New York Assembly District 142

State Legislative District Profile (Lower Chamber)

Overview

District ID
ny-hd-142
State
New York
Chamber
Lower chamber
District Code
142
Land Area
54.5 sq mi
Water Area
0.31 sq mi

Boundary

Boundary of New York Assembly District 142

Boundary as GeoJSON

Source: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line state legislative district boundaries.

Counties

CountyOverlapShare of district landShare of county land
Erie County54.52 sq mi100.0%5.2%

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Places

PlaceOverlapShare of district landShare of place land
West Seneca CDP21.39 sq mi39.2%100.0%
Buffalo city9.09 sq mi16.7%22.5%
Lackawanna city4.23 sq mi7.8%64.6%
Orchard Park village1.34 sq mi2.5%99.4%

Showing all 4 places

Overlapping Congressional Districts

Congressional districtPopulation in bothShare of this district's populationShare of the congressional district's populationShare of this district's land
NY District 26108,43384.0%14.0%63.7%
NY District 2320,73016.0%2.7%36.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 blocks and 2025 block equivalency files (119th Congress, 2024 state legislative plans).

Voters

Registered Voters
90,813
Active Voters
86,521 (95.3%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic40,71344.8%
Republican22,03724.3%
Unaffiliated00.0%
Other parties5,9126.5%
No party recorded22,15124.4%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2025–2026<10 (—)<10 (—)0 (0.0%)
2023–2024200 (0.2%)15 (0.0%)<10 (—)
2021–2022395 (0.4%)56 (0.1%)21 (0.0%)
2019–20201,018 (1.1%)158 (0.2%)35 (0.0%)
2017–2018795 (0.9%)127 (0.1%)<10 (—)
2015–20161,138 (1.3%)250 (0.3%)123 (0.1%)
2013–2014522 (0.6%)69 (0.1%)32 (0.0%)
2011–2012922 (1.0%)40 (0.0%)43 (0.0%)

Turnout counts today's registered voters with a counted ballot in the cycle's elections (the odd and even year), as a share of today's registered voters. Voters who have since left the rolls are not counted.

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Source: Civitech voter file snapshot as of 01/05/2026. These are registered voters, separate from the Census population figures. Counts under 10 are suppressed and shown as "<10".

Demographics

Total Population
129,956 (± 2,577)
Median Age
41.7
Median Household Income
$70,385 (± $2,565)
High School Graduate or Higher (age 25+)
92.3%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher (age 25+)
32.4%

Population by Age

GroupPeopleShare
Under 1826,51720.4%
18 to 6478,15460.1%
65 and over25,28519.5%

Population by Race and Hispanic Origin

GroupPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino (any race)9,8597.6%
White, not Hispanic106,66182.1%
Black, not Hispanic6,4114.9%
Asian, not Hispanic1,5611.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native, not Hispanic2630.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, not Hispanic290.0%
Some other race, not Hispanic5930.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic4,5793.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 ACS 5-year estimates (tables B01001, B01002, B01003, B03002, B15003, B19013) for this state legislative district. Estimates are survey-based; ± figures are 90% margins of error.

Citizen Voting Age Population

Total Citizen Population
128,303
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
101,855

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic118,66392.5%
Hispanic9,6337.5%
White107,21783.6%
Black6,2194.8%
Asian1,3101.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native2620.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander260.0%
Two or More Races880.1%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic95,92894.2%
Hispanic5,9265.8%
White89,69188.1%
Black4,2964.2%
Asian9981.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native9330.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander200.0%
Two or More Races290.0%

Source: Redistricting Data Hub / U.S. Census Bureau CVAP Special Tabulation (2020-2024 ACS 5-year).