Cumberland County, Pennsylvania: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+9%. Republican peak: R+57 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+9MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 268,3232024 5-year
- Median household income
- $87,4942024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+21 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- El Paso County, CO · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Cumberland CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Cumberland 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 | +9.0% |
| 1896 | −8.3% |
| 1900 | −1.4% |
| 1904 | −16.7% |
| 1908 | −7.0% |
| 1912 | +21.0% |
| 1916 | +9.2% |
| 1920 | −13.6% |
| 1924 | −13.3% |
| 1928 | −56.9% |
| 1932 | −3.9% |
| 1936 | +11.6% |
| 1940 | +1.5% |
| 1944 | −19.1% |
| 1948 | −22.2% |
| 1952 | −34.6% |
| 1956 | −36.6% |
| 1960 | −38.0% |
| 1964 | +5.8% |
| 1968 | −32.6% |
| 1972 | −47.7% |
| 1976 | −26.4% |
| 1980 | −31.8% |
| 1984 | −39.2% |
| 1988 | −31.3% |
| 1992 | −19.9% |
| 1996 | −19.2% |
| 2000 | −26.9% |
| 2004 | −28.0% |
| 2008 | −13.6% |
| 2012 | −18.4% |
| 2016 | −17.8% |
| 2020 | −10.6% |
| 2024 | −9.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 66,255 | 80,267 | 149,068 | ||
| R | 62,245 | 77,212 | 141,595 | ||
| R | 47,085 | 69,076 | 123,486 | ||
| R | 44,367 | 64,809 | 111,191 | ||
| R | 48,306 | 63,739 | 113,304 | ||
| R | 37,928 | 67,648 | 106,082 | ||
| R | 31,053 | 54,802 | 88,144 | ||
| R | 28,749 | 43,943 | 78,985 | ||
| R | 26,635 | 43,447 | 84,573 | ||
| R | 24,613 | 47,292 | 72,433 | ||
| R | 21,374 | 49,282 | 71,123 | ||
| R | 19,789 | 41,152 | 67,260 | ||
| R | 23,008 | 39,950 | 64,270 | ||
| R | 14,562 | 42,099 | 57,775 | ||
| R | 15,467 | 32,908 | 53,472 | ||
| D | 26,633 | 23,685 | 50,525 | ||
| R | 15,968 | 35,636 | 51,801 | ||
| R | 13,651 | 29,468 | 43,272 | ||
| R | 12,762 | 26,302 | 39,155 | ||
| R | 11,421 | 18,028 | 29,695 | ||
| R | 12,068 | 17,782 | 29,984 | ||
| D | 15,758 | 15,297 | 31,123 | ||
| D | 18,850 | 14,912 | 34,021 | ||
| R | 12,086 | 13,098 | 25,751 | ||
| R | 5,189 | 19,170 | 24,551 | ||
| R | 7,643 | 10,196 | 19,160 | ||
| R | 6,455 | 8,579 | 15,674 | ||
| D | 6,432 | 5,296 | 12,329 | ||
| D | 5,023 | 2,566 | 11,712 | ||
| R | 5,403 | 6,261 | 12,192 | ||
| R | 5,038 | 7,138 | 12,580 | ||
| R | 5,428 | 5,587 | 11,389 | ||
| R | 5,202 | 6,178 | 11,812 | ||
| D | 5,446 | 4,520 | 10,259 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
28.3%
Irish
13.0%
English
10.0%
Italian
6.7%
American
4.6%
Polish
3.1%
Scottish
2.3%
African American
3.5%
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: 40.2 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
$87,494
Cumberland County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Cumberland County$87,494
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Cumberland County ranks in the top 10% 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 189.2%
Working age (18–64)7.2%
Seniors (65+)5.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.6%
speak English only
Other Indo-European4.5%
Spanish2.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.4%
Other languages1.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Cumberland County sits across the Susquehanna from the state capital, and its growing professional and retiree population has trimmed a once-dominant Republican margin to single digits over the past two decades.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of fifty-seven points in 1928 at its widest — Cumberland County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was nine points.
A median household income of $87,494 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 268,323 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of El Paso County and Ottawa County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cumberland County, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 9.4 points (R+9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 149,068 votes cast, 66,255 went Democratic and 80,267 went Republican.
What is Cumberland County, Pennsylvania's political typology?
Akashic places Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. 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 6 times, Republican 28 times, and other 0 times.
When did Cumberland County, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cumberland County, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania?
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania has a population of 268,323 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania is $87,494 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.