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1876–2024
York County, Pennsylvania
York County·Pennsylvania

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

South-central Pennsylvania county where manufacturing heritage shapes a durable Republican lean

18762024·38 elections
York County, Pennsylvania · Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+25
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
462,924
2024 ACS
Most similar
Washington County
MD · similarity 1.00
161 precincts · 250,136 votes cast
Trump · R+25
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−25.2%
91,926154,884250,136
2020R
−24.6%
88,114146,733238,471
2016R
−28.8%
68,524128,528208,029
2012R
−21.1%
73,191113,304190,005
2008R
−13.6%
82,839109,268194,210
2004R
−28.2%
63,701114,270179,269
2000R
−24.7%
51,95887,652144,286
1996R
−12.2%
49,59665,188128,156
1992R
−10.4%
46,11360,130134,245
1988R
−31.2%
37,69172,408111,116
1984R
−38.1%
33,35975,020109,247
1980R
−27.2%
33,40661,098101,891
1976R
−15.6%
41,28156,91299,944
1972R
−38.7%
27,52063,60693,280
1968R
−19.6%
33,32851,63193,371
1964D
+27.0%
58,78733,67792,872
1960R
−17.6%
39,16455,92295,479
1956R
−10.8%
38,74348,17687,068
1952R
−5.9%
39,50844,48984,351
1948D
+1.2%
33,32132,49468,678
1944D
+7.9%
38,22632,61771,158
1940D
+13.3%
39,54330,22869,936
1936D
+21.0%
45,14229,23375,837
1932D
+6.8%
29,31325,43057,365
1928R
−60.1%
11,21645,79157,529
1924R
−18.1%
15,60023,04441,039
1920R
−15.4%
14,39619,87935,679
1916D
+13.2%
16,31412,27630,598
1912D
+32.2%
14,9795,25130,195
1908D
+1.8%
15,17114,61030,771
1904R
−6.4%
12,99614,83728,614
1900D
+5.3%
13,73212,32726,631
1896D
+3.1%
13,05412,25826,060
1892D
+16.9%
12,8229,05222,300
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
0.7%
African American
5.0%
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
Other Christian
9.4%
Mainline Protestant
8.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.2%
Methodist
4.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.6%
Baptist
0.8%
Non-Christian
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

York County's blend of small industrial cities and rural townships has produced consistent double-digit Republican presidential margins for over two decades, with 2024's R+25.3 representing one of its widest recorded gaps.

The Republican margin in York County reached its widest at sixty points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was twenty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

York County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $84,829, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 462,924 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 Washington County and Montour County.