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All 9 Census divisions

The nine Census Bureau divisions, the finer grouping nested inside the four regions.

Census divisions ranked by presidential margin, one column per election from 1892 to 2024, with the latest demographic snapshot (population, income, $200k+ households, poverty, median age, education, race and ethnicity, language, religion) pinned at the right. Use the column headers to re-sort.

1Pacific	−5.6	+2.1	−13.2	−41.0	−23.3	+27.4	+0.8	−37.8	−44.4	−31.4	+21.5	+35.4	+15.5	+12.8	+1.6	−13.8	−10.6	−1.2	+21.0	−2.0	−14.2	−2.0	−15.1	−15.6	−2.1	+12.4	+12.2	+9.1	+8.3	+21.9	+20.5	+25.1	+25.7	+18.8	53,538,660	$100.3k	—	11.6%	14.0%	38.3	86.6%	37.0%	14.3%	41.0%	4.6%	33.1%	14.1%	37.8%	11.1%	22.3%	56.9%
2New England	−9.7	−41.5	−22.3	−25.0	−26.2	+4.3	−4.9	−36.6	−36.7	−6.9	+0.8	+7.4	+6.0	+5.0	+5.1	−12.5	−24.1	+12.1	+45.8	+18.7	−5.8	+5.8	−4.4	−12.8	−0.2	+12.7	+25.8	+19.2	+16.9	+23.1	+20.0	+17.9	+24.4	+18.0	15,200,156	$98.6k	—	9.9%	11.9%	41.4	92.0%	43.7%	19.3%	70.6%	6.0%	12.5%	5.2%	20.4%	4.8%	29.9%	55.9%
3Middle Atlantic	−0.1	−21.8	−15.7	−23.1	−17.3	+12.7	−10.3	−38.2	−34.5	−15.4	+5.1	+18.5	+4.7	+3.7	−2.5	−10.4	−20.8	+3.5	+33.9	+3.3	−19.7	+2.4	−6.5	−10.6	−1.9	+10.7	+20.1	+16.2	+10.4	+18.7	+17.9	+12.6	+14.0	+6.0	42,214,814	$90.9k	—	12.4%	16.1%	40.4	89.8%	39.3%	16.6%	58.6%	12.2%	17.0%	7.6%	25.7%	6.4%	28.3%	49.9%
4East North Central	+0.6	−9.8	−10.5	−27.9	−12.5	+12.2	−3.9	−33.5	−35.5	−23.0	+11.6	+19.8	+1.9	+0.3	+0.4	−13.5	−19.0	−3.0	+23.4	−2.1	−19.3	−2.5	−9.2	−16.7	−7.2	+5.7	+9.7	+1.5	+0.4	+13.3	+6.8	−0.3	+1.0	−3.0	47,348,797	$77.4k	—	12.4%	16.1%	39.6	91.5%	33.5%	12.9%	70.6%	11.4%	9.7%	3.7%	13.3%	15.0%	17.8%	53.9%
5South Atlantic	+19.4	+6.8	+12.6	+39.6	+25.4	+51.9	+24.9	+7.7	+13.0	−9.7	+35.2	+39.5	+35.3	+27.0	+16.4	+1.7	−4.3	+4.2	+11.1	−4.6	−37.0	+11.1	−4.0	−21.6	−16.0	+1.4	+3.6	−3.4	−6.4	+3.9	+1.8	+0.6	+2.5	−3.1	67,775,152	$82.0k	—	12.4%	16.5%	40.6	90.2%	36.4%	14.8%	54.3%	20.7%	16.1%	3.9%	20.1%	21.1%	12.9%	51.9%
6Mountain	−31.9	+63.1	+8.5	−22.9	−6.7	+10.9	+19.0	−22.8	−24.1	−22.3	+20.0	+31.5	+11.1	+5.1	+7.4	−20.4	−20.5	−7.2	+13.1	−14.9	−30.7	−14.6	−31.9	−33.5	−16.8	−1.8	−3.8	−15.1	−14.8	−3.0	−8.7	−5.1	−1.7	−5.9	25,571,750	$84.5k	—	11.5%	14.1%	38.0	90.9%	35.8%	13.4%	59.9%	3.6%	25.5%	3.4%	20.7%	9.7%	17.6%	53.7%
7West North Central	−14.2	−1.9	−8.8	−30.1	−10.2	+17.5	+1.6	−33.6	−28.1	−21.5	+23.5	+19.3	−3.3	−4.5	+6.4	−20.4	−13.8	−8.2	+21.5	−5.6	−21.0	+1.2	−12.1	−16.8	−1.8	+4.2	+3.4	−7.0	−8.6	+0.8	−5.0	−13.0	−8.9	−11.8	21,759,939	$79.1k	—	11.1%	12.9%	38.5	92.8%	34.8%	12.5%	76.8%	6.8%	7.6%	3.0%	9.9%	16.4%	15.9%	51.6%
8West South Central	+38.7	+51.0	+38.7	+35.4	+20.2	+42.3	+44.9	+18.2	+34.0	−2.7	+67.4	+59.9	+47.8	+41.5	+33.0	−3.3	−9.6	+2.0	+15.2	−1.0	−37.0	+5.8	−12.5	−27.5	−12.8	−0.8	−0.1	−17.6	−21.4	−15.8	−18.6	−15.0	−11.6	−18.0	41,878,410	$75.5k	—	14.7%	19.5%	36.3	86.5%	31.9%	11.6%	45.2%	13.7%	31.3%	4.5%	28.0%	26.5%	18.5%	43.5%
9East South Central	+27.3	+14.8	+12.2	+12.1	+8.8	+34.6	+21.0	+7.9	+11.9	−6.6	+35.5	+38.5	+35.6	+27.7	+9.4	+7.1	+2.5	−1.3	−11.0	−1.9	−41.1	+9.7	−1.0	−20.4	−16.7	−1.0	−1.6	−11.6	−19.5	−16.8	−19.9	−26.3	−23.5	−29.1	19,634,754	$66.4k	—	15.6%	20.9%	39.2	89.0%	28.8%	11.3%	69.1%	19.4%	5.8%	1.6%	6.9%	37.2%	5.1%	43.3%

9 Census divisions · 34 elections · 1892–2024Margins are D−R two-party share · MIT Election Lab · VEST · Demographics: ACS 2024 5-year · Religion: 2020 US Religion Census