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Fayette County, PA


Metropolitan Statistical Area: Pittsburgh, PA
Designated Market Area: Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Working Class Country

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2024 population: 123,941   ( 4,882 from 2020)
Land area: 790.8 square miles
Population density: 156.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:112,172 90.50% 4.9%
Black:6,0584.89% 1.2%
Indian:2090.17% 3.0%
Asian:7260.59% 1.9%
2+ races:2,7052.18% 17.1%
Hispanic:2,0711.67% 28.6%
Total non-White:11,7699.50% 8.5%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:4,356 8.5
Deaths:8,83317.1
Net Migration: -1,066-2.1
Net Immigration: 6581.3
Change in White population:-5,804 -4.5
Change in Non-White pop.:922 0.7



Historical Presidential Election Results for Fayette County, PA

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2024 vs. 2020 R +2,382 R +3,303 R + 4.4%
D -921
2024 vs. 2016 R +9,043 R +7,441 R + 6.4%
D +1,602
2020 vs. 2016 R +6,661 R +4,138 R + 2.0%
D +2,523
2024 vs. 2012 R +17,615 R +20,038 R + 29.7%
D -2,423
2016 vs. 2008 R +8,509 R +16,429 R + 31.3%
D -7,920
How to interpret this table


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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St) 		Diff
(US) 		PSV
2024 63% Donald Trump (R) 43,633 68.7% Kamala Harris (D) 19,548 30.8% 362 [+] 0.6% 63,543 18 19 0.90%
2020 60% Donald Trump* (R) 41,251 66.2% Joe Biden (D) 20,469 32.9% 559 [+] 0.9% 62,279 18 19 0.90%
2016 51% Donald Trump (R) 34,590 63.9% Hillary Clinton (D) 17,946 33.2% 1,563 [+] 2.9% 54,099 16 18 0.88%
2012 45% Mitt Romney (R) 26,018 53.5% Barack Obama* (D) 21,971 45.2% 660 [+] 1.4% 48,649 7 6 0.85%
2008 48% John McCain (R) 26,081 49.4% Barack Obama (D) 25,866 48.9% 897 [+] 1.7% 52,844 5 4 0.88%
2004 49% John Kerry (D) 29,120 53.2% George W. Bush* (R) 25,045 45.8% 542 [+] 1.0% 54,707 -3 -5 0.95%
2000 43% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 28,152 56.8% George W. Bush (R) 20,013 40.4% 1,367 [+] 2.8% 49,532 -6 -7 1.01%
1996 41% Bill Clinton* (D) 26,359 56.6% Robert Dole (R) 14,019 30.1% 6,154 [+] 13.2% 46,532 -10 -11 1.03%
1992 48% Bill Clinton (D) 30,577 56.8% George Bush* (R) 12,820 23.8% 10,464 [+] 19.4% 53,861 -12 -14 1.09%
1988 45% Michael Dukakis (D) 33,098 65.7% George Bush (R) 16,915 33.6% 336 [+] 0.7% 50,349 -17 -20 1.11%
1984 50% Walter Mondale (D) 35,098 62.1% Ronald Reagan* (R) 21,314 37.7% 135 0.2% 56,547 -16 -21 1.17%
1980 43% Jimmy Carter* (D) 27,963 56.6% Ronald Reagan (R) 19,252 39.0% 2,168 [+] 4.4% 49,383 -11 -12 1.08%
1976 50% Jimmy Carter (D) 32,232 60.5% Gerald Ford* (R) 20,021 37.6% 991 [+] 1.9% 53,244 -10 -10 1.15%
1972 48% Richard Nixon* (R) 27,288 54.1% George McGovern (D) 22,475 44.5% 716 [+] 1.4% 50,479 -5 -7 1.10%
1968 61% Hubert Humphrey (D) 34,340 57.8% Richard Nixon (R) 18,921 31.8% 6,189 [+] 10.4% 59,450 -12 -12 1.25%
1964 61% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 45,155 73.4% Barry Goldwater (R) 16,127 26.2% 276 0.4% 61,558 -9 -12 1.28%
1960 66% John Kennedy (D) 41,560 60.4% Richard Nixon (R) 27,120 39.4% 181 0.3% 68,861 -9 -10 1.38%
1956 58% Adlai Stevenson (D) 38,312 57.7% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 27,857 42.0% 206 0.3% 66,375 -15 -15 1.45%
1952 59% Adlai Stevenson (D) 43,921 61.2% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 27,348 38.1% 476 0.7% 71,745 -15 -17 1.57%
1948 47% Harry Truman* (D) 34,971 62.0% Thomas Dewey (R) 20,401 36.2% 995 [+] 1.8% 56,367 -15 -9 1.51%
1944 47% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 35,093 61.0% Thomas Dewey (R) 21,945 38.2% 451 0.8% 57,489 -10 -8 1.51%
1940 53% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 41,960 63.5% Wendell Willkie (R) 23,908 36.2% 246 0.4% 66,114 -10 -9 1.62%
1936 62% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 48,291 67.9% Alf Landon (R) 21,984 30.9% 869 [+] 1.2% 71,144 -10 -6 1.72%
1932 40% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 27,662 61.3% Herbert Hoover* (R) 15,903 35.2% 1,591 [+] 3.5% 45,156 -16 -4 1.58%
1928 43% Herbert Hoover (R) 27,693 58.7% Al Smith (D) 19,063 40.4% 427 [+] 0.9% 47,183 -7 0 1.50%
1924 33% Calvin Coolidge (R) 19,064 53.6% John Davis (D) 8,855 24.9% 7,668 [+] 21.5% 35,587 -12 0 1.66%
1920 34% Warren Harding (R) 20,186 56.7% James Cox (D) 13,358 37.5% 2,067 [+] 5.8% 35,611 -9 -4 1.92%
1916 21% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 10,416 48.4% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 9,838 45.7% 1,275 [+] 5.9% 21,529 -9 0 1.66%
1912 19% Woodrow Wilson (D) 7,363 39.0% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 4,257 22.5% 7,272 [+] 38.5% 18,892 0 -1 1.55%
1908 23% William Taft (R) 10,012 50.3% William J. Bryan (D) 8,220 41.3% 1,689 [+] 8.5% 19,921 -9 -1 1.57%
1904 27% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 11,486 57.2% Alton Parker (D) 6,792 33.8% 1,793 [+] 8.9% 20,071 -11 1 1.62%
1900 29% William McKinley* (R) 9,637 53.5% William J. Bryan (D) 7,650 42.5% 712 [+] 4.0% 17,999 -7 2 1.53%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote

