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Profile of Congressional District 8, NY


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2022 population: 778,365

2022 Census data
White:215,221 27.65%
Black:338,77643.52%
Indian:7920.10%
Asian:60,9127.83%
2+ races:29,4563.78%
Hispanic:128,33716.49%
Total non-White:563,14472.35%




    

Age, Family & Household Data for Congressional District 8, NY
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Over 65:
Households:
Persons Per HH:
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Married Couples (%Fams):
Single Mothers (%Fams):
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2022
NumberPercent
37.6
172,300 22.1%
606,065 77.9%
128,456 16.5%
291,865
2.60
180,853 62.0%
97,487 53.9%
27,903 15.4%
111,012 38.0%
    

2022 Housing Data for Congressional District 8, NY

Housing Data
 Number%
Housing Units314,401 
Median Value$732,400 
Occupied291,86592.8%
Vacant22,5367.2%
Owned97,96633.6%
Rented193,89966.4%
Median Rent$1,474 
Single-Family Units53,00916.9%
    Detached18,1565.8%
    Attached34,85311.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units146,82246.7%
Mobile Homes4160.1%

2022 Income & Employment Data for Congressional District 8, NY

Household Income
RangeNumber%
Less than $10,00026,9759.2%
$10,000 to $14,99921,9087.5%
$15,000 to $19,99914,0014.8%
$20,000 to $24,99912,9044.4%
$25,000 to $29,99911,4833.9%
$30,000 to $34,99910,3643.6%
$35,000 to $39,9999,6333.3%
$40,000 to $44,9999,7873.4%
$45,000 to $49,99910,5853.6%
$50,000 to $59,99918,2786.3%
$60,000 to $74,99920,7727.1%
$75,000 to $99,99932,08811.0%
$100,000 to $124,99924,1738.3%
$125,000 to $149,99918,0216.2%
$150,000 to $199,99920,9437.2%
$200,000 or more29,95010.3%
Median Household Income60,011 
Per Capita Income34,930 
Welfare Households
 Number%
SSI29,66710.2%
Public Assistance19,3236.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps86,08929.5%
Labor Force, Ages 25-64
 Number%
Employed268,18065.2%
Unemployed22,9155.6%
In Armed Forces3060.1%
Total Labor Force291,40170.8%
Not in Labor Force119,94729.2%
Real Unemployment Rate 34.7%
Class of Worker
 MaleFemale% Male
Private Sector102,991109,70848.4%
Non-Profit11,07522,16133.3%
Self-Employed16,74211,05760.2%
Local Government18,25925,85441.4%
State Government4,1715,16344.7%
Federal Government3,3393,27750.5%
Total Private + Self119,733120,76549.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.36,84456,45539.5%
Total156,577177,22046.9%
Pct. Govt.18.0%  
Occupation
 Number%
Management, Business, Science, Arts45,82213.7%
Sales and Office Occupations64,15419.2%
Professional, Technical88,04226.3%
Service Occupations83,11624.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing550.0%
All others53,04015.9%
White Collar 59.3%
Industry
 Number%
Educational services and health care32,1199.6%
Retail trade31,3469.4%
Transportation, warehousing, utilities28,0678.4%
Professional, scientific, management25,4047.6%
Accommodation, food svcs, recreation17,3745.2%
Construction16,8185.0%
Other services15,6764.7%
Public administration15,6414.7%
Finance, insurance and real estate14,4434.3%
Information11,8103.5%
Manufacturing9,8282.9%
Wholesale trade5,6661.7%
Farming, forestry, fishing, mining1700.1%

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Congressional District 8, NY

Hispanic Breakdown
CountryNumber%
Mexican16,9262.17%
Puerto Rican45,2845.82%
Cuban1,8010.23%
Dominican30,1483.87%
Total Central American12,5401.61%
Costa Rican6530.08%
Guatemalan2,2510.29%
Honduran2,4490.31%
Nicaraguan6890.09%
Panamanian4,5220.58%
Salvadoran1,8030.23%
Other Central American1730.02%
Total South American11,2471.44%
Argentinean4660.06%
Bolivian600.01%
Chilean3720.05%
Colombian2,2570.29%
Ecuadorian4,2860.55%
Paraguayan70.00%
Peruvian1,7020.22%
Uruguayan740.01%
Venezuelan1,3810.18%
Other South American6420.08%
Other Hispanic10,3911.33%
Asian Breakdown
CountryNumber%
Chinese36,9304.74%
Indian5,4120.70%
Bangladeshi3,2000.41%
Filipino2,1800.28%
Korean1,6680.21%
Vietnamese1,0720.14%
Japanese5460.07%
Taiwanese4340.06%
Burmese2950.04%
Language Spoken at Home
LanguageNumber%
English441,81860.6%
Spanish87,34512.0%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic76,92510.5%
Chinese32,3734.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun27,8223.8%
Other Indo-European18,6842.6%
Other15,5592.1%
German, other Germanic12,4501.7%
Arabic7,3531.0%
Ancestry
CountryNumber%
American35,2644.5%
Jamaican32,6864.2%
Russian29,3503.8%
Haitian24,5653.2%
Italian24,3873.1%
Ukrainian19,8042.5%
Irish16,9202.2%
West Indian15,8882.0%
Guyanese14,2731.8%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian13,1551.7%
British West Indian10,8651.4%
German10,3031.3%
African9,8261.3%
Polish9,0361.2%
Nigerian7,0260.9%
Citizenship & Nativity
 Number%
U.S. citizen691,57888.9%
Not a citizen86,78711.1%
Native499,15464.1%
Foreign-born279,21135.9%

