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(US)
2022 population: 766,617
| 2022 Census data | |||
| White: | 528,659 | 68.96% | |
| Black: | 39,608 | 5.17% | |
| Indian: | 402 | 0.05% | |
| Asian: | 22,233 | 2.90% | |
| 2+ races: | 19,660 | 2.56% | |
| Hispanic: | 153,102 | 19.97% | |
| Total non-White: | 237,958 | 31.04% | |
| Housing Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Housing Units | 317,628 | |
| Median Value | $249,900 | |
| Occupied | 293,921 | 92.5% |
| Vacant | 23,707 | 7.5% |
| Owned | 201,945 | 68.7% |
| Rented | 91,976 | 31.3% |
| Median Rent | $1,241 | |
| Single-Family Units | 245,864 | 77.4% |
| Detached | 176,396 | 55.5% |
| Attached | 69,468 | 21.9% |
| Buldings with 5+ Units | 38,438 | 12.1% |
| Mobile Homes | 7,316 | 2.3% |
| Household Income | ||
|---|---|---|
| Range | Number | % |
| Less than $10,000 | 9,929 | 3.4% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 9,621 | 3.3% |
| $15,000 to $19,999 | 9,602 | 3.3% |
| $20,000 to $24,999 | 10,313 | 3.5% |
| $25,000 to $29,999 | 10,947 | 3.7% |
| $30,000 to $34,999 | 11,329 | 3.9% |
| $35,000 to $39,999 | 10,824 | 3.7% |
| $40,000 to $44,999 | 11,409 | 3.9% |
| $45,000 to $49,999 | 11,124 | 3.8% |
| $50,000 to $59,999 | 22,334 | 7.6% |
| $60,000 to $74,999 | 26,046 | 8.9% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 39,119 | 13.3% |
| $100,000 to $124,999 | 31,370 | 10.7% |
| $125,000 to $149,999 | 22,735 | 7.7% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 28,147 | 9.6% |
| $200,000 or more | 29,072 | 9.9% |
| Median Household Income | 76,812 | |
| Per Capita Income | 40,445 | |
| Welfare Households | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| SSI | 15,425 | 5.2% |
| Public Assistance | 10,197 | 3.5% |
| Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 40,624 | 13.8% |
| Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Employed | 285,495 | 74.1% |
| Unemployed | 14,239 | 3.7% |
| In Armed Forces | 219 | 0.1% |
| Total Labor Force | 299,953 | 77.8% |
| Not in Labor Force | 85,535 | 22.2% |
| Real Unemployment Rate | 25.9% | |
| Class of Worker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | % Male | |
| Private Sector | 149,230 | 119,254 | 55.6% |
| Non-Profit | 14,492 | 31,418 | 31.6% |
| Self-Employed | 18,206 | 8,695 | 67.7% |
| Local Government | 9,718 | 13,330 | 42.2% |
| State Government | 3,740 | 3,297 | 53.1% |
| Federal Government | 2,555 | 1,483 | 63.3% |
| Total Private + Self | 167,436 | 127,949 | 56.7% |
| Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 30,505 | 49,528 | 38.1% |
| Total | 197,941 | 177,477 | 52.7% |
| Pct. Govt. | 9.1% | ||
| Occupation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Management, Business, Science, Arts | 55,555 | 14.8% |
| Sales and Office Occupations | 75,348 | 20.1% |
| Professional, Technical | 87,530 | 23.3% |
| Service Occupations | 61,633 | 16.4% |
| Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 984 | 0.3% |
| All others | 95,680 | 25.5% |
| White Collar | 58.1% | |
| Industry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Manufacturing | 50,275 | 13.4% |
| Retail trade | 43,524 | 11.6% |
| Educational services and health care | 36,000 | 9.6% |
| Transportation, warehousing, utilities | 27,307 | 7.3% |
| Construction | 21,313 | 5.7% |
