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Pennsylvania 9th Congressional District

Pennsylvania 9th Congressional District delivered R+37.9 in 2024.

One of Pennsylvania's most reliably red districts, anchored in the Alleghenies

20082024·5 elections
PA
Pennsylvania 9th Congressional District
TrumpR+37.9
2024
2024 presidential margin for Pennsylvania 9th Congressional DistrictThe boundary of Pennsylvania 9th Congressional District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (R+37.9), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Pennsylvania 9th Congressional District · R+37.9
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald TrumpRepublican68.5%272,440
Kamala HarrisDemocratic30.6%121,713
OtherAll other candidates0.9%3,579
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 12 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 timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: −37.9% in 2024.−37.9%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008−13.4%
2012−21.6%
2016−39.6%
2020−36.5%
2024−37.9%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
R
Dan Meuser
U.S. House · PA-09 · Republican
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
R
30.6%Harris121,713
68.5%Trump272,440
0.9%
−37.9%
397,732
R
31.0%Biden119,971
67.5%Trump261,278
1.5%incl. Jorgensen
−36.5%
386,871
R
28.3%Clinton95,518
67.8%Trump229,289
3.9%incl. Johnson
−39.6%
338,104
R
39.2%Obama119,444
60.8%Romney185,200
0.0%
−21.6%
304,644
R
42.3%Obama140,195
55.7%McCain184,546
2.0%
−13.4%
331,456

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
YearDistrictWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
20249R
29.5%115,523
70.5%276,212
391,735
20229R
30.7%92,622
69.3%209,185
301,807
20209R
33.7%118,266
66.3%232,988
351,254
20189R
40.3%100,204
59.7%148,723
248,927
20169R
36.7%107,985
63.3%186,580
294,565
20149R
36.5%63,223
63.5%110,094
173,317
20129R
38.3%105,128
61.7%169,177
274,305
20109R
26.9%52,322
73.1%141,904
194,226
20089R
36.1%98,735
63.9%174,951
273,686
20069R
39.6%79,610
60.3%121,069
200,820
20049R
30.5%80,787
69.5%184,320
265,107
20029R
28.9%50,558
71.0%124,184
174,849
20009R
0.0%0
100.0%184,401
184,401
19989R
0.0%0
99.5%125,409
126,027
19969R
26.3%50,650
73.7%142,105
192,822
19949R
0.0%0
99.7%146,688
147,203
19929R
0.0%0
100.0%182,406
182,406
19909R
0.0%0
100.0%106,632
106,632
19889R
0.0%0
100.0%158,702
158,702
19869R
0.0%0
100.0%120,890
120,890
19849R
33.5%59,549
66.5%118,437
177,986
19829R
34.9%49,583
65.1%92,322
141,905
19809R
0.0%0
100.0%157,241
157,241
19789R
25.1%33,882
74.9%101,151
135,033
19769R
0.0%0
100.0%154,359
154,359

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-9Congressional districtPennsylvaniaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White89.0%74.5%61.0%
Black2.5%10.7%12.2%
Asian0.9%3.8%6.0%
Two or more races4.8%7.1%12.6%
Other race2.8%3.9%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino5.8%8.7%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$69,483$77,971$84,427
Poverty rate11.4%11.7%12.5%
Median age43.241.239.1
Age 18–248.6%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older20.8%19.5%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)23.8%35.2%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home10.4%12.4%22.3%
Spanish7.7%5.6%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 25.8%German 21.6%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryIrish 12.9%Irish 14.8%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryItalian 8.6%Italian 10.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic18.1%County context21.9%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant8.7%County context9.3%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed56.6%County context53.1%51.5%
Mainline Protestant14.2%County context10.3%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
25.8%
Irish
12.9%
Italian
8.6%
English
8.4%
Polish
7.1%
American
4.2%
Dutch
1.4%
Slovak
0.8%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Puerto Rican
4.8%
Dominican
3.2%
Mexican
1.8%
Colombian
0.2%
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.
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
0.2%
Below 1% of the population here; subgroup estimates are within the survey's margin of error.
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
89.6%
speak English only
Spanish7.7%
German or other West Germanic0.8%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.3%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.2%
Other languages0.2%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.2%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.1%
Vietnamese0.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%
Arabic0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
18.1%
Mainline Protestant
14.2%
Evangelical Protestant
8.7%
Other Christian
0.7%
Latter-day Saints
0.5%
Hindu
0.4%
Orthodox Christian
0.2%
Muslim
0.2%
Black Protestant
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.

Spanning rural south-central Pennsylvania from the Maryland border toward the Susquehanna Valley, PA-9 delivered a 32-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, making it among the state's least competitive districts.

Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 39.6 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.9 points.

A population of 764,897, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,483 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Pennsylvania 9th Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pennsylvania 9th Congressional District voted Republican by 37.9 points (R+37.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 397,732 votes cast, 121,713 went Democratic and 272,440 went Republican.
How many people live in Pennsylvania 9th Congressional District?
Pennsylvania 9th Congressional District has a population of 764,897 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pennsylvania 9th Congressional District?
Median household income in Pennsylvania 9th Congressional District is $69,483 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Pennsylvania 9th Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Pennsylvania 9th Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.