Berkshire County, Massachusetts

2024 results by precinct

59 precincts · 68,674 votes cast

Harris · D+40

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+39.7%	47,094	19,805	68,674
2020	D	+46.9%	51,705	18,064	71,771
2016	D	+40.4%	43,714	16,839	66,508
2012	D	+53.6%	48,843	14,252	64,486
2008	D	+52.4%	49,558	14,876	66,130
2004	D	+47.4%	47,743	16,806	65,291
2000	D	+37.2%	37,934	15,805	59,411
1996	D	+43.2%	39,338	13,055	60,774
1992	D	+32.7%	36,857	14,726	67,746
1988	D	+22.4%	38,217	24,116	62,859
1984	R	−6.2%	29,745	33,712	63,785
1980	D	+3.5%	29,458	27,063	68,031
1976	D	+17.2%	39,337	27,462	68,871
1972	D	+7.6%	35,391	30,380	66,284
1968	D	+23.9%	38,497	23,078	64,465
1964	D	+52.4%	48,839	15,160	64,331
1960	D	+20.1%	41,132	27,335	68,629
1956	R	−23.9%	25,361	41,355	66,973
1952	R	−12.6%	29,785	38,413	68,441
1948	D	+5.4%	30,668	27,482	59,267
1944	D	+11.4%	31,212	24,830	56,227
1940	D	+11.3%	32,620	25,973	58,880
1936	D	+12.1%	29,087	22,607	53,568
1932	D	+0.1%	23,252	23,186	48,220
1928	D	+0.5%	24,075	23,855	48,174
1924	R	−28.3%	10,956	21,106	35,815
1920	R	−28.8%	10,956	20,138	31,910
1916	R	−7.6%	8,357	9,787	18,789
1912	R	−1.1%	6,211	6,397	17,203
1908	R	−20.2%	5,903	9,137	15,981
1904	R	−22.2%	5,800	9,310	15,821
1900	R	−23.6%	5,461	8,980	14,896
1896	R	−40.5%	3,913	9,710	14,299
1892	R	−4.4%	6,697	7,336	14,498
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%

English

0.5%

African American

2.1%

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: 47.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.1%

85+

2.1%

3.5%

75–84

4.0%

6.8%

65–74

7.5%

7.7%

55–64

8.1%

5.7%

45–54

5.7%

5.8%

35–44

5.7%

5.2%

25–34

5.3%

4.9%

18–24

4.9%

6.3%

5–17

5.9%

2.0%

1.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$76,013

Berkshire County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Berkshire County$76,013

Massachusetts$103,960

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.4%

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

30.1%

Other Christian

4.2%

Mainline Protestant

3.2%

Non-Christian

3.1%

Baptist

1.1%

Methodist

0.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Despite its rural and post-industrial character, Berkshire County delivers Democratic presidential margins that rival dense urban cores, a pattern rooted in its arts-economy towns and a college presence anchored by Williams and Bard at Simon's Rock.

The Democratic margin in Berkshire County peaked at fifty-four points in 2012. By 1988 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Berkshire County's median household income of $76,013 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 Cuyahoga County and Philadelphia County.

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