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Congressional District 8, NY

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years9-12 YearsH.S. Grad or GEDSome CollegeBach. DegreeGrad Degree
38,714 7.1%43,447 8.0%164,194 30.2%114,067 21.0%112,558 20.7%70,179 12.9%
  Average years of education: 13.2
Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years 38,714 7.1%
9-12 Years 43,447 8.0%
H.S. Grad or GED 164,194 30.2%
Some College 114,067 21.0%
Bach. Degree 112,558 20.7%
Grad Degree 70,179 12.9%
Average years of education: 13.2

Source for the above data: U.S. Census Bureau / American Community Survey (1 year-estimates)



Historical U.S. House Election Results for Congressional District 8, NY

Click on the District to view county-level data for that election (where available).
NOTE: Results prior to 2022 are for districts which previously covered much of this area, regardless of district number.

DateDistrictWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
2022-11-08 NY08Hakeem Jeffries* (D) 135,855 76.6% Yuri Dashevsky (R,C) 41,344 23.3% 191 0.1% 177,390
Redistricting effect (2022); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 7% compared to 2020.
2020-11-03 NY08Hakeem Jeffries* (D,WF) 234,933 84.8% Garfield Wallace (R,C) 42,007 15.2% 229 0.1% 277,169
2018-11-06 NY08Hakeem Jeffries* (D,WF) 180,376 94.2% Ernest Johnson (C) 9,997 5.2% 1,194 0.6% 191,567
2016-11-08 NY08Hakeem Jeffries* (D,WF) 214,595 83.3% Daniel Cavanagh (C) 15,401 6.0% 27,606 10.7% 257,602
2014-11-04 NY08Hakeem Jeffries* (D,WF) 77,255 81.2% Alan Bellone (C) 6,673 7.0% 11,185 11.8% 95,113
2012-11-06 NY08Hakeem Jeffries (D,WF) 184,038 90.1% Alan Bellone (R,C) 17,650 8.6% 2,598 1.3% 204,286
Redistricting effect (2012); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 5% compared to 2010.
2010-11-02 NY10Edolphus Towns* (D) 95,485 91.1% Diana Muniz (R) 7,419 7.1% 1,935 1.8% 104,839
2008-11-04 NY10Edolphus Towns* (D) 155,090 94.2% Salvatore Grupico (R,C) 9,565 5.8% 0 0.0% 164,655
2006-11-07 NY10Edolphus Towns* (D) 72,171 92.2% Jonathan Anderson (R) 4,666 6.0% 1,470 1.9% 78,307
2004-11-02 NY10Edolphus Towns* (D,WF) 136,113 91.5% Harvey Clarke (R) 11,099 7.5% 1,554 1.0% 148,766
2002-11-05 NY10Edolphus Towns* (D,L) 73,859 97.8% Herbert Ryan (C) 1,639 2.2% 0 0.0% 75,498
Redistricting effect (2002); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 2% compared to 2000.
2000-11-07 NY10Edolphus Towns* (D,L) 120,700 90.2% Ernestine Brown (R) 6,852 5.1% 6,332 4.7% 133,884
1998-11-03 NY10Edolphus Towns* (D,L) 83,528 92.3% Ernestine Brown (R) 5,577 6.2% 1,396 1.5% 90,501
Redistricting effect (1998); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 1996.
1996-11-05 NY10Edolphus Towns* (D,L) 99,889 91.3% Amelia Smith-Parker (R,C,F) 8,660 7.9% 893 0.8% 109,442
1994-11-08 NY10Edolphus Towns* (D,L) 77,026 89.0% Amelia Smith-Parker (R) 7,995 9.2% 1,489 1.7% 86,510
1992-11-03 NY10Edolphus Towns* (D,L) 97,509 95.8% Owen Augustin (C) 4,315 4.2% 0 0.0% 101,824
Redistricting effect (1992); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 2% compared to 1990.
1990-11-06 NY11Edolphus Towns* (D,L) 36,286 92.9% Ernest Johnson (C) 1,676 4.3% 1,094 2.8% 39,056
1988-11-08 NY11Edolphus Towns* (D,L) 73,755 88.7% Riaz Hussain (R) 7,418 8.9% 1,985 2.4% 83,158
1986-11-04 NY11Edolphus Towns* (D,L) 41,689 89.4% Nathaniel Hendricks (R) 4,053 8.7% 874 1.9% 46,616
1984-11-06 NY11Edolphus Towns* (D,L) 81,002 85.2% Nathaniel Hendricks (R) 12,494 13.1% 1,568 1.6% 95,064
1982-11-02 NY11Edolphus Towns (D) 39,357 83.7% James Smith (R) 4,449 9.5% 3,204 6.8% 47,010
*: incumbent           sp: special election           RO: runoff election

