† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 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
GroupCarbondale, ILIllinoisUnited States
German19.2%16.1%12.5%
English13.3%6.9%9.5%
Irish10.3%10.6%9.4%
Italian3.8%5.4%4.8%
American3.1%3.3%5.3%
French2.4%0.7%1.6%
Scottish2.4%—1.3%
Polish1.9%6.0%2.2%
African American†13.2%12.1%9.9%
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
Mexican3.9%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.7%1.7%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%0.3%0.5%
Asian Indian0.9%2.1%1.4%
Chinese0.6%1.0%1.3%
Nepalese0.6%——
Korean0.5%0.4%0.4%
Pakistani0.2%0.3%—
Bangladeshi0.2%——
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
Carbondale, IL
Illinois
United States
Median age
32.4
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
21.6%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.6%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Carbondale, IL
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$48,763
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
21.0%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.3%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Carbondale, IL
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.8%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
3.4%
14.0%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Other Indo-European
2.1%
2.6%
2.0%
Arabic
1.0%
0.6%
0.4%
Religious landscape
Measure
Carbondale, IL
Illinois
United States
Catholic
2.9%
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
25.2%
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
54.0%
49.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.2%
5.3%
5.2%
Muslim
6.3%
3.7%
1.3%
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.
Carbondale, IL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−2.7%
1896
−3.3%
1900
−4.2%
1904
−23.1%
1908
−11.5%
1912
+6.9%
1916
−10.2%
1920
−25.7%
1924
−13.2%
1928
−22.1%
1932
+11.8%
1936
−1.9%
1940
−11.0%
1944
−19.5%
1948
−8.8%
1952
−15.5%
1956
−17.5%
1960
−10.7%
1964
+26.9%
1968
−1.4%
1972
+2.9%
1976
+11.6%
1980
−0.9%
1984
−5.8%
1988
+7.8%
1992
+26.5%
1996
+21.8%
2000
+8.4%
2004
+12.0%
2008
+21.8%
2012
+14.3%
2016
+3.2%
2020
+1.3%
2024
+3.5%
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
50.7%Harris11,394
47.2%Trump10,614
2.0%
D+3.5
D+2.2
D+4.9
22,465
D
49.2%Biden11,181
47.9%Trump10,890
2.8%
D+1.3
R+1.9
R+3.2
22,718
D
47.3%Clinton11,634
44.0%Trump10,843
8.7%
D+3.2
R+11.1
D+1.1
24,617
D
55.3%Obama13,319
40.9%Romney9,864
3.8%
D+14.3
R+7.4
D+10.5
24,104
D
59.7%Obama15,248
37.9%McCain9,687
2.3%
D+21.8
D+9.7
D+14.5
25,532
D
55.4%Kerry14,300
43.3%Bush11,190
1.3%
D+12.0
D+3.6
D+14.5
25,826
D
51.0%Gore11,773
42.5%Bush9,823
6.5%
D+8.4
R+13.3
D+7.9
23,090
D
55.5%Clinton12,214
33.7%Dole7,422
10.8%
D+21.8
R+4.7
D+13.3
22,011
D
54.7%Clinton13,373
28.2%Bush6,899
17.0%
D+26.5
D+18.7
D+20.9
24,434
D
53.5%Dukakis11,334
45.7%Bush9,687
0.8%
D+7.8
D+13.6
D+15.5
21,185
R
46.7%Mondale12,105
52.6%Reagan13,609
0.7%
R+5.8
R+4.9
D+12.4
25,896
R
43.2%Carter10,291
44.1%Reagan10,505
12.7%
R+0.9
R+12.5
D+8.8
23,829
D
53.6%Carter12,940
42.1%Ford10,152
4.3%
D+11.6
D+8.6
D+9.5
24,122
D
51.4%McGovern13,146
48.4%Nixon12,393
0.2%
D+2.9
D+4.4
D+26.1
25,594
R
45.1%Humphrey8,856
46.5%Nixon9,134
8.5%
R+1.4
R+28.3
R+0.7
19,657
D
63.4%Johnson12,165