Historical Statewide Election Results for Fayette County, PA

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YearTypeTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal VotesDiff PSV
2024 S1 63% Dave McCormick (R) 40,804 64.8% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 20,752 33.0% 1,389 [+] 2.2% 62,945 16 0.90%
2022 S3 47% Mehmet Oz (R) 28,234 60.3% John Fetterman (D) 17,731 37.9% 859 [+] 1.8% 46,824 14 0.87%
2022 G 47% Doug Mastriano (R) 26,165 55.8% Josh Shapiro (D) 20,120 42.9% 592 [+] 1.3% 46,877 14 0.87%
2018 S1 39% Lou Barletta (R) 20,514 50.4% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 19,563 48.1% 628 [+] 1.5% 40,705 8 0.81%
2018 G 39% Scott Wagner (R) 20,471 50.0% Tom Wolf* (D) 19,791 48.4% 647 [+] 1.6% 40,909 9 0.82%
2016 S3 50% Pat Toomey* (R) 29,699 55.8% Katie McGinty (D) 20,547 38.6% 2,958 [+] 5.6% 53,204 7 0.88%
2014 G 29% Tom Wolf (D) 18,102 58.0% Tom Corbett* (R) 13,129 42.0% 0 0.0% 31,231 -3 0.89%
2012 S1 45% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 24,298 50.5% Tom Smith (R) 22,950 47.7% 846 [+] 1.8% 48,094 3 0.85%
2010 S3 31% Pat Toomey (R) 16,960 50.2% Joe Sestak (D) 16,829 49.8% 0 0.0% 33,789 -1 0.85%
2010 G 31% Tom Corbett (R) 18,994 55.7% Dan Onorato (D) 15,106 44.3% 0 0.0% 34,100 1 0.86%
2006 S1 34% Bob Casey, Jr. (D) 24,495 64.5% Rick Santorum* (R) 13,484 35.5% 0 0.0% 37,979 -6 0.93%
2006 G 34% Ed Rendell* (D) 22,603 59.3% Lynn Swann (R) 15,492 40.7% 0 0.0% 38,095 1 0.93%
2004 S3 45% Joseph Hoeffel (D) 24,284 48.4% Arlen Specter* (R) 22,228 44.3% 3,705 [+] 7.4% 50,217 -8 0.90%
2002 G 30% Ed Rendell (D) 19,082 56.6% Mike Fisher (R) 13,878 41.1% 776 [+] 2.3% 33,736 -3 0.94%
2000 S1 42% Ron Klink (D) 27,502 57.6% Rick Santorum* (R) 19,342 40.5% 886 [+] 1.9% 47,730 -12 1.01%
1998 S3 25% Arlen Specter* (R) 13,854 47.9% Bill Lloyd (D) 13,812 47.8% 1,247 [+] 4.3% 28,913 -13 0.98%
1998 G 26% Tom Ridge* (R) 13,215 43.9% Ivan Itkin (D) 12,863 42.7% 4,041 [+] 13.4% 30,119 -14 1.00%
1994 S1 35% Harris Wofford* (D) 23,423 59.5% Rick Santorum (R) 14,870 37.8% 1,091 [+] 2.8% 39,384 -12 1.12%
1994 G 36% Mark Singel (D) 22,497 56.2% Tom Ridge (R) 12,710 31.8% 4,816 [+] 12.0% 40,023 -14 1.12%
1992 S3 46% Lynn Yeakel (D) 27,261 53.0% Arlen Specter* (R) 21,812 42.4% 2,366 [+] 4.6% 51,439 -7 1.07%
