† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
3 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
GroupCedar Rapids, IAIowaUnited States
German31.5%30.5%12.5%
Irish14.3%12.8%9.4%
English11.1%10.2%9.5%
Czech4.4%——
American4.0%4.6%5.3%
Norwegian3.8%4.1%—
Swedish1.8%1.9%—
French1.7%—1.6%
African American†4.1%2.6%9.9%
African0.4%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Sudanese0.2%0.2%—
Mexican2.7%5.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%0.4%0.5%
Asian Indian0.8%0.5%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.3%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.3%0.6%
Korean0.2%0.2%0.4%
Burmese0.2%0.3%—
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
Cedar Rapids, IA
Iowa
United States
Median age
39.7
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
8.7%
10.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.8%
18.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cedar Rapids, IA
Iowa
United States
Median household income
$78,204
$75,059
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.4%
11.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.9%
31.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cedar Rapids, IA
Iowa
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.3%
9.2%
22.3%
Spanish
2.1%
4.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cedar Rapids, IA
Iowa
United States
Catholic
16.7%
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
11.9%
10.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
55.0%
55.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
12.2%
15.8%
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.
Cedar Rapids, IA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−2.3%
1896
−16.4%
1900
−19.2%
1904
−30.6%
1908
−10.7%
1912
+9.6%
1916
−14.1%
1920
−45.8%
1924
−43.7%
1928
−33.5%
1932
+5.5%
1936
+5.0%
1940
−8.4%
1944
−1.4%
1948
+0.3%
1952
−20.7%
1956
−21.2%
1960
−11.7%
1964
+29.4%
1968
−3.9%
1972
−8.7%
1976
+2.1%
1980
−6.5%
1984
−4.2%
1988
+13.6%
1992
+9.0%
1996
+17.5%
2000
+8.3%
2004
+8.4%
2008
+19.0%
2012
+15.2%
2016
+3.6%
2020
+7.3%
2024
+3.0%
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
50.5%Harris75,039
47.6%Trump70,606
1.9%
D+3.0
R+4.3
D+4.5
148,448
D
52.4%Biden80,247
45.2%Trump69,124
2.4%
D+7.3
D+3.7
D+2.8
153,089
D
47.4%Clinton67,400
43.8%Trump62,342
8.8%
D+3.6
R+11.6
D+1.5
142,323
D
56.7%Obama80,977
41.5%Romney59,283
1.9%
D+15.2
R+3.8
D+11.3
142,925
D
58.8%Obama80,541
39.7%McCain54,478
1.5%
D+19.0
D+10.6
D+11.7
137,071
D
53.8%Kerry72,243
45.4%Bush60,934
0.8%
D+8.4
D+0.1
D+10.9
134,219
D
52.7%Gore59,502
44.3%Bush50,086
3.0%
D+8.3
R+9.2
D+7.8
112,973
D
54.7%Clinton55,711
37.2%Dole37,876
8.2%
D+17.5
D+8.5
D+9.0
101,895
D
43.0%Clinton46,542
34.0%Bush36,755
23.0%
D+9.0
R+4.5
D+3.5
108,224
D
56.4%Dukakis53,507
42.8%Bush40,636
0.8%
D+13.6
D+17.8
D+21.3
94,880
R
47.4%Mondale47,346
51.6%Reagan51,534
0.9%
R+4.2
D+2.3
D+14.0
99,784
R
40.6%Carter39,694
47.1%Reagan46,089
12.3%
R+6.5
R+8.6
D+3.2
97,772
D
50.0%Carter48,011
47.9%Ford45,990
2.0%
D+2.1
D+10.8
±0.0
95,931
R
44.7%McGovern39,120
53.5%Nixon46,738
1.8%
R+8.7
R+4.8
D+14.4
87,430
R
45.2%Humphrey37,257
49.0%Nixon40,447
5.8%
R+3.9
R+33.3
R+3.2
82,477
D
64.7%Johnson52,231
35.2%Goldwater28,452
0.1%
D+29.4
D+41.1
D+6.9
80,785
R
44.1%Kennedy36,158
55.8%Nixon45,713
0.0%
R+11.7
D+9.5
R+11.8
81,909
R
39.1%Stevenson28,965
60.3%Eisenhower44,641
0.7%
R+21.2
R+0.5
R+5.8
74,089
R
39.1%Stevenson28,640
59.8%Eisenhower43,769
1.1%
R+20.7
R+21.0
R+9.9
73,203
D
48.7%Truman29,119
48.4%Dewey28,941
2.9%
D+0.3
D+1.7
R+4.2
59,787
R
