How did the 2024 popular vote totals break down by state and county?

1. Nationwide totals and turnout context

Multiple reputable aggregators and analyses put the 2024 national popular vote at roughly Trump ~77.3 million and Harris ~75.0 million — figures repeated by Brookings and cartographic sites that compiled official returns ^{[1] [2]} — while the Census Bureau’s post‑election tables reported that 65.3% of the citizen voting‑age population voted, with 73.6% registered ^[6]. The Federal Election Commission published an “Official 2024 Presidential General Election Results” compilation that is the formal repository for certified nationwide returns, and state boards’ canvasses feed media aggregations like AP, CNN and the New York Times ^{[5] [3] [7] [4]}.

2. State-by-state breakdown: broad patterns and notable exceptions

State-level returns followed familiar geography but with significant movement: Trump converted gains in several Sun Belt and Southwestern states and improved performance in traditionally Democratic suburbs and some large urban counties, while Harris won enough states and districts to keep the contest close in the electoral map ^{[1] [8]}. Certain single-state particulars are highlighted in the sources: for example, Maine’s and Nebraska’s allocation by congressional district mattered — Maine overall went to Harris but Trump captured a congressional‑district electoral vote by winning Maine’s 2nd district ^{[9] [8]} — and New York’s returns showed a striking story of urban turnout decline and county swings, with reporting that excluding the five NYC boroughs would have left Trump ahead in raw state votes ^{[10] [1]}.

3. County-level picture: maps, turnout shifts and geographic polarization

County‑level maps published by media outlets and map projects depict a country where vast rural tracts gave large margins to Trump while dense urban counties remained Democratic but in many places saw reduced margins or turnout drops that narrowed statewide totals ^{[9] [4] [2]}. Analysts noted substantial turnout declines in Democratic strongholds such as parts of California — Los Angeles County’s turnout dropped sharply relative to 2020 and contributed to narrower statewide margins — a dynamic highlighted by Brookings and commentators cited therein ^[1]. Aggregators like 270toWin and the NYT provide interactive county-by-county results, and state boards (e.g., Maryland’s published county breakdown) publish official county tallies that underlie national maps ^{[8] [4] [11]}.

4. Where to find complete state and county totals, and caveats about aggregation

Complete, certified state and county vote totals are produced by each state’s election authority and assembled into national PDFs and databases (the FEC’s official results document and state canvass pages are primary sources) — media outlets (AP, NYT, CNN) and data aggregators (Uselectionatlas/270toWin) republish and visualize those returns, but the material provided here does not include a full replicated table of every state and county vote count ^{[5] [3] [4] [12]}. Analysts and readers should note that different outlets may show slightly different “final” totals depending on the time of aggregation and inclusion of late-certified precincts or write‑ins; the FEC and individual state boards are authoritative for certified counts ^{[5] [11]}. Where reporting emphasizes narratives — turnout declines, demographic shifts, or geographic maps — those outlets also have editorial lenses and priorities that shape which state or county stories get foregrounded ^{[1] [4]}.