Hampshire County, Massachusetts

2024 results by precinct

58 precincts · 84,720 votes cast

Harris · D+42

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+41.7%	58,617	23,256	84,720
2020	D	+46.5%	63,362	22,281	88,332
2016	D	+39.2%	55,367	21,790	85,624
2012	D	+44.0%	57,359	21,480	81,621
2008	D	+45.6%	56,869	20,618	79,570
2004	D	+40.8%	51,680	21,315	74,422
2000	D	+28.2%	38,543	19,202	68,626
1996	D	+41.4%	41,844	14,787	65,309
1992	D	+31.7%	37,879	15,694	70,071
1988	D	+23.9%	39,834	24,331	64,915
1984	D	+11.7%	35,597	28,111	63,942
1980	D	+10.8%	27,611	21,117	60,355
1976	D	+21.2%	34,947	22,219	60,075
1972	D	+7.5%	28,572	24,529	53,654
1968	D	+22.9%	26,666	16,270	45,412
1964	D	+47.4%	32,058	11,385	43,645
1960	D	+14.0%	25,667	19,346	45,096
1956	R	−24.1%	16,119	26,361	42,564
1952	R	−16.6%	17,247	24,141	41,486
1948	D	+1.9%	18,012	17,331	35,833
1944	D	+8.5%	17,676	14,907	32,680
1940	D	+6.4%	17,823	15,651	33,715
1936	D	+4.5%	15,412	14,012	30,906
1932	R	−3.4%	12,332	13,241	26,869
1928	R	−5.2%	12,695	14,101	27,051
1924	R	−42.3%	5,037	13,918	21,014
1920	R	−41.9%	5,305	13,174	18,793
1916	R	−15.1%	4,202	5,748	10,236
1912	R	−14.8%	3,088	4,512	9,632
1908	R	−31.3%	2,612	5,362	8,795
1904	R	−41.7%	2,292	5,892	8,633
1900	R	−38.0%	2,392	5,550	8,319
1896	R	−57.3%	1,608	6,434	8,423
1892	R	−13.5%	3,678	4,887	8,949
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%

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: 37.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.2%

2.6%

75–84

3.1%

5.4%

65–74

6.5%

6.0%

55–64

6.6%

4.9%

45–54

5.3%

4.8%

35–44

5.3%

4.9%

25–34

5.0%

10.0%

18–24

13.5%

5.8%

5–17

5.2%

1.5%

1.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$87,001

Hampshire County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Hampshire County$87,001

Massachusetts$103,960

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.3%

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

13.5%

Non-Christian

4.8%

Mainline Protestant

3.1%

Other Christian

1.3%

Methodist

0.6%

Baptist

0.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 76.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With UMass Amherst and four neighboring colleges anchoring its population, Hampshire County produces some of the widest Democratic presidential margins in Massachusetts, reaching D+41.7 in 2024.

The Democratic margin in Hampshire County peaked at forty-seven points in 1964. By 1960 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-two points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Hampshire County's median household income of $87,001 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 Dukes County and Claiborne County.

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