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Monroe County, PA


Metropolitan Statistical Area: East Stroudsburg, PA
Designated Market Area: Wilkes Barre-Scranton-Hazleton, PA
USDA County Type (2025): Recreation/Tourism
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Exurbs

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2024 population: 166,523   ( 1,792 from 2020)
Land area: 608.4 square miles
Population density: 273.7 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:102,205 61.38% 5.1%
Black:24,09114.47% 1.9%
Indian:4120.25% 1.5%
Asian:4,4282.66% 1.4%
2+ races:3,6712.20% 2.8%
Hispanic:31,71619.05% 10.9%
Total non-White:64,31838.62% 6.2%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:5,812 8.6
Deaths:7,65111.4
Net Migration: -1,025-1.5
Net Immigration: 9751.4
Change in White population:-5,532 -3.3
Change in Non-White pop.:3,740 2.2



Historical Presidential Election Results for Monroe County, PA

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2024 vs. 2020 R +3,950 R +6,003 R + 7.2%
D -2,053
2024 vs. 2016 R +9,290 R +1,201 R + 1.6%
D +8,089
2020 vs. 2016 R +5,340 D +4,802 D + 5.7%
D +10,142
2024 vs. 2012 R +15,809 R +9,023 R + 14.2%
D +6,786
2016 vs. 2008 R +5,093 R +10,628 R + 15.7%
D -5,535
How to interpret this table


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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St) 		Diff
(US) 		PSV
2024 63% Donald Trump (R) 42,676 49.8% Kamala Harris (D) 42,007 49.0% 1,069 [+] 1.2% 85,752 0 0 1.21%
2020 62% Joe Biden (D) 44,060 52.4% Donald Trump* (R) 38,726 46.1% 1,248 [+] 1.5% 84,034 -3 -1 1.21%
2016 53% Hillary Clinton (D) 33,918 48.4% Donald Trump (R) 33,386 47.7% 2,704 [+] 3.9% 70,008 0 2 1.14%
2012 48% Barack Obama* (D) 35,221 55.9% Mitt Romney (R) 26,867 42.6% 935 [+] 1.5% 63,023 -4 -5 1.09%
2008 55% Barack Obama (D) 39,453 57.5% John McCain (R) 28,293 41.2% 872 [+] 1.3% 68,618 -3 -4 1.14%
2004 50% George W. Bush* (R) 27,971 49.6% John Kerry (D) 27,967 49.6% 404 [+] 0.7% 56,342 1 -1 0.98%
2000 46% George W. Bush (R) 23,265 49.6% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 21,939 46.8% 1,674 [+] 3.6% 46,878 3 2 0.95%
1996 43% Robert Dole (R) 17,326 44.4% Bill Clinton* (D) 16,547 42.4% 5,192 [+] 13.3% 39,065 4 4 0.87%
1992 48% George Bush* (R) 14,557 38.8% Bill Clinton (D) 13,468 35.9% 9,475 [+] 25.3% 37,500 3 1 0.76%
1988 40% George Bush (R) 17,185 62.8% Michael Dukakis (D) 9,859 36.0% 327 [+] 1.2% 27,371 12 9 0.60%
1984 41% Ronald Reagan* (R) 16,109 65.8% Walter Mondale (D) 8,193 33.5% 172 0.7% 24,474 12 7 0.51%
1980 43% Ronald Reagan (R) 12,357 55.4% Jimmy Carter* (D) 7,551 33.9% 2,381 [+] 10.7% 22,289 6 5 0.49%
1976 48% Gerald Ford* (R) 10,228 50.7% Jimmy Carter (D) 9,544 47.3% 393 [+] 1.9% 20,165 3 3 0.44%
1972 54% Richard Nixon* (R) 12,701 67.5% George McGovern (D) 5,619 29.9% 494 [+] 2.6% 18,814 8 7 0.41%
1968 63% Richard Nixon (R) 9,465 53.3% Hubert Humphrey (D) 6,946 39.1% 1,336 [+] 7.5% 17,747 9 10 0.37%
1964 64% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 10,622 62.4% Barry Goldwater (R) 6,281 36.9% 116 0.7% 17,019 2 -2 0.35%
1960 71% Richard Nixon (R) 11,299 63.7% John Kennedy (D) 6,312 35.6% 115 0.6% 17,726 15 14 0.35%
1956 63% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 10,081 64.3% Adlai Stevenson (D) 5,506 35.1% 92 0.6% 15,679 8 7 0.34%
1952 66% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 9,502 62.1% Adlai Stevenson (D) 5,760 37.6% 42 0.3% 15,304 9 7 0.33%
1948 59% Thomas Dewey (R) 6,674 53.0% Harry Truman* (D) 5,913 47.0% 0 0.0% 12,587 2 8 0.34%
1944 58% Thomas Dewey (R) 6,202 52.9% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 5,490 46.8% 37 0.3% 11,729 5 7 0.31%
1940 66% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 6,670 52.6% Wendell Willkie (R) 6,001 47.3% 16 0.1% 12,687 1 3 0.31%
1936 81% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 8,212 58.3% Alf Landon (R) 5,778 41.0% 89 [+] 0.6% 14,079 0 5 0.34%
1932 66% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 6,357 56.8% Herbert Hoover* (R) 4,659 41.6% 183 [+] 1.6% 11,199 -9 2 0.39%
1928 68% Herbert Hoover (R) 7,469 69.4% Al Smith (D) 3,266 30.3% 27 [+] 0.3% 10,762 4 11 0.34%
1924 52% John Davis (D) 3,901 49.9% Calvin Coolidge (R) 3,462 44.3% 456 [+] 5.8% 7,819 -21 -10 0.36%
1920 49% James Cox (D) 3,396 49.7% Warren Harding (R) 3,278 48.0% 154 [+] 2.3% 6,828 -18 -12 0.37%
1916 35% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 3,348 68.5% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 1,456 29.8% 82 [+] 1.7% 4,886 -24 -16 0.38%
1912 34% Woodrow Wilson (D) 3,107 67.5% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 844 18.3% 653 [+] 14.2% 4,604 -11 -12 0.38%
1908 36% William J. Bryan (D) 3,004 65.3% William Taft (R) 1,454 31.6% 141 [+] 3.1% 4,599 -27 -20 0.36%
1904 34% Alton Parker (D) 2,587 61.7% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 1,446 34.5% 163 [+] 3.9% 4,196 -34 -22 0.34%
1900 38% William J. Bryan (D) 3,054 67.6% William McKinley* (R) 1,264 28.0% 198 [+] 4.4% 4,516 -33 -24 0.38%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote

