Adams County, Pennsylvania: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+34%. Republican peak: R+42 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 106,1152024 5-year
- Median household income
- $84,0922024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+40 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+42 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lincoln County, NM · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Adams CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Adams County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +4.6% |
| 1896 | −4.3% |
| 1900 | +3.2% |
| 1904 | −2.6% |
| 1908 | +4.4% |
| 1912 | +39.7% |
| 1916 | +9.0% |
| 1920 | −15.7% |
| 1924 | −8.6% |
| 1928 | −35.0% |
| 1932 | +8.2% |
| 1936 | +0.1% |
| 1940 | −7.9% |
| 1944 | −19.7% |
| 1948 | −19.1% |
| 1952 | −31.8% |
| 1956 | −32.2% |
| 1960 | −24.2% |
| 1964 | +12.7% |
| 1968 | −28.1% |
| 1972 | −41.6% |
| 1976 | −15.8% |
| 1980 | −29.0% |
| 1984 | −39.3% |
| 1988 | −30.5% |
| 1992 | −13.5% |
| 1996 | −15.5% |
| 2000 | −27.4% |
| 2004 | −34.3% |
| 2008 | −19.6% |
| 2012 | −27.4% |
| 2016 | −35.8% |
| 2020 | −34.2% |
| 2024 | −33.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 19,842 | 40,248 | 60,871 | ||
| R | 18,207 | 37,523 | 56,540 | ||
| R | 14,219 | 31,423 | 47,990 | ||
| R | 15,091 | 26,767 | 42,625 | ||
| R | 17,633 | 26,349 | 44,491 | ||
| R | 13,764 | 28,247 | 42,228 | ||
| R | 11,682 | 20,848 | 33,444 | ||
| R | 10,774 | 15,338 | 29,508 | ||
| R | 9,576 | 13,552 | 29,501 | ||
| R | 8,299 | 15,650 | 24,105 | ||
| R | 7,289 | 16,786 | 24,174 | ||
| R | 7,266 | 13,760 | 22,404 | ||
| R | 8,771 | 12,133 | 21,322 | ||
| R | 5,529 | 13,593 | 19,365 | ||
| R | 5,993 | 11,303 | 18,907 | ||
| D | 11,148 | 8,617 | 19,860 | ||
| R | 7,895 | 12,933 | 20,854 | ||
| R | 6,281 | 12,250 | 18,531 | ||
| R | 5,691 | 11,016 | 16,737 | ||
| R | 5,409 | 7,988 | 13,509 | ||
| R | 5,881 | 8,787 | 14,735 | ||
| R | 7,354 | 8,609 | 15,984 | ||
| D | 8,336 | 8,313 | 17,410 | ||
| D | 7,185 | 6,084 | 13,494 | ||
| R | 4,635 | 9,656 | 14,349 | ||
| R | 4,840 | 5,778 | 10,918 | ||
| R | 3,852 | 5,323 | 9,349 | ||
| D | 3,963 | 3,290 | 7,519 | ||
| D | 3,682 | 819 | 7,210 | ||
| D | 4,034 | 3,685 | 7,849 | ||
| R | 3,812 | 4,017 | 7,931 | ||
| D | 3,967 | 3,718 | 7,832 | ||
| R | 3,814 | 4,170 | 8,185 | ||
| D | 3,716 | 3,384 | 7,170 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
33.0%
Irish
12.5%
English
9.9%
American
9.6%
Italian
5.0%
Polish
2.7%
Scottish
1.4%
African American
1.4%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 43.7 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
$84,092
Adams County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Adams County$84,092
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Adams County ranks in the top 25% 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
8.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.6%
Working age (18–64)7.1%
Seniors (65+)7.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.3%
speak English only
Spanish4.7%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Adams County, anchored by the borough of Gettysburg and the apple orchards around Biglerville, has voted Republican by a widening margin for two decades — from roughly R+20 in 2008 to a steady mid-30s margin in the 2016–2024 cycles, a profile typical of south-central Pennsylvania's rural and small-town communities.
The Republican margin here reached forty-two points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-four points.
A population of 106,115, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $84,092 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lincoln County and Adams County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Adams County, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Adams County, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 33.5 points (R+34), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 60,871 votes cast, 19,842 went Democratic and 40,248 went Republican.
What is Adams County, Pennsylvania's political typology?
Akashic places Adams County, Pennsylvania in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 8 times, Republican 26 times, and other 0 times.
When did Adams County, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Adams County, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Adams County, Pennsylvania?
Adams County, Pennsylvania has a population of 106,115 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Adams County, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Adams County, Pennsylvania is $84,092 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Adams County, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Adams County, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.