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Lewistown, PA·Pennsylvania

Lewistown, PA has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+56.3 in 2024.

Central Pennsylvania's most politically isolated small metro

2008 — 2024·5 elections
PA
2024 presidential election
Lewistown, PA
TrumpR+56.3
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2024 presidential margin by county for Lewistown, PA, PAA map of the single county of Lewistown, 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.Mifflin County, PA · R+56.3
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican77.7%17,184
Kamala HarrisDemocratic21.4%4,735
OtherAll other candidates0.9%201
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: −56.3% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−56.3%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−3.3%
1896−12.4%
1900−16.4%
1904−36.3%
1908−22.6%
1912+16.7%
1916−3.2%
1920−22.4%
1924−38.9%
1928−74.6%
1932−20.0%
1936+16.4%
1940+4.8%
1944−4.3%
1948−8.6%
1952−18.8%
1956−25.9%
1960−36.2%
1964+18.9%
1968−16.7%
1972−45.6%
1976−10.5%
1980−17.1%
1984−27.3%
1988−25.9%
1992−9.2%
1996−11.4%
2000−31.2%
2004−40.7%
2008−33.7%
2012−46.7%
2016−54.6%
2020−56.1%
2024−56.3%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
21.4%Harris4,735
77.7%Trump17,184
0.9%
−56.3%
22,120
R
21.4%Biden4,603
77.5%Trump16,670
1.1%incl. Jorgensen
−56.1%
21,502
R
20.7%Clinton3,877
75.3%Trump14,094
4.0%incl. Johnson
−54.6%
18,721
R
26.0%Obama4,273
72.7%Romney11,939
1.2%
−46.7%
16,416
R
32.6%Obama5,375
66.2%McCain10,929
1.2%
−33.7%
16,502
R
29.1%Kerry4,889
69.8%Bush11,726
1.1%
−40.7%
16,802
R
33.1%Gore4,835
64.3%Bush9,400
2.6%incl. Nader
−31.2%
14,614
R
38.8%Clinton5,327
50.2%Dole6,888
11.0%incl. Perot
−11.4%
13,718
R
33.7%Clinton4,946
42.9%Bush6,300
23.4%incl. Perot
−9.2%
14,688
R
36.6%Dukakis4,790
62.5%Bush8,170
0.9%
−25.9%
13,075
R
36.0%Mondale5,178
63.4%Reagan9,106
0.6%
−27.3%
14,373
R
38.7%Carter5,226
55.8%Reagan7,541
5.6%incl. Anderson
−17.1%
13,520
R
44.0%Carter6,210
54.6%Ford7,698
1.4%
−10.5%
14,109
R
26.5%McGovern3,667
72.1%Nixon9,989
1.4%
−45.6%
13,855
R
38.7%Humphrey5,681
55.3%Nixon8,133
6.0%incl. Wallace
−16.7%
14,698
D
59.3%Johnson8,811
40.4%Goldwater6,006
0.3%
+18.9%
14,856
R
31.7%Kennedy4,816
67.8%Nixon10,315
0.5%
−36.2%
15,203
R
37.0%Stevenson5,078
62.9%Eisenhower8,638
0.1%
−25.9%
13,725
R
40.5%Stevenson5,889
59.2%Eisenhower8,620
0.3%
−18.8%
14,556
R
45.3%Truman4,762
53.8%Dewey5,666
0.9%incl. Thurmond
−8.6%
10,523
R
47.6%Roosevelt5,693
51.9%Dewey6,205
0.5%
−4.3%
11,952
D
52.3%Roosevelt6,993
47.5%Willkie6,352
0.3%
+4.8%
13,379
D
58.0%Roosevelt9,581
41.6%Landon6,867
0.5%
+16.4%
16,525
R
39.0%Roosevelt3,654
59.0%Hoover5,525
2.1%
−20.0%
9,372
R
12.4%Smith1,270
87.0%Hoover8,932
0.7%
−74.6%
10,270
R
28.0%Davis1,999
66.9%Coolidge4,780
5.1%incl. La Follette
−38.9%
7,143
R
36.5%Cox2,400
58.9%Harding3,872
4.6%
−22.4%
6,571
R
44.2%Wilson1,965
47.4%Hughes2,105
8.4%
−3.2%
4,444
O
31.3%Wilson1,400
14.6%Taft654
54.2%incl. Roosevelt
+16.7%
4,480
R
36.8%Bryan1,799
59.4%Taft2,902
3.8%
−22.6%
4,886
R
29.8%Parker1,378
66.1%Roosevelt3,054
4.1%
−36.3%
4,620
R
40.1%Bryan1,842
56.5%McKinley2,594
3.4%
−16.4%
4,593
R
41.8%Bryan2,052
54.2%McKinley2,662
4.0%
−12.4%
4,910
R
46.5%Cleveland2,029
49.8%Harrison2,175
3.7%incl. Weaver
−3.3%
4,366
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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.
IndicatorLewistown, PAMetro areaPennsylvaniaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White93.5%74.5%61.0%
Black1.0%10.7%12.2%
Asian0.3%3.8%6.0%
Two or more races4.5%7.1%12.6%
Other race0.7%3.9%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino2.3%8.7%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$63,953$77,971$84,427
Poverty rate16.2%11.7%12.5%
Median age43.441.239.1
Age 18–247.0%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older22.1%19.5%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)14.9%35.2%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home10.0%12.4%22.3%
German or other West Germanic8.7%0.9%0.5%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 30.6%German 21.6%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryIrish 12.0%Irish 14.8%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryAmerican 11.2%Italian 10.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic2.5%21.9%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant26.3%9.3%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed52.3%53.1%51.5%
Mainline Protestant17.6%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
30.6%
Irish
12.0%
American
11.2%
English
6.9%
Italian
2.4%
Polish
1.7%
French
1.3%
Scottish
1.2%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Puerto Rican
1.5%
Mexican
0.4%
Spanish
0.2%
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
Liberian
0.4%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Below 1% of the population here; subgroup estimates are within the survey's margin of error.
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: 43.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.0%
85+
1.8%
3.2%
75–84
3.9%
5.8%
65–74
6.4%
7.0%
55–64
7.1%
6.3%
45–54
6.0%
5.2%
35–44
5.4%
5.8%
25–34
5.6%
3.6%
18–24
3.4%
8.1%
5–17
8.4%
3.1%
<5
3.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$63,953
Lewistown, PA$63,953
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
16.2%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1828.9%
Working age (18–64)13.0%
Seniors (65+)8.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.0%
speak English only
German or other West Germanic8.7%
Spanish0.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.1%
Arabic0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
26.3%
Mainline Protestant
17.6%
Catholic
2.5%
Other Christian
0.9%
Black Protestant
0.4%
Unaffiliated or not counted52.3%
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.

Mifflin County anchors this rural corridor where Republican margins in federal races have exceeded 40 points in recent cycles, reflecting the area's aging, non-college workforce and near-absence of urban counterweight.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 18.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 74.6 points in 1928. The 2024 margin was 56.3 points.

A population of 46,041, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,953 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Lewistown, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lewistown, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 56.3 points (R+56.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 22,120 votes cast, 4,735 went Democratic and 17,184 went Republican.
When did Lewistown, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lewistown, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Lewistown, PA, Pennsylvania?
Lewistown, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 46,041 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lewistown, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Lewistown, PA, Pennsylvania is $63,953 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Lewistown, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lewistown, PA, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 30 went Republican.