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state senate district

New York 16th State Senate District

Office (updates table and map)

President margin by year

Place winner margin

1876–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1876 → 2024

2024

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

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.

People and households

Who lives here

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

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

Chinese24.6%3.6%1.3%

Asian Indian12.0%1.9%1.4%

Bangladeshi6.3%0.6%—

Korean4.6%0.6%0.4%

Filipino4.2%0.6%0.9%

Pakistani1.9%0.4%—

Nepalese1.4%——

Japanese0.7%0.2%0.2%

Italian4.4%10.9%4.8%

Irish3.2%10.5%9.4%

American2.5%4.2%5.3%

German2.1%8.6%12.5%

Polish1.8%3.9%2.2%

Russian1.2%1.2%—

Greek1.2%——

English0.9%5.6%9.5%

Ecuadorian2.9%1.6%—

Dominican2.5%4.6%0.7%

Mexican2.2%2.5%11.3%

Puerto Rican2.2%5.1%1.8%

Colombian1.7%0.9%0.4%

Salvadoran0.5%0.9%0.7%

Peruvian0.5%——

Guatemalan0.4%0.5%0.5%

African American†1.6%8.0%9.9%

Jamaican0.8%1.6%0.4%

Guyanese0.7%0.7%—

Haitian0.4%0.9%0.3%

Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.2%0.4%—

West Indian0.2%0.4%—

Aztec0.7%——

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	NY SD 16	New York	United States
Median age	45.5	39.9	39.1
Age 18–24	7.4%	9.0%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	17.9%	18.0%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	NY SD 16	New York	United States
Median household income	$74,106	$85,974	$84,427
Poverty rate	15.8%	14.0%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	36.1%	40.0%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	NY SD 16	New York	United States
Owner-occupied homes	48.2%	54.3%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	51.8%	45.7%	34.8%
Median home value	$871,800	$423,800	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	$1,869	$1,621	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	58.8%	52.1%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	5.2%	10.0%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	NY SD 16	New York	United States
Mean commute	41.3 min	32.6 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	30.8%	16.8%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	35.3%	48.8%	68.8%
Takes public transit	30.4%	21.6%	3.2%
Works from home	12.9%	14.9%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	NY SD 16	New York	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	55.4%	30.9%	22.3%
Spanish	23.3%	14.8%	13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	3.1%	2.0%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	10.2%	4.0%	2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)	9.6%	3.2%	1.1%

Religious landscape

Measure	NY SD 16	New York	United States
Catholic	—	30.8%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	—	5.1%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	—	48.7%	51.5%

Origins and service

Measure	NY SD 16	New York	United States
Foreign-born residents	56.6%	22.8%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	32.4%	13.6%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	24.2%	9.2%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	2.1%	3.7%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	0.489	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

Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries

HarrisDemocratic49.6%39,112TrumpRepublican49.1%38,703OtherAll other candidates1.3%1,020

D+0.5

Lead: 409
Total: 78,835
vs nation: D+2.0

modeled Census-place estimatereview required

BidenDemocratic61.8%55,983TrumpRepublican37.5%34,009OtherAll other candidates0.7%607

D+24.3

Lead: 21,974
Total: 90,599
vs nation: D+19.8