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1876–2024
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Allegheny County·Pennsylvania

Allegheny County is one of the bluest places in America.

Pittsburgh's home county anchors Pennsylvania's Democratic base

18762024·38 elections
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania · David Brossard · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+20
in 2024
Archetype
Urban anchor
since the recent cycles
Population
1,238,177
2024 ACS
Most similar
District of Columbia
DC · similarity 0.98
1,327 precincts · 723,799 votes cast
Harris · D+20
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+20.2%
429,916283,595723,799
2020D
+20.4%
429,065282,324719,733
2016D
+16.5%
367,617259,480657,189
2012D
+14.5%
352,687262,039623,827
2008D
+15.5%
373,153272,347651,436
2004D
+15.0%
368,912271,925645,469
2000D
+16.2%
329,963235,361582,478
1996D
+14.9%
284,480204,067538,615
1992D
+23.0%
324,004183,035614,187
1988D
+20.1%
348,814231,137586,151
1984D
+13.2%
372,576284,692665,748
1980D
+4.1%
297,464271,850621,418
1976D
+3.9%
328,343303,127647,857
1972R
−13.3%
282,496371,737668,535
1968D
+14.0%
364,906264,790713,817
1964D
+32.4%
475,207241,707719,725
1960D
+14.3%
428,455320,970750,718
1956R
−9.8%
315,989384,939702,030
1952D
+1.6%
370,945359,224733,072
1948D
+12.3%
326,303253,272594,506
1944D
+14.6%
350,690261,218614,301
1940D
+16.5%
367,926263,285634,198
1936D
+33.9%
366,593176,224562,194
1932D
+10.4%
189,839152,326359,003
1928R
−14.5%
160,733215,626379,209
1924R
−50.3%
21,984149,296253,013
1920R
−49.1%
40,278138,908200,716
1916R
−17.6%
52,83377,483140,264
1912D
+6.0%
31,41723,822126,386
1908R
−31.5%
35,65574,080121,905
1904R
−58.3%
21,54190,594118,405
1900R
−43.3%
27,31171,780102,624
1896R
−43.3%
29,80976,691108,174
1892R
−19.0%
30,86745,78878,504
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%
Polish
0.5%
African American
10.0%
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.
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
37.3%
Other Christian
6.5%
Mainline Protestant
4.9%
Non-Christian
4.6%
Methodist
3.2%
Baptist
2.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania's second-most-populous, delivered a 20-point Democratic margin in 2024, making it one of the state's most decisive counterweights to rural Republican strongholds in statewide contests.

The Democratic margin in Allegheny County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at thirty-four points in 1936; the 2024 margin was twenty points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Allegheny County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $78,548, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — District of Columbia and Jackson County.