Palm Beach County, Florida: Urban anchor county. In 2024, voted D+1%. Democratic peak: D+59 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+1MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Urban anchorAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,533,8062024 5-year
- Median household income
- $83,5812024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 53.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 18.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 24.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+59 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Middlesex County, NJ · similarity 0.95
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Palm Beach CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Palm Beach County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| D | 372,230 | 366,686 | 745,270 | ||
| D | 433,572 | 334,711 | 773,158 | ||
| D | 374,673 | 272,402 | 662,332 | ||
| D | 349,651 | 247,398 | 600,721 | ||
| D | 361,271 | 226,037 | 590,500 | ||
| D | 328,687 | 212,688 | 544,622 | ||
| D | 269,754 | 152,964 | 433,222 | ||
| D | 230,687 | 133,811 | 397,354 | ||
| D | 187,869 | 140,350 | 405,251 | ||
| R | 144,199 | 181,495 | 327,217 | ||
| R | 116,091 | 186,811 | 302,931 | ||
| R | 91,991 | 143,639 | 252,930 | ||
| R | 96,705 | 98,236 | 198,657 | ||
| R | 40,825 | 108,670 | 150,203 | ||
| R | 32,837 | 62,191 | 116,922 | ||
| R | 43,836 | 49,614 | 93,450 | ||
| R | 29,871 | 45,337 | 75,208 | ||
| R | 14,321 | 35,746 | 50,067 | ||
| R | 13,723 | 28,595 | 42,318 | ||
| R | 9,408 | 10,996 | 24,115 | ||
| D | 11,093 | 7,628 | 18,721 | ||
| D | 11,884 | 7,371 | 19,255 | ||
| D | 9,635 | 4,478 | 14,113 | ||
| D | 7,734 | 4,006 | 11,740 | ||
| R | 2,652 | 5,298 | 8,248 | ||
| R | 1,543 | 1,726 | 3,741 | ||
| R | 1,488 | 1,892 | 3,886 | ||
| D | 725 | 311 | 1,403 | ||
| D | 458 | 31 | 725 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
8.0%
German
7.8%
Irish
7.8%
English
6.2%
American
6.1%
Polish
3.2%
French
1.6%
African American
14.8%
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. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 45.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$83,581
Palm Beach County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Palm Beach County$83,581
Florida$74,568
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.4%
Working age (18–64)10.2%
Seniors (65+)11.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
65.8%
speak English only
Spanish20.1%
Other Indo-European11.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other languages1.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Palm Beach County's rapid population growth, driven largely by domestic in-migration from the Northeast, has compressed a margin that ran double digits Republican as recently as 2012, making it one of Florida's closest large-county contests.
The Democratic margin in Palm Beach County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at fifty-nine points in 1912; the 2024 margin was one points, still in line with the county's long pattern.
Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $83,581, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Middlesex County and Broward County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Palm Beach County, Florida vote in 2024?
In 2024, Palm Beach County, Florida voted Democratic by 0.7 points (D+1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 745,270 votes cast, 372,230 went Democratic and 366,686 went Republican.
What is Palm Beach County, Florida's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Palm Beach County, Florida as a "Urban anchor" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did Palm Beach County, Florida last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Palm Beach County, Florida voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Palm Beach County, Florida?
Palm Beach County, Florida has a population of 1,533,806 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Palm Beach County, Florida?
Median household income in Palm Beach County, Florida is $83,581 — above the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Palm Beach County, Florida?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Palm Beach County, Florida from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.