The Indicators
The percentage of the voting-age population (18 and over) that is registered to vote.
Voter registration is a gauge of interest and participation in the political process.
Between 80% and 91% of the Mid-Hudson Valley region's voting-age population has been registered to vote since 2010, consistent with the state (excluding NYC) rates (81% to 89%). Voter registration in the region stayed steady with 89% of residents registering to vote in 2023. The region's peak occurred in 2020, when 91% of residents were registered to vote. The 2023 rate in Columbia County, at 98%, was the highest in the region, with Orange and Sullivan both having the lowest rate (86%).
Comparable national data are not available.
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | 82% | 80% | 83% | 80% | 81% | 80% | 85% | 83% | 85% | 85% | 91% | 87% | 89% | 89% |
| Columbia | 86% | 86% | 86% | 86% | 86% | 86% | 90% | 89% | 93% | 95% | 100% | 95% | 97% | 98% |
| Dutchess | 79% | 77% | 80% | 79% | 80% | 78% | 83% | 80% | 83% | 82% | 88% | 86% | 89% | 91% |
| Greene | 81% | 79% | 81% | 79% | 80% | 79% | 83% | 81% | 83% | 85% | 91% | 86% | 88% | 89% |
| Orange | 81% | 78% | 81% | 80% | 81% | 79% | 84% | 82% | 84% | 83% | 90% | 85% | 87% | 86% |
| Putnam | 83% | 81% | 84% | 82% | 83% | 81% | 87% | 85% | 87% | 87% | 93% | 93% | 95% | 95% |
| Sullivan | 85% | 86% | 81% | 83% | 86% | 86% | 90% | 85% | 88% | 89% | 95% | 85% | 87% | 86% |
| Ulster | 84% | 85% | 88% | 81% | 79% | 81% | 86% | 83% | 87% | 89% | 93% | 87% | 90% | 89% |
| NYS (excluding NYC) | 84% | 81% | 84% | 82% | 82% | 81% | 86% | 84% | 86% | 86% | 89% | 86% | 88% | 88% |
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | 715,772 | 705,450 | 729,144 | 712,608 | 718,128 | 712,499 | 757,122 | 739,240 | 765,716 | 768,661 | 820,344 | 807,157 | 827,813 | 831,836 |
| Columbia | 43,348 | 43,052 | 43,325 | 43,402 | 43,566 | 42,989 | 44,598 | 44,052 | 46,137 | 47,128 | 49,609 | 49,087 | 49,619 | 50,216 |
| Dutchess | 183,792 | 179,944 | 187,948 | 184,958 | 187,756 | 184,701 | 196,214 | 191,086 | 197,843 | 196,708 | 210,340 | 209,247 | 214,975 | 220,854 |
| Greene | 32,129 | 31,272 | 32,335 | 31,397 | 31,866 | 31,042 | 32,811 | 32,037 | 32,895 | 33,719 | 35,908 | 34,331 | 34,929 | 35,362 |
| Orange | 219,578 | 213,054 | 223,166 | 220,391 | 223,490 | 220,865 | 236,241 | 232,124 | 240,218 | 239,468 | 257,382 | 255,654 | 262,391 | 261,576 |
| Putnam | 63,424 | 62,412 | 64,943 | 63,585 | 64,573 | 63,953 | 68,251 | 67,126 | 68,850 | 68,604 | 73,905 | 73,593 | 75,601 | 75,357 |
| Sullivan | 50,827 | 51,531 | 48,741 | 50,037 | 50,978 | 50,610 | 52,719 | 50,394 | 52,176 | 52,922 | 56,470 | 53,161 | 54,459 | 53,787 |
| Ulster | 122,674 | 124,185 | 128,686 | 118,838 | 115,899 | 118,339 | 126,288 | 122,421 | 127,597 | 130,112 | 136,730 | 132,084 | 135,839 | 134,684 |
| NYS (excluding NYC) | 7,257,782 | 7,069,908 | 7,328,770 | 7,166,120 | 7,238,110 | 7,149,772 | 7,565,888 | 7,408,437 | 7,568,102 | 7,599,593 | 6,901,065 | 7,791,315 | 7,930,451 | 7,920,268 |
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