South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

2024 results by precinct

15 precincts · 262,234 votes cast

Harris · D+12

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+11.9%	144,287	112,959	262,234
2020	D	+17.4%	159,869	111,942	275,409
2016	D	+12.3%	135,476	104,797	249,727
2012	D	+22.3%	144,298	91,168	237,902
2008	D	+23.2%	153,912	95,310	252,284
2004	D	+10.6%	131,161	105,681	241,416
2000	D	+22.0%	130,415	80,991	224,750
1996	D	+22.0%	117,497	70,262	214,730
1992	D	+5.2%	106,329	93,079	253,763
1988	R	−3.2%	107,502	114,814	225,582
1984	R	−20.1%	92,869	139,796	233,720
1980	R	−11.3%	86,259	111,379	222,532
1976	R	−5.1%	103,712	114,874	220,197
1972	R	−19.3%	89,038	132,319	224,239
1968	D	+9.3%	105,195	85,987	207,179
1964	D	+38.2%	144,130	64,346	208,588
1960	D	+15.9%	124,325	90,172	214,498
1956	R	−26.0%	73,934	125,992	199,925
1952	R	−9.7%	89,924	109,323	200,003
1948	D	+0.3%	80,116	79,575	164,061
1944	D	+6.2%	81,341	71,743	154,277
1940	D	+10.0%	83,069	67,933	151,342
1936	D	+19.9%	77,294	50,481	134,818
1932	D	+4.5%	57,210	52,066	114,742
1928	D	+1.0%	54,463	53,339	108,750
1924	R	−27.3%	23,883	45,572	79,395
1920	R	−25.5%	25,023	43,447	72,132
1916	D	+0.4%	20,041	19,882	41,699
1912	D	+5.7%	14,736	12,643	37,021
1908	R	−17.3%	14,755	21,285	37,837
1904	R	−17.5%	14,327	20,863	37,274
1900	R	−4.5%	16,704	18,295	35,742
1896	R	−45.9%	1,270	3,573	5,016
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	D	+7.4%	14,570	12,521	27,732
1884	D	+8.5%	12,744	10,757	23,500
1880	D	+6.5%	11,790	10,353	22,144
1876	D	+8.5%	10,297	8,684	18,981

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

0.7%

African American

11.1%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.6%

2.4%

75–84

3.1%

5.0%

65–74

5.7%

6.6%

55–64

7.1%

5.8%

45–54

6.3%

6.0%

35–44

6.3%

6.6%

25–34

6.7%

5.1%

18–24

5.3%

7.5%

5–17

7.1%

2.5%

2.4%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$88,197

South Central Connecticut Planning Region ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

South Central Connecticut Planning Region$88,197

Connecticut$95,781

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.4%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

20.0%

Other Christian

4.5%

Mainline Protestant

2.0%

Non-Christian

1.7%

Baptist

0.9%

Methodist

0.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

South Central Connecticut Planning Region is a political anchor of New England. Its population of 570,598 and its concentration of urban, diverse, and college-educated voters have made it a Democratic stronghold for decades running.

The Democratic margin in South Central Connecticut Planning Region has been steady. It reached its modern peak at thirty-eight points in 1964; the 2024 margin was twelve points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

South Central Connecticut Planning Region's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $88,197, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Naugatuck Valley Planning Region and Middlesex County.

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South Central Connecticut Planning Region is one of the bluest places in America.