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Pennsylvania 82nd State House District
presidential margin
2008D+17.02012D+4.52016D+5.92020D+6.72024D+5.3
full record · 2008 → 2024
D+5.3
2024
median income$78,760U.S. $80,734 · PA $77,971
median age29.5U.S. 39.1 · PA 41.2
poverty rate13.6%U.S. 12.5% · PA 11.7%
bachelor’s+ (25+)46.2%U.S. 35.6% · PA 35.2%
non-english12.4%U.S. 22.3% · PA 12.4%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
German25.2%
Irish14.2%
English11.4%
African American†3.5%
Jamaican0.5%
Nigerian0.3%
Chinese2.0%
Asian Indian1.0%
Korean0.6%
Mexican1.2%
Puerto Rican1.0%
Cuban0.2%
religion

Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Centre County.

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.

Pennsylvania 82nd State House District

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Pennsylvania 82nd State House DistrictHarrisD+5.3
2024
2024 presidential margin for Pennsylvania 82nd State House DistrictThe boundary of Pennsylvania 82nd State House District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+5.3), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Pennsylvania 82nd State House District · D+5.3
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic52.2%16,157
Donald TrumpRepublican46.8%14,514
Jill SteinGreen1.0%310
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 1 county it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (1 county) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Pennsylvania 82nd State House District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Centre County, PADemocraticD+2.8
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
52.2%Harris16,157
46.8%Trump14,514
1.0%Stein310
+5.3%
30,981
D
52.7%Biden15,418
46.0%Trump13,458
1.4%Jorgensen407
+6.7%
29,283
D
50.5%Clinton15,748
44.7%Trump13,925
4.8%Johnson1,481
+5.9%
31,154
D
52.3%Obama13,977
47.7%Romney12,772
0.0%
+4.5%
26,749
D
57.9%Obama18,404
40.9%McCain13,004
1.3%Nader404
+17.0%
31,812
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: +5.3% in 2024.+5.3%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+17.0%
2012+4.5%
2016+5.9%
2020+6.7%
2024+5.3%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
DPaul TakacState House · 82

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

The 2024 presidential margin was D+5.3, one of the narrower results among Pennsylvania's state house districts, compared with D+17.0 in 2008. About 65,900 residents lived here, with White alone at 83.9% in the 2024 ACS 5-year.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 17.0 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.3 points.

A population of 64,866, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,760 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 77 and State House District 47.

Political twins — state-house districts

The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

State House District 77
Pennsylvania
91.5twin score
median age% unaffiliatedcollege share
State House District 47
Michigan
83.5twin score
% unaffiliatedcollege share% Evangelical
Delegate District 80
West Virginia
82.7twin score
median agecollege share% unaffiliated≠ population scale

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Centre County

Frequently asked questions

How did Pennsylvania 82nd State House District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pennsylvania 82nd State House District voted Democratic by 5.3 points (D+5.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 30,981 votes cast, 16,157 went Democratic and 14,514 went Republican.
How many people live in Pennsylvania 82nd State House District?
Pennsylvania 82nd State House District has a population of 64,866 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pennsylvania 82nd State House District?
Median household income in Pennsylvania 82nd State House District is $78,760 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Pennsylvania 82nd State House District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Pennsylvania 82nd State House District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.