New York's 11th congressional district explained

State:New York
District Number:11
Image Caption:Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative:Nicole Malliotakis
Party:Republican
Residence:Staten Island
Percent Urban:98%
Percent Rural:2%
Population:740,025[1]
Population Year:2022
Median Income:$82,517[2]
Percent White:51.4
Percent Hispanic:18.3
Percent Black:6.5
Percent Asian:20.6
Percent More Than One Race:2.4
Percent Other Race:0.7
Cpvi:R+6[3]

New York's 11th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. The 11th district includes all of Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, including the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights, south western Gravesend, western Sheepshead Bay, and parts of southern Bensonhurst. The 11th district is currently represented by Republican Nicole Malliotakis, who is currently the only Republican representing any part of New York City in Congress. Malliotakis was first elected in 2020, defeating one-term incumbent Democrat Max Rose.

The district's character is very different from the rest of New York City. It is the only district in the city which leans towards the Republican Party in national elections, and the only one carried by Donald Trump in 2020, who won it with 55 percent of the vote to Democratic opponent Joe Biden's 44 percent.

Demographics

According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 499,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 64% are White, 15% Latino, 12% Black, and 8% Asian. Immigrants make up 29% of the district's potential voters. The district has significant Italian-American, Jewish, Irish-American, and Russian-American populations. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $85,200. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 10% of those 25 and older have not earned a high school degree, while 38% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.

History

Prior to the 2012 redistricting, most of the territory currently located in the 11th district had been located in New York's 13th congressional district, while the 11th district was located entirely in Brooklyn and had a majority African-American population. Most of the territory located within the old 11th district is now located in New York's 9th congressional district. The old 11th district was the subject of The Colbert Reports Better Know a District segment on December 15, 2005, and September 4, 2012.

Recent statewide election results

Election results from presidential races
YearOfficeResults
2012PresidentObama 52–47%
2012SenateGillibrand 65–34%
2016PresidentTrump 54–44%
2020PresidentTrump 55–44%
2022SenatePinion 60–40%

List of members representing the district

RepresentativePartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral historyGeography
District established March 4, 1803
align=left Beriah Palmer
Democratic-Republicannowrap March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805
Elected in 1802.
Retired.
1803–1811
Clinton, Essex and Saratoga counties
align=left
Peter Sailly
Democratic-Republicannowrap March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1807
Elected in 1804.
Retired.
align=left John Thompson
Democratic-Republicannowrap March 4, 1807 –
March 3, 1809
Elected in 1806.
Redistricted to the .

Thomas R. Gold
FederalistMarch 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1813
Elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Lost re-election.
1811–1813
Clinton, Essex, Franklin and Saratoga counties
align=left
John W. Taylor
Democratic-Republicannowrap March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1823
Elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Re-elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1821.
Redistricted to the .
1813–1823
Saratoga County
align=left Charles A. Foote
Crawford Democratic-Republicannowrap March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
Elected in 1822.
1823–1833
Delaware and Greene counties
align=left Henry Ashley
Jacksoniannowrap March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827
Elected in 1824.
Retired.
align=left Selah R. Hobbie
Jacksoniannowrap March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1829
Elected in 1826.
Retired.
align=left
Perkins King
Jacksoniannowrap March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831
Elected in 1828.
Retired.
align=left
Erastus Root
Jacksoniannowrap March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833
Elected in 1830.
align=left John Cramer
Jacksoniannowrap March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837
Elected in 1832.
Re-elected in 1834.
1833–1843
Schenectady and Saratoga counties
align=left
John I. De Graff
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
Elected in 1836.
Retired.
align=left Anson Brown
Whignowrap March 4, 1839 –
June 14, 1840
Elected in 1838.
Died.
Vacantnowrap June 14, 1840 –
December 7, 1840
align=left Nicholas B. Doe
Whignowrap December 7, 1840 –
March 3, 1841
Elected to finish Brown's term.
align=left Archibald L. Linn
Whignowrap March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843
Elected in 1840.
Lost re-election to Chesselden Ellis in after redistricting.
align=left
Zadock Pratt
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
Elected in 1842.
Retired.
1843–1853
Columbia and Greene counties
align=left
John F. Collin
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847
Elected in 1844.
Retired.
align=left
Peter H. Silvester
Whignowrap March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851
Elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Retired.
align=left
Josiah Sutherland
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
Elected in 1850.
Retired.
align=left
Theodoric R. Westbrook
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
Elected in 1852.
Retired.
1853–1863
Ulster County, New York and Greene County, New York
align=left Rufus H. King
Oppositionnowrap March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
Elected in 1854.
Retired.
align=left
William F. Russell
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
Elected in 1856.
Retired; subsequently appointed Naval Officer of the Port of New York
align=left
William S. Kenyon
Republicannowrap March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861
Elected in 1858.
Retired.
align=left
John B. Steele
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863
Elected in 1860.
Redistricted to the .
align=left
Charles H. Winfield
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1867
Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Retired.
1863–1873
Orange and Sullivan counties
align=left
Charles Van Wyck
Republicannowrap March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1869
Elected in 1866.
Lost re-election.
align=left
George W. Greene
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1869 –
February 17, 1870
Replaced by Charles H. Van Wyck, who successfully contested election
align=left
Charles Van Wyck
Republicannowrap February 17, 1870 –
March 3, 1871
Successfully challenged election of George W. Greene.
align=left
Charles St. John
Republicannowrap March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873
Elected in 1870.
Redistricted to the .
align=left
Clarkson N. Potter
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1872.
1873–1875
Bronx and Westchester County
align=left
Benjamin A. Willis
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1879
Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
1875–1883
Harlem and central Manhattan
align=left
Levi P. Morton
Republicannowrap March 4, 1879 –
March 21, 1881
Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Resigned to become US Minister to France
Vacantnowrap March 21, 1881 –
November 8, 1881
align=left
Roswell P. Flower
Democraticnowrap November 8, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
Elected to finish Morton's term.
align=left
Orlando B. Potter
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
Elected in 1882.
1883–1893
West Central Manhattan

