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Franklin County, PA


Metropolitan Statistical Area: Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
Designated Market Area: Washington, DC-MD-PA-VA-WV
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Rural Middle America

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2024 population: 159,285   ( 3,337 from 2020)
Land area: 772.3 square miles
Population density: 206.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:134,559 84.48% 0.5%
Black:5,9963.76% 13.2%
Indian:2700.17% 4.9%
Asian:2,1931.38% 37.4%
2+ races:3,1451.97% 11.6%
Hispanic:13,1228.24% 22.2%
Total non-White:24,72615.52% 19.3%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:7,186 11.5
Deaths:8,14213.1
Net Migration: 3,0794.9
Net Immigration: 1,1841.9
Change in White population:-656 -0.4
Change in Non-White pop.:3,993 2.6



Historical Presidential Election Results for Franklin County, PA

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2024 vs. 2020 R +2,359 R +1,238 D + 0.3%
D +1,121
2024 vs. 2016 R +9,836 R +3,758 D + 4.7%
D +6,078
2020 vs. 2016 R +7,477 R +2,520 D + 4.3%
D +4,957
2024 vs. 2012 R +16,344 R +11,796 R + 4.4%
D +4,548
2016 vs. 2008 R +7,862 R +11,566 R + 15.2%
D -3,704
How to interpret this table


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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St) 		Diff
(US) 		PSV
2024 68% Donald Trump (R) 59,604 70.8% Kamala Harris (D) 23,543 28.0% 1,016 [+] 1.2% 84,163 21 21 1.19%
2020 67% Donald Trump* (R) 57,245 70.7% Joe Biden (D) 22,422 27.7% 1,358 [+] 1.7% 81,025 22 24 1.17%
2016 60% Donald Trump (R) 49,768 70.6% Hillary Clinton (D) 17,465 24.8% 3,273 [+] 4.6% 70,506 22 25 1.14%
2012 55% Mitt Romney (R) 43,260 68.3% Barack Obama* (D) 18,995 30.0% 1,065 [+] 1.7% 63,320 22 21 1.10%
2008 58% John McCain (R) 41,906 65.6% Barack Obama (D) 21,169 33.1% 842 [+] 1.3% 63,917 21 20 1.06%
2004 56% George W. Bush* (R) 41,817 71.4% John Kerry (D) 16,562 28.3% 190 [+] 0.3% 58,569 23 21 1.02%
2000 50% George W. Bush (R) 33,042 67.4% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 14,922 30.4% 1,055 [+] 2.2% 49,019 21 20 1.00%
1996 47% Robert Dole (R) 25,392 56.8% Bill Clinton* (D) 14,980 33.5% 4,358 [+] 9.7% 44,730 17 16 0.99%
1992 47% George Bush* (R) 23,387 53.4% Bill Clinton (D) 13,440 30.7% 7,007 [+] 16.0% 43,834 17 16 0.88%
1988 44% George Bush (R) 27,086 68.3% Michael Dukakis (D) 12,368 31.2% 190 [+] 0.5% 39,644 18 15 0.87%
1984 45% Ronald Reagan* (R) 27,243 70.1% Walter Mondale (D) 11,480 29.6% 122 0.3% 38,845 17 11 0.80%
1980 45% Ronald Reagan (R) 22,716 61.8% Jimmy Carter* (D) 12,061 32.8% 1,964 [+] 5.3% 36,741 12 11 0.81%
1976 48% Gerald Ford* (R) 20,009 56.5% Jimmy Carter (D) 14,643 41.4% 737 [+] 2.1% 35,389 9 9 0.77%
1972 49% Richard Nixon* (R) 24,093 70.0% George McGovern (D) 9,456 27.5% 866 [+] 2.5% 34,415 11 9 0.75%
1968 59% Richard Nixon (R) 19,146 54.4% Hubert Humphrey (D) 11,451 32.5% 4,598 [+] 13.1% 35,195 10 11 0.74%
1964 58% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 19,332 58.7% Barry Goldwater (R) 13,525 41.1% 85 0.3% 32,942 6 3 0.68%
1960 64% Richard Nixon (R) 22,010 64.5% John Kennedy (D) 12,088 35.4% 36 0.1% 34,134 16 15 0.68%
1956 56% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 19,121 63.3% Adlai Stevenson (D) 11,060 36.6% 12 0.0% 30,193 7 6 0.66%
1952 50% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 16,474 64.8% Adlai Stevenson (D) 8,868 34.9% 74 0.3% 25,416 12 10 0.55%
1948 42% Thomas Dewey (R) 12,151 61.8% Harry Truman* (D) 7,352 37.4% 161 [+] 0.8% 19,664 11 17 0.53%
1944 50% Thomas Dewey (R) 13,380 60.1% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 8,807 39.6% 63 0.3% 22,250 12 14 0.59%
1940 60% Wendell Willkie (R) 13,084 50.6% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 12,713 49.2% 39 0.2% 25,836 4 6 0.63%
1936 76% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 15,632 53.1% Alf Landon (R) 13,616 46.3% 165 [+] 0.6% 29,413 5 10 0.71%
1932 55% Herbert Hoover* (R) 10,992 53.0% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 9,338 45.0% 428 [+] 2.1% 20,758 2 13 0.73%
1928 54% Herbert Hoover (R) 16,345 83.7% Al Smith (D) 3,027 15.5% 146 [+] 0.7% 19,518 19 26 0.62%
1924 47% Calvin Coolidge (R) 9,791 58.8% John Davis (D) 5,770 34.7% 1,084 [+] 6.5% 16,645 -7 5 0.78%
1920 40% Warren Harding (R) 8,376 60.4% James Cox (D) 5,020 36.2% 461 [+] 3.3% 13,857 -5 0 0.75%
1916 33% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 5,674 48.9% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 5,336 46.0% 602 [+] 5.2% 11,612 -5 3 0.90%
1912 34% Woodrow Wilson (D) 4,505 39.1% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 3,787 32.9% 3,231 [+] 28.0% 11,523 1 0 0.95%
1908 37% William Taft (R) 6,938 58.0% William J. Bryan (D) 4,682 39.2% 332 [+] 2.8% 11,952 -1 6 0.94%
1904 37% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 7,062 61.8% Alton Parker (D) 4,114 36.0% 259 [+] 2.3% 11,435 -6 5 0.92%
1900 37% William McKinley* (R) 6,483 58.0% William J. Bryan (D) 4,500 40.2% 199 [+] 1.8% 11,182 -3 6 0.95%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote

