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Pittsburgh, PA·Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, PA delivered R+4.4 in 2024.

Once a Democratic stronghold, now a consistent swing battleground

2008 — 2024·5 elections
PA
2024 presidential election
Pittsburgh, PA
TrumpR+4.4
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2024 presidential margin by county for Pittsburgh, PA, PAA map of the constituent counties of Pittsburgh, PA, 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.Allegheny County, PA · D+20.2Armstrong County, PA · R+53.1Beaver County, PA · R+20.6Butler County, PA · R+32.1Fayette County, PA · R+37.9Lawrence County, PA · R+33.7Washington County, PA · R+25.4Westmoreland County, PA · R+28.3
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican51.6%734,418
Kamala HarrisDemocratic47.2%671,128
OtherAll other candidates1.2%17,386
D+60
R+60
8 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: −4.4% in 2024.flipped R · 2012−4.4%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−12.5%
1896−30.2%
1900−31.8%
1904−47.8%
1908−25.0%
1912+8.9%
1916−12.9%
1920−41.6%
1924−46.7%
1928−22.9%
1932+9.9%
1936+31.4%
1940+16.0%
1944+13.6%
1948+12.4%
1952+4.9%
1956−6.0%
1960+11.7%
1964+35.8%
1968+15.1%
1972−14.0%
1976+7.5%
1980+5.3%
1984+12.6%
1988+18.7%
1992+21.4%
1996+11.7%
2000+8.0%
2004+4.0%
2008+2.4%
2012−1.5%
2016−5.6%
2020−3.2%
2024−4.4%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
47.2%Harris671,128
51.6%Trump734,418
1.2%
−4.4%
1,422,932
R
47.8%Biden666,791
51.0%Trump712,053
1.2%incl. Jorgensen
−3.2%
1,394,920
R
45.0%Clinton563,858
50.6%Trump633,488
4.4%incl. Johnson
−5.6%
1,252,500
R
48.5%Obama570,888
50.0%Romney588,513
1.4%
−1.5%
1,176,428
D
50.7%Obama621,470
48.3%McCain591,836
1.0%
+2.4%
1,226,013
D
51.7%Kerry629,679
47.7%Bush580,468
0.6%
+4.0%
1,217,556
D
52.6%Gore570,550
44.6%Bush483,639
2.8%incl. Nader
+8.0%
1,084,721
D
50.6%Clinton507,168
38.9%Dole390,147
10.5%incl. Perot
+11.7%
1,003,129
D
51.0%Clinton571,546
29.6%Bush331,645
19.3%incl. Perot
+21.4%
1,119,869
D
58.9%Dukakis614,593
40.2%Bush419,054
0.9%
+18.7%
1,043,066
D
55.8%Mondale656,497
43.3%Reagan508,879
0.9%
+12.6%
1,176,169
D
49.0%Carter535,239
43.7%Reagan477,450
7.3%incl. Anderson
+5.3%
1,092,729
D
52.6%Carter591,353
45.1%Ford507,030
2.2%
+7.5%
1,123,524
R
41.9%McGovern473,424
55.9%Nixon631,268
2.2%
−14.0%
1,129,109
D
52.0%Humphrey628,643
37.0%Nixon446,314
11.0%incl. Wallace
+15.1%
1,207,849
D
67.7%Johnson828,924
31.9%Goldwater390,604
0.4%
+35.8%
1,224,167
D
55.7%Kennedy713,480
44.1%Nixon563,936
0.2%
+11.7%
1,279,920
R
46.9%Stevenson557,608
52.9%Eisenhower628,434
0.2%
−6.0%
1,187,897
D
52.2%Stevenson638,475
47.3%Eisenhower578,753
0.4%
+4.9%
1,222,307
D
54.9%Truman530,481
42.5%Dewey410,913
2.5%incl. Thurmond
+12.4%
966,024
D
56.6%Roosevelt565,516
42.9%Dewey429,418
0.5%
+13.6%
999,990
D
57.8%Roosevelt603,724
41.8%Willkie436,521
0.5%
+16.0%
1,045,059
D
64.4%Roosevelt632,498
33.0%Landon324,280
2.6%
+31.4%
982,586
D
52.6%Roosevelt339,013
42.7%Hoover275,344
4.6%
+9.9%
644,280
R
38.1%Smith256,924
61.0%Hoover411,644
0.9%
−22.9%
674,810
R
12.6%Davis59,261
59.3%Coolidge278,803
28.0%incl. La Follette
−46.7%
469,777
R
24.1%Cox89,890
65.7%Harding245,286
10.2%
−41.6%
373,208
R
39.4%Wilson102,730
52.3%Hughes136,451
8.2%
−12.9%
260,670
O
27.7%Wilson65,667
18.8%Taft44,650
53.5%incl. Roosevelt
+8.9%
237,032
R
32.4%Bryan76,760
57.5%Taft136,003
10.1%
−25.0%
236,615
R
22.7%Parker50,919
70.5%Roosevelt157,999
6.7%
−47.8%
224,018
R
32.1%Bryan67,084
63.9%McKinley133,687
4.0%
−31.8%
209,234
R
33.9%Bryan72,858
64.1%McKinley137,901
2.0%
−30.2%
215,046
R
42.0%Cleveland69,800
54.4%Harrison90,514
3.6%incl. Weaver
−12.5%
166,375
