New York State Senate District 50

State Legislative District Profile (Upper Chamber)

Overview

District ID
ny-sd-050
State
New York
Chamber
Upper chamber (state senate)
District Code
050
Land Area
678 sq mi
Water Area
68.7 sq mi

Boundary

Boundary of New York State Senate District 50

Boundary as GeoJSON

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

Counties

CountyOverlapShare of district landShare of county land
Oswego County441.47 sq mi65.1%46.4%
Onondaga County236.51 sq mi34.9%30.4%

Showing all 2 counties

Places

PlaceOverlapShare of district landShare of place land
Oswego city7.61 sq mi1.1%100.0%
De Witt CDP6.49 sq mi1.0%100.0%
Fulton city3.92 sq mi0.6%100.0%
Minetto CDP3.75 sq mi0.6%100.0%
Fairmount CDP3.36 sq mi0.5%100.0%
Brewerton CDP3.17 sq mi0.5%100.0%
Constantia CDP3.03 sq mi0.4%100.0%
Sand Ridge CDP2.71 sq mi0.4%100.0%
North Syracuse village1.99 sq mi0.3%100.0%
Mattydale CDP1.92 sq mi0.3%100.0%
Central Square village1.91 sq mi0.3%100.0%
Manlius village1.82 sq mi0.3%100.0%
Fayetteville village1.73 sq mi0.3%100.0%
Solvay village1.62 sq mi0.2%100.0%
East Syracuse village1.56 sq mi0.2%100.0%
Lakeland CDP1.49 sq mi0.2%100.0%
Westvale CDP1.35 sq mi0.2%100.0%
Minoa village1.32 sq mi0.2%98.9%
Galeville CDP1.25 sq mi0.2%100.0%
Lyncourt CDP1.25 sq mi0.2%100.0%
Phoenix village1.17 sq mi0.2%100.0%
Hannibal village1.15 sq mi0.2%100.0%
Cleveland village1.13 sq mi0.2%100.0%
Liverpool village0.75 sq mi0.1%100.0%
Bridgeport CDP0.72 sq mi0.1%37.6%

Showing top 25 of 27 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 22227,40571.5%29.3%34.9%
NY District 2490,84728.5%11.7%65.1%

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

Voters

Registered Voters
233,855
Active Voters
223,019 (95.4%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic72,36130.9%
Republican76,10132.5%
Unaffiliated00.0%
Other parties15,2076.5%
No party recorded70,18630.0%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2025–202661,879 (26.5%)244 (0.1%)2,433 (1.0%)
2023–2024166,652 (71.3%)12,213 (5.2%)7,345 (3.1%)
2021–2022124,384 (53.2%)13,463 (5.8%)15,806 (6.8%)
2019–2020158,649 (67.8%)20,731 (8.9%)5,740 (2.5%)
2017–2018117,168 (50.1%)15,363 (6.6%)6,476 (2.8%)
2015–2016128,681 (55.0%)21,543 (9.2%)23,267 (9.9%)
2013–201480,622 (34.5%)3,539 (1.5%)3,399 (1.5%)
2011–2012106,699 (45.6%)257 (0.1%)4,022 (1.7%)

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
316,220 (± 178)
Median Age
41.6
Median Household Income
$83,364 (± $1,381)
High School Graduate or Higher (age 25+)
92.9%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher (age 25+)
36.2%

Population by Age

GroupPeopleShare
Under 1866,33321.0%
18 to 64189,03059.8%
65 and over60,85719.2%

Population by Race and Hispanic Origin

GroupPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino (any race)13,5944.3%
White, not Hispanic270,55585.6%
Black, not Hispanic9,4923.0%
Asian, not Hispanic7,4742.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native, not Hispanic5720.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, not Hispanic370.0%
Some other race, not Hispanic9500.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic13,5464.3%

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
310,419
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
244,768

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic297,83595.9%
Hispanic12,5874.1%
White272,29287.7%
Black9,2033.0%
Asian5,9321.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native5850.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander340.0%
Two or More Races1,1990.4%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic236,83896.8%
Hispanic7,9323.2%
White220,32790.0%
Black8,7643.6%
Asian4,8152.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native2,3651.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander400.0%
Two or More Races6940.3%

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