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Reading, PA Metro Area


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2024 population: 439,117   ( 10,267 from 2020)
Land area: 856.4 square miles
Population density: 512.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:288,766 65.76% 3.2%
Black:19,9544.54% 9.1%
Indian:4860.11% 0.4%
Asian:6,8301.56% 8.2%
2+ races:6,4921.48% 8.1%
Hispanic:116,58926.55% 17.2%
Total non-White:150,35134.24% 15.2%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:19,199 11.2
Deaths:18,98411.1
Net Migration: 1,3390.8
Net Immigration: 8,5455.0
Change in White population:-9,519 -2.2
Change in Non-White pop.:19,786 4.6



Historical Presidential Election Results for Reading, PA Metro Area

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2024 vs. 2020 R +6,751 R +8,742 R + 4.0%
D -1,991
2024 vs. 2016 R +20,051 R +7,363 R + 1.9%
D +12,688
2020 vs. 2016 R +13,300 D +1,379 D + 2.1%
D +14,679
2024 vs. 2012 R +31,975 R +23,861 R + 11.3%
D +8,114
2016 vs. 2008 R +16,113 R +34,723 R + 19.7%
D -18,610
How to interpret this table


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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US) 		PUSV
2024 62% Donald Trump (R) 116,677 55.4% Kamala Harris (D) 91,125 43.3% 2,624 [+] 1.2% 210,426 6 0.14%
2020 62% Donald Trump* (R) 109,926 53.2% Joe Biden (D) 93,116 45.1% 3,511 [+] 1.7% 206,553 6 0.13%
2016 57% Donald Trump (R) 96,626 52.5% Hillary Clinton (D) 78,437 42.6% 9,022 [+] 4.9% 184,085 7 0.13%
2012 54% Mitt Romney (R) 84,702 49.6% Barack Obama* (D) 83,011 48.6% 2,963 [+] 1.7% 170,676 2 0.13%
2008 59% Barack Obama (D) 97,047 53.8% John McCain (R) 80,513 44.6% 2,951 [+] 1.6% 180,511 -1 0.14%
2004 56% George W. Bush* (R) 87,122 53.0% John Kerry (D) 76,309 46.4% 1,056 [+] 0.6% 164,487 2 0.13%
2000 48% George W. Bush (R) 71,273 52.7% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 59,150 43.7% 4,874 [+] 3.6% 135,297 5 0.13%
1996 45% Robert Dole (R) 56,289 46.2% Bill Clinton* (D) 49,887 41.0% 15,542 [+] 12.8% 121,718 6 0.13%
1992 50% George Bush* (R) 52,939 40.3% Bill Clinton (D) 46,031 35.0% 32,437 [+] 24.7% 131,407 3 0.13%
1988 44% George Bush (R) 70,153 62.4% Michael Dukakis (D) 41,040 36.5% 1,251 [+] 1.1% 112,444 9 0.12%
1984 46% Ronald Reagan* (R) 74,605 65.9% Walter Mondale (D) 37,849 33.5% 691 0.6% 113,145 7 0.12%
1980 46% Ronald Reagan (R) 60,576 56.4% Jimmy Carter* (D) 36,449 33.9% 10,360 [+] 9.6% 107,385 6 0.12%
1976 50% Gerald Ford* (R) 54,452 50.6% Jimmy Carter (D) 50,994 47.4% 2,107 [+] 2.0% 107,553 3 0.13%
1972 50% Richard Nixon* (R) 66,172 62.4% George McGovern (D) 36,563 34.5% 3,392 [+] 3.2% 106,127 2 0.14%
1968 58% Richard Nixon (R) 50,623 46.5% Hubert Humphrey (D) 49,877 45.8% 8,424 [+] 7.7% 108,924 3 0.15%
1964 61% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 73,444 66.4% Barry Goldwater (R) 36,726 33.2% 476 0.4% 110,646 -5 0.16%
1960 64% Richard Nixon (R) 61,743 54.8% John Kennedy (D) 50,572 44.9% 391 0.3% 112,706 5 0.16%
1956 56% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 57,258 57.3% Adlai Stevenson (D) 42,349 42.4% 320 0.3% 99,927 0 0.16%
1952 56% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 51,720 52.4% Adlai Stevenson (D) 45,874 46.5% 1,074 1.1% 98,668 -3 0.16%
1948 50% Harry Truman* (D) 43,075 52.7% Thomas Dewey (R) 35,608 43.6% 3,043 [+] 3.7% 81,726 -2 0.17%
1944 51% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 43,889 53.9% Thomas Dewey (R) 35,274 43.3% 2,247 2.8% 81,410 -3 0.17%
1940 55% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 53,301 61.3% Wendell Willkie (R) 32,111 36.9% 1,522 1.8% 86,934 -8 0.17%
1936 62% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 56,907 64.4% Alf Landon (R) 26,699 30.2% 4,721 [+] 5.3% 88,327 -6 0.19%
1932 53% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 29,763 40.8% Herbert Hoover* (R) 27,073 37.1% 16,187 [+] 22.2% 73,023 -3 0.18%
1928 56% Herbert Hoover (R) 47,073 64.0% Al Smith (D) 18,960 25.8% 7,481 [+] 10.2% 73,514 6 0.20%
1924 44% Calvin Coolidge (R) 28,186 51.3% John Davis (D) 17,220 31.4% 9,487 [+] 17.3% 54,893 -3 0.19%
1920 40% Warren Harding (R) 22,221 47.7% James Cox (D) 18,361 39.4% 6,009 [+] 12.9% 46,591 -13 0.17%
1916 30% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 19,267 55.4% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 11,937 34.3% 3,565 [+] 10.3% 34,769 -12 0.19%
1912 31% Woodrow Wilson (D) 16,430 47.5% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 11,284 32.7% 6,846 [+] 19.8% 34,560 -14 0.23%
1908 32% William J. Bryan (D) 17,381 52.2% William Taft (R) 13,642 41.0% 2,245 [+] 6.7% 33,268 -11 0.22%
1904 35% Alton Parker (D) 16,357 48.7% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 15,539 46.3% 1,683 [+] 5.0% 33,579 -10 0.25%
1900 37% William J. Bryan (D) 19,013 56.6% William McKinley* (R) 13,952 41.5% 628 [+] 1.9% 33,593 -10 0.24%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote