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1876–2024
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County·Pennsylvania

Philadelphia County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

Pennsylvania's Democratic anchor, delivering margins that reshape statewide math

18762024·38 elections
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania · Antoine Taveneaux · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+59
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
1,579,706
2024 ACS
Most similar
Claiborne County
MS · similarity 1.00
1,703 precincts · 723,610 votes cast
Harris · D+59
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+58.6%
568,571144,311723,610
2020D
+63.5%
603,790132,740741,377
2016D
+67.0%
584,025108,748709,618
2012D
+71.3%
588,80696,467690,776
2008D
+66.7%
595,980117,221717,329
2004D
+61.1%
542,205130,099674,069
2000D
+62.1%
449,182100,959561,180
1996D
+61.4%
412,98885,345533,277
1992D
+47.3%
434,904133,328638,058
1988D
+34.2%
449,566219,053674,977
1984D
+30.3%
501,369267,178772,102
1980D
+24.7%
421,253244,108718,100
1976D
+34.3%
494,579239,000746,197
1972D
+11.2%
431,736344,096783,970
1968D
+32.0%
525,768254,153850,117
1964D
+47.2%
670,645239,733913,472
1960D
+36.2%
622,544291,000915,277
1956D
+13.9%
507,289383,414892,321
1952D
+16.7%
557,352396,874958,547
1948D
+0.8%
432,699425,962885,297
1944D
+17.7%
496,367346,380845,630
1940D
+19.9%
532,149354,878891,518
1936D
+23.5%
539,757329,881892,948
1932R
−11.7%
260,276331,092607,019
1928R
−20.5%
276,573420,320700,596
1924R
−65.6%
54,213347,457447,022
1920R
−51.9%
90,151307,826419,212
1916R
−35.6%
90,800194,163290,610
1912R
−10.2%
66,30891,944251,690
1908R
−41.0%
75,310185,263268,141
1904R
−63.5%
48,784227,709281,654
1900R
−49.2%
58,179173,657234,889
1896R
−46.2%
63,323176,462244,887
1892R
−15.9%
84,470116,685203,102
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
1.1%
African American
31.5%
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
16.2%
Baptist
8.3%
Non-Christian
6.8%
Other Christian
6.7%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.8%
Methodist
1.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Philadelphia's D+58.8 margin in 2024 makes it the single largest vote-generating engine for Democrats in Pennsylvania, with a dense urban electorate that consistently offsets Republican advantages across the state's rural interior.

The Democratic margin in Philadelphia County reached its widest at seventy-one points in 2012. The margin in 2024 was fifty-nine points — still decisive.

Philadelphia County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $61,953, a 35% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,579,706 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 Claiborne County and Cuyahoga County.