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1876–2024
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Cumberland County·Pennsylvania

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

A Harrisburg suburb that has gradually moderated its Republican lean

18762024·38 elections
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania · Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+9
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
268,323
2024 ACS
Most similar
El Paso County
CO · similarity 1.00
117 precincts · 149,068 votes cast
Trump · R+9
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−9.4%
66,25580,267149,068
2020R
−10.6%
62,24577,212141,595
2016R
−17.8%
47,08569,076123,486
2012R
−18.4%
44,36764,809111,191
2008R
−13.6%
48,30663,739113,304
2004R
−28.0%
37,92867,648106,082
2000R
−26.9%
31,05354,80288,144
1996R
−19.2%
28,74943,94378,985
1992R
−19.9%
26,63543,44784,573
1988R
−31.3%
24,61347,29272,433
1984R
−39.2%
21,37449,28271,123
1980R
−31.8%
19,78941,15267,260
1976R
−26.4%
23,00839,95064,270
1972R
−47.7%
14,56242,09957,775
1968R
−32.6%
15,46732,90853,472
1964D
+5.8%
26,63323,68550,525
1960R
−38.0%
15,96835,63651,801
1956R
−36.6%
13,65129,46843,272
1952R
−34.6%
12,76226,30239,155
1948R
−22.2%
11,42118,02829,695
1944R
−19.1%
12,06817,78229,984
1940D
+1.5%
15,75815,29731,123
1936D
+11.6%
18,85014,91234,021
1932R
−3.9%
12,08613,09825,751
1928R
−56.9%
5,18919,17024,551
1924R
−13.3%
7,64310,19619,160
1920R
−13.6%
6,4558,57915,674
1916D
+9.2%
6,4325,29612,329
1912D
+21.0%
5,0232,56611,712
1908R
−7.0%
5,4036,26112,192
1904R
−16.7%
5,0387,13812,580
1900R
−1.4%
5,4285,58711,389
1896R
−8.3%
5,2026,17811,812
1892D
+9.0%
5,4464,52010,259
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%
Italian
0.7%
African American
3.5%
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
13.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.5%
Other Christian
8.2%
Methodist
6.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.1%
Non-Christian
1.9%
Baptist
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cumberland County sits across the Susquehanna from the state capital, and its growing professional and retiree population has trimmed a once-dominant Republican margin to single digits over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in Cumberland County reached its widest at fifty-seven points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Cumberland County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $87,494, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 268,323 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 El Paso County and Ottawa County.