Somerset County, Pennsylvania

2024 results by precinct

68 precincts · 40,987 votes cast

Trump · R+57

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−57.1%	8,596	31,993	40,987
2020	R	−56.3%	8,654	31,466	40,543
2016	R	−55.5%	7,376	27,379	36,073
2012	R	−42.7%	9,436	23,984	34,078
2008	R	−25.0%	12,878	21,686	35,168
2004	R	−29.8%	12,842	23,802	36,778
2000	R	−24.8%	12,028	20,218	32,985
1996	R	−6.4%	12,719	14,735	31,591
1992	R	−4.2%	12,493	13,858	32,759
1988	R	−9.7%	13,815	16,809	30,768
1984	R	−16.7%	13,900	19,502	33,491
1980	R	−19.8%	11,695	17,729	30,455
1976	R	−8.4%	13,452	15,960	29,685
1972	R	−38.1%	8,743	19,739	28,841
1968	R	−19.4%	11,515	17,511	30,921
1964	D	+9.5%	17,934	14,817	32,814
1960	R	−16.5%	14,739	20,554	35,335
1956	R	−21.9%	13,163	20,568	33,748
1952	R	−17.0%	13,167	18,589	31,820
1948	R	−22.6%	8,727	13,910	22,978
1944	R	−21.8%	10,287	16,039	26,405
1940	R	−10.4%	14,085	17,369	31,512
1936	R	−3.5%	16,184	17,375	33,741
1932	R	−19.4%	7,919	11,857	20,249
1928	R	−56.6%	4,489	16,404	21,057
1924	R	−59.1%	2,315	12,389	17,032
1920	R	−58.1%	2,912	12,436	16,404
1916	R	−31.1%	2,957	6,008	9,800
1912	D	+7.7%	2,164	1,428	9,588
1908	R	−44.6%	2,246	6,478	9,495
1904	R	−54.3%	1,686	6,772	9,358
1900	R	−49.7%	2,151	6,677	9,109
1896	R	−42.9%	2,295	5,861	8,319
1892	R	−33.5%	2,262	4,670	7,185
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

1.1%

African American

2.1%

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: 46.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.3%

85+

2.2%

3.0%

75–84

3.6%

7.0%

65–74

6.8%

7.8%

55–64

7.4%

7.1%

45–54

5.9%

6.8%

35–44

5.3%

6.2%

25–34

4.6%

3.7%

18–24

3.2%

7.0%

5–17

6.6%

2.4%

2.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$61,446

Somerset County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Somerset County$61,446

Pennsylvania$77,971

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.0%

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

Mainline Protestant

17.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

11.9%

Other Christian

9.6%

Methodist

7.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.8%

Baptist

0.3%

Non-Christian

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Somerset County's R+57.2 margin in 2024 places it among the most lopsided presidential results in the state, reflecting a rural, post-coal economy where Democratic vote share has eroded sharply over two decades.

The Democratic margin in Somerset County peaked at nine points in 1964. By 1968 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fifty-seven points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Somerset County's median household income of $61,446 sits well below state and national norms, and 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Holt County and Burke County.

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Somerset County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.