Cortland County, New York

2024 results by precinct

51 precincts · 22,063 votes cast

Trump · R+6

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−6.4%	10,290	11,706	22,063
2020	R	−1.9%	10,370	10,789	21,679
2016	R	−5.6%	8,771	9,900	20,244
2012	D	+9.1%	10,482	8,695	19,624
2008	D	+10.0%	11,861	9,678	21,920
2004	R	−4.1%	10,670	11,613	22,760
2000	R	−0.8%	9,691	9,857	20,726
1996	D	+7.8%	9,130	7,606	19,449
1992	D	+0.2%	7,815	7,782	20,851
1988	R	−17.4%	7,673	10,934	18,769
1984	R	−35.9%	6,438	13,691	20,224
1980	R	−20.6%	6,176	9,885	18,048
1976	R	−23.4%	6,947	11,222	18,300
1972	R	−42.1%	5,234	12,885	18,156
1968	R	−26.3%	5,791	10,209	16,801
1964	D	+28.7%	11,110	6,149	17,270
1960	R	−35.0%	5,921	12,305	18,235
1956	R	−59.2%	3,612	14,085	17,697
1952	R	−54.8%	4,079	13,985	18,093
1948	R	−38.1%	4,614	10,433	15,283
1944	R	−35.5%	4,967	10,450	15,441
1940	R	−40.7%	5,147	12,233	17,411
1936	R	−42.7%	4,606	11,718	16,637
1932	R	−37.3%	4,425	9,859	14,585
1928	R	−52.3%	3,662	11,960	15,869
1924	R	−60.3%	2,170	10,032	13,041
1920	R	−56.4%	2,541	9,606	12,516
1916	R	−23.9%	2,693	4,521	7,636
1912	R	−9.1%	2,283	2,959	7,399
1908	R	−30.3%	2,616	5,090	8,176
1904	R	−31.2%	2,649	5,222	8,244
1900	R	−26.4%	2,773	4,895	8,026
1896	R	−30.4%	2,574	4,939	7,791
1892	R	−15.9%	2,907	4,134	7,717
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%

Italian

1.0%

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 37.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.2%

2.4%

75–84

2.8%

4.9%

65–74

5.3%

6.7%

55–64

6.4%

5.8%

45–54

5.2%

5.6%

35–44

5.4%

5.7%

25–34

5.5%

8.4%

18–24

9.7%

7.2%

5–17

6.5%

2.4%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$70,418

Cortland County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Cortland County$70,418

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

12.8%

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

19.0%

Methodist

5.4%

Other Christian

4.5%

Mainline Protestant

2.5%

Baptist

0.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to SUNY Cortland, the county blends a student-influenced urban core with surrounding agricultural townships, a tension that has compressed its presidential margins over successive cycles before landing at R+6.4 in 2024.

The Democratic margin in Cortland County has rarely exceeded twenty-nine points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded sixty points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by six points.

Cortland County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 90% non-Hispanic-white share, a 13% poverty rate, and a median household income of $70,418 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Coos County and Pinellas County.

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