† 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
GroupFreeport, ILIllinoisUnited States
German36.8%16.1%12.5%
Irish13.0%10.6%9.4%
English10.1%6.9%9.5%
Italian3.1%5.4%4.8%
American3.1%3.3%5.3%
Dutch2.8%——
Swedish2.6%1.5%—
Polish2.2%6.0%2.2%
African American†8.0%12.1%9.9%
African0.3%0.5%0.5%
Mexican4.2%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%1.7%1.8%
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
Peruvian0.2%——
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
Freeport, IL
Illinois
United States
Median age
45.3
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
7.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.2%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Freeport, IL
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$64,043
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.9%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.7%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Freeport, IL
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.8%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.0%
14.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Freeport, IL
Illinois
United States
Catholic
21.2%
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
20.1%
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
39.9%
49.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
12.9%
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.
Freeport, IL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+1.9%
1896
−10.9%
1900
−7.8%
1904
−18.6%
1908
−5.9%
1912
+27.4%
1916
−21.4%
1920
−53.0%
1924
−38.1%
1928
−36.3%
1932
+8.7%
1936
+2.9%
1940
−22.3%
1944
−21.2%
1948
−17.4%
1952
−37.2%
1956
−38.3%
1960
−26.4%
1964
+8.0%
1968
−24.0%
1972
−35.9%
1976
−23.4%
1980
−22.5%
1984
−35.6%
1988
−20.5%
1992
−5.1%
1996
−9.5%
2000
−13.7%
2004
−15.5%
2008
+6.7%
2012
−1.6%
2016
−16.3%
2020
−15.7%
2024
−19.4%
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
39.4%Harris8,278
58.8%Trump12,347
1.8%
R+19.4
R+3.7
R+17.9
20,995
R
41.0%Biden9,055
56.6%Trump12,521
2.4%
R+15.7
D+0.6
R+20.1
22,111
R
38.2%Clinton7,768
54.5%Trump11,083
7.3%
R+16.3
R+14.7
R+18.4
20,343
R
48.1%Obama10,165
49.8%Romney10,512
2.1%
R+1.6
R+8.3
R+5.5
21,128
D
52.5%Obama11,349
45.9%McCain9,909
1.6%
D+6.7
D+22.1
R+0.6
21,605
R
41.8%Kerry8,913
57.3%Bush12,212
0.9%
R+15.5
R+1.8
R+13.0
21,320
R
41.6%Gore8,062
55.3%Bush10,715
3.1%
R+13.7
R+4.2
R+14.2
19,378
R
39.4%Clinton7,145
48.9%Dole8,871
11.6%
R+9.5
R+4.4
R+18.0
18,125
R
36.5%Clinton7,899
41.6%Bush9,005
21.9%
R+5.1
D+15.4
R+10.7
21,656
R
39.4%Dukakis7,460
59.9%Bush11,342
0.8%
R+20.5
D+15.1
R+12.8
18,945
R
31.8%Mondale6,723
67.4%Reagan14,237
0.8%
R+35.6
R+13.1
R+17.3
21,131
R
30.4%Carter6,195
52.9%Reagan10,779
16.7%
R+22.5
D+1.0
R+12.7
20,388
R
37.6%Carter7,192
61.0%Ford11,678
1.4%
R+23.4
D+12.4
R+25.5
19,137
R
32.0%McGovern6,404
67.9%Nixon13,584
0.2%
R+35.9
R+11.9
R+12.7
20,019
R
35.3%Humphrey7,040
59.3%Nixon11,821
5.4%
R+24.0
R+32.0
R+23.3
19,928
D
54.0%Johnson10,854
46.0%Goldwater9,252
0.0%
D+8.0
D+34.4
R+14.6
20,106
R
36.6%Kennedy8,055
63.1%Nixon13,872
0.3%
R+26.4
D+11.9
R+26.6
21,995
R
30.8%Stevenson6,349
69.1%Eisenhower14,245
0.1%
R+38.3
R+1.1
R+22.9
20,614
R
31.3%Stevenson6,605
68.5%Eisenhower14,446
0.2%
R+37.2
R+19.8
R+26.4
21,086
R
40.9%Truman7,409
58.3%Dewey10,564
0.8%
R+17.4
D+3.7
R+21.9
18,122
R
39.1%Roosevelt7,755
60.3%Dewey11,948
0.6%
R+21.2
D+1.1
R+28.6
19,821
R
38.7%Roosevelt8,911
60.9%Willkie14,040
0.4%
R+22.3
R+25.2
R+32.2
23,045
D
49.5%Roosevelt10,567
46.6%Landon9,943
3.9%
D+2.9
R+5.8
R+21.3
21,342
D
53.1%Roosevelt10,728
44.4%Hoover8,963
2.5%
D+8.7
D+45.1
R+9.1
20,198
R
31.6%Smith5,579
68.0%Hoover11,992
0.4%
R+36.3
D+1.8
R+18.9
17,643
R
15.1%Davis2,452
53.3%Coolidge8,638
31.6%
R+38.1
D+14.9
R+13.0
16,216
R
21.6%Cox2,772
74.6%Harding9,570
3.7%
R+53.0
R+31.6
R+26.8
12,821
R
37.1%Wilson5,463
58.5%Hughes8,620
4.5%
R+21.4
R+48.8
R+24.6
14,744
D
42.5%Wilson3,850
15.1%Taft1,367
42.4%
D+27.4
D+33.3
D+7.9
9,060
R
45.1%Bryan4,076
50.9%Taft4,605
4.0%
R+5.9
D+12.7
D+3.7
9,041
R
38.0%Parker3,275
56.6%Roosevelt4,876
5.3%
R+18.6
R+10.8
D+1.1
8,611
R
44.7%Bryan3,983
52.5%McKinley4,677
2.8%
R+7.8
D+3.1
R+0.2
8,910
R
43.3%Bryan3,776
54.2%McKinley4,728
2.6%
R+10.9
R+12.8
R+4.8
8,729
D
48.6%Cleveland3,717
46.8%Harrison3,574
4.6%
D+1.9
—
D+0.2
7,643
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
41.5%6,914
56.4%9,393
16,660
2020
R
41.5%9,043
54.8%11,954
21,798
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Freeport, IL
Year
Total registered
2016
34,641
2018
34,853
2020
33,476
2022
28,385
2024
29,105
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−17 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −3,655 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Freeport, IL in Freeport, IL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−252
2012
−451
2013
−191
2014
−404
2015
−612
2016
−144
2017
−461
2018
−146
2019
−252
2021
−220
2022
−246
2023
−181
2024
−78
2025
−17
Freeport anchors Stephenson County, a historically industrial corner of northwest Illinois where a shrinking factory base has coincided with a long-term rightward shift in presidential margins over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 53.0 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.4 points.
A population of 43,768, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,043 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dixon, IL and Shawano, WI.
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In 2024, Freeport, IL, Illinois voted Republican by 19.4 points (R+19.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,995 votes cast, 8,278 went Democratic and 12,347 went Republican.
When did Freeport, IL, Illinois last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Freeport, IL, Illinois voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Freeport, IL, Illinois?
Freeport, IL, Illinois has a population of 43,768 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Freeport, IL, Illinois?
Median household income in Freeport, IL, Illinois is $64,043 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Freeport, IL, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Freeport, IL, Illinois from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.
