Pennsylvania State Senate District 34

State Legislative District Profile (Upper Chamber)

Overview

District ID
pa-sd-034
State
Pennsylvania
Chamber
Upper chamber (state senate)
District Code
034
Land Area
1,314.4 sq mi
Water Area
21.7 sq mi

Boundary

Boundary of Pennsylvania State Senate District 34

Boundary as GeoJSON

Source: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line state legislative district boundaries.

Counties

CountyOverlapShare of district landShare of county land
Perry County551.45 sq mi42.0%100.0%
Cumberland County516.17 sq mi39.3%94.6%
Dauphin County246.77 sq mi18.8%47.0%

Showing all 3 counties

Places

PlaceOverlapShare of district landShare of place land
Carlisle borough5.43 sq mi0.4%98.2%
Schlusser CDP3.44 sq mi0.3%100.0%
Gratz borough2.95 sq mi0.2%100.0%
Boiling Springs CDP2.47 sq mi0.2%100.0%
Marysville borough2.33 sq mi0.2%100.0%
Camp Hill borough2.13 sq mi0.2%100.0%
Enola CDP1.61 sq mi0.1%100.0%
New Kingstown CDP1.59 sq mi0.1%100.0%
Mount Holly Springs borough1.36 sq mi0.1%100.0%
Shippensburg borough1.31 sq mi0.1%64.6%
Lykens borough1.22 sq mi0.1%100.0%
Wiconsico CDP1.09 sq mi0.1%100.0%
Liverpool borough0.88 sq mi0.1%99.9%
Millerstown borough0.85 sq mi0.1%100.0%
Wormleysburg borough0.78 sq mi0.1%99.9%
Millersburg borough0.76 sq mi0.1%100.0%
Plainfield CDP0.65 sq mi<0.1%100.0%
Bloomfield borough0.61 sq mi<0.1%99.9%
Berrysburg borough0.61 sq mi<0.1%100.0%
Elizabethville borough0.55 sq mi<0.1%100.0%
Pillow borough0.49 sq mi<0.1%100.0%
Newville borough0.42 sq mi<0.1%100.0%
Duncannon borough0.41 sq mi<0.1%100.0%
Carlisle Barracks CDP0.34 sq mi<0.1%99.9%
Halifax borough0.34 sq mi<0.1%99.9%

Showing top 25 of 34 places

Overlapping Congressional Districts

Congressional districtPopulation in bothShare of this district's populationShare of the congressional district's populationShare of this district's land
PA District 10194,74773.2%25.5%45.7%
PA District 1371,40626.8%9.3%54.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 blocks and 2025 block equivalency files (119th Congress, 2024 state legislative plans).

Voters

Registered Voters
183,776
Active Voters
175,366 (95.4%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic53,20529.0%
Republican99,94854.4%
Unaffiliated25,92214.1%
Other parties4,6892.6%
No party recorded120.0%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2025–202681,219 (44.2%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2023–2024147,748 (80.4%)17,765 (9.7%)29,018 (15.8%)
2021–2022110,604 (60.2%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2019–2020122,711 (66.8%)19,520 (10.6%)33,037 (18.0%)
2017–201886,004 (46.8%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2015–201693,034 (50.6%)16,356 (8.9%)37,297 (20.3%)
2013–201457,280 (31.2%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2011–201273,519 (40.0%)6,168 (3.4%)19,465 (10.6%)

Turnout counts today's registered voters with a counted ballot in the cycle's elections (the odd and even year), as a share of today's registered voters. Voters who have since left the rolls are not counted.

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Source: Civitech voter file snapshot as of 01/05/2026. These are registered voters, separate from the Census population figures. Counts under 10 are suppressed and shown as "<10".

Demographics

Total Population
273,552 (± 502)
Median Age
41.5
Median Household Income
$84,313 (± $1,723)
High School Graduate or Higher (age 25+)
92.3%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher (age 25+)
33.6%

Population by Age

GroupPeopleShare
Under 1857,63421.1%
18 to 64162,16059.3%
65 and over53,75819.7%

Population by Race and Hispanic Origin

GroupPeopleShare
Hispanic or Latino (any race)11,0584.0%
White, not Hispanic230,10484.1%
Black, not Hispanic7,6642.8%
Asian, not Hispanic13,4464.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native, not Hispanic720.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander, not Hispanic100.0%
Some other race, not Hispanic8820.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic10,3163.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 ACS 5-year estimates (tables B01001, B01002, B01003, B03002, B15003, B19013) for this state legislative district. Estimates are survey-based; ± figures are 90% margins of error.

Citizen Voting Age Population

Total Citizen Population
265,229
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
208,677

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic255,61996.4%
Hispanic9,6123.6%
White231,35487.2%
Black7,1682.7%
Asian9,0363.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native710.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander110.0%
Two or More Races9120.3%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic202,35297.0%
Hispanic6,3233.0%
White186,79089.5%
Black6,8383.3%
Asian7,3053.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native8770.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander100.0%
Two or More Races5390.3%

Source: Redistricting Data Hub / U.S. Census Bureau CVAP Special Tabulation (2020-2024 ACS 5-year).