Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Diversifying Metro county. In 2024, voted R+16%. Republican peak: R+64 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Diversifying MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 557,9312024 5-year
- Median household income
- $86,9592024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+1 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Ottawa County, MI · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lancaster CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lancaster County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | −31.4% |
| 1896 | −48.3% |
| 1900 | −45.7% |
| 1904 | −55.7% |
| 1908 | −46.8% |
| 1912 | −11.9% |
| 1916 | −32.1% |
| 1920 | −49.4% |
| 1924 | −52.9% |
| 1928 | −63.6% |
| 1932 | −16.5% |
| 1936 | −4.6% |
| 1940 | −16.4% |
| 1944 | −24.1% |
| 1948 | −36.5% |
| 1952 | −38.9% |
| 1956 | −44.4% |
| 1960 | −40.4% |
| 1964 | +0.8% |
| 1968 | −37.0% |
| 1972 | −53.0% |
| 1976 | −33.3% |
| 1980 | −42.0% |
| 1984 | −51.7% |
| 1988 | −42.3% |
| 1992 | −27.6% |
| 1996 | −28.2% |
| 2000 | −34.7% |
| 2004 | −32.2% |
| 2008 | −11.8% |
| 2012 | −18.9% |
| 2016 | −19.1% |
| 2020 | −15.8% |
| 2024 | −15.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 120,119 | 166,261 | 290,672 | ||
| R | 115,847 | 160,209 | 280,239 | ||
| R | 91,093 | 137,914 | 244,832 | ||
| R | 88,481 | 130,669 | 223,351 | ||
| R | 99,586 | 126,568 | 228,137 | ||
| R | 74,328 | 145,591 | 221,372 | ||
| R | 54,968 | 115,900 | 175,367 | ||
| R | 49,120 | 92,875 | 155,286 | ||
| R | 44,255 | 88,447 | 160,180 | ||
| R | 38,982 | 96,979 | 137,029 | ||
| R | 31,308 | 99,090 | 131,016 | ||
| R | 30,026 | 79,963 | 118,897 | ||
| R | 35,533 | 72,106 | 109,676 | ||
| R | 24,223 | 81,036 | 107,138 | ||
| R | 29,870 | 69,953 | 108,307 | ||
| D | 53,041 | 52,243 | 105,508 | ||
| R | 33,233 | 78,390 | 111,889 | ||
| R | 26,538 | 69,026 | 95,801 | ||
| R | 28,146 | 64,193 | 92,721 | ||
| R | 21,308 | 46,306 | 68,499 | ||
| R | 27,353 | 44,888 | 72,673 | ||
| R | 32,210 | 44,939 | 77,418 | ||
| R | 38,454 | 42,272 | 82,273 | ||
| R | 24,406 | 34,502 | 61,019 | ||
| R | 12,146 | 55,530 | 68,192 | ||
| R | 12,091 | 42,787 | 58,034 | ||
| R | 9,521 | 29,549 | 40,542 | ||
| R | 10,016 | 20,292 | 31,996 | ||
| O | 8,574 | 12,668 | 34,282 | ||
| R | 8,109 | 23,523 | 32,931 | ||
| R | 7,092 | 26,083 | 34,077 | ||
| R | 8,437 | 23,230 | 32,368 | ||
| R | 8,145 | 24,337 | 33,490 | ||
| R | 10,326 | 20,126 | 31,222 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
30.7%
Irish
10.6%
English
9.1%
Italian
5.9%
American
5.3%
Polish
2.8%
French
1.5%
African American
3.2%
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: 39.4 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
$86,959
Lancaster County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Lancaster County$86,959
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Lancaster 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
8.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.4%
Working age (18–64)7.3%
Seniors (65+)9.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
83.2%
speak English only
Other Indo-European7.8%
Spanish6.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.3%
Other languages0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lancaster County's large Plain community — one of the oldest and most populous Amish settlements in the world — shapes both its rural land use and its persistently conservative presidential margins, which held at R+15.9 in 2024 despite statewide competitiveness.
The Democratic margin here reached one point in 1964. The 2024 margin was sixteen points.
A population of 557,931, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,959 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ottawa County and Dorchester County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lancaster County, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 15.9 points (R+16), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 290,672 votes cast, 120,119 went Democratic and 166,261 went Republican.
What is Lancaster County, Pennsylvania's political typology?
Akashic places Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the "Diversifying Metro" typology — Mid-size metropolitan counties growing more diverse and trending Democratic. 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 1 times, Republican 32 times, and other 1 times.
When did Lancaster County, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lancaster County, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania?
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania has a population of 557,931 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is $86,959 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 32 went Republican. The county's typology — "Diversifying Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.