Lancaster, PA Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

Lancaster, PA

TrumpR+15.9

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	57.2%	166,261
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	41.3%	120,119
OtherAll other candidates	1.5%	4,292

D+60

R+60

A single county, filled by its 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover it for the full result.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 1876–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	No data
1880	No data
1884	No data
1888	No data
1892	−31.4%
1896	−48.3%
1900	−45.7%
1904	−55.7%
1908	−46.8%
1912	−11.9%
1916	−32.1%
1920	−49.4%
1924	−52.9%
1928	−63.6%
1932	−16.5%
1936	−4.6%
1940	−16.4%
1944	−24.1%
1948	−36.5%
1952	−38.9%
1956	−44.4%
1960	−40.4%
1964	+0.8%
1968	−37.0%
1972	−53.0%
1976	−33.3%
1980	−42.0%
1984	−51.7%
1988	−42.3%
1992	−27.6%
1996	−28.2%
2000	−34.7%
2004	−32.2%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−18.9%
2016	−19.1%
2020	−15.8%
2024	−15.9%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	41.3%Harris120,119	57.2%Trump166,261	1.5%	−15.9%	290,672
2020	R	41.3%Biden115,847	57.2%Trump160,209	1.5%incl. Jorgensen	−15.8%	280,239
2016	R	37.2%Clinton91,093	56.3%Trump137,914	6.5%incl. Johnson	−19.1%	244,832
2012	R	39.6%Obama88,481	58.5%Romney130,669	1.9%	−18.9%	223,351
2008	R	43.7%Obama99,586	55.5%McCain126,568	0.9%	−11.8%	228,137
2004	R	33.6%Kerry74,328	65.8%Bush145,591	0.7%	−32.2%	221,372
2000	R	31.3%Gore54,968	66.1%Bush115,900	2.6%incl. Nader	−34.7%	175,367
1996	R	31.6%Clinton49,120	59.8%Dole92,875	8.6%incl. Perot	−28.2%	155,286
1992	R	27.6%Clinton44,255	55.2%Bush88,447	17.2%incl. Perot	−27.6%	160,180
1988	R	28.4%Dukakis38,982	70.8%Bush96,979	0.8%	−42.3%	137,029
1984	R	23.9%Mondale31,308	75.6%Reagan99,090	0.5%	−51.7%	131,016
1980	R	25.3%Carter30,026	67.3%Reagan79,963	7.5%incl. Anderson	−42.0%	118,897
1976	R	32.4%Carter35,533	65.7%Ford72,106	1.9%	−33.3%	109,676
1972	R	22.6%McGovern24,223	75.6%Nixon81,036	1.8%	−53.0%	107,138
1968	R	27.6%Humphrey29,870	64.6%Nixon69,953	7.8%incl. Wallace	−37.0%	108,307
1964	D	50.3%Johnson53,041	49.5%Goldwater52,243	0.2%	+0.8%	105,508
1960	R	29.7%Kennedy33,233	70.1%Nixon78,390	0.2%	−40.4%	111,889
1956	R	27.7%Stevenson26,538	72.1%Eisenhower69,026	0.2%	−44.4%	95,801
1952	R	30.4%Stevenson28,146	69.2%Eisenhower64,193	0.4%	−38.9%	92,721
1948	R	31.1%Truman21,308	67.6%Dewey46,306	1.3%incl. Thurmond	−36.5%	68,499
1944	R	37.6%Roosevelt27,353	61.8%Dewey44,888	0.6%	−24.1%	72,673
1940	R	41.6%Roosevelt32,210	58.0%Willkie44,939	0.3%	−16.4%	77,418
1936	R	46.7%Roosevelt38,454	51.4%Landon42,272	1.9%	−4.6%	82,273
1932	R	40.0%Roosevelt24,406	56.5%Hoover34,502	3.5%	−16.5%	61,019
1928	R	17.8%Smith12,146	81.4%Hoover55,530	0.8%	−63.6%	68,192
1924	R	20.8%Davis12,091	73.7%Coolidge42,787	5.4%incl. La Follette	−52.9%	58,034
1920	R	23.5%Cox9,521	72.9%Harding29,549	3.6%	−49.4%	40,542
1916	R	31.3%Wilson10,016	63.4%Hughes20,292	5.3%	−32.1%	31,996
1912	O	25.0%Wilson8,574	37.0%Taft12,668	38.0%incl. Roosevelt	−11.9%	34,282
1908	R	24.6%Bryan8,109	71.4%Taft23,523	3.9%	−46.8%	32,931
1904	R	20.8%Parker7,092	76.5%Roosevelt26,083	2.6%	−55.7%	34,077
1900	R	26.1%Bryan8,437	71.8%McKinley23,230	2.2%	−45.7%	32,368
1896	R	24.3%Bryan8,145	72.7%McKinley24,337	3.0%	−48.3%	33,490
1892	R	33.1%Cleveland10,326	64.5%Harrison20,126	2.5%incl. Weaver	−31.4%	31,222
1888	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1884	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1880	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1876	—	—	—	—	No data	—

