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Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD·Pennsylvania

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has voted Democratic in nine straight presidential elections — D+25.3 in 2024.

A four-state metro where Philadelphia's turnout anchors regional margins

2008 — 2024·5 elections
PA
2024 presidential election
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
HarrisD+25.3
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2024 presidential margin by county for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, PAA map of the constituent counties of Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, PA, each 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.Burlington County, NJ · D+16.6Camden County, NJ · D+27.3Gloucester County, NJ · R+2.8Bucks County, PA · R+0.1Chester County, PA · D+14.4Montgomery County, PA · D+22.7Delaware County, PA · D+23.7Philadelphia County, PA · D+58.6New Castle County, DE · D+32.6Cecil County, MD · R+30.7Salem County, NJ · R+19.2
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic61.9%2,046,686
Donald TrumpRepublican36.6%1,210,141
OtherAll other candidates1.5%50,222
D+60
R+60
11 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its 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: +25.3% in 2024.flipped D · 1992+25.3%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888+15.8%
1892−11.7%
1896−40.9%
1900−41.3%
1904−52.6%
1908−33.0%
1912−1.6%
1916−27.1%
1920−45.2%
1924−57.6%
1928−33.0%
1932−16.9%
1936+16.8%
1940+11.9%
1944+10.0%
1948−5.7%
1952+0.6%
1956−6.1%
1960+11.7%
1964+32.1%
1968+7.7%
1972−13.3%
1976+8.8%
1980−3.3%
1984−5.8%
1988−2.3%
1992+16.0%
1996+24.4%
2000+23.9%
2004+22.3%
2008+31.3%
2012+29.0%
2016+27.6%
2020+29.7%
2024+25.3%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
61.9%Harris2,046,686
36.6%Trump1,210,141
1.5%
+25.3%
3,307,049
D
64.4%Biden2,159,492
34.6%Trump1,162,186
1.0%incl. Jorgensen
+29.7%
3,354,445
D
61.8%Clinton1,850,036
34.2%Trump1,022,842
4.0%incl. Johnson
+27.6%
2,993,342
D
63.9%Obama1,831,216
34.9%Romney999,823
1.2%
+29.0%
2,865,008
D
65.2%Obama1,925,329
33.9%McCain999,754
0.9%
+31.3%
2,952,612
D
60.9%Kerry1,689,619
38.5%Bush1,069,522
0.6%
+22.3%
2,774,672
D
60.5%Gore1,418,345
36.6%Bush857,796
2.9%incl. Nader
+23.9%
2,343,385
D
56.9%Clinton1,213,682
32.6%Dole694,314
10.5%incl. Perot
+24.4%
2,131,740
D
49.2%Clinton1,172,226
33.3%Bush791,912
17.5%incl. Perot
+16.0%
2,381,356
R
48.4%Dukakis1,067,102
50.7%Bush1,118,335
1.0%
−2.3%
2,206,722
R
46.9%Mondale1,085,011
52.7%Reagan1,219,104
0.5%
−5.8%
2,314,809
R
43.7%Carter942,246
47.0%Reagan1,014,199
9.3%incl. Anderson
−3.3%
2,157,739
D
53.5%Carter1,167,211
44.7%Ford974,668
1.8%
+8.8%
2,181,040
R
42.6%McGovern930,884
55.9%Nixon1,220,939
1.5%
−13.3%
2,183,829
D
49.1%Humphrey1,065,760
41.3%Nixon897,568
9.6%incl. Wallace
+7.7%
2,172,790
D
65.9%Johnson1,419,733
33.8%Goldwater728,699
0.3%
+32.1%
2,154,808
D
55.8%Kennedy1,189,708
44.0%Nixon939,524
0.2%
+11.7%
2,133,202
R
46.9%Stevenson896,940
53.0%Eisenhower1,013,733
0.2%
−6.1%
1,914,470
D
50.1%Stevenson943,961
49.5%Eisenhower932,036
0.4%
+0.6%
1,883,170
R
46.0%Truman726,984
51.6%Dewey816,534
2.4%incl. Thurmond
−5.7%
1,581,784
D
54.8%Roosevelt835,241
44.8%Dewey682,513
0.4%
+10.0%
1,523,617
D
55.7%Roosevelt886,308
43.8%Willkie697,510
0.4%
+11.9%
1,590,707
D
57.4%Roosevelt910,333
40.6%Landon643,892
2.1%
+16.8%
1,587,264
R
40.2%Roosevelt474,812
57.0%Hoover674,302
2.8%
−16.9%
1,182,243
R
33.2%Smith422,495
66.3%Hoover842,210
0.5%
−33.0%
1,271,229
R
16.9%Davis137,652
74.5%Coolidge606,549
8.6%incl. La Follette
−57.6%
814,613
R
25.1%Cox187,360
70.4%Harding524,209
4.5%
−45.2%
745,019
R
35.2%Wilson173,329
62.4%Hughes306,701
2.4%
−27.1%
491,844
O
31.7%Wilson138,679
33.3%Taft145,886
35.0%incl. Roosevelt
−1.6%
437,885
R
32.9%Bryan148,348
65.9%Taft296,938
1.2%
−33.0%
450,903
R
23.5%Parker99,895
76.1%Roosevelt323,174
0.4%
−52.6%
424,869
R
29.1%Bryan108,692
70.5%McKinley262,931
0.4%
−41.3%
373,067
R
28.2%Bryan109,901
69.2%McKinley269,138
2.6%
−40.9%
389,079
R
43.2%Cleveland146,238
55.0%Harrison185,856
1.8%incl. Weaver
−11.7%
338,134
D
57.2%Cleveland8,463
41.5%Harrison6,130
1.3%
+15.8%
14,785
