| State: | New York |
| District Number: | 6 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries |
| Representative: | Grace Meng |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Queens |
| Percent Urban: | 100 |
| Percent Rural: | 0 |
| Population: | 752,577[1] |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $73,861[2] |
| Percent White: | 24.2 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 23.6 |
| Percent Black: | 3.6 |
| Percent Asian: | 45.4 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 2.2 |
| Percent Other Race: | 1.0 |
| Cpvi: | D+15[3] |
New York's 6th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City, located entirely within Queens. It is represented by Democrat Grace Meng. A plurality of the district's population is Asian-American, and a majority of its population is non-white.
The district includes several racially and ethnically diverse Queens neighborhoods, including Auburndale, Bayside, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, Flushing, Forest Hills, Glendale, Kew Gardens, Maspeth, Middle Village, Murray Hill, and Rego Park. Prior to the 2022 election, the district was redrawn to include sections of Jackson Heights and Astoria which were previously part of NY-14.
In 2018, Chinese Americans made up 21.9% of the 6th district's population, the highest of any district in New York, and its Asian American population of 39.4% was similarly the highest out of New York's congressional districts, and the only district in New York where Asians formed the largest ethnic group. The 6th district takes in the original Queens Chinatown in Flushing, the neighborhood with the highest concentration of Chinese people in New York, as well as the surrounding neighborhoods of Auburndale and Murray Hill, home to a large Chinese population.[4]
| Year | Office | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | President | B. Clinton 75–18% | |
| 1996 | President | B. Clinton 85–11% | |
| 2000 | President | Gore 87–11% | |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 84–15% | |
| 2008 | President | Obama 63–36% | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 68–31% | |
| 2016 | President | H. Clinton 65–32% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden 61–37% |
1789–1913:
Parts of Manhattan
1913–1945:
Parts of Brooklyn
1945–1973:
Parts of Queens
1973–1983:
1983–present:
Parts of Queens
Various New York districts have been numbered "6" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York. From 2003–2013, the district included most of Southeastern Queens including the neighborhoods of Cambria Heights, Edgemere, Far Rockaway, Hollis, Jamaica, Laurelton, Queens Village, Rosedale, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens, and South Ozone Park, as well as John F. Kennedy International Airport. The district comprised mainly middle-class minority communities, but also included a part of Howard Beach known as Old Howard Beach.
The 6th District was located in northern Queens and adjacent Nassau county until 1982, covering the same territory now in the 5th District. This part of Queens had been in the 7th District prior to that reapportionment.
| Cong ress | Years | Representative | Party | Electoral history | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established March 4, 1789 | ||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 | align=left | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | Anti- Administration | Elected in 1789. Lost re-election. | |||
| nowrap | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 | align=left | James Gordon | Pro- Administration | Elected in 1790. Redistricted to the . | |||
| nowrap | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | Ezekiel Gilbert | Pro- Administration | Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1794. Retired. | ||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | Federalist | ||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799 | align=left | Hezekiah L. Hosmer | Federalist | Re-elected in 1796. Retired. | |||
| nowrap | March 4, 1799 – July 25, 1801 | align=left | John Bird | Federalist | Elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Resigned. | |||
| nowrap | July 25, 1801 – October 6, 1801 | Vacant | ||||||
| nowrap | October 6, 1801 – January 17, 1803 | align=left | John Peter Van Ness | Democratic- Republican | Elected to finish Bird's term. Seat declared forfeited from appointment as major of militia in the District of Columbia. | |||
| nowrap | January 17, 1803 – March 3, 1803 | Vacant | ||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1803 – April 26, 1803 | align=left | Isaac Bloom | Democratic- Republican | Elected in 1802. Died. | |||
| nowrap | April 26, 1803 – October 17, 1803 | Vacant | ||||||
| nowrap | October 17, 1803 – March 3, 1809 | align=left | Daniel C. Verplanck | Democratic- Republican | Elected to finish Bloom's term. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Retired. | |||
From 1809 to 1813, two seats were elected at-large on a general ticket.