| Accommodation, food svcs, recreation | 20,929 | 5.6% |
| Professional, scientific, management | 20,135 | 5.4% |
| Other services | 16,509 | 4.4% |
| Finance, insurance and real estate | 13,993 | 3.7% |
| Wholesale trade | 11,966 | 3.2% |
| Public administration | 10,193 | 2.7% |
| Information | 6,377 | 1.7% |
| Farming, forestry, fishing, mining | 1,675 | 0.4% |
| Hispanic Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Mexican | 12,097 | 1.58% |
| Puerto Rican | 76,806 | 10.02% |
| Cuban | 2,310 | 0.30% |
| Dominican | 33,392 | 4.36% |
| Total Central American | 7,283 | 0.95% |
| Costa Rican | 390 | 0.05% |
| Guatemalan | 2,093 | 0.27% |
| Honduran | 2,067 | 0.27% |
| Nicaraguan | 364 | 0.05% |
| Panamanian | 566 | 0.07% |
| Salvadoran | 1,734 | 0.23% |
| Other Central American | 69 | 0.01% |
| Total South American | 13,874 | 1.81% |
| Argentinean | 386 | 0.05% |
| Bolivian | 94 | 0.01% |
| Chilean | 646 | 0.08% |
| Colombian | 4,518 | 0.59% |
| Ecuadorian | 4,581 | 0.60% |
| Paraguayan | 3 | 0.00% |
| Peruvian | 1,909 | 0.25% |
| Uruguayan | 411 | 0.05% |
| Venezuelan | 938 | 0.12% |
| Other South American | 388 | 0.05% |
| Other Hispanic | 7,340 | 0.96% |
| Asian Breakdown | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| Indian | 7,822 | 1.02% |
| Chinese | 5,572 | 0.73% |
| Vietnamese | 1,798 | 0.23% |
| Korean | 1,711 | 0.22% |
| Filipino | 1,268 | 0.17% |
| Cambodian | 565 | 0.07% |
| Japanese | 450 | 0.06% |
| Burmese | 390 | 0.05% |
| Taiwanese | 203 | 0.03% |
| Language Spoken at Home | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Number | % |
| English | 590,247 | 81.3% |
| Spanish | 94,581 | 13.0% |
| Other Indo-European | 11,224 | 1.5% |
| Arabic | 6,209 | 0.9% |
| Chinese | 4,814 | 0.7% |
| Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 4,324 | 0.6% |
| Other Asian | 3,824 | 0.5% |
| German, other Germanic | 2,855 | 0.4% |
| French, Haitian, Cajun | 2,679 | 0.4% |
| Ancestry | ||
|---|---|---|
| Country | Number | % |
| German | 172,480 | 22.5% |
| Irish | 88,529 | 11.5% |
| Italian | 78,602 | 10.3% |
| English | 44,644 | 5.8% |
| American | 44,568 | 5.8% |
| Polish | 32,813 | 4.3% |
| Pennsylvania German | 20,420 | 2.7% |
| Slovak | 15,534 | 2.0% |
| Hungarian | 13,316 | 1.7% |
| Dutch | 11,903 | 1.6% |
| French | 9,328 | 1.2% |
| Welsh | 8,990 | 1.2% |
| Ukrainian | 8,291 | 1.1% |
| European | 7,956 | 1.0% |
| Russian | 7,815 | 1.0% |
| Citizenship & Nativity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| U.S. citizen | 733,424 | 95.7% |
| Not a citizen | 33,193 | 4.3% |
| Native | 689,675 | 90.0% |
| Foreign-born | 76,942 | 10.0% |
| Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
| 17,605 | 3.3% | 31,013 | 5.8% | 180,238 | 33.8% | 138,745 | 26.0% | 102,677 | 19.3% | 62,888 | 11.8% |
| Average years of education: 13.5 | |||||||||||
| Population 25 Years and Older | ||
|---|---|---|
| < 9 Years | 17,605 | 3.3% |
| 9-12 Years | 31,013 | 5.8% |
| H.S. Grad or GED | 180,238 | 33.8% |
| Some College | 138,745 | 26.0% |
| Bach. Degree | 102,677 | 19.3% |
| Grad Degree | 62,888 | 11.8% |
| Average years of education: 13.5 | ||
Click on the District to view county-level data for that election (where available).
NOTE: Results prior to 2022 are for districts which previously covered much of this area, regardless of district number.
