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1876–2024
Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Beaver County·Pennsylvania

Beaver County changed direction in the last decade.

Once a union stronghold, now among western Pennsylvania's most Republican counties

18762024·38 elections
Beaver County, Pennsylvania · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+21
in 2024
Archetype
Recent convert
since the recent cycles
Population
166,324
2024 ACS
Most similar
Washington County
PA · similarity 0.97
129 precincts · 95,194 votes cast
Trump · R+21
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−20.6%
37,19656,83795,194
2020R
−17.7%
38,12254,75994,122
2016R
−18.5%
32,53148,16784,462
2012R
−6.5%
37,05542,34480,793
2008R
−2.8%
40,49942,89584,488
2004D
+2.7%
42,14639,91682,543
2000D
+8.7%
38,92532,49173,649
1996D
+18.2%
39,57826,04874,279
1992D
+28.6%
44,87721,36182,340
1988D
+32.1%
50,32725,76476,469
1984D
+26.1%
54,76532,05287,117
1980D
+16.9%
43,95530,49679,765
1976D
+15.4%
46,11733,59381,150
1972R
−15.6%
31,57043,63777,337
1968D
+20.9%
45,39628,26482,028
1964D
+44.4%
60,49223,17483,993
1960D
+12.3%
47,18236,79684,190
1956R
−2.5%
36,37338,26374,715
1952D
+9.2%
38,13631,70070,170
1948D
+8.5%
26,62922,32450,936
1944D
+16.2%
32,74323,55556,658
1940D
+15.9%
33,60924,32458,215
1936D
+29.1%
37,20520,22358,312
1932D
+0.1%
19,80519,75141,260
1928R
−40.0%
11,86827,94940,217
1924R
−51.8%
3,22016,76826,141
1920R
−37.2%
4,77111,69118,586
1916R
−7.5%
5,8056,86414,103
1912D
+2.2%
3,0372,75912,602
1908R
−22.4%
4,2007,00812,526
1904R
−46.2%
2,3427,12210,340
1900R
−23.9%
4,0766,75911,244
1896R
−22.1%
4,3226,84211,412
1892R
−11.4%
3,8224,8909,396
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
5.0%
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.
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
28.0%
Other Christian
7.0%
Mainline Protestant
4.9%
Methodist
4.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.6%
Baptist
1.9%
Non-Christian
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Beaver County's industrial Ohio River corridor has shifted dramatically rightward over two decades; in 2024 it delivered a 20-point Republican presidential margin in a county that voted Democratic as recently as 2008.

The 2008 election was the turning point, when the Republican candidate carried the county by three points. The 2024 margin was twenty-one points, in line with the county's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 166,324, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,089 situate the county in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Washington County and Fayette County.