New Jersey 29th State House District, New Jersey: Populist district. In 2024, voted D+43%. Democratic peak: D+57 in 2012.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+43MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 150,1842024 5-year
- Median household income
- $82,2462024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 30.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 33.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 27.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+57 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+42 in 1920MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Assembly District 29, NJOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 37,918 | 14,881 | 53,729 | ||
| D | 45,308 | 13,214 | 58,753 | ||
| D | 40,900 | 10,896 | 53,345 | ||
| D | 40,027 | 10,952 | 51,382 | ||
| D | 40,549 | 12,715 | 53,588 | ||
| D | 34,280 | 14,267 | 48,934 | ||
| D | 31,280 | 11,305 | 43,824 | ||
| D | 29,692 | 10,898 | 42,975 | ||
| D | 26,638 | 15,301 | 46,924 | ||
| D | 26,295 | 19,168 | 46,924 | ||
| D | 28,775 | 23,778 | 53,255 | ||
| D | 24,582 | 20,223 | 48,857 | ||
| D | 29,554 | 22,783 | 53,571 | ||
| R | 26,784 | 29,462 | 57,467 | ||
| D | 31,457 | 23,678 | 60,685 | ||
| D | 47,367 | 19,464 | 67,391 | ||
| D | 37,734 | 28,497 | 67,494 | ||
| R | 25,056 | 40,524 | 66,858 | ||
| R | 31,723 | 37,447 | 70,523 | ||
| D | 28,539 | 28,284 | 60,307 | ||
| D | 31,617 | 30,266 | 63,024 | ||
| R | 29,076 | 30,475 | 60,705 | ||
| D | 32,862 | 23,090 | 56,551 | ||
| D | 25,143 | 24,444 | 51,017 | ||
| R | 22,092 | 28,262 | 50,594 | ||
| R | 8,819 | 20,903 | 33,554 | ||
| R | 7,920 | 20,356 | 29,467 | ||
| R | 6,460 | 9,355 | 16,275 | ||
| O | 5,085 | 2,808 | 14,304 | ||
| R | 5,656 | 9,268 | 15,511 | ||
| R | 4,895 | 8,641 | 14,234 | ||
| R | 4,938 | 7,738 | 13,077 | ||
| R | 3,875 | 7,361 | 11,666 | ||
| D | 5,449 | 5,030 | 10,670 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
7.5%
Irish
5.5%
German
3.5%
American
3.0%
Polish
2.2%
English
2.2%
Scottish
0.5%
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: 37.4 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
$82,246
Assembly District 29 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Assembly District 29$82,246
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
14.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.2%
Working age (18–64)13.0%
Seniors (65+)17.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
59.7%
speak English only
Spanish22.1%
Other Indo-European11.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.6%
Other languages3.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Anchored in rural Sussex and Warren counties, this northwest New Jersey district delivered a 36-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, making it an outlier in a state that otherwise leans Democratic at the statewide level.
The Democratic margin in New Jersey 29th State House District peaked at fifty-seven points in 2012. By 1976 the district had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-three points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the district's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $82,246 sits well below state and national norms, and 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Assembly District 29, New Jersey vote in 2024?
In 2024, Assembly District 29, New Jersey voted Democratic by 42.9 points (D+43), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 53,729 votes cast, 37,918 went Democratic and 14,881 went Republican.
What is Assembly District 29, New Jersey's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Assembly District 29, New Jersey as a "Populist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 21 times, Republican 12 times, and other 1 times.
When did Assembly District 29, New Jersey last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Assembly District 29, New Jersey voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Assembly District 29, New Jersey?
Assembly District 29, New Jersey has a population of 150,184 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Assembly District 29, New Jersey?
Median household income in Assembly District 29, New Jersey is $82,246 — above the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Assembly District 29, New Jersey?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Assembly District 29, New Jersey from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.