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1876–2024
Erie, PA·Pennsylvania

Erie, PA delivered R+1 in 2024.

A Lake Erie port city that's swung both ways in recent presidential cycles

1876 — 2024·38 elections
PA
LatestR+1in 2024
TypologyIndustrial Catholic Metrocluster typology
Population269,0522024 ACS

Erie, PA, Pennsylvania: Industrial Catholic Metro metro. In 2024, voted R+1%. Republican peak: R+50 in 1924.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+1MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Industrial Catholic MetroAkashic typology
Population
269,0522024 5-year
Median household income
$63,3542024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
82.7%2024 5-year
Black
7.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
4.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+40 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+50 in 1924MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Erie, PA
TrumpR+1
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican49.9%68,866
Kamala HarrisDemocratic48.9%67,456
OtherAll other candidates1.2%1,657
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −1.0% in 2024.flipped R · 2024−1.0%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−7.4%
1896−12.1%
1900−22.4%
1904−35.9%
1908−24.0%
1912+3.7%
1916+3.4%
1920−43.0%
1924−50.3%
1928−22.5%
1932+3.0%
1936+11.4%
1940−7.1%
1944−3.4%
1948−8.9%
1952−14.2%
1956−23.3%
1960+2.1%
1964+39.6%
1968+8.5%
1972−18.5%
1976+5.3%
1980−2.9%
1984−3.1%
1988+5.4%
1992+14.5%
1996+16.2%
2000+9.2%
2004+8.4%
2008+19.9%
2012+16.0%
2016−1.6%
2020+1.0%
2024−1.0%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−1.0%
67,45668,866137,979
D
+1.0%
68,28666,869137,083
R
−1.6%
58,11260,069125,129
D
+16.0%
68,03649,025119,114
D
+19.9%
75,77550,351127,691
D
+8.4%
67,92157,372125,898
D
+9.2%
59,39949,027112,335
D
+16.2%
57,50839,884108,791
D
+14.5%
56,38139,283117,804
D
+5.4%
53,91348,306103,300
R
−3.1%
52,47155,860109,266
R
−2.9%
45,94648,918103,162
D
+5.3%
55,38549,641107,439
R
−18.5%
42,02261,542105,713
D
+8.5%
51,60443,13499,847
D
+39.6%
72,94431,393104,886
D
+2.1%
53,72351,525105,543
R
−23.3%
33,80254,43088,555
R
−14.2%
36,61948,83685,846
R
−8.9%
28,15933,80663,245
R
−3.4%
32,91235,24768,578
R
−7.1%
31,73536,60868,714
D
+11.4%
33,04225,60765,355
D
+3.0%
19,59218,37140,442
R
−22.5%
19,27830,54250,097
R
−50.3%
3,50219,48031,784
R
−43.0%
6,31119,46530,569
D
+3.4%
9,6418,93320,630
O
+3.7%
5,6334,95818,408
R
−24.0%
6,17310,82819,419
R
−35.9%
5,11911,95119,018
R
−22.4%
7,28111,81620,207
R
−12.1%
9,21011,81921,592
R
−7.4%
7,5898,91817,923
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
22.4%
Irish
13.2%
Italian
10.6%
Polish
10.1%
English
8.5%
American
3.9%
Scottish
1.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.4%
2.5%
75–84
3.2%
5.7%
65–74
6.2%
6.6%
55–64
6.8%
5.8%
45–54
5.8%
6.1%
35–44
6.0%
6.4%
25–34
6.1%
5.2%
18–24
4.8%
8.0%
5–17
7.6%
2.6%
<5
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$63,354
Erie, PA ranks near the middle of US counties.
Erie, PA$63,354
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.0%
Working age (18–64)13.5%
Seniors (65+)12.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.1%
speak English only
Other Indo-European3.1%
Spanish2.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Other languages0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
18.5%
Other Christian
6.9%
Mainline Protestant
4.3%
Methodist
4.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.2%
Baptist
1.8%
Non-Christian
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Erie's metro anchors Pennsylvania's northwest corner with a blue-collar manufacturing base that has produced some of the state's sharpest vote swings, shifting between parties by double-digit margins across consecutive presidential elections.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of forty points in 1964 and a Republican high of fifty points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was one point.

A population of 269,052, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,354 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Erie, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Erie, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 1.0 points (R+1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 137,979 votes cast, 67,456 went Democratic and 68,866 went Republican.
What is Erie, PA, Pennsylvania's political typology?
Akashic places Erie, PA, Pennsylvania in the "Industrial Catholic Metro" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 18 times, and other 1 times.
When did Erie, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Erie, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Erie, PA, Pennsylvania?
Erie, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 269,052 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Erie, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Erie, PA, Pennsylvania is $63,354 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Erie, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Erie, PA, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Industrial Catholic Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.