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Williamsport, PA·Pennsylvania

Williamsport, PA has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+41.3 in 2024.

Home to Little League World Series and a shifting blue-collar electorate

2008 — 2024·5 elections
PA
2024 presidential election
Williamsport, PA
TrumpR+41.3
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2024 presidential margin by county for Williamsport, PA, PAA map of the single county of Williamsport, 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.Lycoming County, PA · R+41.3
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican70.1%41,961
Kamala HarrisDemocratic28.8%17,216
OtherAll other candidates1.1%669
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: −41.3% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−41.3%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+12.6%
1896−4.5%
1900−2.0%
1904−14.8%
1908−9.1%
1912+29.7%
1916+4.4%
1920−25.3%
1924−30.0%
1928−59.7%
1932−16.1%
1936+2.8%
1940−7.7%
1944−11.8%
1948−16.2%
1952−23.6%
1956−33.4%
1960−24.2%
1964+15.3%
1968−15.9%
1972−40.2%
1976−9.5%
1980−21.7%
1984−36.6%
1988−29.1%
1992−16.7%
1996−20.4%
2000−28.9%
2004−36.5%
2008−24.2%
2012−33.1%
2016−44.2%
2020−41.3%
2024−41.3%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
28.8%Harris17,216
70.1%Trump41,961
1.1%
−41.3%
59,846
R
28.6%Biden16,971
70.0%Trump41,462
1.4%incl. Jorgensen
−41.3%
59,254
R
25.5%Clinton13,020
69.7%Trump35,627
4.9%incl. Johnson
−44.2%
51,131
R
32.6%Obama15,203
65.7%Romney30,658
1.7%
−33.1%
46,669
R
37.3%Obama18,381
61.5%McCain30,280
1.2%
−24.2%
49,237
R
31.3%Kerry15,681
67.8%Bush33,961
0.9%
−36.5%
50,081
R
33.9%Gore14,663
62.8%Bush27,137
3.2%incl. Nader
−28.9%
43,193
R
34.4%Clinton13,516
54.9%Dole21,535
10.7%incl. Perot
−20.4%
39,241
R
30.8%Clinton13,315
47.6%Bush20,536
21.6%incl. Perot
−16.7%
43,172
R
34.9%Dukakis13,528
64.0%Bush24,792
1.1%
−29.1%
38,735
R
31.4%Mondale13,147
68.0%Reagan28,498
0.6%
−36.6%
41,895
R
36.0%Carter14,609
57.7%Reagan23,415
6.2%incl. Anderson
−21.7%
40,553
R
44.3%Carter18,635
53.8%Ford22,648
1.9%
−9.5%
42,082
R
28.5%McGovern11,999
68.7%Nixon28,913
2.8%
−40.2%
42,087
R
38.8%Humphrey16,888
54.7%Nixon23,830
6.5%incl. Wallace
−15.9%
43,566
D
57.6%Johnson25,879
42.3%Goldwater19,011
0.1%
+15.3%
44,945
R
37.9%Kennedy18,351
62.0%Nixon30,083
0.1%
−24.2%
48,482
R
33.3%Stevenson13,490
66.7%Eisenhower27,030
0.0%
−33.4%
40,540
R
38.0%Stevenson15,870
61.6%Eisenhower25,753
0.4%
−23.6%
41,807
R
40.9%Truman13,692
57.2%Dewey19,118
1.9%incl. Thurmond
−16.2%
33,436
R
43.8%Roosevelt15,658
55.6%Dewey19,886
0.6%
−11.8%
35,741
R
46.0%Roosevelt18,363
53.6%Willkie21,423
0.4%
−7.7%
39,953
D
50.6%Roosevelt19,376
47.8%Landon18,315
1.6%
+2.8%
38,290
R
39.3%Roosevelt11,499
55.4%Hoover16,212
5.3%
−16.1%
29,250
R
19.7%Smith7,132
79.5%Hoover28,720
0.8%
−59.7%
36,137
R
28.7%Davis6,857
58.7%Coolidge14,039
12.6%incl. La Follette
−30.0%
23,916
R
31.4%Cox5,853
56.7%Harding10,570
11.9%
−25.3%
18,635
D
45.9%Wilson6,640
41.5%Hughes6,010
12.6%
+4.4%
14,473
O
40.7%Wilson6,039
11.0%Taft1,631
48.3%incl. Roosevelt
+29.7%
14,827
R
41.7%Bryan7,144
50.8%Taft8,708
7.6%
−9.1%
17,150
R
38.1%Parker6,424
52.9%Roosevelt8,928
9.0%
−14.8%
16,879
R
45.6%Bryan7,427
47.5%McKinley7,750
6.9%
−2.0%
16,304
R
44.0%Bryan7,340
48.6%McKinley8,097
7.4%
−4.5%
16,668
D
52.9%Cleveland7,532
40.3%Harrison5,736
6.8%incl. Weaver
+12.6%
14,234
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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.
IndicatorWilliamsport, PAMetro areaPennsylvaniaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White88.5%74.5%61.0%
Black4.3%10.7%12.2%
Asian0.9%3.8%6.0%
Two or more races5.4%7.1%12.6%
Other race0.9%3.9%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino2.4%8.7%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$63,917$77,971$84,427
Poverty rate12.8%11.7%12.5%
Median age41.441.239.1
Age 18–249.1%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older20.6%19.5%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)24.8%35.2%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home3.2%12.4%22.3%
German or other West Germanic1.2%0.9%0.5%
Spanish1.0%5.6%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 31.8%German 21.6%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryIrish 13.2%Irish 14.8%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryEnglish 9.6%Italian 10.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic11.6%21.9%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant13.8%9.3%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed56.6%53.1%51.5%
Mainline Protestant15.9%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
31.8%
Irish
13.2%
English
9.6%
Italian
7.9%
American
4.9%
Polish
3.3%
French
2.0%
Scottish
1.7%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries, none of which clears the display floor here.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
0.9%
Puerto Rican
0.8%
Salvadoran
0.2%
Below 1% of the population here; subgroup estimates are within the survey's margin of error.
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: 41.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.8%
2.6%
75–84
3.2%
5.9%
65–74
6.3%
6.9%
55–64
6.9%
5.6%
45–54
5.8%
6.2%
35–44
6.2%
6.1%
25–34
6.1%
4.8%
18–24
4.3%
7.8%
5–17
7.5%
2.6%
<5
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$63,917
Williamsport, PA$63,917
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
12.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.7%
Working age (18–64)11.4%
Seniors (65+)9.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.8%
speak English only
German or other West Germanic1.2%
Spanish1.0%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.2%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.1%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%
Vietnamese0.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.1%
Arabic0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Mainline Protestant
15.9%
Evangelical Protestant
13.8%
Catholic
11.6%
Black Protestant
0.5%
Other Christian
0.5%
Latter-day Saints
0.5%
Muslim
0.4%
Orthodox Christian
0.1%
Jewish
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted56.6%
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.

Williamsport anchors a north-central Pennsylvania metro where deindustrialization reshaped voting patterns over two decades, moving a once-competitive region toward consistent Republican margins in federal contests while local races remain more fluid.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 29.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 59.7 points in 1928. The 2024 margin was 41.3 points.

A population of 113,489, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,917 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Williamsport, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Williamsport, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 41.3 points (R+41.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 59,846 votes cast, 17,216 went Democratic and 41,961 went Republican.
When did Williamsport, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Williamsport, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Williamsport, PA, Pennsylvania?
Williamsport, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 113,489 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Williamsport, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Williamsport, PA, Pennsylvania is $63,917 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Williamsport, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Williamsport, PA, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.