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      Home›Pennsylvania›PA-12

      Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District

      D+12.8
      → Even vs 2022· Pennsylvania · Latest: 2024

      Leans Democratic — flipped 2 times in 25 elections

      Population761K

      Current Representative

      DEMSummer L LeeElected 2024

      118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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      • Has voted Democratic in the last 5 presidential elections

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      Who lives in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District? 760,856 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      PA-12 vs Pennsylvania vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      761K
      State: 13.0M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.23%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      78.4%
      State: 76.3% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      8.5%
      State: 12.4% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      91.5%
      State: 87.6% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $71,986
      State: $80,054 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      14.0%
      State: 11.7% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      41.9%
      State: 35.2% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      62.8%
      State: 69.3% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      39.5 yrs
      State: 41.2 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      18.2%
      State: 15.2% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      19.8%
      State: 19.5% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      6.4%
      State: 7.7% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      PA-12 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 73.0%Black 15.0%Multiracial 4.6%Asian 4.2%Hispanic 3.1%
      GroupPA-12StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      73.0%73.0%57.4%
      ▶Black(15)
      15.0%10.6%12.2%
      Multiracial / Other
      4.6%3.6%4.0%
      ▶Asian(6)
      4.2%3.8%6.0%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(17)
      3.1%8.7%19.3%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(10)
      1.8%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(2)
      0.1%0.2%0.9%

      Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

      Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

      MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).

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