† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
4 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAllentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJUnited States
German21.4%12.5%
Irish11.9%9.4%
Italian10.7%4.8%
English6.5%9.5%
American6.3%5.3%
Polish4.3%2.2%
Hungarian1.7%—
Slovak1.5%—
Puerto Rican8.9%1.8%
Dominican4.8%0.7%
Mexican1.4%11.3%
Colombian0.7%0.4%
Ecuadorian0.6%—
Cuban0.4%0.7%
Peruvian0.3%—
Honduran0.3%0.3%
African American†3.8%9.9%
Haitian0.4%0.3%
Jamaican0.4%0.4%
African0.2%0.5%
Asian Indian1.1%1.4%
Chinese0.6%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.9%
Pakistani0.3%—
Vietnamese0.2%0.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
United States
Median age
41.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
United States
Median household income
$85,100
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
19.3%
22.3%
Spanish
13.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.9%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
United States
Catholic
18.6%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
6.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
59.4%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
12.0%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+16.7%
1896
+0.3%
1900
+6.3%
1904
−6.4%
1908
+2.1%
1912
+32.9%
1916
+7.3%
1920
−19.1%
1924
−27.7%
1928
−43.9%
1932
+4.0%
1936
+17.2%
1940
+8.3%
1944
+2.5%
1948
−0.1%
1952
−10.1%
1956
−21.1%
1960
−7.9%
1964
+37.8%
1968
+3.1%
1972
−21.9%
1976
+4.6%
1980
−12.7%
1984
−16.9%
1988
−12.0%
1992
+3.0%
1996
+4.6%
2000
+0.8%
2004
−1.9%
2008
+9.4%
2012
+2.5%
2016
−5.2%
2020
−1.2%
2024
−4.9%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
47.0%Harris217,684
51.9%Trump240,504
0.6%Stein2,770 +6
R+4.9
R+3.7
R+3.5
463,570
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican51.9%240,504
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic47.0%217,684
Jill SteinIndependent0.6%2,770
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%2,029
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.1%455
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%47
Randall TerryIndependent0.0%43
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%26
Joseph KishoreIndependent0.0%12
R
48.8%Biden219,488
50.0%Trump224,866
1.2%
R+1.2
D+4.0
R+5.6
449,609
R
45.0%Clinton173,816
50.3%Trump194,027
4.7%
R+5.2
R+7.7
R+7.3
385,978
D
50.4%Obama176,214
48.0%Romney167,568
1.6%
D+2.5
R+6.9
R+1.4
349,377
D
54.0%Obama196,436
44.6%McCain162,390
1.4%
D+9.4
D+11.3
D+2.1
363,922
R
48.6%Kerry167,653
50.5%Bush174,323
0.9%
R+1.9
R+2.7
D+0.5
345,191
D
48.4%Gore136,975
47.6%Bush134,777
4.0%
D+0.8
R+3.8
D+0.3
283,075
D
45.9%Clinton116,789
41.3%Dole105,182
12.8%
D+4.6
D+1.6
R+4.0
254,642
D
40.3%Clinton110,988
37.3%Bush102,771
22.4%
D+3.0
D+14.9
R+2.6
275,522
R
43.5%Dukakis102,809
55.5%Bush131,058
1.0%
R+12.0
D+5.0
R+4.2
236,298
R
41.2%Mondale98,551
58.1%Reagan139,086
0.7%
R+16.9
R+4.2
D+1.3
239,379
R
38.4%Carter85,266
51.1%Reagan113,546
10.5%
R+12.7
R+17.3
R+3.0
222,148
D
51.3%Carter114,163
46.8%Ford103,958
1.9%
D+4.6
D+26.5
D+2.5
222,347
R
38.5%McGovern83,442
60.4%Nixon130,785
1.1%
R+21.9
R+24.9
D+1.3
216,538
D
49.1%Humphrey110,043
46.0%Nixon103,192
4.8%
D+3.1
R+34.7
D+3.8
224,103
D
68.6%Johnson154,366
30.9%Goldwater69,424
0.5%
D+37.8
D+45.7
D+15.2
225,011
R
45.9%Kennedy106,123
53.9%Nixon124,440
0.2%
R+7.9
D+13.2
R+8.1
230,958
R
39.2%Stevenson81,666
60.3%Eisenhower125,606
0.4%
R+21.1
R+11.0
R+5.7
208,198
R
44.7%Stevenson91,671
54.8%Eisenhower112,294
0.5%
R+10.1
R+10.0
D+0.7
205,044
R
49.1%Truman79,445
49.1%Dewey79,534
1.8%
R+0.1
R+2.5
R+4.5
161,820
D
51.0%Roosevelt82,802
48.5%Dewey78,778
0.4%
D+2.5
R+5.8
R+5.0
162,276
D
53.9%Roosevelt90,017
45.6%Willkie76,182
0.4%
D+8.3
R+8.9
R+1.7
166,918
D
57.6%Roosevelt98,851
40.5%Landon69,403
1.9%
D+17.2
D+13.1
R+7.1
171,525
D
50.3%Roosevelt66,458
46.3%Hoover61,143
3.3%
D+4.0
D+47.9
R+13.8
132,022
R
27.7%Smith41,685
71.6%Hoover107,733
0.7%
R+43.9
R+16.3
R+26.4
150,413
R
30.8%Davis32,210
58.5%Coolidge61,127
10.7%
R+27.7
R+8.5
R+2.5
104,577
R
38.5%Cox32,197
57.7%Harding48,194
3.8%
R+19.1
R+26.5
D+7.0
83,543
D
51.3%Wilson32,393
44.0%Hughes27,775
4.6%
D+7.3
R+25.6
D+4.2
63,087
D
48.0%Wilson29,474
15.1%Taft9,272
36.9%
D+32.9
D+30.8
D+13.3
61,438
D
48.8%Bryan32,202
46.8%Taft30,840
4.4%
D+2.1
D+8.4
D+11.6
65,928
R
44.8%Parker27,418
51.2%Roosevelt31,305
4.0%
R+6.4
R+12.6
D+13.3
61,197
D
51.8%Bryan31,218
45.5%McKinley27,435
2.7%
D+6.3
D+6.0
D+13.8
60,272
D
48.4%Bryan28,023
48.2%McKinley27,866
3.4%
D+0.3
R+16.4
D+6.3
57,858
D
57.0%Cleveland28,762
40.3%Harrison20,342
2.7%
D+16.7
—
D+15.0
50,492
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+1.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+4.9
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 6.1-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
Domestic migration in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+76
2012
−1,752
2013
−3,263
2014
−767
2015
−840
2016
−706
2017
+1,522
2018
+680
2019
−192
2021
+8,596
2022
−365
2023
+1,866
2024
+804
2025
+1,275
Once reliably blue owing to its steel-and-manufacturing labor base, the Lehigh Valley has shifted markedly in recent cycles, with its large and growing Latino population now a closely watched variable in statewide Pennsylvania contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 43.9 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.9 points.
A population of 873,603, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,100 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY and Reading, PA.
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How did Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 4.9 points (R+4.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 463,570 votes cast, 217,684 went Democratic and 240,504 went Republican.
When did Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, Pennsylvania?
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, Pennsylvania has a population of 873,603 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, Pennsylvania is $85,100 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $103,556.
What is the political history of Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
