Elk County, Pennsylvania: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+47%. Republican peak: R+56 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+47MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 30,5062024 5-year
- Median household income
- $66,3802024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 95.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+41 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Oconto County, WI · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Elk CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Elk 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 | +18.6% |
| 1896 | −1.6% |
| 1900 | −2.3% |
| 1904 | −13.9% |
| 1908 | −7.9% |
| 1912 | +25.3% |
| 1916 | −11.9% |
| 1920 | −39.9% |
| 1924 | −56.2% |
| 1928 | +19.0% |
| 1932 | +5.3% |
| 1936 | +22.7% |
| 1940 | −0.2% |
| 1944 | +3.8% |
| 1948 | +2.0% |
| 1952 | −8.8% |
| 1956 | −23.8% |
| 1960 | +8.0% |
| 1964 | +41.1% |
| 1968 | +4.9% |
| 1972 | −24.7% |
| 1976 | +4.2% |
| 1980 | −9.3% |
| 1984 | −21.3% |
| 1988 | −6.7% |
| 1992 | +0.8% |
| 1996 | +6.6% |
| 2000 | −11.7% |
| 2004 | −8.7% |
| 2008 | +4.3% |
| 2012 | −15.9% |
| 2016 | −42.4% |
| 2020 | −45.1% |
| 2024 | −46.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,483 | 12,543 | 17,213 | ||
| R | 4,522 | 12,140 | 16,906 | ||
| R | 3,853 | 10,025 | 14,547 | ||
| R | 5,463 | 7,579 | 13,279 | ||
| D | 7,290 | 6,676 | 14,271 | ||
| R | 6,602 | 7,872 | 14,550 | ||
| R | 5,754 | 7,347 | 13,580 | ||
| D | 5,749 | 4,889 | 13,013 | ||
| D | 5,016 | 4,908 | 13,832 | ||
| R | 5,879 | 6,737 | 12,744 | ||
| R | 5,486 | 8,470 | 14,007 | ||
| R | 5,898 | 7,175 | 13,669 | ||
| D | 6,713 | 6,159 | 13,109 | ||
| R | 4,710 | 7,900 | 12,908 | ||
| D | 6,886 | 6,193 | 14,046 | ||
| D | 10,455 | 4,354 | 14,828 | ||
| D | 8,398 | 7,155 | 15,567 | ||
| R | 5,498 | 8,947 | 14,468 | ||
| R | 6,448 | 7,702 | 14,195 | ||
| D | 5,363 | 5,148 | 10,511 | ||
| D | 6,097 | 5,645 | 11,809 | ||
| R | 6,920 | 6,949 | 13,900 | ||
| D | 9,035 | 5,489 | 15,631 | ||
| D | 6,461 | 5,797 | 12,497 | ||
| D | 7,705 | 5,234 | 13,009 | ||
| R | 1,370 | 6,626 | 9,352 | ||
| R | 2,093 | 5,267 | 7,964 | ||
| R | 2,186 | 2,829 | 5,405 | ||
| O | 2,057 | 603 | 5,742 | ||
| R | 2,531 | 2,991 | 5,805 | ||
| R | 2,857 | 3,820 | 6,914 | ||
| R | 3,105 | 3,254 | 6,500 | ||
| R | 2,717 | 2,807 | 5,663 | ||
| D | 2,126 | 1,438 | 3,693 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
42.5%
Italian
18.8%
Irish
13.5%
English
7.2%
Polish
5.9%
American
4.6%
French
1.6%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 48.4 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
$66,380
Elk County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Elk County$66,380
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Elk 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
8.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.3%
Working age (18–64)7.8%
Seniors (65+)8.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.4%
speak English only
Other Indo-European0.7%
Spanish0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Elk County's heavily forested terrain and legacy timber and manufacturing economy underpin a voter profile that broke roughly 73–26 for the Republican presidential nominee in 2024, among the widest margins in the state.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-six points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-seven points.
A population of 30,506, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,380 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oconto County and Tuscarawas County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Elk County, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Elk County, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 46.8 points (R+47), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 17,213 votes cast, 4,483 went Democratic and 12,543 went Republican.
What is Elk County, Pennsylvania's political typology?
Akashic places Elk 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 13 times, Republican 20 times, and other 1 times.
When did Elk County, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Elk County, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Elk County, Pennsylvania?
Elk County, Pennsylvania has a population of 30,506 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Elk County, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Elk County, Pennsylvania is $66,380 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Elk County, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Elk County, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 20 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.