A mid-sized mid-Atlantic metro where manufacturing heritage shapes the ballot
York-Hanover sits along the Susquehanna Valley corridor, where a durable blue-collar industrial base and steady in-migration from the Baltimore region have produced competitive margins in statewide races over the past two decades.
| Group | York-Hanover, PA | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 85.6% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(18) | 6.1% | 19.3% |
▶Black / African American(13) | 5.2% | 12.2% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.7% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(6) | 1.2% | 6.0% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(7) | 0.3% | 0.9% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(1) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -13.8pp (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.9% | 35.3% | — | — | |
| 11.1% | 33.0% | — | — | |
| 8.0% | 23.7% | — | — | |
| 2.1% | 6.2% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.7% | 2.0% | — | — |
| 0.5% | 1.4% | — | — | |
| 0.2% | 0.5% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 66.3% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the York-Hanover, PA metro area? 1,704,842 residents across 4 counties.
23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 10pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+9 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+25.3 | R+22.7 | 2.5pp |