† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBloomington, INIndianaUnited States
German17.0%19.5%12.5%
English14.4%11.3%9.5%
Irish11.1%10.1%9.4%
American6.6%6.9%5.3%
Italian3.4%2.4%4.8%
Scottish2.6%1.5%1.3%
Polish2.3%2.6%2.2%
French1.7%1.3%1.6%
Chinese1.8%0.4%1.3%
Asian Indian1.7%0.8%1.4%
Korean0.4%—0.4%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Nepalese0.3%——
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
Pakistani0.2%——
Mexican1.8%5.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.8%1.8%
Spaniard0.3%——
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Venezuelan0.2%0.2%—
Spanish0.2%——
African American†2.3%7.7%9.9%
Nigerian0.3%0.3%0.2%
African0.2%0.5%0.5%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Bloomington, IN
Indiana
United States
Median age
33
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
22.7%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.5%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bloomington, IN
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$65,416
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.7%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
45.2%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bloomington, IN
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.2%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
2.7%
5.5%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.9%
0.9%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.8%
0.4%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.0%
0.8%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bloomington, IN
Indiana
United States
Catholic
3.8%
11.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.9%
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
72.3%
57.9%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.2%
7.1%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Bloomington, IN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+1.1%
1896
+2.6%
1900
−0.4%
1904
−6.9%
1908
+0.3%
1912
+21.6%
1916
−0.1%
1920
−5.6%
1924
−9.0%
1928
−27.6%
1932
+8.5%
1936
+3.2%
1940
−11.0%
1944
−13.1%
1948
−10.5%
1952
−20.8%
1956
−24.1%
1960
−29.3%
1964
+7.6%
1968
−12.0%
1972
−16.7%
1976
−5.1%
1980
−14.4%
1984
−21.3%
1988
−14.4%
1992
+5.0%
1996
+2.1%
2000
−7.3%
2004
+2.9%
2008
+27.3%
2012
+13.3%
2016
+14.1%
2020
+17.7%
2024
+16.2%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
57.2%Harris39,567
41.0%Trump28,364
0.3%Kennedy193 +2
D+16.2
R+1.5
D+17.7
69,132
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic57.2%39,567
Donald J TrumpRepublican41.0%28,364
OtherAll other candidates1.4%943
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.3%193
Chase OliverLibertarian0.1%65
D
57.9%Biden42,281
40.2%Trump29,357
1.9%
D+17.7
D+3.6
D+13.2
73,055
D
53.9%Clinton36,129
39.8%Trump26,678
6.2%
D+14.1
D+0.8
D+12.0
66,970
D
55.5%Obama36,259
42.2%Romney27,543
2.3%
D+13.3
R+14.0
D+9.5
65,336
D
63.1%Obama45,020
35.8%McCain25,533
1.2%
D+27.3
D+24.4
D+20.0
71,385
D
50.8%Kerry29,501
47.9%Bush27,834
1.3%
D+2.9
D+10.1
D+5.3
58,071
R
42.3%Gore19,776
49.6%Bush23,166
8.1%
R+7.3
R+9.4
R+7.8
46,723
D
45.3%Clinton20,775
43.2%Dole19,800
11.6%
D+2.1
R+2.9
R+6.4
45,875
D
43.7%Clinton21,919
38.7%Bush19,414
17.6%
D+5.0
D+19.4
R+0.6
50,142
R
42.3%Dukakis18,339
56.7%Bush24,593
1.1%
R+14.4
D+6.9
R+6.7
43,401
R
38.9%Mondale16,801
60.2%Reagan25,976
0.9%
R+21.3
R+6.8
R+3.0
43,149
R
36.3%Carter15,641
50.7%Reagan21,865
13.0%
R+14.4
R+9.4
R+4.7
43,106
R
47.2%Carter19,712
52.3%Ford21,834
0.5%
R+5.1
D+11.7
R+7.1
41,750
R
41.1%McGovern16,949
57.9%Nixon23,849
