Midterm Pulse2026US Electionsby Jorge Garcelán
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STATE · 2026 MIDTERMS

Pennsylvania

17House seats
10favour D
1toss-up
4in play
R+1.7President 2024

TERRITORY · CENSUS 2020

Where its people live. Pennsylvania is the 19th most urban of 50 states.

77 %live in urban areasU.S.: 80 %
3,055,600people live in rural areas24 % of residents
12 %live in Philadelphia1,603,797 residents

Where the people are

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UrbanRuralEach dot is a Census block group, about 1,500 people, sized by its population (Census 2020).

Largest cities and towns

  1. Philadelphia1,603,79712 % of residents
  2. Pittsburgh302,9712.3 % of residents
  3. Allentown125,8451 % of residents
  4. Reading95,1120.7 % of residents
  5. Erie94,8310.7 % of residents
  6. Scranton76,3280.6 % of residents
  7. Bethlehem75,7810.6 % of residents
  8. Lancaster58,0390.4 % of residents

In Pennsylvania towns and townships are not Census places: the list holds its cities, villages and census-designated places only.

Pennsylvania's districts, by urban share

Pennsylvania: 77 % · United States: 80 %

U.S. 80 %

Urban means living inside a 2020 Census urban area, a densely settled core of at least 5,000 people or 2,000 homes; the Census Bureau has no suburban category. Cities are Census places (incorporated cities and towns, and census-designated places), counted block by block on the November 2026 district lines. Census Bureau ↗

State profile

Pennsylvania at a glance

— House seats

Census profile

Pennsylvania vs. the country

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Presidential results

Pennsylvania since 1976

MIT Election Lab
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Two-party margin of the presidential vote in the state (Democratic share minus Republican share of all votes cast).