Central Pennsylvania's most politically isolated small metro
Mifflin County anchors this rural corridor where Republican margins in federal races have exceeded 40 points in recent cycles, reflecting the area's aging, non-college workforce and near-absence of urban counterweight.
| Group | Lewistown, PA | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 96.4% | 57.4% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.3% | 4.0% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(7) | 1.2% | 19.3% |
▶Black / African American(3) | 0.7% | 12.2% |
▶Asian(5) | 0.4% | 6.0% |
Native American / Alaska Native | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -59.0pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28.6% | 59.8% | — | — | |
| 15.4% | 32.2% | — | — | |
| 2.5% | 5.3% | — | — | |
| 0.9% | 1.9% | — | — | |
| 0.4% | 0.8% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 52.2% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Lewistown, PA metro area? 185,073 residents across 4 counties.
12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 21pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+28 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Senate | R+56.4 | R+52.0 | 4.4pp |