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1876–2024
Queens
Queens County·New York

Queens County is one of the bluest places in America.

New York City's most linguistically diverse county shifts measurably rightward in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Queens · Epicgenius · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+24
in 2024
Archetype
Urban anchor
since the recent cycles
Population
2,323,052
2024 ACS
Most similar
Bronx County
NY · similarity 0.99
1,056 precincts · 715,964 votes cast
Harris · D+24
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+24.1%
437,282264,628715,964
2020D
+45.2%
569,038212,665788,262
2016D
+53.6%
517,220149,341686,393
2012D
+59.2%
470,732118,589595,245
2008D
+50.8%
480,692155,221640,137
2004D
+44.2%
433,835165,954605,392
2000D
+53.0%
416,967122,052555,991
1996D
+51.9%
372,925107,650511,296
1992D
+34.5%
349,520157,561555,956
1988D
+19.8%
325,147217,049546,729
1984D
+7.0%
328,379285,477615,578
1980D
+3.2%
269,147251,333560,923
1976D
+21.6%
379,907244,396627,503
1972R
−12.9%
328,316426,015756,087
1968D
+13.6%
410,546306,620765,912
1964D
+32.7%
541,418274,351816,828
1960D
+9.6%
446,348367,688815,899
1956R
−18.8%
318,723466,057784,780
1952R
−15.1%
331,217450,610789,682
1948R
−8.6%
268,742323,459639,543
1944R
−11.0%
292,940365,365660,376
1940R
−5.8%
288,024323,406613,954
1936D
+31.9%
320,053162,797493,009
1932D
+27.2%
244,740136,641398,141
1928D
+7.6%
184,640158,505345,556
1924R
−22.5%
58,402100,793188,169
1920R
−43.0%
35,29694,360137,324
1916R
−4.8%
31,35034,67068,595
1912D
+33.8%
28,0769,20155,798
1908D
+2.1%
20,34219,42044,008
1904D
+11.9%
18,15114,09634,017
1900D
+8.6%
14,74712,32328,046
1896R
−20.8%
11,98018,69432,213
1892D
+12.4%
15,19511,70428,060
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
13.8%
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.
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
32.2%
Non-Christian
13.3%
Other Christian
3.8%
Methodist
1.8%
Baptist
1.2%
Mainline Protestant
1.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Queens delivered a D+24.2 margin in 2024, notably narrower than its recent presidential baselines, driven by movement among its densely concentrated immigrant communities spanning over 160 languages and dozens of national-origin groups.

The Democratic margin in Queens County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at fifty-nine points in 2012; the 2024 margin was twenty-four points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Queens County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 26% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $86,136, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Bronx County and Kings County.