Blair County, Pennsylvania: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+43%. Republican peak: R+52 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+43MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 121,2772024 5-year
- Median household income
- $62,3822024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+6 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Potter County, PA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Blair CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Blair County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | −16.4% |
| 1896 | −35.0% |
| 1900 | −35.2% |
| 1904 | −51.8% |
| 1908 | −33.4% |
| 1912 | +5.6% |
| 1916 | −16.1% |
| 1920 | −35.5% |
| 1924 | −52.2% |
| 1928 | −47.6% |
| 1932 | −17.0% |
| 1936 | +4.4% |
| 1940 | −10.5% |
| 1944 | −16.1% |
| 1948 | −22.6% |
| 1952 | −31.1% |
| 1956 | −31.5% |
| 1960 | −28.9% |
| 1964 | +3.7% |
| 1968 | −26.9% |
| 1972 | −52.4% |
| 1976 | −20.9% |
| 1980 | −30.0% |
| 1984 | −31.5% |
| 1988 | −24.1% |
| 1992 | −14.7% |
| 1996 | −15.3% |
| 2000 | −27.9% |
| 2004 | −32.6% |
| 2008 | −24.3% |
| 2012 | −33.8% |
| 2016 | −45.5% |
| 2020 | −43.5% |
| 2024 | −43.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 18,127 | 46,352 | 65,140 | ||
| R | 17,636 | 45,306 | 63,595 | ||
| R | 13,958 | 39,135 | 55,341 | ||
| R | 16,276 | 33,319 | 50,365 | ||
| R | 19,813 | 32,708 | 53,102 | ||
| R | 18,105 | 35,751 | 54,178 | ||
| R | 15,774 | 28,376 | 45,140 | ||
| R | 15,036 | 21,282 | 40,691 | ||
| R | 14,857 | 21,447 | 44,758 | ||
| R | 15,588 | 25,623 | 41,662 | ||
| R | 15,651 | 30,104 | 45,945 | ||
| R | 15,014 | 28,931 | 46,359 | ||
| R | 18,397 | 28,290 | 47,366 | ||
| R | 10,023 | 33,126 | 44,110 | ||
| R | 15,803 | 28,780 | 48,296 | ||
| D | 26,157 | 24,301 | 50,531 | ||
| R | 19,445 | 35,297 | 54,809 | ||
| R | 17,503 | 33,623 | 51,191 | ||
| R | 16,851 | 32,113 | 49,070 | ||
| R | 14,050 | 22,382 | 36,886 | ||
| R | 18,003 | 24,925 | 43,106 | ||
| R | 21,573 | 26,639 | 48,337 | ||
| D | 27,038 | 24,711 | 52,597 | ||
| R | 13,709 | 19,553 | 34,335 | ||
| R | 12,104 | 34,356 | 46,726 | ||
| R | 4,244 | 20,313 | 30,808 | ||
| R | 5,668 | 15,035 | 26,392 | ||
| R | 7,002 | 9,893 | 17,935 | ||
| O | 4,108 | 3,138 | 17,276 | ||
| R | 4,981 | 10,583 | 16,796 | ||
| R | 3,675 | 12,482 | 16,992 | ||
| R | 4,528 | 9,749 | 14,814 | ||
| R | 4,840 | 10,382 | 15,851 | ||
| R | 5,265 | 7,407 | 13,052 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
34.8%
Irish
17.0%
Italian
9.6%
English
9.1%
American
6.0%
Polish
4.1%
Scottish
1.6%
African American
1.6%
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: 43.1 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
$62,382
Blair County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Blair County$62,382
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Blair 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
12.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.6%
Working age (18–64)11.6%
Seniors (65+)11.7%
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-European1.9%
Spanish0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Blair County, anchored by Altoona's post-industrial economy in the Allegheny ridges, has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 40 points in recent cycles, making it an outlier even within a state full of red-leaning rural counties.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-two points in 1972. The 2024 margin was forty-three points.
A population of 121,277, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,382 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Potter County and Daviess County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Blair County, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Blair County, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 43.3 points (R+43), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 65,140 votes cast, 18,127 went Democratic and 46,352 went Republican.
What is Blair County, Pennsylvania's political typology?
Akashic places Blair 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 2 times, Republican 31 times, and other 1 times.
When did Blair County, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Blair County, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Blair County, Pennsylvania?
Blair County, Pennsylvania has a population of 121,277 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Blair County, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Blair County, Pennsylvania is $62,382 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Blair County, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Blair County, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 31 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.