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New York's 7th district

U.S. House district profile: the sitting representative, 2024 Census demographics (119th-district boundaries), partisan lean, and 2026 race rating.

Representative

Official portrait of Nydia M. Velázquez

Nydia M. Velázquez

NY · District 7
DemocratRanking Member, House Committee on Small Business
Raised $180,257 · 136K followers (office + personal) · missed 8.9% of votes
33.7 years in Congress · Up for reelection: 2026
House Committee on Financial Services · House Committee on Small Business +2 more
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Cook PVI: D+25

District demographics

MeasureValue
Population777,946
Median household income$92,194
Median age34.2
Bachelor's degree or higher47.6%
White alone39.6%
Black alone9.4%
Hispanic or Latino33.5%
Asian alone12.2%
Unemployment rate6.0%
Population density (per sq mi)35,447

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B01003, B01002, B19013 and related), 119th Congress district boundaries, released September 2025; land area from the 2025 Gazetteer.