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York-Hanover, PA·Pennsylvania

York-Hanover, PA has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+25.2 in 2024.

A mid-sized mid-Atlantic metro where manufacturing heritage shapes the ballot

2008 — 2024·5 elections
PA
2024 presidential election
York-Hanover, PA
TrumpR+25.2
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2024 presidential margin by county for York-Hanover, PA, PAA map of the single county of York-Hanover, 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.York County, PA · R+25.2
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican61.9%154,884
Kamala HarrisDemocratic36.8%91,926
OtherAll other candidates1.3%3,326
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: −25.2% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−25.2%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+16.9%
1896+3.1%
1900+5.3%
1904−6.4%
1908+1.8%
1912+32.2%
1916+13.2%
1920−15.4%
1924−18.1%
1928−60.1%
1932+6.8%
1936+21.0%
1940+13.3%
1944+7.9%
1948+1.2%
1952−5.9%
1956−10.8%
1960−17.6%
1964+27.0%
1968−19.6%
1972−38.7%
1976−15.6%
1980−27.2%
1984−38.1%
1988−31.2%
1992−10.4%
1996−12.2%
2000−24.7%
2004−28.2%
2008−13.6%
2012−21.1%
2016−28.8%
2020−24.6%
2024−25.2%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
36.8%Harris91,926
61.9%Trump154,884
1.3%
−25.2%
250,136
R
36.9%Biden88,114
61.5%Trump146,733
1.5%incl. Jorgensen
−24.6%
238,471
R
32.9%Clinton68,524
61.8%Trump128,528
5.3%incl. Johnson
−28.8%
208,029
R
38.5%Obama73,191
59.6%Romney113,304
1.8%
−21.1%
190,005
R
42.7%Obama82,839
56.3%McCain109,268
1.1%
−13.6%
194,210
R
35.5%Kerry63,701
63.7%Bush114,270
0.7%
−28.2%
179,269
R
36.0%Gore51,958
60.7%Bush87,652
3.2%incl. Nader
−24.7%
144,286
R
38.7%Clinton49,596
50.9%Dole65,188
10.4%incl. Perot
−12.2%
128,156
R
34.3%Clinton46,113
44.8%Bush60,130
20.9%incl. Perot
−10.4%
134,245
R
33.9%Dukakis37,691
65.2%Bush72,408
0.9%
−31.2%
111,116
R
30.5%Mondale33,359
68.7%Reagan75,020
0.8%
−38.1%
109,247
R
32.8%Carter33,406
60.0%Reagan61,098
7.2%incl. Anderson
−27.2%
101,891
R
41.3%Carter41,281
56.9%Ford56,912
1.8%
−15.6%
99,944
R
29.5%McGovern27,520
68.2%Nixon63,606
2.3%
−38.7%
93,280
R
35.7%Humphrey33,328
55.3%Nixon51,631
9.0%incl. Wallace
−19.6%
93,371
D
63.3%Johnson58,787
36.3%Goldwater33,677
0.4%
+27.0%
92,872
R
41.0%Kennedy39,164
58.6%Nixon55,922
0.4%
−17.6%
95,479
R
44.5%Stevenson38,743
55.3%Eisenhower48,176
0.2%
−10.8%
87,068
R
46.8%Stevenson39,508
52.7%Eisenhower44,489
0.4%
−5.9%
84,351
D
48.5%Truman33,321
47.3%Dewey32,494
4.2%incl. Thurmond
+1.2%
68,678
D
53.7%Roosevelt38,226
45.8%Dewey32,617
0.4%
+7.9%
71,158
D
56.5%Roosevelt39,543
43.2%Willkie30,228
0.2%
+13.3%
69,936
D
59.5%Roosevelt45,142
38.5%Landon29,233
1.9%
+21.0%
75,837
D
51.1%Roosevelt29,313
44.3%Hoover25,430
4.6%
+6.8%
57,365
R
19.5%Smith11,216
79.6%Hoover45,791
0.9%
−60.1%
57,529
R
38.0%Davis15,600
56.2%Coolidge23,044
5.8%incl. La Follette
−18.1%
41,039
R
40.3%Cox14,396
55.7%Harding19,879
3.9%
−15.4%
35,679
D
53.3%Wilson16,314
40.1%Hughes12,276
6.6%
+13.2%
30,598
D
49.6%Wilson14,979
17.4%Taft5,251
33.0%incl. Roosevelt
+32.2%
30,195
D
49.3%Bryan15,171
47.5%Taft14,610
3.2%
+1.8%
30,771
R
45.4%Parker12,996
51.9%Roosevelt14,837
2.7%
−6.4%
28,614
D
51.6%Bryan13,732
46.3%McKinley12,327
2.1%
+5.3%
26,631
D
50.1%Bryan13,054
47.0%McKinley12,258
2.9%
+3.1%
26,060
D
57.5%Cleveland12,822
40.6%Harrison9,052
1.9%incl. Weaver
+16.9%
22,300
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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.
IndicatorYork-Hanover, PAMetro areaPennsylvaniaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White81.2%74.5%61.0%
Black6.3%10.7%12.2%
Asian1.5%3.8%6.0%
Two or more races7.3%7.1%12.6%
Other race3.7%3.9%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino9.6%8.7%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$84,829$77,971$84,427
Poverty rate8.4%11.7%12.5%
Median age41.141.239.1
Age 18–247.9%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older18.9%19.5%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)27.6%35.2%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home8.3%12.4%22.3%
Spanish5.4%5.6%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 31.6%German 21.6%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryIrish 12.0%Irish 14.8%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryEnglish 9.9%Italian 10.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic8.1%21.9%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant10.5%9.3%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed65.7%53.1%51.5%
Mainline Protestant12.5%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
31.6%
Irish
12.0%
English
9.9%
Italian
6.2%
American
6.2%
Polish
2.8%
Scottish
1.5%
French
1.4%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Puerto Rican
5.0%
Mexican
1.5%
Dominican
1.4%
Cuban
0.2%
Guatemalan
0.2%
Peruvian
0.2%
Spaniard
0.2%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
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%
Haitian
0.2%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Asian Indian
0.3%
Chinese
0.3%
Filipino
0.2%
Vietnamese
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
0.9%
85+
1.4%
2.4%
75–84
3.1%
5.3%
65–74
5.8%
6.9%
55–64
7.0%
6.3%
45–54
6.3%
6.3%
35–44
6.3%
6.3%
25–34
6.1%
4.1%
18–24
3.8%
8.5%
5–17
8.0%
2.8%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$84,829
York-Hanover, PA$84,829
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
8.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.7%
Working age (18–64)7.5%
Seniors (65+)9.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.7%
speak English only
Spanish5.4%
Other Indo-European0.7%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.4%
German or other West Germanic0.4%
Other languages0.3%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.2%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.2%
Vietnamese0.2%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.2%
Arabic0.2%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Mainline Protestant
12.5%
Evangelical Protestant
10.5%
Catholic
8.1%
Other Christian
1.0%
Latter-day Saints
0.7%
Hindu
0.5%
Black Protestant
0.5%
Orthodox Christian
0.2%
Jewish
0.1%
Muslim
0.1%
Other faiths
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted65.7%
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.

York-Hanover sits along the Susquehanna Valley corridor, where a durable blue-collar industrial base and steady in-migration from the Baltimore region have produced competitive margins in statewide races over the past two decades.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.2 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 60.1 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.2 points.

A population of 462,924, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $84,829 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 25.2 points (R+25.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 250,136 votes cast, 91,926 went Democratic and 154,884 went Republican.
When did York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania?
York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 462,924 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania is $84,829 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.