Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

2024 results by precinct

18 precincts · 295,927 votes cast

Harris · D+18

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+18.0%	172,345	118,999	295,927
2020	D	+25.4%	191,498	113,175	308,934
2016	D	+18.0%	156,746	107,239	275,383
2012	D	+9.8%	141,031	115,600	259,113
2008	D	+17.4%	157,998	110,852	271,025
2004	D	+3.5%	134,136	124,977	262,779
2000	D	+8.9%	126,198	104,744	242,362
1996	D	+7.8%	112,271	94,267	230,269
1992	R	−3.5%	104,195	113,545	267,427
1988	R	−18.8%	97,764	143,637	243,969
1984	R	−32.0%	85,816	167,114	253,964
1980	R	−20.9%	80,796	130,774	239,241
1976	R	−16.7%	96,686	135,693	233,940
1972	R	−29.3%	81,644	150,769	236,273
1968	R	−9.8%	90,648	111,787	216,469
1964	D	+22.1%	126,559	80,776	207,506
1960	R	−6.8%	94,966	108,923	203,893
1956	R	−40.3%	55,112	129,655	184,766
1952	R	−22.4%	68,848	108,887	178,869
1948	R	−13.1%	58,961	77,467	141,288
1944	R	−2.7%	64,242	67,799	133,574
1940	D	+0.8%	60,908	59,919	121,346
1936	D	+11.1%	56,654	44,866	106,647
1932	R	−6.0%	41,853	47,546	94,495
1928	R	−13.3%	35,946	47,112	83,726
1924	R	−44.1%	12,671	38,281	58,105
1920	R	−36.5%	16,384	36,384	54,761
1916	R	−10.4%	13,865	17,180	31,979
1912	D	+5.1%	10,408	8,995	27,828
1908	R	−23.5%	9,862	16,283	27,335
1904	R	−20.1%	10,464	15,900	27,072
1900	R	−16.9%	10,262	14,518	25,160
1896	R	−39.4%	6,926	16,723	24,882
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	D	+0.7%	10,336	10,187	20,981
1884	D	+2.8%	8,946	8,453	17,400
1880	D	+0.2%	8,386	8,354	16,740
1876	D	+5.6%	7,988	7,136	15,124

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

0.6%

African American

7.8%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 41.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.5%

2.3%

75–84

2.8%

4.7%

65–74

5.2%

7.0%

55–64

7.4%

6.6%

45–54

6.8%

6.4%

35–44

6.5%

5.9%

25–34

5.8%

4.3%

18–24

4.1%

8.3%

5–17

8.1%

2.7%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$128,188

Western Connecticut Planning Region ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.

Western Connecticut Planning Region$128,188

Connecticut$95,781

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.5%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

26.2%

Other Christian

5.2%

Mainline Protestant

3.7%

Non-Christian

1.9%

Baptist

1.3%

Methodist

1.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Western Connecticut Planning Region is a political anchor of New England. Its population of 627,071 and its concentration of urban, diverse, and college-educated voters have made it a Democratic stronghold for decades running.

The Democratic margin in Western Connecticut Planning Region has been steady. It reached its modern peak at twenty-five points in 2020; the 2024 margin was eighteen points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Western Connecticut Planning Region's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $128,188, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Greater Bridgeport Planning Region and Montgomery County.

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Western Connecticut Planning Region is one of the bluest places in America.