Beaver County, Pennsylvania: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+21%. Republican peak: R+52 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+21MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 166,3242024 5-year
- Median household income
- $71,0892024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+44 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Washington County, PA · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Beaver CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Beaver County, 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 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −11.4% |
| 1896 | −22.1% |
| 1900 | −23.9% |
| 1904 | −46.2% |
| 1908 | −22.4% |
| 1912 | +2.2% |
| 1916 | −7.5% |
| 1920 | −37.2% |
| 1924 | −51.8% |
| 1928 | −40.0% |
| 1932 | +0.1% |
| 1936 | +29.1% |
| 1940 | +15.9% |
| 1944 | +16.2% |
| 1948 | +8.5% |
| 1952 | +9.2% |
| 1956 | −2.5% |
| 1960 | +12.3% |
| 1964 | +44.4% |
| 1968 | +20.9% |
| 1972 | −15.6% |
| 1976 | +15.4% |
| 1980 | +16.9% |
| 1984 | +26.1% |
| 1988 | +32.1% |
| 1992 | +28.6% |
| 1996 | +18.2% |
| 2000 | +8.7% |
| 2004 | +2.7% |
| 2008 | −2.8% |
| 2012 | −6.5% |
| 2016 | −18.5% |
| 2020 | −17.7% |
| 2024 | −20.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 37,196 | 56,837 | 95,194 | ||
| R | 38,122 | 54,759 | 94,122 | ||
| R | 32,531 | 48,167 | 84,462 | ||
| R | 37,055 | 42,344 | 80,793 | ||
| R | 40,499 | 42,895 | 84,488 | ||
| D | 42,146 | 39,916 | 82,543 | ||
| D | 38,925 | 32,491 | 73,649 | ||
| D | 39,578 | 26,048 | 74,279 | ||
| D | 44,877 | 21,361 | 82,340 | ||
| D | 50,327 | 25,764 | 76,469 | ||
| D | 54,765 | 32,052 | 87,117 | ||
| D | 43,955 | 30,496 | 79,765 | ||
| D | 46,117 | 33,593 | 81,150 | ||
| R | 31,570 | 43,637 | 77,337 | ||
| D | 45,396 | 28,264 | 82,028 | ||
| D | 60,492 | 23,174 | 83,993 | ||
| D | 47,182 | 36,796 | 84,190 | ||
| R | 36,373 | 38,263 | 74,715 | ||
| D | 38,136 | 31,700 | 70,170 | ||
| D | 26,629 | 22,324 | 50,936 | ||
| D | 32,743 | 23,555 | 56,658 | ||
| D | 33,609 | 24,324 | 58,215 | ||
| D | 37,205 | 20,223 | 58,312 | ||
| D | 19,805 | 19,751 | 41,260 | ||
| R | 11,868 | 27,949 | 40,217 | ||
| R | 3,220 | 16,768 | 26,141 | ||
| R | 4,771 | 11,691 | 18,586 | ||
| R | 5,805 | 6,864 | 14,103 | ||
| O | 3,037 | 2,759 | 12,602 | ||
| R | 4,200 | 7,008 | 12,526 | ||
| R | 2,342 | 7,122 | 10,340 | ||
| R | 4,076 | 6,759 | 11,244 | ||
| R | 4,322 | 6,842 | 11,412 | ||
| R | 3,822 | 4,890 | 9,396 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
26.6%
Irish
17.5%
Italian
16.3%
English
9.8%
Polish
5.9%
American
3.1%
Scottish
2.1%
African American
5.0%
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: 44.7 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
$71,089
Beaver County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Beaver County$71,089
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Beaver County ranks near the middle 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
9.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.6%
Working age (18–64)8.8%
Seniors (65+)10.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.7%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.5%
Spanish1.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
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 50.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Beaver County's industrial Ohio River corridor has shifted dramatically rightward over two decades; in 2024 it delivered a 20-point Republican presidential margin in a county that voted Democratic as recently as 2008.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-two points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-one points.
A population of 166,324, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,089 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Washington County and Fayette County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Beaver County, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Beaver County, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 20.6 points (R+21), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 95,194 votes cast, 37,196 went Democratic and 56,837 went Republican.
What is Beaver County, Pennsylvania's political typology?
Akashic places Beaver County, Pennsylvania in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. 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 17 times, Republican 16 times, and other 1 times.
When did Beaver County, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Beaver County, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 2004.
How many people live in Beaver County, Pennsylvania?
Beaver County, Pennsylvania has a population of 166,324 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Beaver County, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Beaver County, Pennsylvania is $71,089 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Beaver County, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Beaver County, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.