Population 214,973 | Voting-age population 167,134 | |
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Senator Sandra Bolden Cunningham (D) Assembly members Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D)
Angela V. McKnight (D) Registration 52.2% Democratic
7.4% Republican
39.9% unaffiliated Demographics 39.7% White
27.8% Black/African American
0.4% Native American
17.0% Asian
0.0% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
11.0% Other race
4.1% Two or more races
24.2% Hispanic | ||
New Jersey's 31st Legislative District is one of 40 districts that make up the map for the New Jersey Legislature. It covers the Hudson County municipalities of Bayonne and most of Jersey City.
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Demographic information
As of the 2010 United States Census, the district had a population of 214,973, of whom 167,134 (77.7%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 85,308 (39.7%) White, 59,683 (27.8%) African American, 882 (0.4%) Native American, 36,582 (17.0%) Asian, 104 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 23,557 (11.0%) from some other race, and 8,857 (4.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 52,041 (24.2%) of the population.
The district had 123,990 registered voters as of December 31, 2016, of whom 49,486 (39.9%) were registered as unaffiliated, 64,775 (52.2%) were registered as Democrats, 9,133 (7.4%) were registered as Republicans and 596 (0.5%) were registered to other parties.
Political representation
The district is represented for the 2016–2017 Legislative Session (Senate, General Assembly) in the State Senate by Sandra Bolden Cunningham (D, Jersey City) and in the General Assembly by Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D, Bayonne) and Angela V. McKnight (D, Jersey City).
District and election history
Throughout the entire history of the 31st District since 1973, the district always consisted of Bayonne and southern Jersey City. In order to fulfill the requirement that legislative districts be made as equal in population as possible, wards were added and removed as necessary from Jersey City to get the necessary population. As the district was always heavily urban in nature and is closely associated with the Hudson County Democratic machine, no Republican has ever been elected to the district since its creation in 1973; one of nine districts statewide to have never sent a member of another party to the Legislature.