Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut: New American county. In 2024, voted D+18%. Republican peak: R+44 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+18MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 627,0712024 5-year
- Median household income
- $128,1882024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 61.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 20.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+44 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Western Connecticut Planning RegionPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Western Connecticut Planning Region, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | +5.6% |
| 1880 | +0.2% |
| 1884 | +2.8% |
| 1888 | +0.7% |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | −39.4% |
| 1900 | −16.9% |
| 1904 | −20.1% |
| 1908 | −23.5% |
| 1912 | +5.1% |
| 1916 | −10.4% |
| 1920 | −36.5% |
| 1924 | −44.1% |
| 1928 | −13.3% |
| 1932 | −6.0% |
| 1936 | +11.1% |
| 1940 | +0.8% |
| 1944 | −2.7% |
| 1948 | −13.1% |
| 1952 | −22.4% |
| 1956 | −40.3% |
| 1960 | −6.8% |
| 1964 | +22.1% |
| 1968 | −9.8% |
| 1972 | −29.3% |
| 1976 | −16.7% |
| 1980 | −20.9% |
| 1984 | −32.0% |
| 1988 | −18.8% |
| 1992 | −3.5% |
| 1996 | +7.8% |
| 2000 | +8.9% |
| 2004 | +3.5% |
| 2008 | +17.4% |
| 2012 | +9.8% |
| 2016 | +18.0% |
| 2020 | +25.4% |
| 2024 | +18.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 172,345 | 118,999 | 295,927 | ||
| D | 191,498 | 113,175 | 308,934 | ||
| D | 156,746 | 107,239 | 275,383 | ||
| D | 141,031 | 115,600 | 259,113 | ||
| D | 157,998 | 110,852 | 271,025 | ||
| D | 134,136 | 124,977 | 262,779 | ||
| D | 126,198 | 104,744 | 242,362 | ||
| D | 112,271 | 94,267 | 230,269 | ||
| R | 104,195 | 113,545 | 267,427 | ||
| R | 97,764 | 143,637 | 243,969 | ||
| R | 85,816 | 167,114 | 253,964 | ||
| R | 80,796 | 130,774 | 239,241 | ||
| R | 96,686 | 135,693 | 233,940 | ||
| R | 81,644 | 150,769 | 236,273 | ||
| R | 90,648 | 111,787 | 216,469 | ||
| D | 126,559 | 80,776 | 207,506 | ||
| R | 94,966 | 108,923 | 203,893 | ||
| R | 55,112 | 129,655 | 184,766 | ||
| R | 68,848 | 108,887 | 178,869 | ||
| R | 58,961 | 77,467 | 141,288 | ||
| R | 64,242 | 67,799 | 133,574 | ||
| D | 60,908 | 59,919 | 121,346 | ||
| D | 56,654 | 44,866 | 106,647 | ||
| R | 41,853 | 47,546 | 94,495 | ||
| R | 35,946 | 47,112 | 83,726 | ||
| R | 12,671 | 38,281 | 58,105 | ||
| R | 16,384 | 36,384 | 54,761 | ||
| R | 13,865 | 17,180 | 31,979 | ||
| D | 10,408 | 8,995 | 27,828 | ||
| R | 9,862 | 16,283 | 27,335 | ||
| R | 10,464 | 15,900 | 27,072 | ||
| R | 10,262 | 14,518 | 25,160 | ||
| R | 6,926 | 16,723 | 24,882 | ||
| — | — | — | — | ||
| D | 10,336 | 10,187 | 20,981 | ||
| D | 8,946 | 8,453 | 17,400 | ||
| D | 8,386 | 8,354 | 16,740 | ||
| D | 7,988 | 7,136 | 15,124 |
Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
14.8%
Irish
13.4%
English
8.7%
German
8.5%
American
4.3%
Polish
4.0%
French
1.6%
African American
7.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 41.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$128,188
Western Connecticut Planning Region ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
Western Connecticut Planning Region$128,188
Connecticut$95,781
United States$80,734
Western Connecticut Planning Region ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
7.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.1%
Working age (18–64)6.9%
Seniors (65+)8.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
70.3%
speak English only
Spanish15.8%
Other Indo-European10.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.8%
Other languages0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Western Connecticut Planning Region sits in New England. In 30% of its households, a language other than English is spoken at home — among the highest shares at this geographic scale. That linguistic profile, more than any single country of origin, defines its political character.
Western Connecticut Planning Region has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of twenty-five points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved seven points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $128,188, and a population of 627,071. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greater Bridgeport Planning Region and Montgomery County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut vote in 2024?
In 2024, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut voted Democratic by 18.0 points (D+18), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 295,927 votes cast, 172,345 went Democratic and 118,999 went Republican.
What is Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut's political typology?
Akashic places Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 16 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut voted Republican was 1992.
How many people live in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut?
Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut has a population of 627,071 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut?
Median household income in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut is $128,188 — above the national median of $80,734. The Connecticut state median is $95,781.
What is the political history of Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.