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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.
IndicatorPittsburgh, PAMetro areaPennsylvaniaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White83.3%74.5%61.0%
Black7.9%10.7%12.2%
Asian2.6%3.8%6.0%
Two or more races5.1%7.1%12.6%
Other race1.1%3.9%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino2.4%8.7%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$76,360$77,971$84,427
Poverty rate11.1%11.7%12.5%
Median age42.941.239.1
Age 18–248.1%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older21.5%19.5%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)38.3%35.2%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home5.9%12.4%22.3%
Spanish1.5%5.6%13.6%
Other Indo-European1.4%1.7%2.0%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 24.3%German 21.6%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryIrish 17.0%Irish 14.8%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryItalian 15.0%Italian 10.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic30.8%21.9%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant8.7%9.3%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed45.1%53.1%51.5%
Mainline Protestant10.1%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
24.3%
Irish
17.0%
Italian
15.0%
English
9.3%
Polish
7.6%
American
3.2%
Slovak
2.8%
Scottish
1.7%
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%
Jamaican
0.2%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Asian Indian
1.0%
Chinese
0.6%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
0.8%
Puerto Rican
0.5%
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: 42.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.9%
85+
1.8%
2.7%
75–84
3.5%
6.0%
65–74
6.6%
6.9%
55–64
7.3%
5.9%
45–54
5.9%
6.4%
35–44
6.2%
6.6%
25–34
6.4%
4.1%
18–24
4.0%
7.2%
5–17
6.8%
2.5%
<5
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$76,360
Pittsburgh, PA$76,360
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
11.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.4%
Working age (18–64)10.2%
Seniors (65+)11.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.1%
speak English only
Spanish1.5%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.4%
German or other West Germanic0.4%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.3%
Arabic0.2%
Other languages0.2%
Korean0.1%
Vietnamese0.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
30.8%
Mainline Protestant
10.1%
Evangelical Protestant
8.7%
Black Protestant
1.3%
Hindu
1.1%
Jewish
0.6%
Muslim
0.6%
Orthodox Christian
0.6%
Other Christian
0.6%
Latter-day Saints
0.4%
Buddhist
0.1%
Other faiths
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted45.1%
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.

The Pittsburgh metro has trended Republican at the county level over two decades as its post-industrial collar communities shifted rightward, even as Allegheny County's urban core continues to anchor Democratic margins in statewide contests.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 47.8 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.4 points.

A population of 2,439,940, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,360 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 4.4 points (R+4.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,422,932 votes cast, 671,128 went Democratic and 734,418 went Republican.
When did Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania?
Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 2,439,940 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania is $76,360 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.