Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania: New American county. In 2024, voted D+59%. Democratic peak: D+71 in 2012.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+59MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,579,7062024 5-year
- Median household income
- $61,9532024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 35.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 39.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+71 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Claiborne County, MS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Philadelphia CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Philadelphia 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 | −15.9% |
| 1896 | −46.2% |
| 1900 | −49.2% |
| 1904 | −63.5% |
| 1908 | −41.0% |
| 1912 | −10.2% |
| 1916 | −35.6% |
| 1920 | −51.9% |
| 1924 | −65.6% |
| 1928 | −20.5% |
| 1932 | −11.7% |
| 1936 | +23.5% |
| 1940 | +19.9% |
| 1944 | +17.7% |
| 1948 | +0.8% |
| 1952 | +16.7% |
| 1956 | +13.9% |
| 1960 | +36.2% |
| 1964 | +47.2% |
| 1968 | +32.0% |
| 1972 | +11.2% |
| 1976 | +34.3% |
| 1980 | +24.7% |
| 1984 | +30.3% |
| 1988 | +34.2% |
| 1992 | +47.3% |
| 1996 | +61.4% |
| 2000 | +62.1% |
| 2004 | +61.1% |
| 2008 | +66.7% |
| 2012 | +71.3% |
| 2016 | +67.0% |
| 2020 | +63.5% |
| 2024 | +58.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 568,571 | 144,311 | 723,610 | ||
| D | 603,790 | 132,740 | 741,377 | ||
| D | 584,025 | 108,748 | 709,618 | ||
| D | 588,806 | 96,467 | 690,776 | ||
| D | 595,980 | 117,221 | 717,329 | ||
| D | 542,205 | 130,099 | 674,069 | ||
| D | 449,182 | 100,959 | 561,180 | ||
| D | 412,988 | 85,345 | 533,277 | ||
| D | 434,904 | 133,328 | 638,058 | ||
| D | 449,566 | 219,053 | 674,977 | ||
| D | 501,369 | 267,178 | 772,102 | ||
| D | 421,253 | 244,108 | 718,100 | ||
| D | 494,579 | 239,000 | 746,197 | ||
| D | 431,736 | 344,096 | 783,970 | ||
| D | 525,768 | 254,153 | 850,117 | ||
| D | 670,645 | 239,733 | 913,472 | ||
| D | 622,544 | 291,000 | 915,277 | ||
| D | 507,289 | 383,414 | 892,321 | ||
| D | 557,352 | 396,874 | 958,547 | ||
| D | 432,699 | 425,962 | 885,297 | ||
| D | 496,367 | 346,380 | 845,630 | ||
| D | 532,149 | 354,878 | 891,518 | ||
| D | 539,757 | 329,881 | 892,948 | ||
| R | 260,276 | 331,092 | 607,019 | ||
| R | 276,573 | 420,320 | 700,596 | ||
| R | 54,213 | 347,457 | 447,022 | ||
| R | 90,151 | 307,826 | 419,212 | ||
| R | 90,800 | 194,163 | 290,610 | ||
| O | 66,308 | 91,944 | 251,690 | ||
| R | 75,310 | 185,263 | 268,141 | ||
| R | 48,784 | 227,709 | 281,654 | ||
| R | 58,179 | 173,657 | 234,889 | ||
| R | 63,323 | 176,462 | 244,887 | ||
| R | 84,470 | 116,685 | 203,102 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
9.6%
German
7.0%
Italian
6.7%
English
3.3%
Polish
3.0%
American
2.3%
French
0.7%
African American
31.5%
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: 35.3 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
$61,953
Philadelphia County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Philadelphia County$61,953
Pennsylvania$77,971
United States$80,734
Philadelphia 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
21.4%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1829.0%
Working age (18–64)19.1%
Seniors (65+)22.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
75.6%
speak English only
Spanish10.9%
Other Indo-European5.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander5.6%
Other languages2.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Philadelphia's D+58.8 margin in 2024 makes it the single largest vote-generating engine for Democrats in Pennsylvania, with a dense urban electorate that consistently offsets Republican advantages across the state's rural interior.
Philadelphia County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of seventy-one points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved five points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 35% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $61,953, and a population of 1,579,706. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Claiborne County and Cuyahoga County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 58.6 points (D+59), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 723,610 votes cast, 568,571 went Democratic and 144,311 went Republican.
What is Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania's political typology?
Akashic places Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. 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 23 times, Republican 10 times, and other 1 times.
When did Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania voted Republican was 1932.
How many people live in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania?
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania has a population of 1,579,706 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania is $61,953 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.