Historical Statewide Election Results for Franklin County, PA

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YearTypeTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal VotesDiff PSV
2024 S1 67% Dave McCormick (R) 57,217 68.8% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 23,591 28.4% 2,313 [+] 2.8% 83,121 20 1.19%
2022 S3 53% Mehmet Oz (R) 44,819 68.7% John Fetterman (D) 18,718 28.7% 1,683 [+] 2.6% 65,220 22 1.21%
2022 G 53% Doug Mastriano (R) 42,731 65.4% Josh Shapiro (D) 21,612 33.1% 1,007 [+] 1.5% 65,350 24 1.22%
2018 S1 46% Lou Barletta (R) 36,735 66.8% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 17,385 31.6% 907 [+] 1.6% 55,027 24 1.10%
2018 G 46% Scott Wagner (R) 35,634 64.9% Tom Wolf* (D) 18,447 33.6% 841 [+] 1.5% 54,922 24 1.10%
2016 S3 59% Pat Toomey* (R) 48,658 69.7% Katie McGinty (D) 17,827 25.5% 3,309 [+] 4.7% 69,794 21 1.15%
2014 G 33% Tom Corbett* (R) 25,913 67.5% Tom Wolf (D) 12,461 32.5% 0 0.0% 38,374 22 1.10%
2012 S1 54% Tom Smith (R) 41,697 66.5% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 19,726 31.5% 1,286 [+] 2.1% 62,709 22 1.11%
2010 S3 39% Pat Toomey (R) 32,364 73.8% Joe Sestak (D) 11,487 26.2% 0 0.0% 43,851 23 1.10%
2010 G 39% Tom Corbett (R) 33,559 76.5% Dan Onorato (D) 10,295 23.5% 0 0.0% 43,854 22 1.10%
2006 S1 40% Rick Santorum* (R) 26,524 61.3% Bob Casey, Jr. (D) 16,710 38.7% 0 0.0% 43,234 20 1.06%
2006 G 40% Lynn Swann (R) 26,043 60.6% Ed Rendell* (D) 16,945 39.4% 0 0.0% 42,988 21 1.05%
2004 S3 55% Arlen Specter* (R) 40,291 69.9% Joseph Hoeffel (D) 13,422 23.3% 3,923 [+] 6.8% 57,636 17 1.04%
2002 G 34% Mike Fisher (R) 23,689 68.6% Ed Rendell (D) 10,335 29.9% 501 [+] 1.5% 34,525 24 0.96%
2000 S1 49% Rick Santorum* (R) 33,541 69.9% Ron Klink (D) 13,594 28.3% 836 [+] 1.7% 47,971 18 1.01%
1998 S3 32% Arlen Specter* (R) 21,704 70.2% Bill Lloyd (D) 8,210 26.6% 1,003 [+] 3.2% 30,917 9 1.05%
1998 G 32% Tom Ridge* (R) 21,793 69.7% Ivan Itkin (D) 6,527 20.9% 2,959 [+] 9.5% 31,279 12 1.03%
1994 S1 35% Rick Santorum (R) 22,001 66.3% Harris Wofford* (D) 10,287 31.0% 915 [+] 2.8% 33,203 17 0.95%
1994 G 35% Tom Ridge (R) 20,001 60.1% Mark Singel (D) 10,016 30.1% 3,271 [+] 9.8% 33,288 15 0.93%