1991 S1 36% Harris Wofford (D) 28,185 71.5% Richard Thornburgh (R) 11,219 28.5% 0 0.0% 39,404 -17 1.16%
1990 G 31% Robert Casey* (D) 28,719 83.0% Barbara Hafer (R) 5,882 17.0% 0 0.0% 34,601 -15 1.13%
1988 S1 43% John Heinz* (R) 25,891 54.1% Joseph Vignola (D) 21,264 44.5% 673 [+] 1.4% 47,828 -12 1.10%
1986 S3 34% Bob Edgar (D) 20,609 54.1% Arlen Specter* (R) 17,151 45.0% 361 [+] 0.9% 38,121 -11 1.13%
1986 G 34% Robert Casey (D) 26,540 68.7% William Scranton III (R) 11,704 30.3% 412 [+] 1.1% 38,656 -18 1.14%
1982 S1 38% Cyril Wecht (D) 22,267 51.6% John Heinz* (R) 20,332 47.1% 558 [+] 1.3% 43,157 -12 1.20%
1982 G 39% Allen Ertel (D) 27,739 63.0% Richard Thornburgh* (R) 15,791 35.9% 474 [+] 1.1% 44,004 -15 1.19%
1980 S3 42% Pete Flaherty (D) 34,112 71.1% Arlen Specter (R) 13,061 27.2% 818 [+] 1.7% 47,991 -23 1.09%
1978 G 39% Pete Flaherty (D) 28,225 66.7% Richard Thornburgh (R) 13,843 32.7% 269 [+] 0.6% 42,337 -20 1.13%
1976 S1 49% William Green (D) 26,262 50.2% John Heinz (R) 25,337 48.5% 692 [+] 1.3% 52,291 -4 1.15%
1974 S3 39% Pete Flaherty (D) 26,515 63.7% Richard Schweiker* (R) 14,728 35.4% 357 [+] 0.9% 41,600 -18 1.20%
1974 G 39% Milton Shapp* (D) 22,604 54.7% Andrew Lewis (R) 18,084 43.8% 613 [+] 1.5% 41,301 -1 1.18%
1970 S1 46% William Sesler (D) 27,139 59.9% Hugh Scott* (R) 17,387 38.4% 775 [+] 1.7% 45,301 -13 1.24%
1970 G 47% Milton Shapp (D) 29,234 63.3% Raymond Broderick (R) 16,109 34.9% 834 [+] 1.8% 46,177 -7 1.25%
1968 S3 59% Joseph Clark* (D) 33,011 57.7% Richard Schweiker (R) 23,306 40.7% 904 [+] 1.6% 57,221 -11 1.24%
1966 G 53% Milton Shapp (D) 30,190 57.5% Raymond Shafer (R) 21,809 41.5% 532 [+] 1.0% 52,531 -11 1.30%
1964 S1 60% Genevieve Blatt (D) 34,825 57.4% Hugh Scott* (R) 25,673 42.3% 185 [+] 0.3% 60,683 -8 1.26%
1962 S3 58% Joseph Clark* (D) 36,361 61.5% James Van Zandt (R) 22,630 38.3% 126 [+] 0.2% 59,117 -10 1.35%
1962 G 58% Richardson Dilworth (D) 31,464 53.1% William Scranton (R) 27,577 46.6% 174 [+] 0.3% 59,215 -9 1.35%
*: incumbent               +: ran on additional party lines               Type: G: Governor; S1,S2,S3: Senate Class 1, 2 or 3
italics: special election           RO: runoff election           PSV: percent of state vote


