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Lancaster, PA Metro Area


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2024 population: 563,293   ( 10,312 from 2020)
Land area: 943.9 square miles
Population density: 596.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:446,143 79.20% 0.5%
Black:22,2743.95% 12.5%
Indian:7120.13% 2.0%
Asian:16,4222.92% 17.9%
2+ races:9,7691.73% 10.9%
Hispanic:67,97312.07% 11.2%
Total non-White:117,15020.80% 12.2%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:29,586 13.4
Deaths:24,67311.2
Net Migration: -1,839-0.8
Net Immigration: 7,0973.2
Change in White population:-2,458 -0.4
Change in Non-White pop.:12,770 2.3



Historical Presidential Election Results for Lancaster, PA Metro Area

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2024 vs. 2020 R +6,052 R +1,780 R + 0.0%
D +4,272
2024 vs. 2016 R +28,347 D +679 D + 4.3%
D +29,026
2020 vs. 2016 R +22,295 D +2,459 D + 4.4%
D +24,754
2024 vs. 2012 R +35,592 R +3,954 D + 3.1%
D +31,638
2016 vs. 2008 R +11,346 R +19,839 R + 8.5%
D -8,493
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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US) 		PUSV
2024 68% Donald Trump (R) 166,261 57.2% Kamala Harris (D) 120,119 41.3% 4,292 [+] 1.5% 290,672 7 0.19%
2020 67% Donald Trump* (R) 160,209 56.9% Joe Biden (D) 115,847 41.2% 5,319 [+] 1.9% 281,375 10 0.18%
2016 60% Donald Trump (R) 137,914 56.3% Hillary Clinton (D) 91,093 37.2% 15,825 [+] 6.5% 244,832 10 0.18%
2012 56% Mitt Romney (R) 130,669 58.5% Barack Obama* (D) 88,481 39.6% 4,201 [+] 1.9% 223,351 11 0.17%
2008 60% John McCain (R) 126,568 55.2% Barack Obama (D) 99,586 43.4% 3,095 [+] 1.4% 229,249 10 0.17%
2004 61% George W. Bush* (R) 145,591 65.8% John Kerry (D) 74,328 33.6% 1,453 [+] 0.7% 221,372 15 0.18%
2000 51% George W. Bush (R) 115,900 66.1% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 54,968 31.3% 4,499 [+] 2.6% 175,367 18 0.17%
1996 47% Robert Dole (R) 92,875 59.8% Bill Clinton* (D) 49,120 31.6% 13,291 [+] 8.6% 155,286 19 0.16%
1992 50% George Bush* (R) 88,447 55.2% Bill Clinton (D) 44,255 27.6% 27,478 [+] 17.2% 160,180 18 0.15%
1988 46% George Bush (R) 96,979 70.8% Michael Dukakis (D) 38,982 28.4% 1,068 [+] 0.8% 137,029 17 0.15%
1984 47% Ronald Reagan* (R) 99,090 75.6% Walter Mondale (D) 31,308 23.9% 618 0.5% 131,016 17 0.14%
1980 46% Ronald Reagan (R) 79,963 67.3% Jimmy Carter* (D) 30,026 25.3% 8,908 [+] 7.5% 118,897 17 0.14%
1976 47% Gerald Ford* (R) 72,106 65.7% Jimmy Carter (D) 35,533 32.4% 2,037 [+] 1.9% 109,676 18 0.13%
1972 49% Richard Nixon* (R) 81,036 75.6% George McGovern (D) 24,223 22.6% 1,879 [+] 1.8% 107,138 15 0.14%
1968 57% Richard Nixon (R) 69,953 64.6% Hubert Humphrey (D) 29,870 27.6% 8,484 [+] 7.8% 108,307 21 0.15%
1964 59% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 53,041 50.3% Barry Goldwater (R) 52,243 49.5% 224 0.2% 105,508 11 0.15%
1960 66% Richard Nixon (R) 78,390 70.1% John Kennedy (D) 33,233 29.7% 266 0.2% 111,889 20 0.16%
1956 57% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 69,026 72.1% Adlai Stevenson (D) 26,538 27.7% 237 0.2% 95,801 15 0.15%
1952 59% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 64,193 69.2% Adlai Stevenson (D) 28,146 30.4% 382 0.4% 92,721 14 0.15%
1948 48% Thomas Dewey (R) 46,306 67.6% Harry Truman* (D) 21,308 31.1% 885 [+] 1.3% 68,499 23 0.14%
1944 53% Thomas Dewey (R) 44,888 61.8% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 27,353 37.6% 432 0.6% 72,673 16 0.15%
1940 59% Wendell Willkie (R) 44,939 58.1% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 32,210 41.6% 245 0.3% 77,394 13 0.16%
1936 70% Alf Landon (R) 42,272 51.4% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 38,454 46.7% 1,547 [+] 1.9% 82,273 15 0.18%
1932 54% Herbert Hoover* (R) 34,502 56.5% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 24,406 40.0% 2,111 [+] 3.5% 61,019 17 0.15%
1928 63% Herbert Hoover (R) 55,530 81.4% Al Smith (D) 12,146 17.8% 516 [+] 0.8% 68,192 23 0.19%
1924 57% Calvin Coolidge (R) 42,787 73.7% John Davis (D) 12,091 20.8% 3,156 [+] 5.4% 58,034 20 0.20%
1920 42% Warren Harding (R) 29,549 72.9% James Cox (D) 9,521 23.5% 1,472 [+] 3.6% 40,542 13 0.15%
1916 33% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 20,292 63.4% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 10,016 31.3% 1,688 [+] 5.3% 31,996 17 0.17%
1912 36% William Taft* (R) 12,668 37.0% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 12,031 35.1% 9,583 [+] 28.0% 34,282 14 0.23%
1908 36% William Taft (R) 23,523 71.4% William J. Bryan (D) 8,109 24.6% 1,299 [+] 3.9% 32,931 20 0.22%
1904 38% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 26,083 76.5% Alton Parker (D) 7,092 20.8% 902 [+] 2.6% 34,077 20 0.25%
1900 37% William McKinley* (R) 23,230 71.8% William J. Bryan (D) 8,437 26.1% 701 [+] 2.2% 32,368 20 0.23%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote