Lebanon County, Pennsylvania: Diversifying Metro county. In 2024, voted R+32%. Republican peak: R+66 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+32MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Diversifying MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 144,1862024 5-year
- Median household income
- $78,4252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+6 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Huntington County, IN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lebanon CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lebanon 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 | −21.8% |
| 1896 | −43.3% |
| 1900 | −38.0% |
| 1904 | −45.4% |
| 1908 | −39.2% |
| 1912 | +5.6% |
| 1916 | −20.1% |
| 1920 | −46.5% |
| 1924 | −55.0% |
| 1928 | −66.3% |
| 1932 | −25.7% |
| 1936 | +2.1% |
| 1940 | −0.5% |
| 1944 | −12.5% |
| 1948 | −24.3% |
| 1952 | −28.1% |
| 1956 | −36.8% |
| 1960 | −36.8% |
| 1964 | −5.9% |
| 1968 | −36.2% |
| 1972 | −56.7% |
| 1976 | −27.3% |
| 1980 | −45.7% |
| 1984 | −43.7% |
| 1988 | −34.2% |
| 1992 | −21.3% |
| 1996 | −18.9% |
| 2000 | −27.1% |
| 2004 | −34.1% |
| 2008 | −18.9% |
| 2012 | −28.1% |
| 2016 | −34.5% |
| 2020 | −31.8% |
| 2024 | −31.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 24,734 | 48,282 | 73,986 | ||
| R | 23,932 | 46,731 | 71,652 | ||
| R | 18,953 | 40,525 | 62,503 | ||
| R | 19,900 | 35,872 | 56,777 | ||
| R | 23,310 | 34,314 | 58,297 | ||
| R | 18,109 | 37,089 | 55,665 | ||
| R | 16,093 | 28,534 | 45,897 | ||
| R | 14,187 | 21,885 | 40,735 | ||
| R | 12,350 | 21,512 | 43,021 | ||
| R | 11,912 | 24,415 | 36,608 | ||
| R | 10,520 | 27,008 | 37,716 | ||
| R | 8,281 | 24,495 | 35,507 | ||
| R | 11,785 | 20,880 | 33,330 | ||
| R | 6,683 | 25,008 | 32,320 | ||
| R | 9,529 | 21,832 | 34,025 | ||
| R | 15,882 | 17,891 | 33,845 | ||
| R | 11,761 | 25,525 | 37,353 | ||
| R | 10,406 | 22,556 | 33,003 | ||
| R | 11,611 | 20,726 | 32,472 | ||
| R | 9,418 | 15,553 | 25,241 | ||
| R | 11,818 | 15,206 | 27,153 | ||
| R | 13,315 | 13,449 | 26,857 | ||
| D | 13,800 | 13,213 | 27,476 | ||
| R | 5,924 | 10,487 | 17,784 | ||
| R | 3,278 | 16,841 | 20,464 | ||
| R | 2,464 | 9,494 | 12,783 | ||
| R | 3,016 | 8,778 | 12,402 | ||
| R | 3,821 | 5,876 | 10,228 | ||
| O | 2,972 | 2,378 | 10,580 | ||
| R | 2,858 | 6,874 | 10,247 | ||
| R | 2,449 | 6,938 | 9,884 | ||
| R | 3,050 | 7,089 | 10,618 | ||
| R | 2,819 | 7,288 | 10,323 | ||
| R | 3,409 | 5,403 | 9,141 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
31.5%
Irish
9.6%
English
6.8%
Italian
5.9%
American
5.3%
Polish
2.5%
French
1.1%
African American
1.8%
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: 41.1 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
$78,425
Lebanon County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Lebanon County$78,425
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Lebanon 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
10.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.5%
Working age (18–64)9.0%
Seniors (65+)7.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
87.1%
speak English only
Spanish9.2%
Other Indo-European2.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
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 63.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lebanon County's mix of small-city manufacturing heritage and surrounding agricultural townships has produced Republican presidential margins exceeding 30 points in recent cycles, making it an outlier even within a competitive swing state.
The Democratic margin here reached six points in 1912. The 2024 margin was thirty-two points.
A population of 144,186, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,425 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Huntington County and Shenandoah County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lebanon County, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 31.8 points (R+32), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 73,986 votes cast, 24,734 went Democratic and 48,282 went Republican.
What is Lebanon County, Pennsylvania's political typology?
Akashic places Lebanon 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 Lebanon County, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lebanon County, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania?
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania has a population of 144,186 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania is $78,425 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lebanon 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.