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New York's 8th 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 Hakeem S. Jeffries

Hakeem S. Jeffries

NY · District 8
DemocratHouse Minority Leader
Raised $14,899,981 · 2.0M followers (office + personal) · missed 0.6% of votes
13.7 years in Congress · Up for reelection: 2026
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Cook PVI: D+24

District demographics

MeasureValue
Population739,447
Median household income$63,052
Median age39.9
Bachelor's degree or higher35.8%
White alone28.7%
Black alone40.7%
Hispanic or Latino15.8%
Asian alone8.5%
Unemployment rate8.8%
Population density (per sq mi)27,716

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.