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	Lancaster, PAMetro area	PennsylvaniaState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	81.6%	74.5%	61.0%
Black	4.0%	10.7%	12.2%
Asian	2.4%	3.8%	6.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	7.1%	12.6%
Other race	4.4%	3.9%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	8.7%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$86,959	$77,971	$84,427
Poverty rate	8.2%	11.7%	12.5%
Median age	39.4	41.2	39.1
Age 18–24	8.8%	8.9%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	19.5%	19.5%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	32.4%	35.2%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	16.8%	12.4%	22.3%
Spanish	6.8%	5.6%	13.6%
German or other West Germanic	6.1%	0.9%	0.5%
Other Indo-European	1.0%	1.7%	2.0%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	German 30.7%	German 21.6%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	Irish 10.6%	Irish 14.8%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	English 9.1%	Italian 10.6%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	9.0%	21.9%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	24.0%	9.3%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	52.7%	53.1%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	11.0%	10.3%	5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

German

30.7%

Irish

10.6%

English

9.1%

Italian

5.9%

American

5.3%

Polish

2.8%

French

1.5%

Scottish

1.5%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Puerto Rican

6.8%

Dominican

1.3%

Mexican

1.0%

Cuban

0.4%

Colombian

0.4%

Guatemalan

0.2%

Spaniard

0.2%

Spanish

0.2%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

African

0.3%

Ethiopian

0.3%

Haitian

0.2%

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Vietnamese

0.5%

Asian Indian

0.3%

Chinese

0.3%

Filipino

0.3%

Nepalese

0.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 39.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

1.8%

2.7%

75–84

3.3%

5.1%

65–74

5.6%

6.2%

55–64

6.4%

5.5%

45–54

5.5%

6.0%

35–44

6.0%

6.4%

25–34

6.4%

4.4%

18–24

4.4%

8.7%

5–17

8.2%

3.2%

3.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$86,959

Lancaster, PA$86,959

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

8.2%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1810.4%

Working age (18–64)7.3%

Seniors (65+)9.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

83.2%

speak English only

Spanish6.8%

German or other West Germanic6.1%

Other Indo-European1.0%

Other languages0.7%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.4%

Vietnamese0.4%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.4%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.3%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.3%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%

Korean0.1%

Arabic0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Evangelical Protestant

24.0%

Mainline Protestant

11.0%

Catholic

9.0%

Other Christian

0.9%

Latter-day Saints

0.6%

Muslim

0.4%

Orthodox Christian

0.4%

Black Protestant

0.4%

Jewish

0.3%

Buddhist

0.2%

Other faiths

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted52.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Lancaster's political profile has shifted noticeably as its Latino population—now roughly 10% of city residents—has grown, while the surrounding county's rural precincts continue to anchor reliably conservative margins in statewide races.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 0.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 63.6 points in 1928. The 2024 margin was 15.9 points.

A population of 557,931, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,959 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Lancaster, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?

In 2024, Lancaster, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 15.9 points (R+15.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 290,672 votes cast, 120,119 went Democratic and 166,261 went Republican.

When did Lancaster, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Lancaster, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.

How many people live in Lancaster, PA, Pennsylvania?

Lancaster, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 557,931 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Lancaster, PA, Pennsylvania?

Median household income in Lancaster, PA, Pennsylvania is $86,959 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.

What is the political history of Lancaster, PA, Pennsylvania?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lancaster, PA, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 32 went Republican.

Lancaster, PA has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+15.9 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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