† 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
16 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
GroupPittsburghUnited States
German24.2%12.5%
Irish16.4%9.4%
Italian13.9%4.8%
English9.6%9.5%
Polish7.1%2.2%
American3.7%5.3%
Slovak2.6%—
Scottish1.7%1.3%
African American†6.5%9.9%
African0.2%0.5%
Asian Indian0.9%1.4%
Chinese0.5%1.3%
Mexican0.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.8%
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
Pittsburgh
United States
Median age
42.6
39.1
Age 18–24
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Pittsburgh
United States
Median household income
$74,600
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
37.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Pittsburgh
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.4%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Pittsburgh
United States
Catholic
27.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
47.4%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
10.5%
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.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−11.4%
1896
−26.9%
1900
−30.1%
1904
−44.9%
1908
−23.6%
1912
+10.6%
1916
−12.3%
1920
−40.2%
1924
−44.9%
1928
−25.9%
1932
+7.7%
1936
+27.2%
1940
+12.8%
1944
+10.4%
1948
+10.1%
1952
+2.6%
1956
−7.9%
1960
+9.0%
1964
+34.9%
1968
+13.2%
1972
−15.6%
1976
+6.7%
1980
+3.9%
1984
+9.8%
1988
+16.4%
1992
+19.8%
1996
+10.7%
2000
+5.6%
2004
+1.6%
2008
+0.8%
2012
−4.1%
2016
−9.0%
2020
−6.8%
2024
−8.1%
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
45.5%Harris727,001
53.6%Trump856,016
0.5%Oliver7,448 +7
R+8.1
R+1.2
R+6.6
1,597,851
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican53.6%856,016
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic45.5%727,001
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%7,448
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%6,373
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.0%737
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.0%223
OtherAll other candidates0.0%47
Brian Larry KienitzIndependent0.0%2
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%2
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%2
R
46.0%Biden724,053
52.8%Trump831,745
1.2%
R+6.8
D+2.2
R+11.3
1,574,717
R
43.2%Clinton610,812
52.2%Trump738,252
4.6%
R+9.0
R+5.0
R+11.1
1,413,486
R
47.2%Obama624,991
51.3%Romney678,687
1.5%
R+4.1
R+4.9
R+7.9
1,324,200
D
49.9%Obama688,397
49.0%McCain677,276
1.1%
D+0.8
R+0.8
R+6.5
1,380,851
D
50.5%Kerry692,813
48.9%Bush670,224
0.6%
D+1.6
R+4.0
D+4.1
1,371,504
D
51.4%Gore625,081
45.8%Bush556,853
2.9%
D+5.6
R+5.1
D+5.1
1,216,909
D
49.9%Clinton564,543
39.2%Dole443,085
10.9%
D+10.7
R+9.1
D+2.2
1,131,181
D
50.2%Clinton630,813
30.4%Bush381,890
19.5%
D+19.8
D+3.4
D+14.2
1,257,432
D
57.8%Dukakis676,460
41.4%Bush484,129
0.9%
D+16.4
D+6.6
D+24.2
1,170,795
D
54.5%Mondale716,689
44.7%Reagan587,880
0.9%
D+9.8
D+5.9
D+28.0
1,315,840
D
48.3%Carter591,259
44.4%Reagan543,233
7.3%
D+3.9
R+2.8
D+13.7
1,223,272
D
52.3%Carter656,117
45.6%Ford572,060
2.1%
D+6.7
D+22.3
D+4.6
1,254,676
R
41.1%McGovern516,347
56.8%Nixon712,663
2.1%
R+15.6
R+28.8
D+7.5
1,254,873
D
51.3%Humphrey682,426
38.1%Nixon506,802
10.6%
D+13.2
R+21.7
D+13.9
1,330,725
D
67.3%Johnson908,590
32.4%Goldwater437,234
0.4%
D+34.9
D+25.9
D+12.3
1,350,628
D
54.4%Kennedy770,378
45.4%Nixon642,675
0.2%
D+9.0
D+16.9
D+8.9
1,415,720
R
46.0%Stevenson606,300
53.9%Eisenhower710,833
0.1%
R+7.9
R+10.6
D+7.5
1,319,025
D
51.1%Stevenson692,126
48.5%Eisenhower656,397
0.4%
D+2.6
R+7.5
D+13.4
1,354,121
D
53.9%Truman575,428
43.7%Dewey467,150
2.4%
D+10.1
R+0.3
D+5.7
1,068,243
D
55.0%Roosevelt610,520
44.5%Dewey494,505
0.5%
D+10.4
R+2.3
D+3.0
1,110,733
D
56.2%Roosevelt660,804
43.4%Willkie510,335
0.4%
D+12.8
R+14.4
D+2.8
1,176,202
D
62.4%Roosevelt700,977
35.2%Landon395,500
2.4%
D+27.2
D+19.5
D+2.9
1,123,896
D
51.7%Roosevelt387,758
44.0%Hoover330,014
4.4%
D+7.7
D+33.6
R+10.1
750,737
R
36.6%Smith285,298
62.5%Hoover487,118
0.9%
R+25.9
D+19.0
R+8.4
779,549
R
14.8%Davis81,658
59.6%Coolidge330,009
25.6%
R+44.9
R+4.7
R+19.7
553,590
R
25.1%Cox110,625
65.3%Harding287,788
9.7%
R+40.2
R+27.8
R+14.0
440,980
R
39.6%Wilson121,680
52.0%Hughes159,560
8.4%
R+12.3
R+22.9
R+15.5
306,891
O
29.6%Wilson83,604
19.0%Taft53,668
51.4%
Roosevelt +22.7
D+34.2
R+9.0
282,583
R
33.8%Bryan95,411
57.4%Taft161,939
8.8%
R+23.6
D+21.3
R+14.0
282,093
R
25.0%Parker66,717
69.9%Roosevelt186,691
5.2%
R+44.9
R+14.8
R+25.2
267,224
R
33.5%Bryan84,908
63.6%McKinley161,080
2.9%
R+30.1
R+3.2
R+22.5
253,249
R
35.5%Bryan93,399
62.4%McKinley164,137
2.1%
R+26.9
R+15.5
R+20.8
263,175
R
42.2%Cleveland87,756
53.6%Harrison111,456
4.2%
R+11.4
—
R+13.1
207,863
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+1.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+8.1
Pittsburgh registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 9.3-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
Domestic migration in Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+4,238
2012
−207
2013
−1,031
2014
−6,082
2015
−9,270
2016
−11,681
2017
−10,552
2018
−6,285
2019
−4,599
2021
+4,236
2022
−10,456
2023
−4,112
2024
−1,036
2025
+1,762
The Pittsburgh media market spans Allegheny County's Democratic core and a broad ring of ancestrally blue, now competitive collar counties, making marginal swings here disproportionately consequential in Pennsylvania statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 44.9 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.1 points.
A population of 2,821,450, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,600 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Buffalo and Cleveland-Akron (Canton).
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In 2024, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 8.1 points (R+8.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,597,851 votes cast, 727,001 went Democratic and 856,016 went Republican.
When did Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has a population of 2,821,450 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is $74,600 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
