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Erie, PA Market Area


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2022 population: 388,167   ( 22,979 from 2010 , 5,233 from 2020)
Land area: 2695.5 square miles
Population density: 144.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:336,356 86.65% 8.7%
Black:21,4005.51% 1.3%
Indian:6960.18% 4.2%
Asian:6,6811.72% 81.3%
2+ races:7,9692.05% 29.5%
Hispanic:15,0653.88% 41.5%
Total non-White:51,81113.35% 21.6%

2020-2022 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:8,659 11.0
Deaths:11,48614.6
Net Migration: -3,133-4.0
Net Immigration: 6030.8
Change in White population:-32,188 -7.8
Change in Non-White pop.:9,209 2.2



Historical Presidential Election Results for Erie, PA Market Area

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2020 vs. 2016 R +12,134 D +914 D + 2.2%
D +13,048
2020 vs. 2012 R +29,731 R +31,369 R + 16.7%
D -1,638
2020 vs. 2008 R +28,881 R +42,697 R + 22.5%
D -13,816
2016 vs. 2008 R +16,747 R +43,611 R + 24.7%
D -26,864
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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US) 		PUSV
2020 65% Donald Trump* (R) 109,667 54.8% Joe Biden (D) 87,276 43.6% 3,322 [+] 1.7% 200,265 8 0.13%
2016 58% Donald Trump (R) 97,533 53.8% Hillary Clinton (D) 74,228 40.9% 9,615 [+] 5.3% 181,376 8 0.13%
2012 54% Barack Obama* (D) 88,914 51.7% Mitt Romney (R) 79,936 46.5% 3,138 [+] 1.8% 171,988 -1 0.13%
2008 58% Barack Obama (D) 101,092 54.6% John McCain (R) 80,786 43.6% 3,363 [+] 1.8% 185,241 -2 0.14%
2004 58% John Kerry (D) 91,978 50.1% George W. Bush* (R) 90,336 49.2% 1,179 [+] 0.6% 183,493 -1 0.15%
2000 52% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 80,186 49.1% George W. Bush (R) 77,175 47.3% 5,854 [+] 3.6% 163,215 -1 0.15%
1996 51% Bill Clinton* (D) 77,742 49.4% Robert Dole (R) 61,599 39.2% 17,963 [+] 11.4% 157,304 -2 0.16%
1992 56% Bill Clinton (D) 76,166 44.6% George Bush* (R) 59,980 35.1% 34,712 [+] 20.3% 170,858 -2 0.16%
1988 50% George Bush (R) 74,546 49.7% Michael Dukakis (D) 73,724 49.2% 1,653 [+] 1.1% 149,923 -4 0.16%
1984 54% Ronald Reagan* (R) 86,879 54.4% Walter Mondale (D) 71,507 44.8% 1,296 0.8% 159,682 -4 0.17%
1980 51% Ronald Reagan (R) 74,635 49.7% Jimmy Carter* (D) 63,284 42.2% 12,126 [+] 8.1% 150,045 -1 0.17%
1976 57% Jimmy Carter (D) 77,509 50.3% Gerald Ford* (R) 73,450 47.6% 3,260 [+] 2.1% 154,219 0 0.19%
1972 56% Richard Nixon* (R) 89,953 60.2% George McGovern (D) 56,270 37.7% 3,226 [+] 2.2% 149,449 -1 0.19%
1968 61% Hubert Humphrey (D) 69,317 48.1% Richard Nixon (R) 67,014 46.5% 7,710 [+] 5.4% 144,041 3 0.20%
1964 65% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 101,754 67.6% Barry Goldwater (R) 48,022 31.9% 758 0.5% 150,534 -7 0.21%
1960 68% Richard Nixon (R) 81,890 53.0% John Kennedy (D) 72,298 46.8% 456 0.3% 154,644 3 0.22%
1956 58% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 85,462 64.0% Adlai Stevenson (D) 47,611 35.7% 470 0.4% 133,543 7 0.22%
1952 59% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 79,470 60.6% Adlai Stevenson (D) 50,935 38.8% 725 0.6% 131,130 5 0.21%
1948 48% Thomas Dewey (R) 56,345 56.7% Harry Truman* (D) 41,436 41.7% 1,613 [+] 1.6% 99,394 12 0.20%
1944 55% Thomas Dewey (R) 59,728 55.8% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 46,568 43.5% 726 0.7% 107,022 10 0.22%
1940 62% Wendell Willkie (R) 63,515 56.8% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 47,757 42.7% 567 0.5% 111,839 12 0.22%
1936 69% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 54,325 48.4% Alf Landon (R) 49,510 44.1% 8,476 [+] 7.5% 112,311 8 0.25%
1932 47% Herbert Hoover* (R) 37,161 49.3% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 34,228 45.5% 3,917 [+] 5.2% 75,306 10 0.19%
1928 58% Herbert Hoover (R) 59,691 67.0% Al Smith (D) 28,831 32.3% 620 [+] 0.7% 89,142 9 0.24%
1924 42% Calvin Coolidge (R) 38,900 63.7% Robert LaFollette (Prog) 12,095 19.8% 10,080 [+] 16.5% 61,075 10 0.21%
1920 42% Warren Harding (R) 37,288 63.6% James Cox (D) 12,666 21.6% 8,688 [+] 14.8% 58,642 3 0.22%
1916 30% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 18,083 45.0% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 17,833 44.4% 4,275 [+] 10.6% 40,191 -2 0.22%
1912 30% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 12,092 31.9% Woodrow Wilson (D) 11,287 29.8% 14,494 [+] 38.3% 37,873 1 0.25%
1908 36% William Taft (R) 23,179 55.8% William J. Bryan (D) 13,895 33.4% 4,482 [+] 10.8% 41,556 4 0.28%
1904 34% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 24,138 62.6% Alton Parker (D) 9,986 25.9% 4,422 [+] 11.5% 38,546 6 0.28%
1900 40% William McKinley* (R) 25,130 56.8% William J. Bryan (D) 16,781 37.9% 2,359 [+] 5.3% 44,270 5 0.32%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote



