† 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
GroupSpringfield, MAMassachusettsUnited States
Irish13.0%18.6%9.4%
Italian8.5%11.1%4.8%
French7.7%4.7%1.6%
Polish7.6%3.4%2.2%
American7.2%3.3%5.3%
English6.3%9.7%9.5%
French Canadian4.1%——
German4.0%5.4%12.5%
Puerto Rican21.8%4.6%1.8%
Dominican1.8%2.7%0.7%
Mexican0.7%0.8%11.3%
Guatemalan0.5%0.8%0.5%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Salvadoran0.2%1.1%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.6%0.4%
Ecuadorian0.2%0.3%—
African American†5.6%2.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.9%0.5%0.4%
African0.3%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%0.2%0.2%
Haitian0.2%1.1%0.3%
Asian Indian0.5%1.9%1.4%
Nepalese0.4%——
Chinese0.3%2.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.3%0.8%0.6%
Pakistani0.2%——
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
Springfield, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
40
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
9.8%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.3%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Springfield, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$71,306
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.3%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
29.3%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Springfield, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
25.6%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
17.4%
9.7%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.9%
1.0%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.6%
6.1%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Springfield, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Catholic
32.2%
35.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
5.8%
3.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
52.8%
51.4%
51.5%
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.
Springfield, MA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−0.6%
1896
−39.1%
1900
−13.2%
1904
−21.5%
1908
−16.5%
1912
−2.5%
1916
−3.2%
1920
−40.7%
1924
−35.4%
1928
+5.0%
1932
+6.6%
1936
+20.6%
1940
+16.1%
1944
+18.3%
1948
+14.5%
1952
−4.1%
1956
−12.2%
1960
+25.3%
1964
+49.8%
1968
+31.2%
1972
+4.8%
1976
+21.6%
1980
+4.4%
1984
−2.5%
1988
+13.0%
1992
+16.7%
1996
+32.8%
2000
+23.6%
2004
+22.9%
2008
+25.3%
2012
+25.1%
2016
+16.2%
2020
+17.5%
2024
+8.9%
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
D
53.2%Harris110,937
44.3%Trump92,474
0.6%Ellis1,334 +5
D+8.9
R+8.6
D+10.3
208,604
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic53.2%110,937
Donald J TrumpRepublican44.3%92,474
Ayyadurai EllisIndependent0.6%1,334
Jill SteinIndependent0.6%1,275
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%931
All OthersIndependent0.4%852
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.4%796
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%5
D
57.0%Biden125,948
39.5%Trump87,318
3.4%
D+17.5
D+1.3
D+13.0
220,793
D
53.8%Clinton112,590
37.6%Trump78,685
8.6%
D+16.2
R+8.9
D+14.1
209,336
D
61.7%Obama123,619
36.6%Romney73,392
1.7%
D+25.1
R+0.3
D+21.2
200,399
D
61.4%Obama121,454
36.1%McCain71,350
2.5%
D+25.3
D+2.4
D+18.1
197,720
D
60.9%Kerry113,710
38.0%Bush70,925
1.1%
D+22.9
R+0.6
D+25.4
186,639
D
58.2%Gore100,103
34.6%Bush59,558
7.2%
D+23.6
R+9.3
D+23.0
172,093
D
61.0%Clinton105,050
28.2%Dole48,513
10.8%
D+32.8
D+16.1
D+24.3
172,239
D
45.7%Clinton86,026
29.0%Bush54,621
25.3%
D+16.7
D+3.7
D+11.1
188,265
D
56.1%Dukakis97,332
43.2%Bush74,872
0.7%
D+13.0
D+15.4
D+20.7
173,420
R
48.6%Mondale84,985
51.1%Reagan89,330
0.4%
R+2.5
R+6.8
D+15.7
174,971
D
44.7%Carter80,369
40.4%Reagan72,528
14.9%
D+4.4
R+17.2
D+14.1
179,720
D
59.4%Carter110,028
37.8%Ford70,008
2.8%
D+21.6
