Franklin County, Pennsylvania: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+43%. Republican peak: R+68 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+43MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 157,3792024 5-year
- Median household income
- $77,0032024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+18 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Adams County, NE · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Franklin CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Franklin County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −7.0% |
| 1896 | −20.2% |
| 1900 | −17.7% |
| 1904 | −25.8% |
| 1908 | −18.9% |
| 1912 | +15.6% |
| 1916 | −2.9% |
| 1920 | −24.2% |
| 1924 | −24.2% |
| 1928 | −68.2% |
| 1932 | −8.0% |
| 1936 | +6.9% |
| 1940 | −1.4% |
| 1944 | −20.6% |
| 1948 | −24.4% |
| 1952 | −29.9% |
| 1956 | −26.7% |
| 1960 | −29.1% |
| 1964 | +17.6% |
| 1968 | −21.9% |
| 1972 | −42.5% |
| 1976 | −15.2% |
| 1980 | −29.0% |
| 1984 | −40.6% |
| 1988 | −37.1% |
| 1992 | −22.7% |
| 1996 | −23.3% |
| 2000 | −37.0% |
| 2004 | −43.1% |
| 2008 | −32.6% |
| 2012 | −38.3% |
| 2016 | −45.8% |
| 2020 | −43.1% |
| 2024 | −42.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 23,543 | 59,604 | 84,163 | ||
| R | 22,422 | 57,245 | 80,783 | ||
| R | 17,465 | 49,768 | 70,506 | ||
| R | 18,995 | 43,260 | 63,320 | ||
| R | 21,169 | 41,906 | 63,641 | ||
| R | 16,562 | 41,817 | 58,569 | ||
| R | 14,922 | 33,042 | 49,019 | ||
| R | 14,980 | 25,392 | 44,730 | ||
| R | 13,440 | 23,387 | 43,834 | ||
| R | 12,368 | 27,086 | 39,644 | ||
| R | 11,480 | 27,243 | 38,845 | ||
| R | 12,061 | 22,716 | 36,741 | ||
| R | 14,643 | 20,009 | 35,389 | ||
| R | 9,456 | 24,093 | 34,415 | ||
| R | 11,451 | 19,146 | 35,195 | ||
| D | 19,332 | 13,525 | 32,942 | ||
| R | 12,088 | 22,010 | 34,134 | ||
| R | 11,060 | 19,121 | 30,193 | ||
| R | 8,868 | 16,474 | 25,416 | ||
| R | 7,352 | 12,151 | 19,664 | ||
| R | 8,807 | 13,380 | 22,250 | ||
| R | 12,713 | 13,084 | 25,840 | ||
| D | 15,632 | 13,616 | 29,413 | ||
| R | 9,338 | 10,992 | 20,758 | ||
| R | 3,027 | 16,345 | 19,518 | ||
| R | 5,770 | 9,791 | 16,645 | ||
| R | 5,020 | 8,376 | 13,857 | ||
| R | 5,336 | 5,674 | 11,612 | ||
| D | 4,505 | 2,710 | 11,523 | ||
| R | 4,682 | 6,938 | 11,952 | ||
| R | 4,114 | 7,062 | 11,435 | ||
| R | 4,500 | 6,483 | 11,182 | ||
| R | 4,425 | 6,747 | 11,472 | ||
| R | 4,965 | 5,725 | 10,891 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
29.9%
Irish
10.6%
American
10.0%
English
9.5%
Italian
3.9%
Polish
2.2%
Scottish
1.7%
African American
2.5%
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: 42.1 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
$77,003
Franklin County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Franklin County$77,003
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Franklin County ranks in the top 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
8.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.3%
Working age (18–64)7.6%
Seniors (65+)8.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.4%
speak English only
Spanish5.1%
Other Indo-European1.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
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 67.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Anchored by Chambersburg in the Cumberland Valley, Franklin County delivers some of the widest presidential margins in the state, with its agricultural economy and small-city demographics producing consistent double-digit Republican advantages that have deepened each cycle since 2008.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-eight points in 1928. The 2024 margin was forty-three points.
A population of 157,379, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,003 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Adams County and Phelps County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Franklin County, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Franklin County, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 42.8 points (R+43), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 84,163 votes cast, 23,543 went Democratic and 59,604 went Republican.
What is Franklin County, Pennsylvania's political typology?
Akashic places Franklin 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 3 times, Republican 31 times, and other 0 times.
When did Franklin County, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Franklin County, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Franklin County, Pennsylvania?
Franklin County, Pennsylvania has a population of 157,379 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Franklin County, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Franklin County, Pennsylvania is $77,003 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Franklin County, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Franklin County, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 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.