† 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
8 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
GroupPittsburgh, PAPennsylvaniaUnited States
German24.3%21.6%12.5%
Irish17.0%14.8%9.4%
Italian15.0%10.6%4.8%
English9.3%8.3%9.5%
Polish7.6%5.4%2.2%
American3.2%4.4%5.3%
Slovak2.8%0.8%—
Scottish1.7%1.1%1.3%
African American†7.1%8.7%9.9%
African0.3%0.4%0.5%
Jamaican0.2%0.3%0.4%
Asian Indian1.0%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.6%0.9%1.3%
Mexican0.8%1.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%3.7%1.8%
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
Pittsburgh, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
42.9
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.1%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.5%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Pittsburgh, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$76,360
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.1%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.3%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Pittsburgh, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.9%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.5%
5.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
1.7%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Pittsburgh, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
30.8%
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
8.7%
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
45.1%
53.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
10.1%
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.
Pittsburgh, PA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−12.5%
1896
−30.2%
1900
−31.8%
1904
−47.8%
1908
−25.0%
1912
+8.9%
1916
−12.9%
1920
−41.6%
1924
−46.7%
1928
−22.9%
1932
+9.9%
1936
+31.4%
1940
+16.0%
1944
+13.6%
1948
+12.4%
1952
+4.9%
1956
−6.0%
1960
+11.7%
1964
+35.8%
1968
+15.1%
1972
−14.0%
1976
+7.5%
1980
+5.3%
1984
+12.6%
1988
+18.7%
1992
+21.4%
1996
+11.7%
2000
+8.0%
2004
+4.0%
2008
+2.4%
2012
−1.5%
2016
−5.6%
2020
−3.2%
2024
−4.5%
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
47.3%Harris671,128
51.8%Trump734,418
0.5%Oliver6,494 +1
R+4.5
R+1.2
R+3.0
1,417,555
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican51.8%734,418
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic47.3%671,128
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%6,494
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%5,515
R
47.8%Biden666,791
51.0%Trump712,053
1.2%
R+3.2
D+2.3
R+7.7
1,394,920
R
45.0%Clinton563,858
50.6%Trump633,488
4.4%
R+5.6
R+4.1
R+7.6
1,252,500
R
48.5%Obama570,888
50.0%Romney588,513
1.4%
R+1.5
R+3.9
R+5.4
1,176,428
D
50.7%Obama621,470
48.3%McCain591,836
1.0%
D+2.4
R+1.6
R+4.9
1,226,013
D
51.7%Kerry629,679
47.7%Bush580,468
0.6%
D+4.0
R+4.0
D+6.5
1,217,556
D
52.6%Gore570,550
44.6%Bush483,639
2.8%
D+8.0
R+3.7
D+7.5
1,084,721
D
50.6%Clinton507,168
38.9%Dole390,147
10.5%
D+11.7
R+9.8
D+3.1
1,003,129
D
51.0%Clinton571,546
29.6%Bush331,645
19.3%
D+21.4
D+2.7
D+15.9
1,119,869
D
58.9%Dukakis614,593
40.2%Bush419,054
0.9%
D+18.7
D+6.2
D+26.5
1,043,066
D
55.8%Mondale656,497
43.3%Reagan508,879
0.9%
D+12.6
D+7.3
D+30.8
1,176,169
D
49.0%Carter535,239
43.7%Reagan477,450
7.3%
D+5.3
R+2.2
D+15.0
1,092,729
D
52.6%Carter591,353
45.1%Ford507,030
2.2%
D+7.5
D+21.5
D+5.4
1,123,524
R
41.9%McGovern473,424
55.9%Nixon631,268
2.2%
R+14.0
R+29.1
D+9.2
1,129,109
D
52.0%Humphrey628,643
37.0%Nixon446,314
11.0%
D+15.1
R+20.7
D+15.8
1,207,849
D
67.7%Johnson828,924
31.9%Goldwater390,604
0.4%
D+35.8
D+24.1
D+13.2
1,224,167
D
55.7%Kennedy713,480
44.1%Nixon563,936
0.2%
D+11.7
D+17.6
D+11.5
1,279,920
R
46.9%Stevenson557,608
52.9%Eisenhower628,434
0.2%
R+6.0
R+10.8
D+9.4
1,187,897
D
52.2%Stevenson638,475
47.3%Eisenhower578,753
0.4%
D+4.9
R+7.5
D+15.6
1,222,307
D
54.9%Truman530,481
42.5%Dewey410,913
2.5%
D+12.4
R+1.2
D+7.9
966,024
D
56.6%Roosevelt565,516
42.9%Dewey429,418
0.5%
D+13.6
R+2.4
D+6.1
999,990
D
57.8%Roosevelt603,724
41.8%Willkie436,521
0.5%
D+16.0
R+15.4
D+6.1
1,045,059
D
64.4%Roosevelt632,498
33.0%Landon324,280
2.6%
D+31.4
D+21.5
D+7.1
982,586
D
52.6%Roosevelt339,013
42.7%Hoover275,344
4.6%
D+9.9
D+32.8
R+7.9
644,280
R
38.1%Smith256,924
61.0%Hoover411,644
0.9%
R+22.9
D+23.8
R+5.5
674,810
R
12.6%Davis59,261
59.3%Coolidge278,803
28.0%
R+46.7
R+5.1
R+21.6
469,777
R
24.1%Cox89,890
65.7%Harding245,286
10.2%
R+41.6
R+28.7
R+15.4
373,208
R
39.4%Wilson102,730
52.3%Hughes136,451
8.2%
R+12.9
R+21.8
R+16.1
260,670
O
27.7%Wilson65,667
18.8%Taft44,650
53.5%
Roosevelt +25.8
D+33.9
R+10.7
237,032
R
32.4%Bryan76,760
57.5%Taft136,003
10.1%
R+25.0
D+22.8
R+15.5
236,615
R
22.7%Parker50,919
70.5%Roosevelt157,999
6.7%
R+47.8
R+16.0
R+28.1
224,018
R
32.1%Bryan67,084
63.9%McKinley133,687
4.0%
R+31.8
R+1.6
R+24.3
209,234
R
33.9%Bryan72,858
64.1%McKinley137,901
2.0%
R+30.2
R+17.8
R+24.2
215,046
R
42.0%Cleveland69,800
54.4%Harrison90,514
3.6%
R+12.5
—
R+14.1
166,375
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
47.8%672,776
49.8%700,482
1,407,705
2022
D
51.6%575,964
46.3%516,487
1,115,686
2018
D
55.9%566,814
42.4%429,516
1,013,934
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+4.9
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+4.5
Pittsburgh, PA registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 9.4-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
Domestic migration in Pittsburgh, PA in Pittsburgh, PA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+3,519
2012
+177
2013
−539
2014
−4,793
2015
−7,760
2016
−9,197
2017
−9,452
2018
−4,524
2019
−3,054
2021
+3,333
2022
−9,872
2023
−4,482
2024
−1,734
2025
+1,659
The Pittsburgh metro has trended Republican at the county level over two decades as its post-industrial collar communities shifted rightward, even as Allegheny County's urban core continues to anchor Democratic margins in statewide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 47.8 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.5 points.
A population of 2,439,940, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,360 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY and Akron, OH.
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How did Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 4.5 points (R+4.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,417,555 votes cast, 671,128 went Democratic and 734,418 went Republican.
When did Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania?
Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 2,439,940 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania is $76,360 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