2020 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Joe Biden (D) 87,276 43.6%
Donald Trump* (R) 109,667 54.8%
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 2,796 1.4%
Other 526 0.3%
TOTAL 200,265
Turnout: 65% Diff (US): 8


2016 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Hillary Clinton (D) 74,228 40.9%
Donald Trump (R) 97,533 53.8%
Gary Johnson (Lbt) 5,466 3.0%
Jill Stein (Grn) 1,540 0.8%
Evan McMullin (I) 57 0.0%
Other 2,552 1.4%
TOTAL 181,376
Turnout: 58% Diff (US): 8


2012 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Barack Obama* (D) 88,914 51.7%
Mitt Romney (R) 79,936 46.5%
Gary Johnson (Lbt) 1,728 1.0%
Other 1,410 0.8%
TOTAL 171,988
Turnout: 54% Diff (US): -1


2008 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Barack Obama (D) 101,092 54.6%
John McCain (R) 80,786 43.6%
Ralph Nader (I) 1,826 1.0%
Bob Barr (Lbt) 638 0.3%
Other 899 0.5%
TOTAL 185,241
Turnout: 58% Diff (US): -2


2004 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
George W. Bush* (R) 90,336 49.2%
John Kerry (D) 91,978 50.1%
Other 1,179 0.6%
TOTAL 183,493
Turnout: 58% Diff (US): -1


2000 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
George W. Bush (R) 77,175 47.3%
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 80,186 49.1%
Ralph Nader (Grn) 4,300 2.6%
Pat Buchanan (Ref) 455 0.3%
Other 1,099 0.7%
TOTAL 163,215
Turnout: 52% Diff (US): -1


1996 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Bill Clinton* (D) 77,742 49.4%
Robert Dole (R) 61,599 39.2%
Ross Perot (Ref) 16,409 10.4%
Harry Browne (Lbt) 461 0.3%
Other 1,093 0.7%
TOTAL 157,304
Turnout: 51% Diff (US): -2


1992 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Bill Clinton (D) 76,166 44.6%
George Bush* (R) 59,980 35.1%
Ross Perot (I) 33,697 19.7%
Other 1,015 0.6%
TOTAL 170,858
Turnout: 56% Diff (US): -2


1988 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
George Bush (R) 74,546 49.7%
Michael Dukakis (D) 73,724 49.2%
Ron Paul (Lbt) 248 0.2%
Other 1,405 0.9%
TOTAL 149,923
Turnout: 50% Diff (US): -4


1984 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Ronald Reagan* (R) 86,879 54.4%
Walter Mondale (D) 71,507 44.8%
Other 1,296 0.8%
TOTAL 159,682
Turnout: 54% Diff (US): -4


1980 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Ronald Reagan (R) 74,635 49.7%
Jimmy Carter* (D) 63,284 42.2%
John Anderson (I) 9,366 6.2%
Edward Clark (Lbt) 1,273 0.8%
Other 1,487 1.0%
TOTAL 150,045
Turnout: 51% Diff (US): -1


1976 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Jimmy Carter (D) 77,509 50.3%
Gerald Ford* (R) 73,450 47.6%
Eugene McCarthy (I) 1,765 1.1%
Other 1,495 1.0%
TOTAL 154,219
Turnout: 57% Diff (US): 0


1972 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Richard Nixon* (R) 89,953 60.2%
George McGovern (D) 56,270 37.7%
John Schmitz (Amer) 2,998 2.0%
Other 228 0.2%
TOTAL 149,449
Turnout: 56% Diff (US): -1