| Date | District | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-08 | PA07 | Susan Wild* (D) | 151,364 | 51.0% | Lisa Scheller (R) | 145,527 | 49.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 296,891 |
| Redistricting effect (2022); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 2% compared to 2020. | ||||||||||
| 2020-11-03 | PA07 | Susan Wild* (D) | 195,713 | 51.9% | Lisa Scheller (R) | 181,569 | 48.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 377,282 |
| 2018-11-06 | PA07 | Susan Wild (D) | 140,813 | 53.5% | Marty Nothstein (R) | 114,437 | 43.5% | 8,011 | 3.0% | 263,261 |
| Redistricting effect (2018); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the LEFT by approximately 4% compared to 2016. | ||||||||||
| 2016-11-08 | PA15 | Charlie Dent* (R) | 190,618 | 58.4% | Rick Daugherty (D) | 124,129 | 38.0% | 11,727 | 3.6% | 326,474 |
| 2014-11-04 | PA15 | Charlie Dent* (R) | 128,285 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 128,285 | |||
| 2012-11-06 | PA15 | Charlie Dent* (R) | 168,960 | 56.8% | Rick Daugherty (D) | 128,764 | 43.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 297,724 |
| Redistricting effect (2012); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 3% compared to 2010. | ||||||||||
| 2010-11-02 | PA15 | Charlie Dent* (R) | 109,534 | 53.5% | John Callahan (D) | 79,766 | 39.0% | 15,248 | 7.5% | 204,548 |
| 2008-11-04 | PA15 | Charlie Dent* (R) | 181,433 | 58.6% | Sam Bennett (D) | 128,333 | 41.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 309,766 |
| 2006-11-07 | PA15 | Charlie Dent* (R) | 106,153 | 53.6% | Charles Dertinger (D) | 86,186 | 43.5% | 5,834 | 2.9% | 198,173 |
| 2004-11-02 | PA15 | Charlie Dent (R) | 170,634 | 58.6% | Joe Driscoll (D) | 114,646 | 39.4% | 5,854 | 2.0% | 291,134 |
| 2002-11-05 | PA15 | Pat Toomey* (R) | 98,493 | 57.4% | Ed O'Brien (D) | 73,212 | 42.6% | 8 | 0.0% | 171,713 |
| Redistricting effect (2002); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 2000. | ||||||||||
| 2000-11-07 | PA15 | Pat Toomey* (R) | 118,307 | 53.2% | Ed O'Brien (D) | 103,864 | 46.7% | 13 | 0.0% | 222,184 |
| 1998-11-03 | PA15 | Pat Toomey (R) | 81,755 | 55.0% | Roy Afflerbach (D) | 66,930 | 45.0% | 21 | 0.0% | 148,706 |
| 1996-11-05 | PA15 | Paul McHale* (D) | 109,812 | 54.8% | Bob Kilbanks (R) | 82,803 | 41.3% | 7,748 | 3.9% | 200,363 |
| 1994-11-08 | PA15 | Paul McHale* (D) | 72,073 | 47.8% | Jim Yeager (R) | 71,602 | 47.4% | 7,234 | 4.8% | 150,909 |
| 1992-11-03 | PA15 | Paul McHale (D) | 111,419 | 52.2% | Don Ritter* (R) | 99,520 | 46.7% | 2,385 | 1.1% | 213,324 |
| Redistricting effect (1992); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 1990. | ||||||||||
| 1990-11-06 | PA15 | Don Ritter* (R) | 77,178 | 60.6% | Richard Orloski (D) | 50,233 | 39.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 127,411 |
| 1988-11-08 | PA15 | Don Ritter* (R) | 106,951 | 57.5% | Ed Reibman (D) | 79,127 | 42.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 186,078 |
| 1986-11-04 | PA15 | Don Ritter* (R) | 74,829 | 56.8% | Joe Simonetta (D) | 56,972 | 43.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 131,801 |
| 1984-11-06 | PA15 | Don Ritter* (R) | 110,338 | 58.1% | Jane Schooley (D) | 79,490 | 41.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 189,828 |
| 1982-11-02 | PA15 | Don Ritter* (R) | 79,455 | 57.8% | Richard Orloski (D) | 58,002 | 42.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 137,457 |
| Redistricting effect (1982); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 1980. | ||||||||||
| 1980-11-04 | PA15 | Don Ritter* (R) | 99,874 | 59.5% | Jeanette Reibman (D) | 66,626 | 39.7% | 1,225 | 0.7% | 167,725 |
| 1978-11-07 | PA15 | Don Ritter (R) | 65,986 | 53.2% | Fred Rooney* (D) | 58,077 | 46.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 124,063 |
| 1976-11-02 | PA15 | Fred Rooney* (D) | 108,844 | 65.2% | Alice Sivulich (R) | 57,616 | 34.5% | 430 | 0.3% | 166,890 |
| 1974-11-04 | PA15 | Fred Rooney* (D) | 85,905 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 85,905 | |||
| 1972-11-07 | PA15 | Fred Rooney* (D) | 99,937 | 60.8% | Wardell Steigerwalt (R) | 64,560 | 39.2% | 3 | 0.0% | 164,500 |
