Cambria County, Pennsylvania: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+40%. Republican peak: R+41 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 131,5382024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,4182024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+35 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Dickenson County, VA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Cambria CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Cambria 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 | +1.9% |
| 1896 | −12.6% |
| 1900 | −18.3% |
| 1904 | −27.7% |
| 1908 | −20.4% |
| 1912 | +18.6% |
| 1916 | −5.9% |
| 1920 | −41.2% |
| 1924 | −23.4% |
| 1928 | −4.3% |
| 1932 | +13.4% |
| 1936 | +30.9% |
| 1940 | +17.1% |
| 1944 | +16.8% |
| 1948 | +19.6% |
| 1952 | +12.7% |
| 1956 | −5.2% |
| 1960 | +17.1% |
| 1964 | +35.4% |
| 1968 | +10.0% |
| 1972 | −21.8% |
| 1976 | +8.8% |
| 1980 | +4.2% |
| 1984 | +10.6% |
| 1988 | +20.0% |
| 1992 | +20.4% |
| 1996 | +17.0% |
| 2000 | +3.8% |
| 2004 | −2.2% |
| 2008 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | −18.0% |
| 2016 | −36.8% |
| 2020 | −37.3% |
| 2024 | −39.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 21,177 | 49,408 | 71,345 | ||
| R | 21,730 | 48,085 | 70,574 | ||
| R | 18,867 | 42,258 | 63,589 | ||
| R | 24,249 | 35,163 | 60,526 | ||
| D | 32,451 | 31,995 | 65,670 | ||
| R | 32,591 | 34,048 | 66,983 | ||
| D | 30,308 | 28,001 | 60,286 | ||
| D | 30,391 | 20,341 | 59,275 | ||
| D | 34,334 | 20,770 | 66,349 | ||
| D | 38,517 | 25,626 | 64,552 | ||
| D | 39,865 | 32,173 | 72,296 | ||
| D | 36,121 | 33,072 | 72,131 | ||
| D | 38,797 | 32,469 | 72,128 | ||
| R | 27,950 | 43,825 | 72,975 | ||
| D | 41,225 | 33,280 | 79,150 | ||
| D | 55,183 | 26,281 | 81,598 | ||
| D | 52,409 | 37,062 | 89,622 | ||
| R | 41,753 | 46,373 | 88,249 | ||
| D | 50,774 | 39,294 | 90,250 | ||
| D | 41,533 | 27,725 | 70,422 | ||
| D | 39,676 | 28,203 | 68,143 | ||
| D | 42,894 | 30,306 | 73,401 | ||
| D | 46,687 | 24,378 | 72,304 | ||
| D | 28,197 | 21,351 | 51,145 | ||
| R | 27,024 | 29,494 | 56,945 | ||
| R | 13,563 | 24,728 | 47,764 | ||
| R | 6,961 | 19,629 | 30,712 | ||
| R | 9,416 | 10,688 | 21,482 | ||
| O | 7,282 | 3,252 | 21,725 | ||
| R | 7,979 | 12,325 | 21,296 | ||
| R | 7,232 | 13,109 | 21,220 | ||
| R | 7,168 | 10,476 | 18,064 | ||
| R | 6,843 | 8,865 | 16,022 | ||
| D | 6,259 | 6,020 | 12,696 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
31.7%
Irish
16.0%
Italian
11.7%
Polish
9.5%
English
8.7%
American
4.8%
French
1.6%
African American
2.5%
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: 45.6 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
$58,418
Cambria County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Cambria County$58,418
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Cambria 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
14.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.6%
Working age (18–64)13.1%
Seniors (65+)9.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.4%
speak English only
Spanish1.2%
Other Indo-European0.9%
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 36.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Cambria's coal and steel legacy built one of Pennsylvania's strongest union-Democratic traditions, but the county has swung sharply rightward over two decades — its R+39.7 margin in 2024 reflects one of the sharpest partisan realignments in the state.
The Republican margin here reached forty-one points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty points.
A population of 131,538, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,418 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dickenson County and Buchanan County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cambria County, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cambria County, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 39.6 points (R+40), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 71,345 votes cast, 21,177 went Democratic and 49,408 went Republican.
What is Cambria County, Pennsylvania's political typology?
Akashic places Cambria 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 18 times, Republican 15 times, and other 1 times.
When did Cambria County, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cambria County, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Cambria County, Pennsylvania?
Cambria County, Pennsylvania has a population of 131,538 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cambria County, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Cambria County, Pennsylvania is $58,418 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Cambria County, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cambria County, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.