1968 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Richard Nixon (R) 67,014 46.5%
Hubert Humphrey (D) 69,317 48.1%
George Wallace (AIP) 7,376 5.1%
Other 334 0.2%
TOTAL 144,041
Turnout: 61% Diff (US): 3


1964 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Lyndon Johnson* (D) 101,754 67.6%
Barry Goldwater (R) 48,022 31.9%
Other 758 0.5%
TOTAL 150,534
Turnout: 65% Diff (US): -7


1960 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
John Kennedy (D) 72,298 46.8%
Richard Nixon (R) 81,890 53.0%
Other 456 0.3%
TOTAL 154,644
Turnout: 68% Diff (US): 3


1956 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 85,462 64.0%
Adlai Stevenson (D) 47,611 35.7%
Other 470 0.4%
TOTAL 133,543
Turnout: 58% Diff (US): 7


1952 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Dwight Eisenhower (R) 79,470 60.6%
Adlai Stevenson (D) 50,935 38.8%
Other 725 0.6%
TOTAL 131,130
Turnout: 59% Diff (US): 5


1948 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Harry Truman* (D) 41,436 41.7%
Thomas Dewey (R) 56,345 56.7%
Henry Wallace (Prog) 712 0.7%
Other 901 0.9%
TOTAL 99,394
Turnout: 48% Diff (US): 12


1944 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 46,568 43.5%
Thomas Dewey (R) 59,728 55.8%
Other 726 0.7%
TOTAL 107,022
Turnout: 55% Diff (US): 10


1940 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 47,757 42.7%
Wendell Willkie (R) 63,515 56.8%
Other 567 0.5%
TOTAL 111,839
Turnout: 62% Diff (US): 12


1936 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 54,325 48.4%
Alf Landon (R) 49,510 44.1%
William Lemke (Union) 7,408 6.6%
Norman Thomas (Soc) 515 0.5%
Other 553 0.5%
TOTAL 112,311
Turnout: 69% Diff (US): 8


1932 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Franklin Roosevelt (D) 34,228 45.5%
Herbert Hoover* (R) 37,161 49.3%
Norman Thomas (Soc) 3,008 4.0%
Other 909 1.2%
TOTAL 75,306
Turnout: 47% Diff (US): 10


1928 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Herbert Hoover (R) 59,691 67.0%
Al Smith (D) 28,831 32.3%
Norman Thomas (Soc) 238 0.3%
Other 382 0.4%
TOTAL 89,142
Turnout: 58% Diff (US): 9


1924 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Calvin Coolidge (R) 38,900 63.7%
John Davis (D) 8,632 14.1%
Robert LaFollette (Prog) 12,095 19.8%
Other 1,448 2.4%
TOTAL 61,075
Turnout: 42% Diff (US): 10


1920 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Warren Harding (R) 37,288 63.6%
James Cox (D) 12,666 21.6%
Eugene Debs (Soc) 2,568 4.4%
Parley Christiansen (FL) 130 0.2%
Aaron Watkins (Proh) 5,889 10.0%
Other 101 0.2%
TOTAL 58,642
Turnout: 42% Diff (US): 3


1916 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Woodrow Wilson* (D) 18,083 45.0%
Charles Evans Hughes (R) 17,833 44.4%
Allan Benson (Soc) 1,872 4.7%
James Hanly (Proh) 2,374 5.9%
Other 29 0.1%
TOTAL 40,191
Turnout: 30% Diff (US): -2


1912 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Woodrow Wilson (D) 11,287 29.8%
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 12,092 31.9%
William Taft* (R) 9,019 23.8%
Eugene Debs (Soc) 3,641 9.6%
Eugene Chafin (Proh) 1,795 4.7%
Other 39 0.1%
TOTAL 37,873
Turnout: 30% Diff (US): 1


1908 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
William Taft (R) 23,179 55.8%
William J. Bryan (D) 13,895 33.4%
Eugene Debs (Soc) 1,548 3.7%
Eugene Chafin (Proh) 2,826 6.8%
Thomas Hisgen (I) 56 0.1%
Other 52 0.1%
TOTAL 41,556
Turnout: 36% Diff (US): 4


1904 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
Theodore Roosevelt (R) 24,138 62.6%
Alton Parker (D) 9,986 25.9%
Eugene Debs (Soc) 1,330 3.5%
Silas Swallow (Proh) 2,977 7.7%
Other 115 0.3%
TOTAL 38,546
Turnout: 34% Diff (US): 6


1900 President, Erie, PA Market Area
CandidateVotesPct
William McKinley* (R) 25,130 56.8%
William J. Bryan (D) 16,781 37.9%
John Woolley (Proh) 1,720 3.9%
Eugene Debs (Soc) 330 0.7%
Other 309 0.7%
TOTAL 44,270
Turnout: 40% Diff (US): 5
* incumbent