† 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
GroupDixon, ILIllinoisUnited States
German28.2%16.1%12.5%
Irish15.3%10.6%9.4%
English11.4%6.9%9.5%
Polish4.1%6.0%2.2%
American3.8%3.3%5.3%
Italian3.2%5.4%4.8%
Swedish2.5%1.5%—
French2.2%0.7%1.6%
Mexican5.1%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.1%1.7%1.8%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
African American†5.2%12.1%9.9%
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
Dixon, IL
Illinois
United States
Median age
43.1
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
6.7%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.3%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Dixon, IL
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$70,292
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.8%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.4%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Dixon, IL
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.6%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.8%
14.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Dixon, IL
Illinois
United States
Catholic
23.0%
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
4.7%
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
54.1%
49.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
15.5%
5.3%
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.
Dixon, IL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−11.9%
1896
−31.4%
1900
−30.2%
1904
−45.6%
1908
−31.5%
1912
+8.0%
1916
−31.2%
1920
−61.2%
1924
−49.7%
1928
−34.6%
1932
−4.1%
1936
−12.7%
1940
−30.2%
1944
−35.9%
1948
−34.5%
1952
−43.5%
1956
−44.0%
1960
−29.5%
1964
−7.2%
1968
−31.9%
1972
−37.8%
1976
−17.2%
1980
−53.1%
1984
−47.9%
1988
−31.6%
1992
−7.3%
1996
−5.5%
2000
−13.4%
2004
−18.2%
2008
−3.0%
2012
−7.3%
2016
−19.9%
2020
−19.6%
2024
−22.2%
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
R
37.9%Harris6,105
60.1%Trump9,680
2.0%
R+22.2
R+2.6
R+20.7
16,113
R
39.0%Biden6,407
58.6%Trump9,630
2.5%
R+19.6
D+0.3
R+24.1
16,440
R
35.7%Clinton5,528
55.6%Trump8,612
8.7%
R+19.9
R+12.6
R+22.0
15,489
R
45.2%Obama6,937
52.5%Romney8,059
2.3%
R+7.3
R+4.3
R+11.2
15,348
R
47.6%Obama7,765
50.6%McCain8,258
1.8%
R+3.0
D+15.2
R+10.3
16,318
R
40.4%Kerry6,416
58.6%Bush9,307
1.0%
R+18.2
R+4.8
R+15.8
15,876
R
41.8%Gore6,111
55.2%Bush8,069
3.0%
R+13.4
R+7.9
R+13.9
14,620
R
41.6%Clinton5,895
47.1%Dole6,677
11.4%
R+5.5
D+1.8
R+14.0
14,182
R
35.9%Clinton5,530
43.1%Bush6,652
21.0%
R+7.3
D+24.3
R+12.8
15,417
R
33.9%Dukakis4,608
65.5%Bush8,903
0.6%
R+31.6
D+16.3
R+23.9
13,596
R
25.9%Mondale3,919
73.8%Reagan11,178
0.4%
R+47.9
D+5.2
R+29.7
15,155
R
20.5%Carter3,170
73.7%Reagan11,373
5.8%
R+53.1
R+35.9
R+43.4
15,438
R
40.3%Carter6,076
57.5%Ford8,674
2.2%
R+17.2
D+20.5
R+19.3
15,076
R
30.9%McGovern4,788
68.7%Nixon10,636
0.4%
R+37.8
R+5.8
R+14.6
15,489
R
31.0%Humphrey4,727
62.9%Nixon9,598
6.1%
R+31.9
R+24.8
R+31.2
15,255
R
46.4%Johnson7,315
53.6%Goldwater8,445
0.0%
R+7.2
D+22.3
R+29.8
15,760
R
35.2%Kennedy5,896
64.7%Nixon10,835
0.0%
R+29.5
D+14.5
R+29.7
16,739
R
28.0%Stevenson4,531
72.0%Eisenhower11,653
0.0%
R+44.0
R+0.5
R+28.6
16,189
R
28.2%Stevenson4,700
71.7%Eisenhower11,941
0.1%
R+43.5
R+9.0
R+32.7
16,651
R
32.5%Truman4,368
67.0%Dewey9,001
0.5%
R+34.5
D+1.4
R+39.0
13,441
R
32.0%Roosevelt4,899
67.9%Dewey10,397
0.1%
R+35.9
R+5.7
R+43.4
15,317
R
34.7%Roosevelt6,005
65.0%Willkie11,228
0.3%
R+30.2
R+17.5
R+40.2
17,285
R
42.2%Roosevelt6,845
54.9%Landon8,914
2.9%
R+12.7
R+8.7
R+37.0
16,232
R
47.4%Roosevelt7,182
51.5%Hoover7,802
1.2%
R+4.1
D+30.5
R+21.9
15,161
R
32.5%Smith4,476
67.1%Hoover9,238
0.3%
R+34.6
D+15.1
R+17.1
13,760
R
19.6%Davis2,367
69.4%Coolidge8,363
11.0%
R+49.7
D+11.4
R+24.6
12,057
R
17.8%Cox1,715
78.9%Harding7,615
3.3%
R+61.2
R+29.9
R+35.0
9,646
R
32.8%Wilson4,087
64.0%Hughes7,985
3.3%
R+31.2
R+39.2
R+34.4
12,479
O
31.0%Wilson1,995
23.0%Taft1,482
46.0%
Roosevelt +15.0
D+39.5
R+11.6
6,436
R
32.0%Bryan2,144
63.5%Taft4,255
4.5%
R+31.5
D+14.1
R+21.9
6,701
R
24.1%Parker1,604
69.8%Roosevelt4,634
6.1%
R+45.6
R+15.4
R+26.0
6,642
R
33.3%Bryan2,528
63.5%McKinley4,820
3.1%
R+30.2
D+1.2
R+22.7
7,585
R
33.3%Bryan2,469
64.8%McKinley4,797
1.9%
R+31.4
R+19.5
R+25.4
7,405
R
42.3%Cleveland2,740
54.2%Harrison3,513
3.5%
R+11.9
—
R+13.6
6,477
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
39.0%4,685
59.2%7,113
12,012
2020
R
39.8%6,446
56.7%9,188
16,200
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Dixon, IL
Year
Total registered
2016
23,332
2018
22,703
2020
22,776
2022
22,719
2024
22,308
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+178 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,474 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Dixon, IL in Dixon, IL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−353
2012
−447
2013
−94
2014
−204
2015
−354
2016
−7
2017
+65
2018
−217
2019
−169
2021
+32
2022
−537
2023
−454
2024
+87
2025
+178
Dixon anchors Lee County, a reliably Republican corner of northwestern Illinois where blue-collar industry and rural demographics have kept presidential margins wide even as the state trends Democratic statewide.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 8.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 61.2 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.2 points.
A population of 33,869, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,292 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rochelle, IL and Freeport, IL.
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In 2024, Dixon, IL, Illinois voted Republican by 22.2 points (R+22.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,113 votes cast, 6,105 went Democratic and 9,680 went Republican.
How many people live in Dixon, IL, Illinois?
Dixon, IL, Illinois has a population of 33,869 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dixon, IL, Illinois?
Median household income in Dixon, IL, Illinois is $70,292 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Dixon, IL, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Dixon, IL, Illinois from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 33 went Republican.
