 sq miTIGER/Line

Median household income

$81,5282024 5-year

White (non-Hispanic)

82.4%2024 5-year

Black

3.5%2024 5-year

Hispanic / Latino

6.3%2024 5-year

Peak Democratic margin

D+23.3 in 1964MIT Election Lab

Peak Republican margin

R+58.3 in 1956MIT Election Lab

Most similar

Ulster County, NY · twin score 93.5

Election

Participants

CVAP

Turnout

Quality

2016 · Presidential

31,151

48,654

64.0%

A/A

2018 · Midterm

30,145

48,154

62.6%

A/A

2020 · Presidential

35,539

47,925

74.2%

A/A

2022 · Midterm

30,058

49,686

60.5%

A/A

2024 · Presidential

36,324

49,509

73.4%

A/A

Source · Akashic actual-race rollup from certified returns, House; geographic aggregation.

Year

Vote lead

Democratic

Republican

Total

2024

56.7%17,696

43.3%13,495

31,191

2020

62.2%21,257

37.8%12,918

34,175

2018

58.0%16,741

42.0%12,125

28,866

Frequently asked questions

How did Columbia County, New York vote in 2024?

In 2024, Columbia County, New York voted Democratic by 14.6 points (D+14.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 35,897 votes cast, 20,396 went Democratic and 15,168 went Republican.

When did Columbia County, New York last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Columbia County, New York voted Republican was 1992.

How many people live in Columbia County, New York?

Columbia County, New York has a population of 61,100 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Columbia County, New York?

Median household income in Columbia County, New York is $81,528 — above the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.

What is the political history of Columbia County, New York?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Columbia County, New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.

President margin by year

President results by year

Key facts

Party record book

Highest vote share

Most votes

Best relative to the U.S.

U.S. House

Registered voters

Who moves in and out

Where arrivals came from lean of each source

Where departures went households, 2022–23

Compare two places, side by side

Frequently asked questions

President margin by year

President results by year

Key facts

Party record book

Highest vote share

Most votes

Best relative to the U.S.

U.S. House

Registered voters

Who moves in and out

Where arrivals came from lean of each source

Where departures went households, 2022–23

Compare two places, side by side

Frequently asked questions