† 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
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
GroupYork-Hanover, PAPennsylvaniaUnited States
German31.6%21.6%12.5%
Irish12.0%14.8%9.4%
English9.9%8.3%9.5%
Italian6.2%10.6%4.8%
American6.2%4.4%5.3%
Polish2.8%5.4%2.2%
Scottish1.5%1.1%1.3%
French1.4%—1.6%
Puerto Rican5.0%3.7%1.8%
Mexican1.5%1.4%11.3%
Dominican1.4%1.4%0.7%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Peruvian0.2%——
Spaniard0.2%——
African American†5.1%8.7%9.9%
African0.3%0.4%0.5%
Haitian0.2%0.2%0.3%
Asian Indian0.3%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.9%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.3%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
York-Hanover, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
41.1
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.9%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.9%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
York-Hanover, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$84,829
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.4%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.6%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
York-Hanover, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.3%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
5.4%
5.6%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
York-Hanover, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
8.1%
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
10.5%
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
65.7%
53.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
12.5%
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.
York-Hanover, PA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+16.9%
1896
+3.1%
1900
+5.3%
1904
−6.4%
1908
+1.8%
1912
+32.2%
1916
+13.2%
1920
−15.4%
1924
−18.1%
1928
−60.1%
1932
+6.8%
1936
+21.0%
1940
+13.3%
1944
+7.9%
1948
+1.2%
1952
−5.9%
1956
−10.8%
1960
−17.6%
1964
+27.0%
1968
−19.6%
1972
−38.7%
1976
−15.6%
1980
−27.2%
1984
−38.1%
1988
−31.2%
1992
−10.4%
1996
−12.2%
2000
−24.7%
2004
−28.2%
2008
−13.6%
2012
−21.1%
2016
−28.8%
2020
−24.6%
2024
−25.3%
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
36.9%Harris91,926
62.1%Trump154,884
0.6%Oliver1,422 +1
R+25.3
R+0.7
R+23.8
249,210
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican62.1%154,884
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic36.9%91,926
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%1,422
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%978
R
36.9%Biden88,114
61.5%Trump146,733
1.5%
R+24.6
D+4.3
R+29.0
238,471
R
32.9%Clinton68,524
61.8%Trump128,528
5.3%
R+28.8
R+7.7
R+30.9
208,029
R
38.5%Obama73,191
59.6%Romney113,304
1.8%
R+21.1
R+7.5
R+25.0
190,005
R
42.7%Obama82,839
56.3%McCain109,268
1.1%
R+13.6
D+14.6
R+20.9
194,210
R
35.5%Kerry63,701
63.7%Bush114,270
0.7%
R+28.2
R+3.5
R+25.8
179,269
R
36.0%Gore51,958
60.7%Bush87,652
3.2%
R+24.7
R+12.6
R+25.3
144,286
R
38.7%Clinton49,596
50.9%Dole65,188
10.4%
R+12.2
R+1.7
R+20.7
128,156
R
34.3%Clinton46,113
44.8%Bush60,130
20.9%
R+10.4
D+20.8
R+16.0
134,245
R
33.9%Dukakis37,691
65.2%Bush72,408
0.9%
R+31.2
D+6.9
R+23.5
111,116
R
30.5%Mondale33,359
68.7%Reagan75,020
0.8%
R+38.1
R+11.0
R+19.9
109,247
R
32.8%Carter33,406
60.0%Reagan61,098
7.2%
R+27.2
R+11.5
R+17.4
101,891
R
41.3%Carter41,281
56.9%Ford56,912
1.8%
R+15.6
D+23.0
R+17.7
99,944
R
29.5%McGovern27,520
68.2%Nixon63,606
2.3%
R+38.7
R+19.1
R+15.5
93,280
R
35.7%Humphrey33,328
55.3%Nixon51,631
9.0%
R+19.6
R+46.6
R+18.9
93,371
D
63.3%Johnson58,787
36.3%Goldwater33,677
0.4%
D+27.0
D+44.6
D+4.5
92,872
R
41.0%Kennedy39,164
58.6%Nixon55,922
0.4%
R+17.6
R+6.7
R+17.7
95,479
R
44.5%Stevenson38,743
55.3%Eisenhower48,176
0.2%
R+10.8
R+4.9
D+4.6
87,068
R
46.8%Stevenson39,508
52.7%Eisenhower44,489
0.4%
R+5.9
R+7.1
D+4.9
84,351
D
48.5%Truman33,321
47.3%Dewey32,494
4.2%
D+1.2
R+6.7
R+3.3
68,678
D
53.7%Roosevelt38,226
45.8%Dewey32,617
0.4%
D+7.9
R+5.4
D+0.4
71,158
D
56.5%Roosevelt39,543
43.2%Willkie30,228
0.2%
D+13.3
R+7.7
D+3.4
69,936
D
59.5%Roosevelt45,142
38.5%Landon29,233
1.9%
D+21.0
D+14.2
R+3.3
75,837
D
51.1%Roosevelt29,313
44.3%Hoover25,430
4.6%
D+6.8
D+66.9
R+11.0
57,365
R
19.5%Smith11,216
79.6%Hoover45,791
0.9%
R+60.1
R+42.0
R+42.6
57,529
R
38.0%Davis15,600
56.2%Coolidge23,044
5.8%
R+18.1
R+2.8
D+7.0
41,039
R
40.3%Cox14,396
55.7%Harding19,879
3.9%
R+15.4
R+28.6
D+10.8
35,679
D
53.3%Wilson16,314
40.1%Hughes12,276
6.6%
D+13.2
R+19.0
D+10.1
30,598
D
49.6%Wilson14,979
17.4%Taft5,251
33.0%
D+32.2
D+30.4
D+12.7
30,195
D
49.3%Bryan15,171
47.5%Taft14,610
3.2%
D+1.8
D+8.3
D+11.4
30,771
R
45.4%Parker12,996
51.9%Roosevelt14,837
2.7%
R+6.4
R+11.7
D+13.2
28,614
D
51.6%Bryan13,732
46.3%McKinley12,327
2.1%
D+5.3
D+2.2
D+12.8
26,631
D
50.1%Bryan13,054
47.0%McKinley12,258
2.9%
D+3.1
R+13.9
D+9.1
26,060
D
57.5%Cleveland12,822
40.6%Harrison9,052
1.9%
D+16.9
—
D+15.2
22,300
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
37.0%91,779
59.7%148,098
247,928
2022
R
38.5%71,929
58.7%109,631
186,898
2018
R
41.0%69,272
56.8%95,814
168,812
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+22.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+25.3
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 3.3 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in York-Hanover, PA in York-Hanover, PA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−457
2012
−911
2013
−56
2014
−206
2015
−72
2016
+452
2017
+612
2018
+900
2019
+291
2021
+2,486
2022
+1,831
2023
+2,701
2024
+2,664
2025
+2,525
York-Hanover sits along the Susquehanna Valley corridor, where a durable blue-collar industrial base and steady in-migration from the Baltimore region have produced competitive margins in statewide races over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.2 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 60.1 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.3 points.
A population of 462,924, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $84,829 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lebanon, PA and Lancaster, PA.
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How did York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 25.3 points (R+25.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 249,210 votes cast, 91,926 went Democratic and 154,884 went Republican.
When did York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania?
York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 462,924 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania is $84,829 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in York-Hanover, PA, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.
