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New Jersey 31st State House District
presidential margin
2008D+47.42012D+60.02016D+49.82020D+43.62024D+27.5
full record · 2008 → 2024
D+27.5
2024
median income$77,202U.S. $80,734 · NJ $103,556
median age37.1U.S. 39.1 · NJ 40.3
poverty rate16.5%U.S. 12.5% · NJ 9.7%
bachelor’s+ (25+)49.0%U.S. 35.6% · NJ 43.5%
non-english56.4%U.S. 22.3% · NJ 33.2%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
Dominican6.4%
Puerto Rican5.8%
Ecuadorian3.5%
Italian8.1%
Irish7.0%
German3.9%
African American†16.1%
Jamaican1.3%
African1.1%
Aztec3.3%
Asian Indian5.4%
Chinese2.4%
Filipino2.2%
religion

Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Hudson County.

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.

New Jersey 31st State House District

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New Jersey 31st State House DistrictHarrisD+27.5
2024
2024 presidential margin for New Jersey 31st State House DistrictThe boundary of New Jersey 31st State House District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+27.5), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.New Jersey 31st State House District · D+27.5
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic62.2%47,721
Donald TrumpRepublican34.7%26,631
Jill SteinGreen3.1%2,379
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 2 counties it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (2 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for New Jersey 31st State House District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Hudson County, NJDemocraticD+27.9
New York County, NYDemocraticD+63.6
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
62.2%Harris47,721
34.7%Trump26,631
3.1%Stein2,379
+27.5%
76,731
D
71.6%Biden58,430
28.0%Trump22,829
0.4%Jorgensen317
+43.6%
81,576
D
73.7%Clinton53,730
23.9%Trump17,399
2.4%Johnson1,780
+49.8%
72,909
D
80.0%Obama55,297
20.0%Romney13,820
0.0%
+60.0%
69,117
D
73.3%Obama54,542
25.9%McCain19,252
0.9%Nader651
+47.4%
74,445
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: +27.5% in 2024.+27.5%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+47.4%
2012+60.0%
2016+49.8%
2020+43.6%
2024+27.5%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
DJerry WalkerState House · 31
DWill SampsonState House · 31

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

Assembly District 31 covers a mid-density swath of Hudson and Bergen counties where a 2.9-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 marks a meaningful rightward move from prior cycles, reflecting broader shifts among working-class and Latino voters in the region.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 60.0 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 16.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.5 points.

A population of 235,943, a 32% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,202 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 29 and Assembly District 61.

Political twins — state-house districts

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

Assembly District 29
New Jersey
94.8twin score
12-yr trend2012–2020 trajectory≠ % Asian
Assembly District 61
New York
93.5twin score
2008–2020 trajectory≠ Puerto Rican ancestry
Assembly District 20
New Jersey
93.2twin score
12-yr trend2012–2020 trajectory≠ % Catholic

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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Places within New Jersey 31st State House District

counties it covers1
Hudson County

Frequently asked questions

How did New Jersey 31st State House District vote in 2024?
In 2024, New Jersey 31st State House District voted Democratic by 27.5 points (D+27.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 76,731 votes cast, 47,721 went Democratic and 26,631 went Republican.
How many people live in New Jersey 31st State House District?
New Jersey 31st State House District has a population of 235,943 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New Jersey 31st State House District?
Median household income in New Jersey 31st State House District is $77,202 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Jersey state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of New Jersey 31st State House District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in New Jersey 31st State House District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.