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Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District

Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District delivered D+77.0 in 2024.

One of the most Democratic-leaning congressional districts in the nation

20082024·5 elections
PA
Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District
HarrisD+77.0
2024
2024 presidential margin for Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional DistrictThe boundary of Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+77.0), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District · D+77.0
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala HarrisDemocratic87.7%345,109
Donald TrumpRepublican10.7%42,153
OtherAll other candidates1.5%6,079
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 1 county it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1876–2024, on its current boundaries.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: +77.0% in 2024.+77.0%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+82.1%
2012+84.1%
2016+81.9%
2020+80.9%
2024+77.0%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
D
Dwight Evans
U.S. House · PA-03 · Democratic
D
John Karl Fetterman
U.S. Senate · Democratic
R
David Harold McCormick
U.S. Senate · Republican

Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
87.7%Harris345,109
10.7%Trump42,153
1.5%
+77.0%
393,341
D
90.1%Biden358,074
9.2%Trump36,717
0.6%incl. Jorgensen
+80.9%
397,221
D
89.9%Clinton340,531
8.0%Trump30,346
2.1%incl. Johnson
+81.9%
378,694
D
92.0%Obama344,633
8.0%Romney29,865
0.0%
+84.1%
374,498
D
90.7%Obama349,694
8.7%McCain33,429
0.6%
+82.1%
385,342

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
YearDistrictWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
20243D
100.0%340,223
0.0%0
340,223
20223D
95.1%251,115
0.0%0
263,935
20203D
91.0%341,708
9.0%33,671
375,379
20183D
93.4%287,610
6.6%20,387
307,997
20163R
0.0%0
100.0%244,893
244,893
20143R
39.4%73,931
60.6%113,859
187,790
20123R
41.0%123,933
54.8%165,826
302,514
20103R
44.3%88,924
55.7%111,909
200,833
20083D
51.2%146,846
48.8%139,707
286,553
20063R
42.0%85,110
53.6%108,525
202,518
20043R
39.9%110,684
60.1%166,580
277,264
20023R
0.0%0
77.7%116,763
150,329
20003D
68.7%130,528
31.3%59,343
189,871
19983D
59.3%66,270
40.7%45,390
111,660
19963D
68.9%121,120
31.1%54,681
175,801
19943D
62.7%92,702
37.3%55,209
147,911
19923D
58.9%130,828
39.1%86,787
221,971
19903D
60.0%89,908
40.0%59,901
149,809
19883D
63.2%135,590
36.8%78,909
214,499
19863D
61.8%107,804
38.2%66,693
174,497
19843D
63.9%152,598
35.7%85,358
238,786
19823D
50.1%97,161
48.7%94,497
193,954
19803D
54.5%67,942
32.8%40,866
124,608
19783D
71.8%86,015
28.2%33,750
119,765
19763D
73.2%98,627
26.3%35,491
134,818

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
48.6%3,384,180
48.8%3,399,295
6,963,137
2022D
51.2%2,751,012
46.3%2,487,260
5,368,021
2018D
55.6%2,777,680
42.7%2,134,848
4,994,643
2016R
47.3%2,865,012
48.8%2,951,702
6,051,856
2012D
53.7%3,021,364
44.6%2,509,132
5,627,422
2010R
49.0%1,948,716
51.0%2,028,945
3,977,661
2006D
58.7%2,392,984
41.3%1,684,778
4,077,762
2004R
42.0%2,334,126
52.6%2,925,080
5,558,525
2000R
45.5%2,154,908
52.4%2,481,962
4,735,116
1998R
34.8%1,028,839
61.3%1,814,180
2,957,499
1994R
46.9%1,648,481
49.4%1,735,691
3,513,112
1992R
46.3%2,224,966
49.1%2,358,125
4,802,410
1988R
32.4%1,416,764
66.5%2,901,715
4,366,598
1986R
42.9%1,448,219
56.4%1,906,537
3,378,226
1982R
39.2%1,412,965
59.3%2,136,418
3,604,108
1980R
48.0%2,122,391
50.5%2,230,404
4,418,042
1976R
46.8%2,126,977
52.4%2,381,891
4,546,353

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.
IndicatorPA-3Congressional districtPennsylvaniaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White33.1%74.5%61.0%
Black51.3%10.7%12.2%
Asian6.9%3.8%6.0%
Two or more races5.5%7.1%12.6%
Other race3.2%3.9%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino6.0%8.7%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$64,484$77,971$84,427
Poverty rate20.6%11.7%12.5%
Median age34.341.239.1
Age 18–249.9%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older14.7%19.5%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)35.4%35.2%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home24.4%12.4%22.3%
Spanish10.9%5.6%13.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)2.5%0.8%1.1%
Other Indo-European2.4%1.7%2.0%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic1.6%0.8%0.7%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryIrish 9.6%German 21.6%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryPuerto Rican 8.0%Irish 14.8%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryGerman 7.0%Italian 10.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic15.8%County context21.9%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant7.5%County context9.3%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed56.7%County context53.1%51.5%
Mainline Protestant5.6%County context10.3%5.2%
Black Protestant5.5%County context1.3%2.2%

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
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
African
1.1%
Haitian
0.8%
Jamaican
0.8%
Nigerian
0.4%
Liberian
0.3%
Ghanaian
0.2%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian
0.2%
West Indian
0.2%
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
Irish
9.6%
German
7.0%
Italian
6.7%
English
3.3%
Polish
3.0%
American
2.3%
Russian
1.2%
Ukrainian
1.0%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Chinese
2.7%
Asian Indian
1.5%
Vietnamese
1.1%
Cambodian
0.5%
Filipino
0.4%
Korean
0.4%
Pakistani
0.2%
Indonesian
0.2%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Puerto Rican
8.0%
Dominican
2.4%
Mexican
1.4%
Guatemalan
0.6%
Colombian
0.5%
Honduran
0.4%
Cuban
0.3%
Salvadoran
0.2%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
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
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
75.6%
speak English only
Spanish10.9%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)2.5%
Other Indo-European2.4%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic1.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island1.5%
Other languages1.4%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)1.3%
Vietnamese1.0%
Arabic0.8%
German or other West Germanic0.3%
Korean0.3%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
15.8%
Evangelical Protestant
7.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.6%
Black Protestant
5.5%
Muslim
4.4%
Other Christian
1.2%
Jewish
1.1%
Buddhist
0.8%
Hindu
0.5%
Orthodox Christian
0.5%
Latter-day Saints
0.3%
Other faiths
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted56.7%
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.

Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district delivered a 79-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, reflecting a dense, urban core electorate that consistently produces among the most lopsided federal results in the state.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 84.1 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 77.0 points.

A population of 764,755, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,484 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District voted Democratic by 77.0 points (D+77.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 393,341 votes cast, 345,109 went Democratic and 42,153 went Republican.
What is Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District's political typology?
Akashic places Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District in the "" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District?
Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District has a population of 764,755 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District?
Median household income in Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District is $64,484 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The district's typology — "" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.