Truman A. Merriman
Independent Democratnowrap March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887
Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889
align=left
John Quinn
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891
Elected in 1888.
align=left
John De Witt Warner
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
Elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the .

Amos J. Cummings
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1893 –
November 21, 1894
Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1892.
Resigned.
1893–1903
Lower East Side of Manhattan (part)
align=left
William Sulzer
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1903
Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the .
align=left
William Randolph Hearst
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1907
Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
1903–1913
Part of Central west Manhattan
align=left
Charles V. Fornes
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1913
Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
align=left
Daniel J. Riordan
Democraticnowrap March 4, 1913 –
April 28, 1923
Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Died.
1913–1933
All of Staten Island, Parts of Manhattan
Vacantnowrap April 28, 1923 –
November 6, 1923
align=left
Anning Smith Prall
Democraticnowrap November 6, 1923 –
January 3, 1935
Elected to finish Riordan's term.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
align=left
James A. O'Leary
Democraticnowrap January 3, 1935 –
March 16, 1944
Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Died.
Vacantnowrap March 16, 1944 –
June 6, 1944
align=left
Ellsworth B. Buck
Republicannowrap June 6, 1944 –
January 3, 1945
Elected to finish O'Leary's term.
Redistricted to the .
align=left
James J. Heffernan
Democraticnowrap January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1953
Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Until 1953
Parts of Brooklyn
align=left
Emanuel Celler
Democraticnowrap January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1963
Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the .
1953–1963
Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
align=left
Eugene J. Keogh
Democraticnowrap January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1967
Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
.
1963–1973
Parts of Brooklyn

Frank J. Brasco
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1975
Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Until 1983
Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
align=left
James H. Scheuer
Democraticnowrap January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1983
Elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the .
align=left
Edolphus Towns
Democraticnowrap January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993
Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the .
1983–2003
Parts of Brooklyn

Major Owens
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2007
Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Retired.
2003–2013

Parts of Brooklyn
align=left
Yvette Clarke
Democraticnowrap January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2013
Elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the .
align=left
Michael Grimm
Republicannowrap January 3, 2013 –
January 5, 2015
Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Resigned.
2013–2023

Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn
Vacantnowrap January 5, 2015 –
May 5, 2015
align=left
Dan Donovan
Republicannowrap May 5, 2015 –
January 3, 2019
Elected to finish Grimm's term.
Re-elected in 2016.
Lost re-election.
align=left
Max Rose
Democraticnowrap January 3, 2019 –
January 3, 2021
Elected in 2018.
Lost re-election.

Nicole Malliotakis
RepublicanJanuary 3, 2021 –
present
Elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
2023–2025

Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn
2025–present

Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn-->

Election results

In New York State 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"). (See .)

See also

References

40.5669°N -74.1264°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New York congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area. June 8, 2017. United States Census Bureau. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191121071056/https://www2.census.gov/geo/relfiles/cdsld13/36/ur_cd_36.txt. November 21, 2019. November 21, 2019.
  2. Web site: My Congressional District.
  3. Web site: 2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List. 2023-01-10. Cook Political Report. en.