Historical Presidential Election Results for Congressional District 8, NY


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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St) 		Diff
(US) 		PSV
2020 redist Joe Biden (D) 195,053 76.3% Donald Trump* (R) 59,000 23.1% 1,675 0.7% 255,728 -15 -24 2.96%
2020 46% Joe Biden (D) 234,960 82.9% Donald Trump* (R) 46,711 16.5% 1,883 0.7% 283,554 -21 -30 3.29%
2016 43% Hillary Clinton (D) 215,689 84.6% Donald Trump (R) 34,356 13.5% 4,885 1.9% 254,930 -23 -32 3.30%
2012 42% Barack Obama* (D) 209,422 89.2% Mitt Romney (R) 23,861 10.2% 1,408 0.6% 234,691 -25 -37 3.31%
2008 48% Barack Obama (D) 205,929 91.0% John McCain (R) 19,677 8.7% 608 0.3% 226,214 -27 -37 2.96%
2004 42% John Kerry (D) 166,840 86.3% George W. Bush* (R) 25,359 13.1% 1,195 0.6% 193,394 -27 -38 2.62%
2000 39% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 154,372 90.0% George W. Bush (R) 11,999 7.0% 5,116 3.0% 171,487 -28 -41 2.51%
1996 33% Bill Clinton* (D) 134,057 92.1% Robert Dole (R) 9,059 6.2% 2,511 1.7% 145,627 -24 -34 2.31%
1992 36% Bill Clinton (D) 125,300 83.4% George Bush* (R) 19,200 12.8% 5,720 3.8% 150,220 -21 -25 2.17%
1988 31% Michael Dukakis (D) 80,095 84.0% George Bush (R) 15,298 16.0% 0 0.0% 95,393 -31 -37 1.47%
1984 37% Walter Mondale (D) 94,574 78.7% Ronald Reagan* (R) 25,558 21.3% 0 0.0% 120,132 -33 -38 1.76%
* incumbent           PSV: percent of state vote
"2020 redist": shows what the results of the 2020 Presidential election would have been under the current (redistricted) boundaries of this district.

Historical Demographic Breakdown for Congressional District 8, NY


NOTE: Data prior to 2022 is for the district which previously covered much of this area, regardless of district number.

YearPopWhiteBlack IndianAsian2+ RacesHispanic
2021 758,070 28.2% 41.0% 0.2% 8.4% 5.5% 16.3%
2020 776,825 21.8% 51.9% 6.1% 3.1% 17.1%
2012 715,905 18.8% 56.0% 0.4% 4.6% 2.1% 18.1%
2010 677,721 18.7% 58.4% 0.3% 3.7% 1.7% 17.2%
2002 654,361 16.2% 60.2% 0.2% 2.7% 2.6% 17.2%
2000 621,305 12.1% 63.9% 0.4% 2.5% 4.0% 17.1%
1992 580,335 16.9% 60.7% 0.4% 2.3% 19.7%
1990 541,247 5.2% 50.0% 2.9% 41.9%
1982 518,165 13.7% 47.1% 0.2% 1.0% 38.0%

Voter Registration Data for Congressional District 8, NY

YearTotalRepublicanDemocratOtherR/D EdgeR/D Edge %VAPOP %
2023 421,020 42,546 10.1% 287,973 68.4% 90,501 21.5% Dem +245,427 Dem +58.3% 73%
2022 430,828 42,287 9.8% 299,438 69.5% 89,103 20.7% Dem +257,151 Dem +59.7% 75%
VAPOP% is the estimated percentage of voting age population that is registered.
Registration data may include "inactive" voters.   Data for each year pertains to the November elections.