Historical Statewide Election Results for Monroe County, PA

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YearTypeTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal VotesDiff PSV
2024 S1 63% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 41,701 49.0% Dave McCormick (R) 40,872 48.1% 2,455 [+] 2.9% 85,028 -1 1.22%
2022 S3 43% John Fetterman (D) 30,251 51.5% Mehmet Oz (R) 26,746 45.5% 1,733 [+] 3.0% 58,730 -1 1.09%
2022 G 44% Josh Shapiro (D) 32,009 54.4% Doug Mastriano (R) 25,604 43.5% 1,214 [+] 2.1% 58,827 2 1.10%
2018 S1 41% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 30,626 55.3% Lou Barletta (R) 23,968 43.3% 818 [+] 1.5% 55,412 1 1.11%
2018 G 41% Tom Wolf* (D) 32,064 57.8% Scott Wagner (R) 22,530 40.6% 843 [+] 1.5% 55,437 0 1.11%
2016 S3 50% Katie McGinty (D) 34,280 51.3% Pat Toomey* (R) 30,743 46.0% 1,768 [+] 2.6% 66,791 -3 1.10%
2014 G 27% Tom Wolf (D) 19,864 56.9% Tom Corbett* (R) 15,046 43.1% 0 0.0% 34,910 -2 1.00%
2012 S1 46% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 33,502 55.8% Tom Smith (R) 25,579 42.6% 918 [+] 1.5% 59,999 -2 1.07%
2010 S3 30% Pat Toomey (R) 20,295 51.8% Joe Sestak (D) 18,921 48.2% 0 0.0% 39,216 1 0.99%
2010 G 30% Tom Corbett (R) 21,162 53.9% Dan Onorato (D) 18,082 46.1% 0 0.0% 39,244 -1 0.98%
2006 S1 30% Bob Casey, Jr. (D) 19,862 56.1% Rick Santorum* (R) 15,555 43.9% 0 0.0% 35,417 3 0.87%
2006 G 30% Ed Rendell* (D) 21,430 60.4% Lynn Swann (R) 14,071 39.6% 0 0.0% 35,501 0 0.87%
2004 S3 48% Arlen Specter* (R) 29,944 55.6% Joseph Hoeffel (D) 22,354 41.5% 1,554 [+] 2.9% 53,852 3 0.97%
2002 G 29% Mike Fisher (R) 15,258 49.6% Ed Rendell (D) 14,570 47.3% 950 [+] 3.1% 30,778 5 0.86%
2000 S1 43% Rick Santorum* (R) 25,524 58.0% Ron Klink (D) 17,351 39.4% 1,125 [+] 2.6% 44,000 6 0.93%
1998 S3 25% Arlen Specter* (R) 15,393 63.1% Bill Lloyd (D) 7,967 32.7% 1,030 [+] 4.2% 24,390 2 0.82%
1998 G 27% Tom Ridge* (R) 17,243 66.0% Ivan Itkin (D) 7,160 27.4% 1,733 [+] 6.6% 26,136 9 0.86%
1994 S1 30% Rick Santorum (R) 14,364 56.6% Harris Wofford* (D) 10,159 40.1% 838 [+] 3.3% 25,361 7 0.72%
1994 G 32% Tom Ridge (R) 14,409 54.1% Mark Singel (D) 10,137 38.1% 2,093 [+] 7.9% 26,639 9 0.74%