1992 S3 46% Arlen Specter* (R) 23,665 54.9% Lynn Yeakel (D) 15,773 36.6% 3,673 [+] 8.5% 43,111 6 0.90%
1991 S1 31% Richard Thornburgh (R) 17,559 61.8% Harris Wofford (D) 10,841 38.2% 0 0.0% 28,400 17 0.84%
1990 G 26% Robert Casey* (D) 15,126 64.1% Barbara Hafer (R) 8,461 35.9% 0 0.0% 23,587 4 0.77%
1988 S1 43% John Heinz* (R) 30,410 78.7% Joseph Vignola (D) 7,888 20.4% 321 [+] 0.8% 38,619 12 0.88%
1986 S3 28% Arlen Specter* (R) 16,174 66.2% Bob Edgar (D) 8,117 33.2% 124 [+] 0.5% 24,415 10 0.72%
1986 G 28% William Scranton III (R) 14,750 60.6% Robert Casey (D) 9,429 38.8% 148 [+] 0.6% 24,327 12 0.72%
1982 S1 34% John Heinz* (R) 18,545 65.9% Cyril Wecht (D) 9,365 33.3% 243 [+] 0.9% 28,153 7 0.78%
1982 G 34% Richard Thornburgh* (R) 16,552 58.8% Allen Ertel (D) 11,496 40.8% 115 [+] 0.4% 28,163 8 0.76%
1980 S3 44% Arlen Specter (R) 21,934 60.8% Pete Flaherty (D) 13,763 38.2% 379 [+] 1.1% 36,076 10 0.82%
1978 G 35% Richard Thornburgh (R) 17,323 65.3% Pete Flaherty (D) 9,014 34.0% 173 [+] 0.7% 26,510 13 0.71%
1976 S1 48% John Heinz (R) 19,037 54.6% William Green (D) 15,276 43.8% 560 [+] 1.6% 34,873 2 0.77%
1974 S3 35% Richard Schweiker* (R) 13,954 55.8% Pete Flaherty (D) 10,658 42.6% 400 [+] 1.6% 25,012 3 0.72%
1974 G 35% Andrew Lewis (R) 12,377 49.5% Milton Shapp* (D) 12,261 49.0% 377 [+] 1.5% 25,015 4 0.71%
1970 S1 41% Hugh Scott* (R) 14,393 55.0% William Sesler (D) 10,675 40.8% 1,097 [+] 4.2% 26,165 4 0.72%
1970 G 41% Raymond Broderick (R) 12,986 49.8% Milton Shapp (D) 11,972 45.9% 1,137 [+] 4.4% 26,095 8 0.71%
1968 S3 57% Richard Schweiker (R) 20,029 58.4% Joseph Clark* (D) 13,432 39.1% 857 [+] 2.5% 34,318 6 0.74%
1966 G 51% Raymond Shafer (R) 17,566 59.1% Milton Shapp (D) 11,024 37.1% 1,157 [+] 3.9% 29,747 7 0.73%
1964 S1 58% Hugh Scott* (R) 18,430 56.0% Genevieve Blatt (D) 14,411 43.8% 51 [+] 0.2% 32,892 5 0.68%
1962 S3 55% James Van Zandt (R) 17,262 57.0% Joseph Clark* (D) 12,982 42.9% 32 [+] 0.1% 30,276 8 0.69%
1962 G 55% William Scranton (R) 18,640 61.6% Richardson Dilworth (D) 11,581 38.3% 48 [+] 0.2% 30,269 6 0.69%
*: 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 Franklin County, PA