D+16.8
D+19.5
185,290
D
52.1%McGovern94,945
47.3%Nixon86,164
0.6%
D+4.8
R+26.4
D+28.0
182,133
D
62.5%Humphrey111,376
31.3%Nixon55,783
6.2%
D+31.2
R+18.6
D+31.9
178,150
D
74.7%Johnson133,085
24.9%Goldwater44,299
0.5%
D+49.8
D+24.5
D+27.2
178,219
D
62.5%Kennedy121,061
37.2%Nixon72,054
0.4%
D+25.3
D+37.5
D+25.1
193,828
R
43.6%Stevenson81,743
55.9%Eisenhower104,689
0.5%
R+12.2
R+8.2
D+3.2
187,367
R
47.8%Stevenson90,936
51.9%Eisenhower98,641
0.3%
R+4.1
R+18.6
D+6.7
190,193
D
56.4%Truman94,609
41.9%Dewey70,256
1.7%
D+14.5
R+3.8
D+10.0
167,720
D
59.1%Roosevelt91,819
40.7%Dewey63,293
0.2%
D+18.3
D+2.2
D+10.9
155,486
D
57.8%Roosevelt89,477
41.7%Willkie64,502
0.5%
D+16.1
R+4.5
D+6.2
154,796
D
57.2%Roosevelt80,164
36.6%Landon51,288
6.2%
D+20.6
D+14.0
R+3.7
140,180
D
51.1%Roosevelt63,189
44.5%Hoover55,032
4.4%
D+6.6
D+1.6
R+11.2
123,629
D
52.2%Smith62,056
47.2%Hoover56,063
0.6%
D+5.0
D+40.4
D+22.5
118,822
R
24.6%Davis19,079
60.0%Coolidge46,489
15.4%
R+35.4
D+5.3
R+10.2
77,515
R
28.2%Cox19,156
68.9%Harding46,741
2.8%
R+40.7
R+37.4
R+14.5
67,820
R
46.9%Wilson17,028
50.2%Hughes18,207
2.9%
R+3.2
R+0.7
R+6.4
36,277
R
34.9%Wilson10,620
37.4%Taft11,393
27.6%
R+2.5
D+13.9
R+22.1
30,423
R
35.7%Bryan9,910
52.2%Taft14,485
12.1%
R+16.5
D+5.1
R+6.9
27,753
R
36.1%Parker9,369
57.6%Roosevelt14,962
6.3%
R+21.5
R+8.3
R+1.9
25,972
R
41.4%Bryan10,424
54.7%McKinley13,757
3.9%
R+13.2
D+25.8
R+5.7
25,170
R
28.6%Bryan6,787
67.7%McKinley16,064
3.8%
R+39.1
R+38.4
R+33.0
23,744
R
48.2%Cleveland11,228
48.8%Harrison11,373
3.0%
R+0.6
—
R+2.3
23,294
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
54.0%110,375
45.8%93,677
204,422
2020
D
58.3%123,867
40.4%85,790
212,462
2018
D
55.7%86,861
40.5%63,152
156,064
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025D+14.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+8.9
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 5.7 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Springfield, MA in Springfield, MA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−2,093
2012
−3,215
2013
−2,546
2014
−1,906
2015
−3,512
2016
−4,511
2017
−3,133
2018
−3,061
2019
−2,820
2021
−1,467
2022
−2,938
2023
−1,479
2024
−1,033
2025
−422
Springfield's electorate skews heavily Democratic in statewide races, buoyed by a Puerto Rican community that now comprises roughly 40% of the city's population and drives some of the region's highest rates of first-time voter registration.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 40.7 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 8.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.9 points.
A population of 462,815, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,306 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Providence-Warwick, RI-MA and Worcester, MA.
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How did Springfield, MA, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Springfield, MA, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 8.9 points (D+8.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 208,604 votes cast, 110,937 went Democratic and 92,474 went Republican.
When did Springfield, MA, Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Springfield, MA, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Springfield, MA, Massachusetts?
Springfield, MA, Massachusetts has a population of 462,815 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Springfield, MA, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Springfield, MA, Massachusetts is $71,306 — below the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Springfield, MA, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Springfield, MA, Massachusetts from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
