Adams County, Pennsylvania

2024 results by precinct

51 precincts · 60,871 votes cast

Trump · R+34

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−33.5%	19,842	40,248	60,871
2020	R	−34.2%	18,207	37,523	56,540
2016	R	−35.8%	14,219	31,423	47,990
2012	R	−27.4%	15,091	26,767	42,625
2008	R	−19.6%	17,633	26,349	44,491
2004	R	−34.3%	13,764	28,247	42,228
2000	R	−27.4%	11,682	20,848	33,444
1996	R	−15.5%	10,774	15,338	29,508
1992	R	−13.5%	9,576	13,552	29,501
1988	R	−30.5%	8,299	15,650	24,105
1984	R	−39.3%	7,289	16,786	24,174
1980	R	−29.0%	7,266	13,760	22,404
1976	R	−15.8%	8,771	12,133	21,322
1972	R	−41.6%	5,529	13,593	19,365
1968	R	−28.1%	5,993	11,303	18,907
1964	D	+12.7%	11,148	8,617	19,860
1960	R	−24.2%	7,895	12,933	20,854
1956	R	−32.2%	6,281	12,250	18,531
1952	R	−31.8%	5,691	11,016	16,737
1948	R	−19.1%	5,409	7,988	13,509
1944	R	−19.7%	5,881	8,787	14,735
1940	R	−7.9%	7,354	8,609	15,984
1936	D	+0.1%	8,336	8,313	17,410
1932	D	+8.2%	7,185	6,084	13,494
1928	R	−35.0%	4,635	9,656	14,349
1924	R	−8.6%	4,840	5,778	10,918
1920	R	−15.7%	3,852	5,323	9,349
1916	D	+9.0%	3,963	3,290	7,519
1912	D	+39.7%	3,682	819	7,210
1908	D	+4.4%	4,034	3,685	7,849
1904	R	−2.6%	3,812	4,017	7,931
1900	D	+3.2%	3,967	3,718	7,832
1896	R	−4.3%	3,814	4,170	8,185
1892	D	+4.6%	3,716	3,384	7,170
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

1.4%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 43.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.5%

2.9%

75–84

3.4%

6.4%

65–74

6.7%

7.4%

55–64

7.6%

6.0%

45–54

6.0%

5.5%

35–44

5.4%

5.5%

25–34

5.4%

5.2%

18–24

4.8%

7.7%

5–17

7.1%

2.4%

2.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$84,092

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

Adams County$84,092

Pennsylvania$77,971

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.2%

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

14.5%

Mainline Protestant

11.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.8%

Other Christian

4.5%

Methodist

1.9%

Baptist

1.9%

Non-Christian

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Adams County sits in the Mid-Atlantic. Its political identity has been Republican for as long as anyone now living can remember. 1 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Republican candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Republican margin in Adams County reached its widest at forty-two points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was thirty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Adams County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $84,092, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 106,115 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lincoln County and Adams County.

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Adams County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.