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1876–2024
Perry County, Pennsylvania
Perry County·Pennsylvania

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

One of Pennsylvania's most reliably lopsided rural counties

18762024·38 elections
Perry County, Pennsylvania · Smallbones · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+49
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
46,239
2024 ACS
Most similar
Stanton County
NE · similarity 1.00
31 precincts · 25,819 votes cast
Trump · R+49
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−49.1%
6,38519,07325,819
2020R
−50.1%
5,95018,29324,652
2016R
−51.4%
4,63215,61621,371
2012R
−38.7%
5,68513,12019,215
2008R
−33.7%
6,39613,05819,745
2004R
−43.7%
5,42313,91919,427
2000R
−41.8%
4,45911,18416,079
1996R
−24.4%
4,6118,15614,515
1992R
−24.7%
4,0867,87115,327
1988R
−37.0%
3,9108,54512,533
1984R
−43.3%
3,6929,36513,113
1980R
−34.5%
3,6818,02612,599
1976R
−23.1%
4,6057,45412,320
1972R
−48.5%
2,7318,08211,025
1968R
−34.2%
2,9446,65510,849
1964D
+6.0%
6,0545,36411,452
1960R
−40.8%
3,4138,13411,570
1956R
−35.4%
3,5767,51111,112
1952R
−37.7%
3,0426,7339,792
1948R
−35.4%
2,5965,4448,040
1944R
−27.2%
3,2655,7229,030
1940R
−12.2%
4,6015,87710,490
1936D
+0.2%
5,7805,75911,600
1932R
−8.1%
3,7334,4028,269
1928R
−56.0%
1,8076,4698,330
1924R
−20.3%
2,7104,1857,276
1920R
−23.6%
2,3143,7876,245
1916R
−4.5%
2,3482,5755,004
1912D
+16.5%
1,9411,1404,855
1908R
−19.5%
2,1843,2695,558
1904R
−23.7%
2,0943,4335,654
1900R
−16.2%
2,4403,4005,922
1896R
−17.2%
2,4773,5376,180
1892R
−6.9%
2,7053,1205,977
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
5.9%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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.
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
Other Christian
9.3%
Mainline Protestant
9.1%
Methodist
7.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Perry County's R+49.3 margin in 2024 places it among Pennsylvania's most one-sided presidential contests, reflecting a largely rural, non-college white demographic with few urban centers to soften the partisan tilt.

The Republican margin in Perry County reached its widest at fifty-six points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was forty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Perry County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $79,444, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 46,239 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 Stanton County and Adams County.