Mid-Hudson Valley

How is the region performing?

Between 80% and 91% of the Mid-Hudson Valley region's voting-age population has been registered to vote since 2000, consistent with the state (excluding NYC) rates (81% to 89%). Voter registration in the region stayed steady with 87% of residents registering to vote in 2021. The region's peak occurred in 2020, when 91% of residents were registered to vote. The 2021 rate in Columbia County, at 95%, was the highest in the region with Greene the lowest at 84%.

Voter Registration Rate

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Region	82%	81%	82%	80%	85%	84%	84%	81%	86%	81%	82%	80%	83%	80%	81%	80%	85%	83%	85%	85%	91%	87%
Columbia County	83%	86%	88%	82%	86%	89%	90%	91%	93%	86%	86%	86%	86%	86%	86%	86%	90%	89%	93%	95%	100%	95%
Dutchess County	76%	74%	75%	74%	80%	78%	79%	76%	81%	78%	79%	77%	80%	79%	80%	78%	83%	80%	83%	82%	88%	86%
Greene County	86%	83%	84%	83%	86%	84%	84%	80%	82%	79%	81%	79%	81%	79%	80%	79%	83%	81%	83%	85%	91%	84%
Orange County	83%	79%	81%	76%	82%	80%	82%	77%	83%	80%	81%	78%	81%	80%	81%	79%	84%	82%	84%	83%	90%	85%
Putnam County	90%	90%	86%	83%	90%	90%	88%	83%	87%	82%	83%	81%	84%	82%	83%	81%	87%	85%	87%	87%	93%	93%
Sullivan County	92%	94%	95%	97%	101%	102%	102%	100%	102%	84%	85%	86%	81%	83%	86%	86%	90%	85%	88%	89%	95%	85%
Ulster County	83%	84%	85%	87%	92%	85%	84%	86%	88%	83%	84%	85%	88%	81%	79%	81%	86%	83%	87%	89%	93%	87%
NYS (excluding NYC)	85%	84%	84%	83%	87%	86%	86%	83%	87%	83%	84%	81%	84%	82%	82%	81%	86%	84%	86%	86%	89%	86%

Source: New York State Board of Elections
Notes: Rates were calculated using Census estimates of the population 18 and over.

Number of Registered Voters

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Region	659,662	659,672	673,382	665,343	718,196	709,359	715,552	698,502	740,424	702,507	715,772	705,450	729,144	712,608	718,128	712,499	757,122	739,240	765,716	768,661	820,344	807,157
Columbia County	39,809	41,070	42,593	40,038	42,445	43,815	44,301	45,397	46,182	43,009	43,348	43,052	43,325	43,402	43,566	42,989	44,598	44,052	46,137	47,128	49,609	49,087
Dutchess County	159,846	159,014	162,969	161,627	176,740	174,716	176,956	172,163	185,948	179,927	183,792	179,944	187,948	184,958	187,756	184,701	196,214	191,086	197,843	196,708	210,340	209,247
Greene County	31,903	30,670	31,359	31,149	32,852	32,658	32,952	31,594	32,593	31,510	32,129	31,272	32,335	31,397	31,866	31,042	32,811	32,037	32,895	33,719	35,908	34,331
Orange County	200,786	196,418	202,482	194,819	211,585	210,238	215,017	204,050	221,639	215,375	219,578	213,054	223,166	220,391	223,490	220,865	236,241	232,124	240,218	239,468	257,382	255,654
Putnam County	63,395	64,482	62,398	60,884	65,992	66,780	65,348	61,483	65,296	62,173	63,424	62,412	64,943	63,585	64,573	63,953	68,251	67,126	68,850	68,604	73,905	73,593
Sullivan County	51,118	52,629	53,618	55,395	58,431	59,958	60,185	59,685	61,123	50,202	50,827	51,531	48,741	50,037	50,978	50,610	52,719	50,394	52,176	52,922	56,470	53,161
Ulster County	112,805	115,389	117,963	121,431	130,151	121,194	120,793	124,130	127,643	120,311	122,674	124,185	128,686	118,838	115,899	118,339	126,288	122,421	127,597	130,112	136,730	132,084
NYS (excluding NYC)	7,007,417	6,928,655	7,009,259	6,920,182	7,342,647	7,235,861	7,251,851	7,076,042	7,416,380	7,170,135	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

Source: New York State Board of Elections

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