36.6%Goldwater7,013
0.0%
D+26.9
D+37.5
D+4.3
19,178
R
44.6%Kennedy8,527
55.3%Nixon10,568
0.1%
R+10.7
D+6.8
R+10.8
19,112
R
41.2%Stevenson7,391
58.7%Eisenhower10,526
0.1%
R+17.5
R+2.0
R+2.1
17,927
R
42.2%Stevenson7,457
57.7%Eisenhower10,193
0.1%
R+15.5
R+6.7
R+4.7
17,674
R
45.0%Truman6,939
53.8%Dewey8,288
1.2%
R+8.8
D+10.7
R+13.2
15,408
R
40.1%Roosevelt6,735
59.6%Dewey10,002
0.3%
R+19.5
R+8.5
R+27.0
16,791
R
44.2%Roosevelt9,600
55.2%Willkie11,980
0.6%
R+11.0
R+9.1
R+20.9
21,708
R
48.5%Roosevelt9,971
50.4%Landon10,363
1.0%
R+1.9
R+13.7
R+26.2
20,546
D
54.9%Roosevelt9,730
43.1%Hoover7,636
2.0%
D+11.8
D+34.0
R+6.0
17,715
R
38.6%Smith5,836
60.8%Hoover9,180
0.6%
R+22.1
R+9.0
R+4.7
15,102
R
36.1%Davis4,707
49.3%Coolidge6,424
14.6%
R+13.2
D+12.5
D+12.0
13,030
R
34.3%Cox4,575
60.0%Harding8,003
5.8%
R+25.7
R+15.5
D+0.5
13,347
R
43.9%Wilson6,780
54.1%Hughes8,356
2.0%
R+10.2
R+17.1
R+13.3
15,443
D
42.4%Wilson3,323
35.5%Taft2,780
22.1%
D+6.9
D+18.4
R+12.6
7,833
R
41.6%Bryan3,149
53.1%Taft4,016
5.3%
R+11.5
D+11.6
R+1.9
7,568
R
33.2%Parker2,350
56.3%Roosevelt3,984
10.5%
R+23.1
R+18.9
R+3.4
7,076
R
46.8%Bryan3,723
51.0%McKinley4,054
2.2%
R+4.2
R+0.9
D+3.4
7,954
R
47.7%Bryan3,631
50.9%McKinley3,879
1.4%
R+3.3
R+0.6
D+2.8
7,620
R
44.2%Cleveland2,858
46.9%Harrison3,031
8.8%
R+2.7
—
R+4.3
6,460
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
D
53.2%9,109
45.0%7,693
17,110
2020
D
50.5%11,338
45.9%10,291
22,434
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Carbondale, IL
Year
Total registered
2016
42,374
2018
39,503
2020
36,336
2022
35,165
2024
36,442
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−414 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −9,310 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Carbondale, IL in Carbondale, IL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−423
2012
−1,837
2013
+255
2014
−860
2015
−609
2016
−961
2017
−1,259
2018
−921
2019
−845
2021
−266
2022
−502
2023
−514
2024
−154
2025
−414
Carbondale's voting patterns diverge sharply from surrounding Jackson County precincts, driven by a student and faculty population at SIU that tilts the city's electorate well left of the region's broader rural baseline.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 25.7 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.5 points.
A population of 53,064, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $48,763 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Athens, OH and Gainesville, FL.
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In 2024, Carbondale, IL, Illinois voted Democratic by 3.5 points (D+3.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 22,465 votes cast, 11,394 went Democratic and 10,614 went Republican.
When did Carbondale, IL, Illinois last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Carbondale, IL, Illinois voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Carbondale, IL, Illinois?
Carbondale, IL, Illinois has a population of 53,064 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Carbondale, IL, Illinois?
Median household income in Carbondale, IL, Illinois is $48,763 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Carbondale, IL, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Carbondale, IL, Illinois from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
