Carbon County, Pennsylvania

2024 results by precinct

51 precincts · 35,436 votes cast

Trump · R+35

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−34.7%	11,394	23,708	35,436
2020	R	−32.0%	11,212	21,984	33,629
2016	R	−33.8%	8,936	18,743	28,993
2012	R	−7.5%	11,580	13,504	25,694
2008	D	+1.9%	13,464	12,957	26,923
2004	R	−1.2%	12,223	12,519	25,043
2000	D	+4.5%	10,668	9,717	21,277
1996	D	+11.4%	9,457	7,193	19,829
1992	D	+8.4%	9,072	7,243	21,659
1988	R	−5.8%	9,104	10,232	19,547
1984	R	−9.5%	8,836	10,701	19,668
1980	R	−10.5%	8,009	10,042	19,329
1976	D	+9.6%	10,791	8,883	19,973
1972	R	−19.6%	7,774	11,639	19,712
1968	D	+3.2%	10,634	9,954	21,579
1964	D	+35.5%	15,416	7,309	22,841
1960	R	−0.8%	12,391	12,586	25,032
1956	R	−14.9%	9,722	13,150	22,961
1952	R	−7.4%	10,571	12,283	22,988
1948	R	−1.6%	9,438	9,744	19,578
1944	D	+5.8%	11,060	9,837	20,970
1940	D	+9.2%	12,777	10,618	23,455
1936	D	+11.2%	14,179	11,298	25,811
1932	R	−0.2%	9,874	9,918	20,441
1928	R	−30.4%	8,010	15,047	23,155
1924	R	−27.6%	5,150	10,236	18,427
1920	R	−21.5%	5,030	7,900	13,346
1916	R	−2.0%	4,099	4,275	8,693
1912	D	+26.9%	3,652	1,246	8,934
1908	R	−6.5%	3,890	4,486	9,113
1904	R	−18.0%	2,998	4,505	8,353
1900	R	−0.8%	4,149	4,222	8,649
1896	R	−11.0%	3,609	4,534	8,407
1892	D	+5.2%	3,541	3,179	6,959
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%

Italian

3.7%

African American

1.8%

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

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 46.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.5%

2.9%

75–84

3.6%

7.0%

65–74

6.8%

7.8%

55–64

7.8%

6.7%

45–54

6.4%

6.0%

35–44

5.8%

5.6%

25–34

5.3%

3.7%

18–24

3.3%

7.3%

5–17

7.0%

2.3%

2.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,554

Carbon County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Carbon County$67,554

Pennsylvania$77,971

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.3%

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

16.2%

Mainline Protestant

14.7%

Other Christian

3.2%

Methodist

1.7%

Baptist

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Carbon County's coal-mining heritage shaped decades of Democratic loyalty, but the area has swung hard in recent cycles — its R+34.8 margin in 2024 reflects one of the steepest realignments among Pennsylvania's working-class rural counties.

The Republican margin in Carbon County reached its widest at thirty-five points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was thirty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Carbon County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,554, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 65,382 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gladwin County and Jefferson County.

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Carbon County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.