Forest County, Pennsylvania: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+44%. Republican peak: R+70 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+44MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 6,7152024 5-year
- Median household income
- $52,1912024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+16 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lake of the Woods County, MN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Forest CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Forest County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −16.1% |
| 1896 | −19.8% |
| 1900 | −27.8% |
| 1904 | −47.0% |
| 1908 | −33.0% |
| 1912 | +8.5% |
| 1916 | −11.7% |
| 1920 | −34.3% |
| 1924 | −53.6% |
| 1928 | −70.3% |
| 1932 | −30.3% |
| 1936 | −20.3% |
| 1940 | −32.6% |
| 1944 | −32.9% |
| 1948 | −26.9% |
| 1952 | −40.9% |
| 1956 | −42.3% |
| 1960 | −28.7% |
| 1964 | +16.2% |
| 1968 | −25.5% |
| 1972 | −45.2% |
| 1976 | −5.4% |
| 1980 | −18.0% |
| 1984 | −27.1% |
| 1988 | −12.8% |
| 1992 | +4.2% |
| 1996 | +2.8% |
| 2000 | −23.1% |
| 2004 | −22.6% |
| 2008 | −13.4% |
| 2012 | −21.0% |
| 2016 | −43.7% |
| 2020 | −43.6% |
| 2024 | −44.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 724 | 1,902 | 2,660 | ||
| R | 728 | 1,882 | 2,646 | ||
| R | 626 | 1,684 | 2,420 | ||
| R | 896 | 1,383 | 2,324 | ||
| R | 1,038 | 1,366 | 2,444 | ||
| R | 989 | 1,571 | 2,573 | ||
| R | 843 | 1,371 | 2,283 | ||
| D | 964 | 902 | 2,201 | ||
| D | 890 | 801 | 2,144 | ||
| R | 895 | 1,159 | 2,065 | ||
| R | 839 | 1,468 | 2,317 | ||
| R | 819 | 1,206 | 2,149 | ||
| R | 1,017 | 1,135 | 2,187 | ||
| R | 509 | 1,374 | 1,915 | ||
| R | 669 | 1,172 | 1,973 | ||
| D | 1,249 | 900 | 2,154 | ||
| R | 828 | 1,497 | 2,332 | ||
| R | 622 | 1,535 | 2,158 | ||
| R | 627 | 1,511 | 2,161 | ||
| R | 687 | 1,209 | 1,941 | ||
| R | 673 | 1,344 | 2,038 | ||
| R | 919 | 1,811 | 2,736 | ||
| R | 1,157 | 1,757 | 2,953 | ||
| R | 569 | 1,090 | 1,721 | ||
| R | 289 | 1,707 | 2,018 | ||
| R | 280 | 1,130 | 1,587 | ||
| R | 389 | 993 | 1,762 | ||
| R | 463 | 617 | 1,312 | ||
| O | 373 | 240 | 1,560 | ||
| R | 512 | 1,119 | 1,837 | ||
| R | 411 | 1,328 | 1,949 | ||
| R | 714 | 1,309 | 2,137 | ||
| R | 805 | 1,224 | 2,120 | ||
| R | 660 | 938 | 1,727 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
21.4%
Irish
12.7%
English
6.6%
Italian
6.0%
Polish
4.7%
American
4.2%
French
1.1%
African American
11.4%
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: 48.7 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
$52,191
Forest County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Forest County$52,191
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Forest County ranks in the bottom 25% 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
11.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.9%
Working age (18–64)11.5%
Seniors (65+)12.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.8%
speak English only
Spanish3.3%
Other languages1.3%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 77.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Forest County's roughly 5,000 residents make it the smallest county in Pennsylvania by population, and its R+44.5 margin in 2024 reflects a pattern of lopsided results common to rural, heavily forested stretches of the northern tier.
The Republican margin here reached seventy points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-four points.
A population of 6,715, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,191 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lake of the Woods County and Crow Wing County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Forest County, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Forest County, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 44.3 points (R+44), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,660 votes cast, 724 went Democratic and 1,902 went Republican.
What is Forest County, Pennsylvania's political typology?
Akashic places Forest 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 3 times, Republican 30 times, and other 1 times.
When did Forest County, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Forest County, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Forest County, Pennsylvania?
Forest County, Pennsylvania has a population of 6,715 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Forest County, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Forest County, Pennsylvania is $52,191 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Forest County, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Forest County, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 30 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.