Pennsylvania 6th Congressional District (PA) — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

Pennsylvania 6th Congressional District

HarrisD+11.4

2024

How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Kamala Harris ✓Democratic	55.0%	234,603
Donald TrumpRepublican	43.6%	186,112
OtherAll other candidates	1.4%	5,809

D+60

R+60

District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 2 counties 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 time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
2008	+12.1%
2012	+3.0%
2016	+8.9%
2020	+14.7%
2024	+11.4%

DemocraticRepublican

current representation

Current officeholders

Christina Houlahan

U.S. House · PA-06 · Democratic

John Karl Fetterman

U.S. Senate · Democratic

David Harold McCormick

U.S. Senate · Republican

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

Source · Voteview HSall_members.csv.

5 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	D	55.0%Harris234,603	43.6%Trump186,112	1.4%	+11.4%	426,524
2020	D	56.8%Biden235,139	42.0%Trump174,174	1.2%incl. Jorgensen	+14.7%	414,298
2016	D	52.4%Clinton188,376	43.5%Trump156,441	4.1%incl. Johnson	+8.9%	359,591
2012	D	51.5%Obama171,614	48.5%Romney161,564	0.0%	+3.0%	333,178
2008	D	55.5%Obama192,078	43.4%McCain150,275	1.1%	+12.1%	346,309

Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	District	Won	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	6	D	56.2%235,625	43.8%183,638	419,263
2022	6	D	58.3%190,386	41.7%136,097	326,483
2020	6	D	56.1%226,440	43.9%177,526	403,966
2018	6	D	58.9%177,704	41.1%124,124	301,828
2016	6	R	42.8%155,000	57.2%207,469	362,469
2014	6	R	43.7%92,901	56.3%119,643	212,544
2012	6	R	42.9%143,803	57.1%191,725	335,528
2010	6	R	42.9%100,493	57.1%133,770	234,263
2008	6	R	47.9%164,952	52.1%179,423	344,375
2006	6	R	49.3%117,892	50.7%121,047	238,939
2004	6	R	49.0%153,977	51.0%160,348	314,325
2002	6	R	48.6%98,128	51.4%103,648	201,791
2000	6	D	66.3%140,084	33.7%71,227	211,311
1998	6	D	61.0%85,374	39.0%54,579	139,953
1996	6	D	58.6%115,193	40.7%80,061	196,729
1994	6	D	56.7%90,023	43.3%68,610	158,633
1992	6	D	52.1%108,312	47.9%99,694	208,006
1990	6	D	57.0%74,394	43.0%56,093	130,487
1988	6	D	63.1%114,119	36.1%65,278	180,745
1986	6	D	69.1%98,142	30.9%43,858	142,000
1984	6	D	100.0%181,165	0.0%0	181,165
1982	6	D	72.0%108,230	28.0%42,155	150,385
1980	6	D	67.1%117,965	32.9%57,844	175,809
1978	6	D	73.8%106,431	26.2%37,746	144,177
1976	6	D	73.8%133,624	25.5%46,103	180,998