| Redistricting effect (1972); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 1970. | ||||||||||
| 1970-11-03 | PA15 | Fred Rooney* (D) | 93,169 | 66.9% | Charles Roberts (R) | 44,103 | 31.6% | 2,093 | 1.5% | 139,365 |
| 1968-11-05 | PA15 | Fred Rooney* (D) | 106,877 | 58.8% | Paul Henderson (R) | 70,333 | 38.7% | 4,432 | 2.4% | 181,642 |
| 1966-11-08 | PA15 | Fred Rooney* (D) | 80,407 | 52.3% | George Joseph (R) | 73,404 | 47.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 153,811 |
| Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (St) | Diff (US) | PSV | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 redist | Joe Biden (D) | 197,117 | 49.7% | Donald Trump* (R) | 194,660 | 49.1% | 4,726 | 1.2% | 396,503 | 0 | 2 | 5.71% | |
| 2020 | 67% | Joe Biden (D) | 199,520 | 51.8% | Donald Trump* (R) | 180,936 | 47.0% | 4,549 | 1.2% | 385,005 | -2 | 0 | 5.55% |
| 2016 | 60% | Donald Trump (R) | 173,597 | 51.8% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 148,080 | 44.2% | 13,192 | 3.9% | 334,869 | 4 | 6 | 5.43% |
| 2012 | 55% | Mitt Romney (R) | 156,165 | 50.8% | Barack Obama* (D) | 147,240 | 47.9% | 4,144 | 1.3% | 307,549 | 4 | 4 | 5.34% |
| 2008 | 59% | Barack Obama (D) | 179,589 | 55.6% | John McCain (R) | 139,396 | 43.1% | 4,158 | 1.3% | 323,143 | -1 | -2 | 5.37% |
| 2004 | 59% | John Kerry (D) | 150,939 | 49.9% | George W. Bush* (R) | 150,213 | 49.6% | 1,404 | 0.5% | 302,556 | 1 | -1 | 5.24% |
| 2000 | 49% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 114,481 | 49.2% | George W. Bush (R) | 109,301 | 47.0% | 8,761 | 3.8% | 232,543 | 1 | -1 | 4.73% |
| 1996 | 45% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 96,380 | 47.2% | Robert Dole (R) | 85,736 | 42.0% | 22,125 | 10.8% | 204,241 | 2 | 1 | 4.53% |
| 1992 | 51% | Bill Clinton (D) | 92,363 | 41.7% | George Bush* (R) | 81,349 | 36.7% | 47,740 | 21.6% | 221,452 | 1 | -1 | 4.46% |
| 1988 | 45% | George Bush (R) | 103,803 | 55.1% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 84,625 | 44.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 188,428 | 4 | 2 | 4.15% |
| 1984 | 48% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 110,142 | 57.6% | Walter Mondale (D) | 81,072 | 42.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 191,214 | 4 | -1 | 3.95% |
| 1980 | 49% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 86,569 | 51.2% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 66,747 | 39.5% | 15,800 | 9.3% | 169,116 | 2 | 0 | 3.71% |
| 1976 | 50% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 89,134 | 52.8% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 79,821 | 47.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 168,955 | 0 | -1 | 3.66% |
| 1972 | 51% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 99,664 | 60.3% | George McGovern (D) | 65,557 | 39.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 165,221 | 1 | 0 | 3.60% |
| 1968 | n/a | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 90,996 | 49.3% | Richard Nixon (R) | 85,260 | 46.2% | 8,145 | 4.4% | 184,401 | 2 | 3 | 3.88% |
| Year | Pop | White | Black | Indian | Asian | 2+ Races | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 771,318 | 67.5% | 4.9% | 2.8% | 3.3% | 20.8% | |
| 2020 | 731,467 | 65.9% | 7.5% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 20.5% | |
| 2012 | 723,086 | 77.3% | 4.1% | 0.1% | 2.4% | 2.9% | 13.2% |
| 2010 | 721,818 | 77.5% | 4.6% | 0.1% | 2.6% | 1.5% | 13.7% |
| 2002 | 646,495 | 86.4% | 2.8% | 0.1% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 7.9% |
| 2000 | 612,265 | 85.2% | 3.1% | 0.2% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 8.2% |
| 1992 | 565,810 | 91.9% | 2.2% | 0.1% | 1.1% | 4.7% | |
| 1990 | 566,189 | 92.1% | 2.1% | 1.1% | 4.7% | ||
| 1982 | 515,259 | 95.0% | 1.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 2.8% | |
| 1980 | 499,000 | 2.0% | 1.0% | 3.0% | |||
| 1972 | 469,672 | 1.0% | |||||
| 1970 | 498,633 | 1.0% |
| Year | Total | Republican | Democrat | Other | R/D Edge | R/D Edge % | VAPOP % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 512,775 | 190,602 | 37.2% | 225,015 | 43.9% | 97,158 | 18.9% | Dem +34,413 | Dem +6.7% | 87% |
| 2022 | 524,077 | 192,312 | 36.7% | 233,119 | 44.5% | 98,646 | 18.8% | Dem +40,807 | Dem +7.8% | 89% |