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      Home›Pennsylvania›PA-16

      Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District

      R+27.3
      ↓ R+8.6 vs 2022· Pennsylvania · Latest: 2024

      Safe Republican — 0D, 25R in 25 House elections

      Population763K

      Current Representative

      REPMike KellyElected 2024

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

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      Key Insights

      • Has voted Republican in the last 5 presidential elections
      • Latest election (2024) was a Republican landslide with a 22.8% margin

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      2024 House ElectionPennsylvania Profile

      Who lives in Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District? 762,592 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      PA-16 vs Pennsylvania vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      763K
      State: 13.0M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.23%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      75.9%
      State: 76.3% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      5.0%
      State: 12.4% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      95.0%
      State: 87.6% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $67,764
      State: $80,054 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      12.4%
      State: 11.7% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      30.0%
      State: 35.2% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      72.7%
      State: 69.3% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      42.9 yrs
      State: 41.2 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      14.6%
      State: 15.2% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      21.3%
      State: 19.5% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      2.9%
      State: 7.7% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      PA-16 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 87.6%Black 4.3%Multiracial 3.8%Hispanic 2.9%Asian 1.3%
      GroupPA-16StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      87.6%73.0%57.4%
      ▶Black(13)
      4.3%10.6%12.2%
      Multiracial / Other
      3.8%3.6%4.0%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(17)
      2.9%8.7%19.3%
      ▶Asian(6)
      1.3%3.8%6.0%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(10)
      1.2%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(1)
      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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