Historical U.S. House Election Results for Fayette County, PA

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DateDistrictWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
2024-11-05 PA14Guy Reschenthaler* (R) 38,200 67.8% Christopher Dziados (D) 18,142 32.2% 0 0.0% 56,342
County Total for 2024-11-05:   56,342
2022-11-08 PA14Guy Reschenthaler* (R) 32,739 100.0% 0 0.0% 32,739
County Total for 2022-11-08:   32,739
2020-11-03 PA14Guy Reschenthaler* (R) 39,722 65.7% Mark Marx (D) 20,714 34.3% 0 0.0% 60,436
County Total for 2020-11-03:   60,436
2018-11-06 PA14Guy Reschenthaler (R) 23,182 57.5% Bibiana Boerio (D) 17,115 42.5% 0 0.0% 40,297
County Total for 2018-11-06:   40,297
2016-11-08 PA09Bill Shuster* (R) 31,772 62.6% Art Halvorson (D) 18,970 37.4% 0 0.0% 50,742
County Total for 2016-11-08:   50,742
2014-11-04 PA09Bill Shuster* (R) 16,009 53.0% Alanna Hartzok (D) 14,214 47.0% 0 0.0% 30,223
County Total for 2014-11-04:   30,223
2012-11-06 PA09Bill Shuster* (R) 23,542 50.4% Karen Ramsburg (D) 23,200 49.6% 0 0.0% 46,742
County Total for 2012-11-06:   46,742
2010-11-02 PA09Bill Shuster* (R) 4,812 64.0% Tom Conners (D) 2,704 36.0% 0 0.0% 7,516
2010-11-02 PA12Mark Critz* (D) 14,135 54.1% Tim Burns (R) 11,992 45.9% 0 0.0% 26,127
County Total for 2010-11-02:   33,643
2010-05-18 sp PA12Mark Critz (D) 11,290 59.3% Tim Burns (R) 7,415 38.9% 342 1.8% 19,047
County Total for 2010-05-18:   19,047
2008-11-04 PA09Bill Shuster* (R) 5,996 53.4% Tony Barr (D) 5,236 46.6% 0 0.0% 11,232
2008-11-04 PA12John Murtha* (D) 24,133 59.9% Bill Russell (R) 16,171 40.1% 0 0.0% 40,304
County Total for 2008-11-04:   51,536
2006-11-07 PA09Tony Barr (D) 4,350 53.7% Bill Shuster* (R) 3,746 46.3% 0 0.0% 8,096
2006-11-07 PA12John Murtha* (D) 18,788 63.7% Diana Irey (R) 10,690 36.3% 0 0.0% 29,478
County Total for 2006-11-07:   37,574
2004-11-02 PA09Bill Shuster* (R) 5,395 56.4% Paul Politis (D) 4,175 43.6% 0 0.0% 9,570
2004-11-02 PA12John Murtha* (D) 27,048 100.0% 0 0.0% 27,048
County Total for 2004-11-02:   36,618
2002-11-05 PA09John Henry (D) 3,139 50.3% Bill Shuster* (R) 3,103 49.7% 0 0.0% 6,242
2002-11-05 PA12John Murtha* (D) 17,479 74.7% Bill Choby (R) 5,906 25.3% 0 0.0% 23,385
County Total for 2002-11-05:   29,627
2000-11-07 PA12John Murtha* (D) 11,087 69.2% Bill Choby (R) 4,728 29.5% 202 1.3% 16,017
2000-11-07 PA20Frank Mascara* (D) 21,381 73.2% Ronald Davis (R) 7,830 26.8% 0 0.0% 29,211
County Total for 2000-11-07:   45,228
1996-11-05 PA12John Murtha* (D) 9,949 68.6% Bill Choby (R) 4,552 31.4% 0 0.0% 14,501
1996-11-05 PA20Frank Mascara* (D) 18,023 64.7% Mike McCormick (R) 9,838 35.3% 0 0.0% 27,861
County Total for 1996-11-05:   42,362
1994-11-08 PA12John Murtha* (D) 8,865 70.5% Bill Choby (R) 3,713 29.5% 0 0.0% 12,578
1994-11-08 PA20Frank Mascara (D) 16,757 67.9% Mike McCormick (R) 7,927 32.1% 0 0.0% 24,684
County Total for 1994-11-08:   37,262
1992-11-03 PA12John Murtha* (D) 11,642 100.0% 0 0.0% 11,642
1992-11-03 PA20Austin Murphy* (D) 21,196 65.2% Bill Townsend (R) 11,316 34.8% 0 0.0% 32,512
County Total for 1992-11-03:   44,154
*: incumbent           sp: special election           RO: runoff election

