Essex County, Massachusetts

2024 results by precinct

256 precincts · 401,851 votes cast

Harris · D+20

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+20.2%	236,624	155,336	401,851
2020	D	+28.8%	267,198	144,837	424,599
2016	D	+21.9%	222,310	136,316	392,789
2012	D	+16.3%	210,302	150,480	366,357
2008	D	+20.3%	208,976	137,129	353,462
2004	D	+17.7%	194,068	135,114	333,233
2000	D	+22.0%	178,400	110,010	310,333
1996	D	+28.1%	171,021	89,120	291,442
1992	D	+11.9%	140,593	102,212	322,328
1988	D	+1.0%	151,816	148,614	305,500
1984	R	−10.1%	132,353	162,152	295,656
1980	R	−4.7%	116,173	130,252	297,533
1976	D	+13.3%	165,710	125,538	301,444
1972	D	+6.5%	157,324	138,040	297,084
1968	D	+25.6%	171,901	99,721	281,685
1964	D	+48.9%	210,135	71,653	282,945
1960	D	+14.0%	167,875	126,599	295,081
1956	R	−20.4%	109,671	166,115	276,453
1952	R	−11.7%	123,334	156,030	280,409
1948	D	+9.4%	132,016	108,894	246,371
1944	D	+2.7%	118,228	111,958	230,756
1940	D	+4.0%	125,998	116,134	243,735
1936	D	+3.9%	106,078	97,310	222,999
1932	R	−1.8%	91,787	95,277	193,018
1928	R	−6.5%	89,508	102,008	192,810
1924	R	−48.2%	25,635	92,918	139,550
1920	R	−48.8%	30,560	95,057	132,264
1916	R	−4.8%	32,498	35,909	71,095
1912	R	−1.1%	20,691	21,441	66,639
1908	R	−28.6%	18,801	36,351	61,373
1904	R	−31.0%	18,562	36,980	59,392
1900	R	−23.1%	19,781	32,924	56,947
1896	R	−40.8%	15,025	37,041	53,964
1892	R	−13.3%	21,975	29,088	53,383
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

English

0.5%

African American

3.2%

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: 41.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.5%

2.4%

75–84

3.0%

5.0%

65–74

5.8%

6.8%

55–64

7.3%

6.0%

45–54

6.5%

6.3%

35–44

6.5%

6.2%

25–34

6.2%

4.4%

18–24

4.4%

7.9%

5–17

7.5%

2.7%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$101,883

Essex County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.

Essex County$101,883

Massachusetts$103,960

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.4%

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

38.2%

Non-Christian

3.0%

Other Christian

2.8%

Mainline Protestant

2.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.4%

Baptist

0.7%

Methodist

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Essex County stretches from the immigrant-heavy cities of Lawrence and Lynn to affluent coastal towns like Gloucester and Newburyport, producing a durable D+20 presidential margin driven more by urban concentration than suburban uniformity.

The Democratic margin in Essex County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at forty-nine points in 1964; the 2024 margin was twenty points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Essex County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $101,883, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Norfolk County and Middlesex County.

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Essex County is one of the bluest places in America.