1992 S3 46% Arlen Specter* (R) 17,580 49.2% Lynn Yeakel (D) 16,792 47.0% 1,355 [+] 3.8% 35,727 0 0.74%
1991 S1 31% Harris Wofford (D) 11,506 50.1% Richard Thornburgh (R) 11,470 49.9% 0 0.0% 22,976 5 0.68%
1990 G 26% Robert Casey* (D) 12,243 64.4% Barbara Hafer (R) 6,761 35.6% 0 0.0% 19,004 3 0.62%
1988 S1 39% John Heinz* (R) 19,158 72.3% Joseph Vignola (D) 6,981 26.4% 347 [+] 1.3% 26,486 6 0.61%
1986 S3 26% Arlen Specter* (R) 10,476 62.0% Bob Edgar (D) 6,328 37.4% 96 [+] 0.6% 16,900 6 0.50%
1986 G 27% William Scranton III (R) 9,272 54.0% Robert Casey (D) 7,800 45.4% 109 [+] 0.6% 17,181 6 0.51%
1982 S1 31% John Heinz* (R) 10,795 62.5% Cyril Wecht (D) 6,242 36.1% 248 [+] 1.4% 17,285 3 0.48%
1982 G 32% Richard Thornburgh* (R) 9,947 55.1% Allen Ertel (D) 7,905 43.8% 187 [+] 1.0% 18,039 4 0.49%
1980 S3 42% Arlen Specter (R) 12,473 58.1% Pete Flaherty (D) 8,583 40.0% 424 [+] 2.0% 21,480 8 0.49%
1978 G 35% Richard Thornburgh (R) 9,100 58.1% Pete Flaherty (D) 6,398 40.8% 174 [+] 1.1% 15,672 6 0.42%
1976 S1 47% John Heinz (R) 10,105 51.2% William Green (D) 9,461 47.9% 182 [+] 0.9% 19,748 -1 0.43%
1974 S3 34% Richard Schweiker* (R) 7,443 57.3% Pete Flaherty (D) 5,376 41.4% 169 [+] 1.3% 12,988 4 0.37%
1974 G 35% Andrew Lewis (R) 6,761 50.3% Milton Shapp* (D) 6,520 48.5% 150 [+] 1.1% 13,431 5 0.38%
1970 S1 47% Hugh Scott* (R) 7,261 52.4% William Sesler (D) 6,097 44.0% 505 [+] 3.6% 13,863 1 0.38%
1970 G 48% Milton Shapp (D) 7,266 51.8% Raymond Broderick (R) 6,384 45.5% 390 [+] 2.8% 14,040 4 0.38%
1968 S3 62% Richard Schweiker (R) 9,680 55.9% Joseph Clark* (D) 7,221 41.7% 404 [+] 2.3% 17,305 4 0.37%
1966 G 56% Raymond Shafer (R) 8,669 57.4% Milton Shapp (D) 6,111 40.4% 331 [+] 2.2% 15,111 5 0.37%
1964 S1 63% Hugh Scott* (R) 8,500 50.6% Genevieve Blatt (D) 8,237 49.0% 59 [+] 0.4% 16,796 0 0.35%
1962 S3 59% James Van Zandt (R) 8,134 53.7% Joseph Clark* (D) 6,987 46.1% 26 [+] 0.2% 15,147 5 0.35%
1962 G 59% William Scranton (R) 9,202 60.3% Richardson Dilworth (D) 6,018 39.4% 38 [+] 0.2% 15,258 5 0.35%
*: 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 Monroe County, PA

