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Pennsylvania 11th Congressional District

Pennsylvania 11th Congressional District delivered R+21.3 in 2024.

Where Pennsylvania German heritage defines the electorate

20082024·5 elections
PA
Pennsylvania 11th Congressional District
TrumpR+21.3
2024
2024 presidential margin for Pennsylvania 11th Congressional DistrictThe boundary of Pennsylvania 11th Congressional District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (R+21.3), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Pennsylvania 11th Congressional District · R+21.3
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald TrumpRepublican60.0%248,309
Kamala HarrisDemocratic38.7%160,183
OtherAll other candidates1.3%5,455
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 timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: −21.3% in 2024.−21.3%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008−14.9%
2012−22.7%
2016−25.5%
2020−21.3%
2024−21.3%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
R
Lloyd K. Smucker
U.S. House · PA-11 · 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
38.7%Harris160,183
60.0%Trump248,309
1.3%
−21.3%
413,947
R
38.6%Biden153,324
59.9%Trump237,712
1.5%incl. Jorgensen
−21.3%
397,025
R
34.9%Clinton119,069
60.3%Trump206,094
4.8%incl. Johnson
−25.5%
341,567
R
38.7%Obama119,409
61.3%Romney189,517
0.0%
−22.7%
308,926
R
41.9%Obama135,240
56.8%McCain183,199
1.3%
−14.9%
322,484

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
YearDistrictWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
202411R
37.1%149,641
62.9%253,672
403,313
202211R
38.5%121,835
61.5%194,991
316,826
202011R
36.9%141,325
63.1%241,915
383,240
201811R
41.0%113,876
59.0%163,708
277,584
201611R
36.3%113,800
63.7%199,421
313,221
201411R
33.7%62,228
66.3%122,464
184,692
201211R
41.5%118,231
58.5%166,967
285,198
201011R
45.3%84,618
54.7%102,179
186,797
200811D
51.6%146,379
48.4%137,151
283,530
200611D
72.5%134,340
27.5%51,033
185,413
200411D
94.4%171,147
0.0%0
181,252
200211D
55.6%93,758
42.4%71,543
168,615
200011D
66.4%131,948
33.6%66,699
198,647
199811D
66.8%88,933
33.2%44,123
133,065
199611D
68.0%128,258
32.0%60,339
188,609
199411D
66.5%101,966
33.5%51,295
153,277
199211D
67.1%138,875
32.9%68,112
206,987
199011D
100.0%88,219
0.0%0
88,219
198811D
100.0%120,706
0.0%0
120,706
198611D
70.6%112,405
29.4%46,785
159,190
198411D
58.6%108,430
41.4%76,692
185,122
198211D
53.5%90,371
46.5%78,485
168,856
198011R
48.1%86,703
51.9%93,621
180,324
197811D
57.5%61,433
42.5%45,335
106,768
197611D
70.8%130,175
29.2%53,621
183,796

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-11Congressional districtPennsylvaniaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White83.7%74.5%61.0%
Black3.8%10.7%12.2%
Asian2.2%3.8%6.0%
Two or more races6.0%7.1%12.6%
Other race4.3%3.9%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino9.2%8.7%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$87,221$77,971$84,427
Poverty rate7.9%11.7%12.5%
Median age40.241.239.1
Age 18–248.5%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older19.4%19.5%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)30.8%35.2%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home13.9%12.4%22.3%
Spanish6.3%5.6%13.6%
German or other West Germanic4.2%0.9%0.5%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 31.0%German 21.6%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryIrish 11.1%Irish 14.8%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryEnglish 9.4%Italian 10.6%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic8.7%County context21.9%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant19.4%County context9.3%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed57.1%County context53.1%51.5%
Mainline Protestant11.5%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
31.0%
Irish
11.1%
English
9.4%
Italian
6.0%
American
5.6%
Polish
2.8%
French
1.5%
Scottish
1.5%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Puerto Rican
6.2%
Dominican
1.3%
Mexican
1.2%
Cuban
0.3%
Colombian
0.3%
Guatemalan
0.2%
Spaniard
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
0.3%
Ethiopian
0.2%
Haitian
0.2%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Vietnamese
0.4%
Asian Indian
0.3%
Chinese
0.3%
Filipino
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
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
86.1%
speak English only
Spanish6.3%
German or other West Germanic4.2%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Other languages0.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.3%
Vietnamese0.3%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.3%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.3%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.3%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%
Korean0.1%
Arabic0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
19.4%
Mainline Protestant
11.5%
Catholic
8.7%
Other Christian
0.9%
Latter-day Saints
0.6%
Black Protestant
0.4%
Muslim
0.3%
Orthodox Christian
0.3%
Jewish
0.2%
Hindu
0.2%
Buddhist
0.1%
Other faiths
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted57.1%
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.

Congressional District 11 delivered R+21 in 2024, the most recent presidential result on the lines as drawn today. Across the presidential elections covered from 2008 through 2024, the district reached its strongest Republican margin of R+25 in 2016. The results across that span describe a consistent Republican lean, with the 2024 margin sitting four points below the 2016 peak. About 1.2 percent of district residents reported Pennsylvania German ancestry in the 2024 ACS five-year estimate, roughly 17 times the national rate of 0.07 percent. About 5.5 percent reported Puerto Rican ancestry in the same estimate, roughly 3.2 times the national rate of 1.7 percent. The district had a population of 764,888 in the 2024 ACS five-year estimate. Median household income in the district was $87,200 in the 2024 ACS five-year estimate, with a poverty rate of 7.9 percent. About 31 percent of residents held a bachelor's degree or higher in the same estimate. The median age was 40.2 in the 2024 ACS five-year estimate.

Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 25.5 points in 2016. The 2024 margin was 21.3 points.

A population of 764,888, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,221 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Pennsylvania 11th Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pennsylvania 11th Congressional District voted Republican by 21.3 points (R+21.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 413,947 votes cast, 160,183 went Democratic and 248,309 went Republican.
What is Pennsylvania 11th Congressional District's political typology?
Akashic places Pennsylvania 11th 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 0 times, Republican 5 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in Pennsylvania 11th Congressional District?
Pennsylvania 11th Congressional District has a population of 764,888 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pennsylvania 11th Congressional District?
Median household income in Pennsylvania 11th Congressional District is $87,221 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Pennsylvania 11th Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Pennsylvania 11th Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 5 went Republican. The district's typology — "" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.