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DateDistrictWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
2024-11-05 PA13John Joyce* (R) 60,205 73.2% Elizabeth Farnham (D) 22,096 26.8% 0 0.0% 82,301
County Total for 2024-11-05:   82,301
2022-11-08 PA13John Joyce* (R) 53,203 100.0% 0 0.0% 53,203
County Total for 2022-11-08:   53,203
2020-11-03 PA13John Joyce* (R) 58,229 73.3% Todd Rowley (D) 21,253 26.7% 0 0.0% 79,482
County Total for 2020-11-03:   79,482
2018-11-06 PA13John Joyce (R) 39,116 71.4% Brent Ottaway (D) 15,634 28.6% 0 0.0% 54,750
County Total for 2018-11-06:   54,750
2016-11-08 PA09Bill Shuster* (R) 45,109 66.8% Art Halvorson (D) 22,461 33.2% 0 0.0% 67,570
County Total for 2016-11-08:   67,570
2014-11-04 PA09Bill Shuster* (R) 26,722 70.2% Alanna Hartzok (D) 11,322 29.8% 0 0.0% 38,044
County Total for 2014-11-04:   38,044
2012-11-06 PA09Bill Shuster* (R) 42,564 68.9% Karen Ramsburg (D) 19,187 31.1% 0 0.0% 61,751
County Total for 2012-11-06:   61,751
2010-11-02 PA09Bill Shuster* (R) 32,799 75.3% Tom Conners (D) 10,785 24.7% 0 0.0% 43,584
County Total for 2010-11-02:   43,584
2008-11-04 PA09Bill Shuster* (R) 41,923 67.1% Tony Barr (D) 20,545 32.9% 0 0.0% 62,468
County Total for 2008-11-04:   62,468
2006-11-07 PA09Bill Shuster* (R) 27,666 64.5% Tony Barr (D) 15,243 35.5% 0 0.0% 42,909
County Total for 2006-11-07:   42,909
2004-11-02 PA09Bill Shuster* (R) 41,648 72.5% Paul Politis (D) 15,761 27.5% 0 0.0% 57,409
County Total for 2004-11-02:   57,409
2002-11-05 PA09Bill Shuster* (R) 24,493 71.5% John Henry (D) 9,756 28.5% 0 0.0% 34,249
County Total for 2002-11-05:   34,249
2001-05-15 sp PA09Bill Shuster (R) 8,793 48.2% Scott Conklin (D) 8,328 45.6% 1,126 6.2% 18,247
County Total for 2001-05-15:   18,247
2000-11-07 PA09Bud Shuster* (R) 42,300 100.0% 0 0.0% 42,300
County Total for 2000-11-07:   42,300
1996-11-05 PA09Bud Shuster* (R) 32,484 74.0% Monte Kemmler (D) 11,421 26.0% 0 0.0% 43,905
County Total for 1996-11-05:   43,905
1994-11-08 PA09Bud Shuster* (R) 30,932 100.0% 0 0.0% 30,932
County Total for 1994-11-08:   30,932
1992-11-03 PA09Bud Shuster* (R) 39,351 100.0% 0 0.0% 39,351
County Total for 1992-11-03:   39,351
*: incumbent           sp: special election           RO: runoff election