1.0%
R+16.7
R+4.7
D+6.4
41,222
R
38.9%Humphrey12,721
50.9%Nixon16,650
10.2%
R+12.0
R+19.6
R+11.3
32,698
D
53.5%Johnson15,257
45.9%Goldwater13,097
0.6%
D+7.6
D+36.9
R+15.0
28,532
R
35.0%Kennedy9,914
64.3%Nixon18,213
0.7%
R+29.3
R+5.2
R+29.5
28,312
R
37.8%Stevenson10,313
61.9%Eisenhower16,908
0.3%
R+24.1
R+3.4
R+8.7
27,316
R
39.3%Stevenson10,322
60.1%Eisenhower15,785
0.7%
R+20.8
R+10.2
R+10.0
26,286
R
43.2%Truman10,113
53.8%Dewey12,581
3.0%
R+10.5
D+2.6
R+15.0
23,402
R
42.6%Roosevelt9,411
55.7%Dewey12,311
1.7%
R+13.1
R+2.2
R+20.6
22,100
R
44.3%Roosevelt11,238
55.3%Willkie14,020
0.4%
R+11.0
R+14.1
R+20.9
25,367
D
51.4%Roosevelt12,718
48.2%Landon11,933
0.4%
D+3.2
R+5.3
R+21.1
24,758
D
53.3%Roosevelt12,117
44.8%Hoover10,182
1.9%
D+8.5
D+36.1
R+9.3
22,733
R
35.9%Smith6,737
63.5%Hoover11,919
0.6%
R+27.6
R+18.6
R+10.1
18,776
R
43.7%Davis7,359
52.7%Coolidge8,874
3.7%
R+9.0
R+3.4
D+16.2
16,853
R
46.4%Cox7,699
52.0%Harding8,630
1.6%
R+5.6
R+5.5
D+20.6
16,594
R
48.1%Wilson4,608
48.2%Hughes4,618
3.7%
R+0.1
R+21.7
R+3.2
9,577
D
45.3%Wilson4,017
23.7%Taft2,099
31.0%
D+21.6
D+21.4
D+2.1
8,866
D
49.0%Bryan4,803
48.7%Taft4,777
2.3%
D+0.3
D+7.2
D+9.8
9,802
R
45.0%Parker4,127
51.9%Roosevelt4,763
3.1%
R+6.9
R+6.5
D+12.7
9,171
R
48.7%Bryan4,454
49.1%McKinley4,494
2.2%
R+0.4
R+3.0
D+7.1
9,145
D
50.7%Bryan4,492
48.1%McKinley4,261
1.1%
D+2.6
D+1.5
D+8.7
8,853
D
45.9%Cleveland3,675
44.8%Harrison3,586
9.3%
D+1.1
—
R+0.5
8,002
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
56.0%38,113
41.0%27,931
68,067
2022
D
56.7%26,295
39.9%18,516
46,409
2018
D
61.6%36,403
34.1%20,141
59,106
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Bloomington, IN
Year
Total registered
2016
127,271
2018
107,768
2020
112,579
2022
113,464
2024
109,787
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+125 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,518 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Bloomington, IN in Bloomington, IN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+259
2012
−332
2013
−769
2014
−208
2015
−547
2016
+110
2017
−233
2018
−827
2019
−286
2021
+4,198
2022
−906
2023
−1,432
2024
−1,670
2025
+125
Home to Indiana University's flagship campus, the Bloomington metro votes markedly more Democratic than its surrounding rural counties, with Biden carrying Monroe County by roughly 30 points in 2020.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.3 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 29.3 points in 1960. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.2 points.
A population of 162,569, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,416 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Columbia, MO and Missoula, MT.
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In 2024, Bloomington, IN, Indiana voted Democratic by 16.2 points (D+16.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 69,132 votes cast, 39,567 went Democratic and 28,364 went Republican.
When did Bloomington, IN, Indiana last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Bloomington, IN, Indiana voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Bloomington, IN, Indiana?
Bloomington, IN, Indiana has a population of 162,569 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bloomington, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Bloomington, IN, Indiana is $65,416 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Bloomington, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Bloomington, IN, Indiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
