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1876–2024
Montour County, Pennsylvania
Montour County·Pennsylvania

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

Pennsylvania's smallest county by area trends steadily Republican

18762024·38 elections
Montour County, Pennsylvania · Smallbones · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+21
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
18,103
2024 ACS
Most similar
Bartholomew County
IN · similarity 1.00
15 precincts · 9,947 votes cast
Trump · R+21
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−20.9%
3,8625,9449,947
2020R
−21.2%
3,7715,8449,771
2016R
−28.4%
2,8575,2888,556
2012R
−20.3%
3,0534,6527,859
2008R
−15.1%
3,3644,5748,023
2004R
−29.3%
2,6664,9037,624
2000R
−24.7%
2,3563,9606,495
1996R
−10.4%
2,1832,7855,811
1992R
−14.2%
2,1503,0966,646
1988R
−27.8%
2,0313,6175,696
1984R
−33.9%
2,0554,1746,248
1980R
−18.5%
2,2723,3996,096
1976R
−8.8%
2,7273,2596,075
1972R
−41.8%
1,7554,3866,298
1968R
−17.6%
2,2393,2895,976
1964D
+18.6%
3,6832,5276,214
1960R
−22.5%
2,6294,1546,791
1956R
−31.5%
2,0723,9766,051
1952R
−24.4%
2,2643,7255,996
1948R
−15.5%
1,9642,6904,670
1944R
−10.4%
2,2122,7274,947
1940D
+6.1%
3,0802,7235,807
1936D
+20.0%
3,5342,3505,914
1932D
+10.6%
2,6772,1594,880
1928R
−43.6%
1,4453,6925,150
1924R
−15.6%
1,7992,4994,476
1920R
−9.9%
1,8722,2964,271
1916D
+17.3%
1,5301,0682,663
1912D
+42.2%
1,4923082,805
1908D
+11.9%
1,4901,1642,749
1904R
−5.4%
1,3581,5182,955
1900D
+18.0%
1,8751,2923,239
1896D
+11.2%
1,7471,3843,245
1892D
+25.0%
1,8771,1083,080
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
1.4%
African American
1.9%
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
13.9%
Mainline Protestant
12.0%
Other Christian
5.4%
Methodist
3.9%
Baptist
1.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Montour County, anchored by the small city of Danville, has shifted markedly rightward over the past two decades. In 2024 it backed the Republican presidential candidate by 21 points, reflecting broader rural consolidation across central Pennsylvania.

The Republican margin in Montour County reached its widest at forty-four points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was twenty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Montour County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $76,976, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 18,103 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 Bartholomew County and Washington County.