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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.
IndicatorPhiladelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDMetro areaUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White60.1%61.0%
Black20.1%12.2%
Asian6.5%6.0%
Two or more races7.9%12.6%
Other race5.4%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino10.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$94,031$84,427
Poverty rate11.5%12.5%
Median age39.439.1
Age 18–248.8%9.2%
Age 65 and older17.2%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)42.1%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home17.2%22.3%
Spanish7.1%13.6%
Other Indo-European2.6%2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)1.4%1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island1.2%1.1%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryIrish 16.8%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryGerman 13.5%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryItalian 12.1%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic26.9%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant7.1%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed50.9%51.5%
Mainline Protestant6.8%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
Irish
16.8%
German
13.5%
Italian
12.1%
English
7.9%
Polish
4.5%
American
3.2%
Russian
1.0%
Scottish
1.0%
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
0.7%
Jamaican
0.6%
Haitian
0.4%
Nigerian
0.3%
Liberian
0.2%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Puerto Rican
4.5%
Mexican
2.0%
Dominican
1.2%
Colombian
0.3%
Cuban
0.3%
Guatemalan
0.3%
Honduran
0.2%
Salvadoran
0.2%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Asian Indian
2.2%
Chinese
1.5%
Vietnamese
0.6%
Filipino
0.5%
Korean
0.5%
Pakistani
0.2%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
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
0.7%
85+
1.3%
2.1%
75–84
2.9%
4.7%
65–74
5.5%
6.4%
55–64
6.9%
5.9%
45–54
6.2%
6.6%
35–44
6.7%
6.9%
25–34
7.1%
4.4%
18–24
4.4%
8.1%
5–17
7.8%
2.8%
<5
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$94,031
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$94,031
Pennsylvania$103,556
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.2%
Working age (18–64)10.3%
Seniors (65+)12.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
82.8%
speak English only
Spanish7.1%
Other Indo-European2.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)1.4%
Other Asian & Pacific Island1.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic1.1%
Other languages0.9%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.7%
Vietnamese0.6%
Arabic0.5%
Korean0.4%
German or other West Germanic0.4%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
26.9%
Evangelical Protestant
7.1%
Mainline Protestant
6.8%
Muslim
2.6%
Black Protestant
2.1%
Jewish
1.1%
Other Christian
0.8%
Hindu
0.6%
Orthodox Christian
0.4%
Buddhist
0.4%
Latter-day Saints
0.3%
Other faiths
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted50.9%
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.

Spanning Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, this metro's electoral weight concentrates in Philadelphia County, which has delivered Democratic margins exceeding 400,000 votes in recent presidential cycles while suburban collar counties trend increasingly competitive.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 57.6 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.3 points.

A population of 6,272,014, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $94,031 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 25.3 points (D+25.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,307,049 votes cast, 2,046,686 went Democratic and 1,210,141 went Republican.
When did Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Pennsylvania last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Pennsylvania voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Pennsylvania?
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Pennsylvania has a population of 6,272,014 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Pennsylvania is $94,031 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.