Voter Registration Data for Fayette County, PA

YearTotalRepublicanDemocratOtherR/D EdgeR/D Edge %VAPOP %
2025 79,467 41,108 51.7% 29,825 37.5% 8,534 10.7% Rep +11,283 Rep +14.2% 79%
2024 82,220 41,163 50.1% 32,255 39.2% 8,802 10.7% Rep +8,908 Rep +10.8% 82%
2022 79,520 36,155 45.5% 35,270 44.4% 8,095 10.2% Rep +885 Rep +1.1% 79%
2020 82,402 34,512 41.9% 39,861 48.4% 8,029 9.7% Dem +5,349 Dem +6.5% 82%
2018 78,204 27,492 35.2% 43,428 55.5% 7,284 9.3% Dem +15,936 Dem +20.4% 77%
2016 83,854 27,924 33.3% 48,603 58.0% 7,327 8.7% Dem +20,679 Dem +24.7% 81%
2014 80,718 22,232 27.5% 51,681 64.0% 6,805 8.4% Dem +29,449 Dem +36.5% 77%
2012 91,683 23,642 25.8% 60,440 65.9% 7,601 8.3% Dem +36,798 Dem +40.1% 86%
2010 90,738 22,375 24.7% 61,378 67.6% 6,985 7.7% Dem +39,003 Dem +43.0% 83%
2008 91,386 21,933 24.0% 62,882 68.8% 6,571 7.2% Dem +40,949 Dem +44.8% 83%
2006 89,153 21,705 24.3% 61,218 68.7% 6,230 7.0% Dem +39,513 Dem +44.3% 80%
2004 87,946 21,069 24.0% 61,034 69.4% 5,843 6.6% Dem +39,965 Dem +45.4% 78%
2002 84,904 19,109 22.5% 60,687 71.5% 5,108 6.0% Dem +41,578 Dem +49.0% 75%
2000 83,158 18,375 22.1% 60,069 72.2% 4,714 5.7% Dem +41,694 Dem +50.1% 72%
1998 78,482 16,622 21.2% 58,176 74.1% 3,684 4.7% Dem +41,554 Dem +52.9% 69%
1996 73,528 15,287 20.8% 55,160 75.0% 3,081 4.2% Dem +39,873 Dem +54.2% 65%
1994 64,554 12,498 19.4% 50,047 77.5% 2,009 3.1% Dem +37,549 Dem +58.2% 58%
1992 64,580 12,645 19.6% 50,057 77.5% 1,878 2.9% Dem +37,412 Dem +57.9% 58%
1990 64,344 12,792 19.9% 50,213 78.0% 1,339 2.1% Dem +37,421 Dem +58.2% 58%
1988 67,062 13,546 20.2% 52,165 77.8% 1,351 2.0% Dem +38,619 Dem +57.6% 60%
1986 69,249 14,144 20.4% 53,561 77.3% 1,544 2.2% Dem +39,417 Dem +56.9% 62%
1984 72,373 14,911 20.6% 55,653 76.9% 1,809 2.5% Dem +40,742 Dem +56.3% 64%
VAPOP% is the estimated percentage of voting age population that is registered.
Registration data may include "inactive" voters.   Data for each year pertains to the November elections.