† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupErie-Meadville, PAPennsylvaniaUnited States
German23.3%21.6%12.5%
Irish13.6%14.8%9.4%
Italian9.8%10.6%4.8%
English9.3%8.3%9.5%
Polish8.8%5.4%2.2%
American4.7%4.4%5.3%
Scottish1.7%1.1%1.3%
Swedish1.5%——
African American†4.7%8.7%9.9%
African0.8%0.4%0.5%
Puerto Rican2.3%3.7%1.8%
Mexican0.8%1.4%11.3%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Asian Indian0.5%1.2%1.4%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.3%0.6%
Nepalese0.2%——
Chinese0.2%0.9%1.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Erie-Meadville, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
41.1
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
9.7%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.4%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Erie-Meadville, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$62,677
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.8%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.1%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Erie-Meadville, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.6%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.7%
5.6%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.2%
0.9%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Erie-Meadville, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
16.0%
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
10.3%
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
60.8%
53.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
9.9%
10.3%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Erie-Meadville, PA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−7.0%
1896
−5.4%
1900
−14.7%
1904
−33.6%
1908
−19.6%
1912
+6.8%
1916
+3.1%
1920
−40.7%
1924
−48.7%
1928
−29.2%
1932
−0.5%
1936
+6.2%
1940
−11.1%
1944
−8.9%
1948
−12.3%
1952
−18.6%
1956
−25.8%
1960
−3.3%
1964
+36.7%
1968
+3.8%
1972
−21.3%
1976
+3.7%
1980
−5.8%
1984
−7.6%
1988
+1.0%
1992
+10.4%
1996
+11.3%
2000
+3.3%
2004
+2.8%
2008
+12.9%
2012
+7.8%
2016
−9.8%
2020
−7.9%
2024
−10.1%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
44.5%Harris80,314
54.6%Trump98,551
0.5%Oliver900 +1
R+10.1
R+2.2
R+8.6
180,467
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican54.6%98,551
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic44.5%80,314
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%900
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%702
R
45.3%Biden81,210
53.3%Trump95,428
1.4%
R+7.9
D+1.9
R+12.4
179,087
R
42.4%Clinton69,083
52.2%Trump85,056
5.4%
R+9.8
R+17.6
R+11.9
162,942
D
53.0%Obama81,919
45.2%Romney69,926
1.8%
D+7.8
R+5.2
D+3.9
154,689
D
55.8%Obama92,555
42.9%McCain71,101
1.3%
D+12.9
D+10.1
D+5.7
165,825
D
51.1%Kerry83,934
48.3%Bush79,337
0.6%
D+2.8
R+0.5
D+5.3
164,220
D
49.9%Gore72,649
46.6%Bush67,885
3.5%
D+3.3
R+8.1
D+2.8
145,663
D
50.2%Clinton70,451
38.9%Dole54,543
10.9%
D+11.3
D+1.0
D+2.8
140,237
D
45.4%Clinton69,194
35.0%Bush53,395
19.6%
D+10.4
D+9.3
D+4.8
152,432
D
50.0%Dukakis66,934
48.9%Bush65,555
1.1%
D+1.0
D+8.6
D+8.8
133,928
R
45.8%Mondale65,263
53.4%Reagan76,041
0.8%
R+7.6
R+1.8
D+10.7
142,461
R
43.1%Carter57,724
48.8%Reagan65,470
8.1%
R+5.8
R+9.5
D+4.0
134,071
D
50.8%Carter70,097
47.0%Ford64,942
2.2%
D+3.7
D+25.0
D+1.7
138,049
R
38.3%McGovern51,393
59.5%Nixon79,935
2.2%
R+21.3
R+25.0
D+1.9
134,282
D
49.2%Humphrey62,949
45.4%Nixon58,125
5.5%
D+3.8
R+32.9
D+4.5
128,073
D
68.1%Johnson91,156
31.4%Goldwater42,057
0.5%
D+36.7
D+40.0
D+14.1
133,877
R
48.2%Kennedy65,773
51.5%Nixon70,279
0.3%
R+3.3
D+22.5
R+3.5
136,449
R
36.9%Stevenson43,148
62.7%Eisenhower73,317
0.4%
R+25.8
R+7.2
R+10.4
116,892
R
40.4%Stevenson46,493
59.1%Eisenhower67,915
0.5%
R+18.6
R+6.3
R+7.9
114,980
R
43.1%Truman37,333
55.4%Dewey47,967
1.5%
R+12.3
R+3.3
R+16.8
86,580
R
45.2%Roosevelt42,128
54.2%Dewey50,452
0.6%
R+8.9
D+2.2
R+16.4
93,169
R
44.2%Roosevelt41,932
55.3%Willkie52,499
0.5%
R+11.1
R+17.3
R+21.1
94,927
D
49.0%Roosevelt45,830
42.8%Landon40,070
8.2%
D+6.2
D+6.7
R+18.1
93,544
R
47.1%Roosevelt28,974
47.6%Hoover29,289
5.3%
R+0.5
D+28.7
R+18.3
61,553
R
35.1%Smith25,996
64.3%Hoover47,614
0.6%
R+29.2
D+19.6
R+11.7
74,086
R
13.2%Davis6,471
61.9%Coolidge30,398
24.9%
R+48.7
R+8.0
R+23.6
49,089
R
22.5%Cox10,486
63.2%Harding29,497
14.3%
R+40.7
R+43.9
R+14.5
46,668
D
46.8%Wilson15,455
43.6%Hughes14,420
9.6%
D+3.1
R+3.7
±0.0
33,050
O
31.2%Wilson9,541
24.4%Taft7,455
44.4%
Roosevelt +13.2
D+26.4
R+12.7
30,555
R
34.8%Bryan11,841
54.4%Taft18,507
10.8%
R+19.6
D+14.0
R+10.0
34,024
R
27.7%Parker8,764
61.3%Roosevelt19,401
11.0%
R+33.6
R+18.9
R+14.0
31,638
R
40.1%Bryan14,281
54.8%McKinley19,521
5.1%
R+14.7
R+9.3
R+7.2
35,625
R
46.1%Bryan17,593
51.5%McKinley19,670
2.5%
R+5.4
D+1.6
D+0.6
38,203
R
41.6%Cleveland13,755
48.6%Harrison16,070
9.7%
R+7.0
—
R+8.7
33,045
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
45.2%81,238
52.3%93,837
179,556
2022
R
48.6%67,485
48.6%67,499
138,970
2018
D
53.9%70,626
44.4%58,161
130,924
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+5.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+10.1
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 4.9 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Erie-Meadville, PA in Erie-Meadville, PA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−742
2012
−1,483
2013
−1,797
2014
−2,469
2015
−2,509
2016
−3,307
2017
−3,859
2018
−3,423
2019
−2,844
2021
−1,101
2022
−470
2023
−1,419
2024
−1,002
2025
−367
Erie-Meadville, PA sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 48.7 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.1 points.
A population of 351,768, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,677 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Saginaw-Midland-Bay City, MI and Youngstown-Warren-Salem, OH.
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How did Erie-Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania vote in 2024?
In 2024, Erie-Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 10.1 points (R+10.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 180,467 votes cast, 80,314 went Democratic and 98,551 went Republican.
When did Erie-Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Erie-Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Erie-Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania?
Erie-Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 351,768 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Erie-Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Erie-Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania is $62,677 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Erie-Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Erie-Meadville, PA, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