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DateDistrictWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
2024-11-05 PA07Ryan Mackenzie (R) 5,015 67.6% Susan Wild* (D) 2,406 32.4% 0 0.0% 7,421
2024-11-05 PA08Matt Cartwright* (D) 41,188 54.1% Rob Bresnahan (R) 35,013 45.9% 0 0.0% 76,201
County Total for 2024-11-05:   83,622
2022-11-08 PA07Lisa Scheller (R) 3,540 66.8% Susan Wild* (D) 1,762 33.2% 0 0.0% 5,302
2022-11-08 PA08Matt Cartwright* (D) 29,119 54.7% Jim Bognet (R) 24,135 45.3% 0 0.0% 53,254
County Total for 2022-11-08:   58,556
2020-11-03 PA07Susan Wild* (D) 15,765 55.4% Lisa Scheller (R) 12,689 44.6% 0 0.0% 28,454
2020-11-03 PA08Matt Cartwright* (D) 28,998 53.7% Jim Bognet (R) 24,972 46.3% 0 0.0% 53,970
County Total for 2020-11-03:   82,424
2018-11-06 PA07Susan Wild (D) 11,420 57.1% Marty Nothstein (R) 8,195 41.0% 368 1.8% 19,983
2018-11-06 PA08Matt Cartwright* (D) 19,095 54.8% John Chrin (R) 15,776 45.2% 0 0.0% 34,871
County Total for 2018-11-06:   54,854
2016-11-08 PA10Scott Molesevich (D) 11,342 50.4% Tom Marino* (R) 11,161 49.6% 0 0.0% 22,503
2016-11-08 PA17Matt Cartwright* (D) 21,664 51.4% Matt Connolly (R) 20,488 48.6% 0 0.0% 42,152
County Total for 2016-11-08:   64,655
2014-11-04 PA10Tom Marino* (R) 5,761 47.8% Scott Brion (D) 5,012 41.6% 1,282 10.6% 12,055
2014-11-04 PA17Matt Cartwright* (D) 11,510 52.9% David Moylan (R) 10,240 47.1% 0 0.0% 21,750
County Total for 2014-11-04:   33,805
2012-11-06 PA10Philip Scollo (D) 10,869 53.8% Tom Marino* (R) 9,320 46.2% 0 0.0% 20,189
2012-11-06 PA17Matt Cartwright (D) 20,957 56.4% Laureen Cummings (R) 16,203 43.6% 0 0.0% 37,160
County Total for 2012-11-06:   57,349
2010-11-02 PA11Lou Barletta (R) 20,954 53.6% Paul Kanjorski* (D) 18,144 46.4% 0 0.0% 39,098
County Total for 2010-11-02:   39,098
2008-11-04 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 36,271 56.0% Lou Barletta (R) 28,538 44.0% 0 0.0% 64,809
County Total for 2008-11-04:   64,809
2006-11-07 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 22,226 64.6% Joseph Leonardi (R) 12,174 35.4% 0 0.0% 34,400
County Total for 2006-11-07:   34,400
2004-11-02 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 29,523 94.7% Kenneth Brenneman (Constitution) 1,642 5.3% 0 0.0% 31,165
County Total for 2004-11-02:   31,165
2002-11-05 PA11Lou Barletta (R) 15,092 50.9% Paul Kanjorski* (D) 13,643 46.0% 924 3.1% 29,659
County Total for 2002-11-05:   29,659
2000-11-07 PA10Patrick Casey (D) 9,987 50.7% Don Sherwood* (R) 9,718 49.3% 0 0.0% 19,705
2000-11-07 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 13,379 55.9% Stephen Urban (R) 10,551 44.1% 0 0.0% 23,930
County Total for 2000-11-07:   43,635
1996-11-05 PA10Joe McDade* (R) 8,111 49.4% Joe Cullen (D) 7,315 44.6% 992 6.0% 16,418
1996-11-05 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 11,218 56.3% Stephen Urban (R) 8,722 43.7% 0 0.0% 19,940
County Total for 1996-11-05:   36,358
1994-11-08 PA10Joe McDade* (R) 6,366 58.0% Daniel Schreffler (D) 4,123 37.6% 491 4.5% 10,980
1994-11-08 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 7,017 51.4% Andrew Podolak (R) 6,639 48.6% 0 0.0% 13,656
County Total for 1994-11-08:   24,636
1992-11-03 PA10Joe McDade* (R) 12,595 88.8% Albert Smith (Libertarian) 1,585 11.2% 0 0.0% 14,180
1992-11-03 PA11Paul Kanjorski* (D) 10,980 58.0% Michael Fescina (R) 7,947 42.0% 0 0.0% 18,927
County Total for 1992-11-03:   33,107
*: incumbent           sp: special election           RO: runoff election

