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      Home›New York›NY-15

      New York's 15th Congressional District

      D+50.1
      ↓ R+9.4 vs 2022· New York · Latest: 2024

      Safe Democratic — flipped 2 times in 25 elections

      Population752K

      Current Representative

      DEMRitchie TorresElected 2024

      118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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      Key Insights

      • Has voted Democratic in the last 5 presidential elections
      • Latest election (2024) was a Democratic landslide with a 48.3% margin
      • Shifted 37.3 points toward Republicans over the last 4 elections

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      2024 House ElectionNew York Profile

      Who lives in New York's 15th Congressional District? 751,695 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      NY-15 vs New York vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      752K
      State: 19.9M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.22%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      71.1%
      State: 76.5% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      55.4%
      State: 30.9% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      44.6%
      State: 69.1% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $47,075
      State: $89,823 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      29.8%
      State: 14.0% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      22.3%
      State: 40.0% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      17.7%
      State: 54.4% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      35.5 yrs
      State: 39.9 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      16.8%
      State: 15.9% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      13.9%
      State: 17.9% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      34.6%
      State: 22.8% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      NY-15 — Census ACS 2024

      Hispanic 52.4%Black 36.3%White (Non-Hispanic) 9.2%Asian 2.9%Native American 1.5%
      GroupNY-15StateNational
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(19)
      52.4%19.8%19.3%
      ▶Black(15)
      36.3%14.4%12.2%
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      9.2%52.8%57.4%
      ▶Asian(6)
      2.9%9.1%6.0%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(3)
      1.5%0.6%0.9%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(9)
      0.8%—0.9%

      Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

      Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

      MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).

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