| Cong ress | Years | Seat A | Seat B | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | |||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 | align=left | Herman Knickerbocker | Federalist | Elected in 1808. Retired. | Robert Le Roy Livingston | Federalist | Elected in 1808. Resigned. | ||
| nowrap | March 4, 1811 – May 6, 1812 | Asa Fitch | Federalist | Elected in 1810. Retired. | ||||||
| nowrap | May 6, 1812 – January 29, 1813 | Vacant | ||||||||
| nowrap | January 29, 1813 – March 3, 1813 | align=left | Thomas P. Grosvenor | Federalist | Elected to finish Livingston's term. Redistricted to the . | |||||
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Jonathan Fisk | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1813 – March 21, 1815 | Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Resigned to become U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. | 1813–1823 Orange County | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 21, 1815 – December 4, 1815 | ||||||
| align=left | James W. Wilkin | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | December 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819 | Elected April 1815 to finish Fisk's term and seated December 4, 1815. Re-elected in 1816. | |||
| align=left | Walter Case | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | Elected in 1818. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821 | Selah Tuthill (DR) was elected late in April 1821 and died September 7, 1821. It is unclear if/when he received his credentials. | |||||
| align=left | Charles Borland Jr. | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Elected November 8, 1821 to finish Tuthill's term and seated December 3, 1821. | |||
| align=left | Hector Craig | Jacksonian Democratic- Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1822. Lost re-election. | 1823–1833 Orange County | ||
| align=left | John Hallock Jr. | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Hector Craig | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1829 – July 12, 1830 | Elected in 1828. Resigned. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | July 12, 1830 – December 6, 1830 | ||||||
| align=left | Samuel W. Eager | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | December 6, 1830 – March 3, 1831 | Elected to finish Craig's term. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Samuel J. Wilkin | Anti-Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Elected in 1830. | |||
| align=left | John W. Brown | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. | 1833–1843 | ||
| align=left | Nathaniel Jones | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | Elected in 1836. Re-elected in 1838. | |||
| align=left | James G. Clinton | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Elected in 1840. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Hamilton Fish | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | Elected in 1842. Lost re-election. | 1843–1853 | ||
| align=left | William W. Campbell | Know Nothing | nowrap | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | Elected in 1844. Retired. | |||
| align=left | David S. Jackson | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1847 – April 19, 1848 | Elected in 1846. Declared vacant due to contested election. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | April 19, 1848 – December 4, 1848 | ||||||
| align=left | Horace Greeley | Whig | nowrap | December 4, 1848 – March 3, 1849 | Elected to finish Jackson's term. Lost nomination to the full term. | |||
| align=left | James Brooks | Whig | nowrap | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | John Wheeler | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857 | Elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Retired. | 1853–1863 | ||
| align=left | John Cochrane | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 | Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Frederick A. Conkling | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | Elected in 1860. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Elijah Ward | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1862. Lost re-election. | 1863–1873 | ||
| align=left | Henry J. Raymond | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | Elected in 1864. Lost renomination. | |||
| align=left | Thomas E. Stewart | Conservative Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 | Elected in 1866. Retired. | |||
| align=left | Samuel S. Cox | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 | Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | James Brooks | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1873 – April 30, 1873 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1872. Died. | 1873–1883 | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | April 30, 1873 – November 4, 1873 | ||||||
Samuel S. Cox | Democratic | November 4, 1873 – March 3, 1885 | Elected to finish Brooks's term. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Redistricted to the . | |||||
| 1883–1893 | ||||||||
| align=left | Nicholas Muller | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1884. | |||
| align=left | Amos J. Cummings | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1886. | |||
| align=left | Frank T. Fitzgerald | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1889 – November 4, 1889 | Elected in 1888. Resigned to become register of New York County. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | November 4, 1889 – December 9, 1889 | ||||||
| align=left | Charles H. Turner | Democratic | nowrap | December 9, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | Elected to finish Fitzgerald's term. | |||
| align=left | John R. Fellows | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | Elected in 1890. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Thomas F. Magner | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1892. | 1893–1903 | ||
| align=left | James R. Howe | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 | Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. | |||
| align=left | Mitchell May | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 | Elected in 1898. | |||
| align=left | George H. Lindsay | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | Elected in 1900. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Robert Baker | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | Elected in 1902. | 1903–1913 | ||
William M. Calder | Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1915 | Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. | |||||
| 1913–1923 | ||||||||
| align=left | Frederick W. Rowe | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921 | Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. | |||
| align=left | Warren I. Lee | Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | Elected in 1920. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Charles I. Stengle | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | Elected in 1922. Retired. | 1923–1933 | ||
Andrew L. Somers | Democratic | March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1945 | Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Redistricted to the . | |||||
| 1933–1943 | ||||||||
| 1943–1945 | ||||||||
| align=left | James J. Delaney | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | Elected in 1944. Lost re-election. | 1945–1973 Parts of Queens | ||
| align=left | Robert Nodar Jr. | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | Elected in 1946. Lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | James J. Delaney | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Lester Holtzman | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1961 | Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Resigned. | |||
| Vacant | nowrap | January 1, 1962 – February 19, 1962 | ||||||
| align=left | Benjamin S. Rosenthal | Democratic | nowrap | February 20, 1962 – January 3, 1963 | Elected to finish Holtzman's term. Redistricted to the . | |||
| align=left | Seymour Halpern | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. | |||
| align=left | Lester L. Wolff | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Lost re-election. | 1973–1983 Parts of Nassau County and Queens | ||
| align=left | John LeBoutillier | Republican | nowrap | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | Elected in 1980. Redistricted to the and lost re-election. | |||
| align=left | Joseph P. Addabbo | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1983 – April 10, 1986 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Died. | 1983–1993 Parts of Queens | ||
| Vacant | nowrap | April 11, 1986 – June 9, 1986 | ||||||
| align=left | Alton Waldon | Democratic | nowrap | June 10, 1986 – January 3, 1987 | Elected to finish Addabbo's term. Lost re-nomination. | |||
Floyd Flake | Democratic | January 3, 1987 – November 17, 1997 | Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Resigned to return to work at his church. | |||||
| 1993–2003 | ||||||||
| Vacant | nowrap | November 17, 1997 – February 6, 1998 | ||||||
Gregory Meeks | Democratic | February 6, 1998 – January 3, 2013 | Elected to finish Flake's term. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the . | |||||
| 2003–2013 Parts of Queens | ||||||||
Grace Meng | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – present | Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | 2013–2023 Parts of Queens | ||||
| 2023–2025 Parts of Queens | ||||||||
| 2025–present Parts of Queens --> | ||||||||
Note that in New York State electoral politics there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties will invariably endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for every office, hence the state electoral results contain both the party votes, and the final candidate votes (Listed as "Recap").