Voter Registration Data for Monroe County, PA

YearTotalRepublicanDemocratOtherR/D EdgeR/D Edge %VAPOP %
2025 115,679 43,008 37.2% 48,040 41.5% 24,631 21.3% Dem +5,032 Dem +4.3% 86%
2024 120,015 43,697 36.4% 51,305 42.7% 25,013 20.8% Dem +7,608 Dem +6.3% 89%
2022 114,275 39,879 34.9% 51,407 45.0% 22,989 20.1% Dem +11,528 Dem +10.1% 85%
2020 118,025 40,287 34.1% 54,409 46.1% 23,329 19.8% Dem +14,122 Dem +12.0% 87%
2018 108,185 36,142 33.4% 50,692 46.9% 21,351 19.7% Dem +14,550 Dem +13.4% 81%
2016 109,237 36,337 33.3% 51,876 47.5% 21,024 19.2% Dem +15,539 Dem +14.2% 82%
2014 98,904 31,820 32.2% 47,527 48.1% 19,557 19.8% Dem +15,707 Dem +15.9% 75%
2012 108,912 35,581 32.7% 52,115 47.9% 21,216 19.5% Dem +16,534 Dem +15.2% 83%
2010 102,659 33,862 33.0% 49,664 48.4% 19,133 18.6% Dem +15,802 Dem +15.4% 79%
2008 113,942 38,903 34.1% 53,795 47.2% 21,244 18.6% Dem +14,892 Dem +13.1% 92%
2006 99,576 38,373 38.5% 42,292 42.5% 18,911 19.0% Dem +3,919 Dem +3.9% 84%
2004 98,431 39,187 39.8% 40,820 41.5% 18,424 18.7% Dem +1,633 Dem +1.7% 87%
2002 82,209 34,373 41.8% 33,220 40.4% 14,616 17.8% Rep +1,153 Rep +1.4% 77%
2000 79,378 33,546 42.3% 31,716 40.0% 14,116 17.8% Rep +1,830 Rep +2.3% 78%
1998 69,700 30,246 43.4% 28,368 40.7% 11,086 15.9% Rep +1,878 Rep +2.7% 73%
1996 61,795 27,727 44.9% 25,352 41.0% 8,716 14.1% Rep +2,375 Rep +3.8% 69%
1994 49,396 22,501 45.6% 20,876 42.3% 6,019 12.2% Rep +1,625 Rep +3.3% 59%
1992 48,052 21,983 45.7% 20,344 42.3% 5,725 11.9% Rep +1,639 Rep +3.4% 62%
1990 38,111 18,084 47.5% 16,229 42.6% 3,798 10.0% Rep +1,855 Rep +4.9% 53%
1988 36,132 16,896 46.8% 15,616 43.2% 3,620 10.0% Rep +1,280 Rep +3.5% 53%
1986 31,203 14,121 45.3% 14,436 46.3% 2,646 8.5% Dem +315 Dem +1.0% 49%
1984 31,705 14,084 44.4% 14,879 46.9% 2,742 8.6% Dem +795 Dem +2.5% 53%
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.