Voter Registration Data for Franklin County, PA

YearTotalRepublicanDemocratOtherR/D EdgeR/D Edge %VAPOP %
2025 103,792 64,289 61.9% 23,087 22.2% 16,416 15.8% Rep +41,202 Rep +39.7% 84%
2024 104,930 64,800 61.8% 24,008 22.9% 16,122 15.4% Rep +40,792 Rep +38.9% 85%
2022 99,953 61,319 61.3% 23,985 24.0% 14,649 14.7% Rep +37,334 Rep +37.4% 81%
2020 100,976 61,359 60.8% 25,024 24.8% 14,593 14.5% Rep +36,335 Rep +36.0% 82%
2018 92,591 54,941 59.3% 24,151 26.1% 13,499 14.6% Rep +30,790 Rep +33.3% 76%
2016 93,028 54,580 58.7% 25,122 27.0% 13,326 14.3% Rep +29,458 Rep +31.7% 78%
2014 88,291 50,003 56.6% 25,245 28.6% 13,043 14.8% Rep +24,758 Rep +28.0% 75%
2012 87,406 49,606 56.8% 25,730 29.4% 12,070 13.8% Rep +23,876 Rep +27.3% 75%
2010 83,514 47,412 56.8% 25,364 30.4% 10,738 12.9% Rep +22,048 Rep +26.4% 73%
2008 88,787 50,047 56.4% 27,739 31.2% 11,001 12.4% Rep +22,308 Rep +25.1% 80%
2006 82,658 48,608 58.8% 24,076 29.1% 9,974 12.1% Rep +24,532 Rep +29.7% 77%
2004 81,482 47,734 58.6% 24,097 29.6% 9,651 11.8% Rep +23,637 Rep +29.0% 78%
2002 72,200 41,936 58.1% 22,139 30.7% 8,125 11.3% Rep +19,797 Rep +27.4% 71%
2000 71,466 41,274 57.8% 22,387 31.3% 7,805 10.9% Rep +18,887 Rep +26.4% 73%
1998 65,569 37,924 57.8% 21,272 32.4% 6,373 9.7% Rep +16,652 Rep +25.4% 68%
1996 61,307 35,900 58.6% 20,079 32.8% 5,328 8.7% Rep +15,821 Rep +25.8% 64%
1994 51,144 29,771 58.2% 17,911 35.0% 3,462 6.8% Rep +11,860 Rep +23.2% 54%
1992 51,282 29,537 57.6% 18,299 35.7% 3,446 6.7% Rep +11,238 Rep +21.9% 55%
1990 48,736 28,376 58.2% 17,475 35.9% 2,885 5.9% Rep +10,901 Rep +22.4% 53%
1988 48,793 28,112 57.6% 17,726 36.3% 2,955 6.1% Rep +10,386 Rep +21.3% 55%
1986 46,227 25,324 54.8% 17,744 38.4% 3,159 6.8% Rep +7,580 Rep +16.4% 53%
1984 48,056 25,729 53.5% 18,903 39.3% 3,424 7.1% Rep +6,826 Rep +14.2% 56%
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.