† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupEriePennsylvaniaUnited States
German18.5%21.6%12.5%
Irish10.9%14.8%9.4%
Italian8.7%10.6%4.8%
Polish8.3%5.4%2.2%
English7.0%8.3%9.5%
American3.2%4.4%5.3%
Swedish1.6%——
Scottish1.3%1.1%1.3%
African American†14.0%8.7%9.9%
African2.2%0.4%0.5%
Puerto Rican5.0%3.7%1.8%
Mexican1.4%1.4%11.3%
Cuban0.4%0.2%0.7%
Asian Indian0.8%1.2%1.4%
Filipino0.4%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.4%0.3%0.6%
Nepalese0.4%——
Chinese0.3%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
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
34.8
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
13.2%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.3%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Erie
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$46,113
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
23.3%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.1%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Erie
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.7%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
4.3%
5.6%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.9%
0.8%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.9%
1.7%
2.0%
Arabic
1.1%
0.3%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Erie
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
—
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
51.5%
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, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+34.4%
2008
+44.4%
2012
+45.0%
2016
+28.3%
2020
+29.1%
2024
+25.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
62.3%Harris23,759
36.7%Trump13,984
1.0%
D+25.6
R+3.4
D+27.1
38,121
D
63.8%Biden24,878
34.7%Trump13,534
1.5%
D+29.1
D+0.8
D+24.6
38,998
D
62.0%Clinton22,797
33.7%Trump12,395
4.4%
D+28.3
R+16.7
D+26.2
36,793
D
71.6%Obama25,992
26.7%Romney9,675
1.7%
D+45.0
D+0.6
D+41.1
36,293
D
71.5%Obama29,606
27.1%McCain11,233
1.3%
D+44.4
D+10.0
D+37.1
41,385
D
66.6%Kerry26,504
32.2%Bush12,818
1.3%
D+34.4
—
D+36.8
39,823
Erie flipped from Obama to Trump in 2016 and back toward Biden in 2020, making it one of Pennsylvania's most closely watched bellwether cities among analysts tracking white working-class voter realignment.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 45.0 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.6 points.
A population of 93,850, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $46,113 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Buffalo and Toledo.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Erie, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 25.6 points (D+25.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 38,121 votes cast, 23,759 went Democratic and 13,984 went Republican.
How many people live in Erie, Pennsylvania?
Erie, Pennsylvania has a population of 93,850 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Erie, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Erie, Pennsylvania is $46,113 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Erie, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Erie, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