49.1%Roosevelt29,305
50.5%Dewey30,124
0.3%
R+1.4
D+7.0
R+8.9
59,633
R
45.7%Roosevelt29,167
54.0%Willkie34,509
0.3%
R+8.4
R+13.4
R+18.3
63,857
D
51.4%Roosevelt30,382
46.4%Landon27,414
2.2%
D+5.0
R+0.5
R+19.2
59,096
D
52.0%Roosevelt28,715
46.5%Hoover25,657
1.6%
D+5.5
D+39.0
R+12.3
55,235
R
33.1%Smith17,998
66.5%Hoover36,211
0.4%
R+33.5
D+10.2
R+16.0
54,445
R
18.6%Davis9,612
62.2%Coolidge32,209
19.2%
R+43.7
D+2.1
R+18.5
51,750
R
25.7%Cox11,711
71.5%Harding32,537
2.7%
R+45.8
R+31.7
R+19.6
45,489
R
41.8%Wilson10,653
55.9%Hughes14,249
2.3%
R+14.1
R+23.7
R+17.2
25,497
D
42.2%Wilson10,083
32.6%Taft7,779
25.2%
D+9.6
D+20.3
R+9.9
23,890
R
43.3%Bryan10,087
54.0%Taft12,571
2.7%
R+10.7
D+19.9
R+1.1
23,275
R
32.4%Parker7,491
63.0%Roosevelt14,573
4.6%
R+30.6
R+11.4
R+10.9
23,135
R
39.2%Bryan9,646
58.4%McKinley14,375
2.3%
R+19.2
R+2.8
R+11.7
24,595
R
40.9%Bryan9,986
57.4%McKinley13,996
1.7%
R+16.4
R+14.1
R+10.4
24,389
R
47.5%Cleveland10,216
49.9%Harrison10,715
2.6%
R+2.3
—
R+4.0
21,486
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
51.1%57,872
48.7%55,171
113,201
2020
D
51.8%78,564
45.1%68,398
151,757
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+3.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+3.0
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.9 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Cedar Rapids, IA
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
178,631
64,567
46,153
67,818
93
2010
180,340
63,408
49,056
67,683
193
2012
186,524
63,722
50,813
71,687
302
2014
185,560
62,285
49,752
72,851
672
2016
186,377
63,555
51,667
69,859
1,296
2018
186,360
62,915
50,207
71,307
1,931
2020
193,452
71,328
55,038
65,080
2,006
2022
195,326
68,875
55,388
68,991
2,072
2024
197,060
64,728
57,157
73,042
2,133
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+849 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −781 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Cedar Rapids, IA in Cedar Rapids, IA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,095
2012
−486
2013
−695
2014
+83
2015
+447
2016
+419
2017
+920
2018
+231
2019
−149
2021
−1,263
2022
−1,381
2023
−1,387
2024
+536
2025
+849
Cedar Rapids anchors Linn County, a bellwether that has swung between parties in recent cycles as its workforce blends legacy industrial employment with a growing share of degree-holders reshaping suburban precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 29.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 45.8 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.0 points.
A population of 276,624, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,204 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA and Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL.
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In 2024, Cedar Rapids, IA, Iowa voted Democratic by 3.0 points (D+3.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 148,448 votes cast, 75,039 went Democratic and 70,606 went Republican.
When did Cedar Rapids, IA, Iowa last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Cedar Rapids, IA, Iowa voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Cedar Rapids, IA, Iowa?
Cedar Rapids, IA, Iowa has a population of 276,624 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cedar Rapids, IA, Iowa?
Median household income in Cedar Rapids, IA, Iowa is $78,204 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of Cedar Rapids, IA, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Cedar Rapids, IA, Iowa from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
