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1876–2024
Lebanon, PA·Pennsylvania

Lebanon, PA has voted Republican in twenty-two straight presidential elections — R+31.8 in 2024.

A mid-size Pennsylvania county where rural Mennonite heritage meets swing-district suburbs

2008 — 2024·5 elections
PA
2024 presidential election
Lebanon, PA
TrumpR+31.8
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2024 presidential margin by county for Lebanon, PA, PAA map of the single county of Lebanon, PA, PA, outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Lebanon County, PA · R+31.8
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican65.3%48,282
Kamala HarrisDemocratic33.4%24,734
OtherAll other candidates1.3%970
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 timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −31.8% in 2024.flipped R · 1940−31.8%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−21.8%
1896−43.3%
1900−38.0%
1904−45.4%
1908−39.2%
1912+5.6%
1916−20.1%
1920−46.5%
1924−55.0%
1928−66.3%
1932−25.7%
1936+2.1%
1940−0.5%
1944−12.5%
1948−24.3%
1952−28.1%
1956−36.8%
1960−36.8%
1964−5.9%
1968−36.2%
1972−56.7%
1976−27.3%
1980−45.7%
1984−43.7%
1988−34.2%
1992−21.3%
1996−18.9%
2000−27.1%
2004−34.1%
2008−18.9%
2012−28.1%
2016−34.5%
2020−31.8%
2024−31.8%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
33.4%Harris24,734
65.3%Trump48,282
1.3%
−31.8%
73,986
R
33.4%Biden23,932
65.2%Trump46,731
1.4%incl. Jorgensen
−31.8%
71,652
R
30.3%Clinton18,953
64.8%Trump40,525
4.8%incl. Johnson
−34.5%
62,503
R
35.0%Obama19,900
63.2%Romney35,872
1.8%
−28.1%
56,777
R
40.0%Obama23,310
58.9%McCain34,314
1.2%
−18.9%
58,297
R
32.5%Kerry18,109
66.6%Bush37,089
0.8%
−34.1%
55,665
R
35.1%Gore16,093
62.2%Bush28,534
2.8%incl. Nader
−27.1%
45,897
R
34.8%Clinton14,187
53.7%Dole21,885
11.4%incl. Perot
−18.9%
40,735
R
28.7%Clinton12,350
50.0%Bush21,512
21.3%incl. Perot
−21.3%
43,021
R
32.5%Dukakis11,912
66.7%Bush24,415
0.8%
−34.2%
36,608
R
27.9%Mondale10,520
71.6%Reagan27,008
0.5%
−43.7%
37,716
R
23.3%Carter8,281
69.0%Reagan24,495
7.7%incl. Anderson
−45.7%
35,507
R
35.4%Carter11,785
62.6%Ford20,880
2.0%
−27.3%
33,330
R
20.7%McGovern6,683
77.4%Nixon25,008
1.9%
−56.7%
32,320
R
28.0%Humphrey9,529
64.2%Nixon21,832
7.8%incl. Wallace
−36.2%
34,025
R
46.9%Johnson15,882
52.9%Goldwater17,891
0.2%
−5.9%
33,845
R
31.5%Kennedy11,761
68.3%Nixon25,525
0.2%
−36.8%
37,353
R
31.5%Stevenson10,406
68.3%Eisenhower22,556
0.1%
−36.8%
33,003
R
35.8%Stevenson11,611
63.8%Eisenhower20,726
0.4%
−28.1%
32,472
R
37.3%Truman9,418
61.6%Dewey15,553
1.1%incl. Thurmond
−24.3%
25,241
R
43.5%Roosevelt11,818
56.0%Dewey15,206
0.5%
−12.5%
27,153
R
49.6%Roosevelt13,315
50.1%Willkie13,449
0.3%
−0.5%
26,857
D
50.2%Roosevelt13,800
48.1%Landon13,213
1.7%
+2.1%
27,476
R
33.3%Roosevelt5,924
59.0%Hoover10,487
7.7%
−25.7%
17,784
R
16.0%Smith3,278
82.3%Hoover16,841
1.7%
−66.3%
20,464
R
19.3%Davis2,464
74.3%Coolidge9,494
6.5%incl. La Follette
−55.0%
12,783
R
24.3%Cox3,016
70.8%Harding8,778
4.9%
−46.5%
12,402
R
37.4%Wilson3,821
57.5%Hughes5,876
5.2%
−20.1%
10,228
O
28.1%Wilson2,972
22.5%Taft2,378
49.4%incl. Roosevelt
+5.6%
10,580
R
27.9%Bryan2,858
67.1%Taft6,874
5.0%
−39.2%
10,247
R
24.8%Parker2,449
70.2%Roosevelt6,938
5.0%
−45.4%
9,884
R
28.7%Bryan3,050
66.8%McKinley7,089
4.5%
−38.0%
10,618
R
27.3%Bryan2,819
70.6%McKinley7,288
2.1%
−43.3%
10,323
R
37.3%Cleveland3,409
59.1%Harrison5,403
3.6%incl. Weaver
−21.8%
9,141
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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.
IndicatorLebanon, PAMetro areaPennsylvaniaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White80.7%74.5%61.0%
Black2.2%10.7%12.2%
Asian1.6%3.8%6.0%
Two or more races7.9%7.1%12.6%
Other race7.6%3.9%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino15.2%8.7%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$78,425$77,971$84,427
Poverty rate10.1%11.7%12.5%
Median age41.141.239.1
Age 18–248.3%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older20.5%19.5%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)24.3%35.2%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home12.9%12.4%22.3%
Spanish9.2%5.6%13.6%
German or other West Germanic1.5%0.9%0.5%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 31.5%German 21.6%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryPuerto Rican 9.7%Irish 14.8%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 9.6%Italian 10.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic7.9%21.9%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant11.7%9.3%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed63.9%53.1%51.5%
Mainline Protestant14.8%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
31.5%
Irish
9.6%
English
6.8%
Italian
5.9%
American
5.3%
Polish
2.5%
French
1.1%
Scottish
1.1%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Puerto Rican
9.7%
Dominican
2.6%
Mexican
1.0%
Salvadoran
0.5%
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
0.2%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Chinese
0.3%
Filipino
0.3%
Asian Indian
0.2%
Cambodian
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: 41.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.1%
85+
1.9%
2.7%
75–84
3.3%
5.5%
65–74
6.0%
6.6%
55–64
6.6%
5.9%
45–54
5.7%
6.2%
35–44
6.2%
5.7%
25–34
5.7%
4.2%
18–24
4.1%
8.6%
5–17
8.4%
2.9%
<5
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$78,425
Lebanon, PA$78,425
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
10.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.5%
Working age (18–64)9.0%
Seniors (65+)7.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
87.1%
speak English only
Spanish9.2%
German or other West Germanic1.5%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.3%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.2%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.2%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.1%
Vietnamese0.1%
Arabic0.1%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Mainline Protestant
14.8%
Evangelical Protestant
11.7%
Catholic
7.9%
Other Christian
0.7%
Latter-day Saints
0.4%
Muslim
0.3%
Orthodox Christian
0.2%
Black Protestant
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted63.9%
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.

Lebanon County sits at the edge of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, where a predominantly white, working-class electorate has shifted toward Republican margins in federal races while local contests remain more competitive.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 5.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 66.3 points in 1928. The 2024 margin was 31.8 points.

A population of 144,186, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,425 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 31.8 points (R+31.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 73,986 votes cast, 24,734 went Democratic and 48,282 went Republican.
When did Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania?
Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 144,186 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania is $78,425 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lebanon, PA, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 32 went Republican.