† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 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
GroupErie, PAPennsylvaniaUnited States
German22.4%21.6%12.5%
Irish13.2%14.8%9.4%
Italian10.6%10.6%4.8%
Polish10.1%5.4%2.2%
English8.5%8.3%9.5%
American3.9%4.4%5.3%
Swedish1.9%——
Scottish1.6%1.1%1.3%
African American†5.8%8.7%9.9%
African0.9%0.4%0.5%
Puerto Rican2.8%3.7%1.8%
Mexican0.8%1.4%11.3%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Asian Indian0.6%1.2%1.4%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.3%0.3%0.6%
Nepalese0.3%——
Chinese0.2%0.9%1.3%
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
Erie, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
40.2
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
10.0%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.8%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Erie, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$63,354
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.0%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.3%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Erie, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.9%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
2.0%
5.6%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.2%
0.8%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.2%
1.7%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Erie, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
18.5%
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
7.9%
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
61.2%
53.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
9.1%
10.3%
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.
Erie, PA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−7.4%
1896
−12.1%
1900
−22.4%
1904
−35.9%
1908
−24.0%
1912
+3.7%
1916
+3.4%
1920
−43.0%
1924
−50.3%
1928
−22.5%
1932
+3.0%
1936
+11.4%
1940
−7.1%
1944
−3.4%
1948
−8.9%
1952
−14.2%
1956
−23.3%
1960
+2.1%
1964
+39.6%
1968
+8.5%
1972
−18.5%
1976
+5.3%
1980
−2.9%
1984
−3.1%
1988
+5.4%
1992
+14.5%
1996
+16.2%
2000
+9.2%
2004
+8.4%
2008
+19.9%
2012
+16.0%
2016
−1.6%
2020
+1.0%
2024
−1.0%
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
49.0%Harris67,456
50.0%Trump68,866
0.5%Oliver686 +1
R+1.0
R+2.1
D+0.4
137,595
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican50.0%68,866
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic49.0%67,456
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%686
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%587
D
49.8%Biden68,286
48.8%Trump66,869
1.4%
D+1.0
D+2.6
R+3.4
137,083
R
46.4%Clinton58,112
48.0%Trump60,069
5.6%
R+1.6
R+17.5
R+3.7
125,129
D
57.1%Obama68,036
41.2%Romney49,025
1.7%
D+16.0
R+4.0
D+12.1
119,114
D
59.3%Obama75,775
39.4%McCain50,351
1.2%
D+19.9
D+11.5
D+12.6
127,691
D
53.9%Kerry67,921
45.6%Bush57,372
0.5%
D+8.4
R+0.9
D+10.8
125,898
D
52.9%Gore59,399
43.6%Bush49,027
3.5%
D+9.2
R+7.0
D+8.7
112,335
D
52.9%Clinton57,508
36.7%Dole39,884
10.5%
D+16.2
D+1.7
D+7.7
108,791
D
47.9%Clinton56,381
33.3%Bush39,283
18.8%
D+14.5
D+9.1
D+9.0
117,804
D
52.2%Dukakis53,913
46.8%Bush48,306
1.0%
D+5.4
D+8.5
D+13.2
103,300
R
48.0%Mondale52,471
51.1%Reagan55,860
0.9%
R+3.1
R+0.2
D+15.1
109,266
R
44.5%Carter45,946
47.4%Reagan48,918
8.0%
R+2.9
R+8.2
D+6.9
103,162
D
51.6%Carter55,385
46.2%Ford49,641
2.2%
D+5.3
D+23.8
D+3.3
107,439
R
39.8%McGovern42,022
58.2%Nixon61,542
2.0%
R+18.5
R+26.9
D+4.7
105,713
D
51.7%Humphrey51,604
43.2%Nixon43,134
5.1%
D+8.5
R+31.1
D+9.2
99,847
D
69.5%Johnson72,944
29.9%Goldwater31,393
0.5%
D+39.6
D+37.5
D+17.0
104,886
D
50.9%Kennedy53,723
48.8%Nixon51,525
0.3%
D+2.1
D+25.4
D+1.9
105,543
R
38.2%Stevenson33,802
61.5%Eisenhower54,430
0.4%
R+23.3
R+9.1
R+7.9
88,555
R
42.7%Stevenson36,619
56.9%Eisenhower48,836
0.5%
R+14.2
R+5.3
R+3.5
85,846
R
44.5%Truman28,159
53.5%Dewey33,806
2.0%
R+8.9
R+5.5
R+13.4
63,245
R
48.0%Roosevelt32,912
51.4%Dewey35,247
0.6%
R+3.4
D+3.7
R+10.9
68,578
R
46.2%Roosevelt31,735
53.3%Willkie36,608
0.5%
R+7.1
R+18.5
R+17.0
68,714
D
50.6%Roosevelt33,042
39.2%Landon25,607
10.3%
D+11.4
D+8.4
R+12.9
65,355
D
48.4%Roosevelt19,592
45.4%Hoover18,371
6.1%
D+3.0
D+25.5
R+14.8
40,442
R
38.5%Smith19,278
61.0%Hoover30,542
0.6%
R+22.5
D+27.8
R+5.0
50,097
R
11.0%Davis3,502
61.3%Coolidge19,480
27.7%
R+50.3
R+7.2
R+25.1
31,784
R
20.6%Cox6,311
63.7%Harding19,465
15.7%
R+43.0
R+46.5
R+16.8
30,569
D
46.7%Wilson9,641
43.3%Hughes8,933
10.0%
D+3.4
R+0.2
D+0.3
20,630
O
30.6%Wilson5,633
26.9%Taft4,958
42.5%
Roosevelt +11.9
D+27.6
R+15.9
18,408
R
31.8%Bryan6,173
55.8%Taft10,828
12.5%
R+24.0
D+12.0
R+14.4
19,419
R
26.9%Parker5,119
62.8%Roosevelt11,951
10.2%
R+35.9
R+13.5
R+16.3
19,018
R
36.0%Bryan7,281
58.5%McKinley11,816
5.5%
R+22.4
R+10.4
R+14.9
20,207
R
42.7%Bryan9,210
54.7%McKinley11,819
2.6%
R+12.1
R+4.7
R+6.0
21,592
R
42.3%Cleveland7,589
49.8%Harrison8,918
7.9%
R+7.4
—
R+9.1
17,923
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
49.6%67,868
47.9%65,603
136,842
2022
D
53.3%56,404
43.9%46,507
105,884
2018
D
58.4%58,906
40.0%40,348
100,889
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+3.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+1.0
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 4.2 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Erie, PA in Erie, PA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−417
2012
−1,015
2013
−1,625
2014
−2,202
2015
−1,954
2016
−3,110
2017
−3,407
2018
−2,755
2019
−2,397
2021
−823
2022
+9
2023
−1,256
2024
−1,113
2025
−390
Erie's metro anchors Pennsylvania's northwest corner with a blue-collar manufacturing base that has produced some of the state's sharpest vote swings, shifting between parties by double-digit margins across consecutive presidential elections.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.6 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 50.3 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.0 points.
A population of 269,052, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,354 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kenosha, WI and Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA.
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In 2024, Erie, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 1.0 points (R+1.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 137,595 votes cast, 67,456 went Democratic and 68,866 went Republican.
When did Erie, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Erie, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Erie, PA, Pennsylvania?
Erie, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 269,052 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Erie, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Erie, PA, Pennsylvania is $63,354 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Erie, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Erie, PA, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
