Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

2024 results by precinct

183 precincts · 156,432 votes cast

Trump · R+19

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−19.1%	62,504	92,444	156,432
2020	R	−14.4%	64,873	86,929	153,321
2016	R	−19.3%	52,451	78,688	135,901
2012	D	+4.8%	64,307	58,325	124,845
2008	D	+8.4%	72,492	61,127	135,175
2004	D	+3.4%	69,573	64,953	136,028
2000	D	+8.3%	62,199	52,328	119,586
1996	D	+14.2%	60,174	43,577	116,817
1992	D	+5.8%	56,623	49,285	127,146
1988	R	−0.4%	58,553	59,059	118,092
1984	R	−8.3%	58,482	69,169	129,291
1980	R	−5.8%	59,976	67,822	135,080
1976	D	+10.7%	74,655	60,058	136,009
1972	R	−22.6%	51,128	81,358	133,606
1968	D	+15.3%	79,040	57,044	143,380
1964	D	+41.1%	106,397	43,895	152,071
1960	D	+18.5%	102,998	70,711	174,271
1956	R	−17.2%	65,155	92,458	158,820
1952	R	−10.1%	72,579	88,967	162,261
1948	R	−7.2%	61,869	71,674	135,611
1944	D	+4.0%	73,674	67,984	142,199
1940	D	+12.0%	101,577	79,685	181,884
1936	D	+12.4%	105,008	81,572	188,577
1932	D	+7.2%	60,975	52,672	115,928
1928	D	+3.9%	73,319	67,872	141,411
1924	R	−29.8%	20,472	46,475	87,396
1920	R	−34.3%	23,473	49,419	75,575
1916	R	−11.3%	19,999	25,348	47,179
1912	D	+20.5%	13,461	4,970	41,338
1908	R	−16.5%	17,379	24,594	43,733
1904	R	−33.3%	13,518	27,809	42,895
1900	R	−13.4%	16,470	21,793	39,717
1896	R	−13.1%	17,305	22,718	41,248
1892	D	+5.2%	15,734	14,118	31,229
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

0.8%

African American

4.0%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 42.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.7%

2.6%

75–84

3.4%

5.5%

65–74

6.0%

7.0%

55–64

6.9%

6.3%

45–54

6.2%

6.3%

35–44

5.8%

6.6%

25–34

6.0%

4.4%

18–24

4.1%

7.6%

5–17

7.4%

2.7%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$63,691

Luzerne County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Luzerne County$63,691

Pennsylvania$77,971

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.3%

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

37.0%

Mainline Protestant

4.1%

Other Christian

3.8%

Methodist

3.3%

Non-Christian

1.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.9%

Baptist

0.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Luzerne County, anchored by Wilkes-Barre, was reliably Democratic through the early 2000s but has swung sharply rightward as its working-class, non-college white electorate realigned — making it one of Pennsylvania's most dramatic political reversals.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached forty-one points in 1964; the Republican margin reached thirty-four points in 1920. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Luzerne County's demographics — a population of 327,675, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $63,691 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mercer County and Adams County.

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Luzerne County delivered a near-tie in 2024.