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	48.6%3,384,180	48.8%3,399,295	6,963,137
2022	D	51.2%2,751,012	46.3%2,487,260	5,368,021
2018	D	55.6%2,777,680	42.7%2,134,848	4,994,643
2016	R	47.3%2,865,012	48.8%2,951,702	6,051,856
2012	D	53.7%3,021,364	44.6%2,509,132	5,627,422
2010	R	49.0%1,948,716	51.0%2,028,945	3,977,661
2006	D	58.7%2,392,984	41.3%1,684,778	4,077,762
2004	R	42.0%2,334,126	52.6%2,925,080	5,558,525
2000	R	45.5%2,154,908	52.4%2,481,962	4,735,116
1998	R	34.8%1,028,839	61.3%1,814,180	2,957,499
1994	R	46.9%1,648,481	49.4%1,735,691	3,513,112
1992	R	46.3%2,224,966	49.1%2,358,125	4,802,410
1988	R	32.4%1,416,764	66.5%2,901,715	4,366,598
1986	R	42.9%1,448,219	56.4%1,906,537	3,378,226
1982	R	39.2%1,412,965	59.3%2,136,418	3,604,108
1980	R	48.0%2,122,391	50.5%2,230,404	4,418,042
1976	R	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.
Indicator	PA-6Congressional district	PennsylvaniaState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	72.1%	74.5%	61.0%
Black	6.0%	10.7%	12.2%
Asian	5.1%	3.8%	6.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	7.1%	12.6%
Other race	8.4%	3.9%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	8.7%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$106,917	$77,971	$84,427
Poverty rate	9.1%	11.7%	12.5%
Median age	39.8	41.2	39.1
Age 18–24	9.2%	8.9%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	17.7%	19.5%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	53.0%	35.2%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	14.8%	12.4%	22.3%
Spanish	6.8%	5.6%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	2.2%	1.7%	2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island	1.5%	0.7%	1.1%
German or other West Germanic	1.2%	0.9%	0.5%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	German 20.1%	German 21.6%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	Irish 19.3%	Irish 14.8%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	Italian 13.4%	Italian 10.6%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	29.2%County context	21.9%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	8.2%County context	9.3%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	48.9%County context	53.1%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	9.0%County context	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

20.1%

Irish

19.3%

Italian

13.4%

English

11.9%

Polish

4.4%

American

3.3%

Scottish

1.7%

French

1.5%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Mexican

3.7%

Puerto Rican

3.2%

Dominican

1.3%

Cuban

0.3%

Colombian

0.3%

Guatemalan

0.2%

Ecuadorian

0.2%

Spaniard

0.2%

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

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

0.4%

Jamaican

0.2%

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Asian Indian

3.3%

Chinese

1.2%

Vietnamese

0.4%

Filipino

0.3%

Korean

0.3%

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: 39.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.3%

2.3%

75–84

3.0%

5.0%

65–74

5.4%

6.8%

55–64

6.9%

6.4%

45–54

6.4%

6.5%

35–44

6.4%

5.9%

25–34

5.7%

4.5%

18–24

4.7%

8.5%

5–17

8.1%

2.7%

2.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$106,917

Pennsylvania 6th Congressional District$106,917

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

9.1%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 188.6%

Working age (18–64)6.2%

Seniors (65+)7.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

85.2%

speak English only

Spanish6.8%

Other Indo-European2.2%

Other Asian & Pacific Island1.5%

German or other West Germanic1.2%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)1.1%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.6%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.3%

Vietnamese0.3%

Other languages0.3%

Korean0.2%

Arabic0.2%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic

29.2%

Mainline Protestant

9.0%

Evangelical Protestant

8.2%

Muslim

1.9%

Black Protestant

1.2%

Other Christian

0.5%

Latter-day Saints

0.3%

Other faiths

0.3%

Jewish

0.2%

Orthodox Christian

0.1%

Hindu

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted48.9%

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.

Pennsylvania's 6th, covering Chester County's affluent suburbs west of Philadelphia, has moved consistently leftward over three election cycles, with college-educated voters and population growth from the city's metro fringe driving a now double-digit Democratic presidential margin.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 14.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.4 points.

A population of 764,738, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $106,917 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Pennsylvania 6th Congressional District vote in 2024?

In 2024, Pennsylvania 6th Congressional District voted Democratic by 11.4 points (D+11.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 426,524 votes cast, 234,603 went Democratic and 186,112 went Republican.

How many people live in Pennsylvania 6th Congressional District?

Pennsylvania 6th Congressional District has a population of 764,738 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Pennsylvania 6th Congressional District?

Median household income in Pennsylvania 6th Congressional District is $106,917 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.

What is the political history of Pennsylvania 6th Congressional District?

Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Pennsylvania 6th Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.

Pennsylvania 6th Congressional District delivered D+11.4 in 2024.

U.S. House

U.S. Senate

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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