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1876–2024
Gloucester County, New Jersey
Gloucester County·New Jersey

Gloucester County votes the way the country votes.

A South Jersey suburb that's trended steadily rightward since 2012

18762024·38 elections
Gloucester County, New Jersey · Mike Sheridan · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+3
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
306,954
2024 ACS
Most similar
Atlantic County
NJ · similarity 0.95
229 precincts · 165,263 votes cast
Trump · R+3
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−2.8%
78,70883,326165,263
2020D
+2.0%
86,70283,340171,658
2016R
−0.5%
66,87067,544141,254
2012D
+10.7%
74,01359,456135,570
2008D
+12.2%
77,26760,315139,430
2004D
+5.3%
66,83560,033127,964
2000D
+17.5%
61,09542,315107,298
1996D
+19.7%
51,91532,116100,495
1992D
+4.9%
42,42537,335104,619
1988R
−18.4%
35,47951,70888,117
1984R
−24.5%
32,70254,04187,050
1980R
−13.3%
29,80440,30678,903
1976D
+5.1%
38,72634,88875,302
1972R
−27.1%
25,50944,80671,209
1968R
−4.6%
27,43830,59668,731
1964D
+25.9%
40,30523,70264,052
1960R
−4.4%
29,75232,47462,259
1956R
−21.0%
20,00730,64650,728
1952R
−10.0%
20,53625,10345,737
1948R
−10.3%
15,78519,47735,765
1944D
+3.1%
17,75816,68434,555
1940D
+6.8%
20,28417,67438,111
1936D
+12.8%
20,51615,81336,622
1932R
−14.8%
13,81718,78233,561
1928R
−58.9%
6,59425,62732,302
1924R
−53.2%
4,16715,51321,328
1920R
−38.9%
4,86911,69317,557
1916R
−16.5%
3,7455,3529,762
1912D
+17.2%
3,3641,8568,786
1908R
−17.1%
3,7075,3189,434
1904R
−24.7%
2,8184,8298,152
1900R
−21.2%
2,8294,4717,763
1896R
−21.8%
2,9814,7278,009
1892R
−2.9%
3,5293,7487,519
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%
African American
8.6%
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.
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
39.9%
Other Christian
9.4%
Methodist
3.4%
Non-Christian
2.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Baptist
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Gloucester County sits in Philadelphia's outer orbit, where a mix of working-class townships and newer residential developments has shifted its presidential margins from double-digit Democratic leads to narrow Republican ones over the past decade.

The Democratic margin in Gloucester County has rarely exceeded twenty-six points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded fifty-nine points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by three points.

Gloucester County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 76% non-Hispanic-white share, a 8% poverty rate, and a median household income of $105,115 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Atlantic County and Nassau County.