Midterm Pulse2026US Electionsby Jorge Garcelán
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STATE · 2026 MIDTERMS

New York

26House seats
19favour D
1toss-up
2in play
D+12.4President 2024

TERRITORY · CENSUS 2020

Where its people live. New York is the 9th most urban of 50 states.

87 %live in urban areasU.S.: 80 %
2,545,400people live in rural areas13 % of residents
44 %live in New York8,804,190 residents

Where the people are

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UrbanRuralEach dot is a Census block group, about 1,500 people, sized by its population (Census 2020).

Largest cities and towns

  1. New York8,804,19044 % of residents
  2. Buffalo278,3491.4 % of residents
  3. Yonkers211,5691 % of residents
  4. Rochester211,3281 % of residents
  5. Syracuse148,6200.7 % of residents
  6. Albany99,2240.5 % of residents
  7. New Rochelle79,7260.4 % of residents
  8. Cheektowaga76,8290.4 % of residents

In New York towns and townships are not Census places: the list holds its cities, villages and census-designated places only.

New York's districts, by urban share

New York: 87 % · United States: 80 %

U.S. 80 %

Urban means living inside a 2020 Census urban area, a densely settled core of at least 5,000 people or 2,000 homes; the Census Bureau has no suburban category. Cities are Census places (incorporated cities and towns, and census-designated places), counted block by block on the November 2026 district lines. Census Bureau ↗

State profile

New York at a glance

— House seats

Census profile

New York vs. the country

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Presidential results

New York since 1976

MIT Election Lab
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Two-party margin of the presidential vote in the state (Democratic share minus Republican share of all votes cast).