† 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
GroupRichmond, INIndianaUnited States
German17.6%19.5%12.5%
English14.8%11.3%9.5%
Irish11.1%10.1%9.4%
American8.4%6.9%5.3%
Italian2.6%2.4%4.8%
Scottish1.8%1.5%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.9%——
Dutch0.8%——
Mexican2.3%5.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.8%1.8%
Guatemalan0.3%0.2%0.5%
Peruvian0.2%——
African American†3.4%7.7%9.9%
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
Richmond, IN
Indiana
United States
Median age
41
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.8%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Richmond, IN
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$55,692
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.9%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.5%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Richmond, IN
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.9%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
3.3%
5.5%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.6%
1.1%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Richmond, IN
Indiana
United States
Catholic
6.4%
11.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
19.0%
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
63.6%
57.9%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.2%
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.
Richmond, IN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−19.9%
1896
−24.7%
1900
−24.6%
1904
−38.4%
1908
−19.0%
1912
+17.0%
1916
−9.4%
1920
−21.8%
1924
−27.4%
1928
−35.5%
1932
+2.3%
1936
+6.0%
1940
−3.1%
1944
−10.2%
1948
−17.6%
1952
−25.6%
1956
−24.0%
1960
−21.6%
1964
−0.2%
1968
−20.6%
1972
−47.5%
1976
−15.0%
1980
−26.3%
1984
−30.0%
1988
−23.1%
1992
−8.3%
1996
−5.0%
2000
−15.9%
2004
−21.0%
2008
−3.8%
2012
−14.6%
2016
−30.1%
2020
−29.1%
2024
−32.4%
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
32.9%Harris8,828
65.3%Trump17,526
1.0%Kennedy270 +2
R+32.4
R+3.4
R+31.0
26,827
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican65.3%17,526
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic32.9%8,828
Robert F KennedyIndependent1.0%270
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%173
OtherAll other candidates0.1%30
R
34.4%Biden9,524
63.5%Trump17,567
2.1%
R+29.1
D+1.1
R+33.5
27,679
R
32.5%Clinton8,322
62.7%Trump16,028
4.8%
R+30.1
R+15.5
R+32.2
25,579
R
41.6%Obama10,591
56.2%Romney14,321
2.2%
R+14.6
R+10.8
R+18.5
25,477
R
47.1%Obama13,459
51.0%McCain14,558
1.9%
R+3.8
D+17.2
R+11.1
28,562
R
39.0%Kerry10,775
60.0%Bush16,586
1.1%
R+21.0
R+5.1
R+18.6
27,657
R
40.8%Gore10,273
56.7%Bush14,273
2.4%
R+15.9
R+10.9
R+16.4
25,151
R
42.3%Clinton10,905
47.2%Dole12,188
10.5%
R+5.0
D+3.3
R+13.5
25,801
R
36.4%Clinton9,960
44.7%Bush12,221
18.9%
R+8.3
D+14.9
R+13.8
27,346
R
38.2%Dukakis10,209
61.4%Bush16,388
0.4%
R+23.1
D+6.9
R+15.4
26,702
R
34.8%Mondale10,173
64.8%Reagan18,955
0.4%
R+30.0
R+3.7
R+11.8
29,251
R
34.2%Carter9,599
60.5%Reagan16,981
5.2%
R+26.3
R+11.3
R+16.6
28,052
R
42.2%Carter12,306
57.2%Ford16,697
0.6%
R+15.0
D+32.5
R+17.1
29,191
R
26.1%McGovern7,655
73.6%Nixon21,610
0.3%
R+47.5
R+26.9
R+24.4
29,361
R
33.1%Humphrey10,686
53.7%Nixon17,335
13.3%
R+20.6
R+20.3
R+19.9
32,308
R
49.7%Johnson15,269
49.9%Goldwater15,342
0.4%
R+0.2
D+21.4
R+22.8
30,724
R
39.0%Kennedy12,721
60.7%Nixon19,764
0.3%
R+21.6
D+2.3
R+21.8
32,580
R
37.8%Stevenson12,337
61.8%Eisenhower20,157
0.4%
R+24.0
D+1.7
R+8.6
32,638
R
36.7%Stevenson11,819
62.4%Eisenhower20,068
0.9%
R+25.6
R+8.1
R+14.9
32,180
R
40.2%Truman10,749
57.8%Dewey15,445
2.0%
R+17.6
R+7.4
R+22.1
26,716
R
44.3%Roosevelt12,432
54.5%Dewey15,295
1.2%
R+10.2
R+7.1
R+17.7
28,059
R
48.1%Roosevelt14,139
51.3%Willkie15,058
0.6%
R+3.1
R+9.1
R+13.1
29,370
D
51.9%Roosevelt13,696
46.0%Landon12,126
2.1%
D+6.0
D+3.7
R+18.3
26,373
D
50.1%Roosevelt13,287
47.8%Hoover12,683
2.0%
D+2.3
D+37.8
R+15.5
26,506
R
32.0%Smith7,547
67.5%Hoover15,936
0.5%
R+35.5
R+8.1
R+18.1
23,601
R
32.3%Davis6,211
59.8%Coolidge11,487
7.9%
R+27.4
R+5.7
R+2.3
19,225
R
37.8%Cox8,015
59.5%Harding12,631
2.7%
R+21.8
R+12.4
D+4.4
21,221
R
42.5%Wilson5,007
51.8%Hughes6,112
5.7%
R+9.4
R+26.4
R+12.5
11,791
O
33.1%Wilson3,806
16.1%Taft1,851
50.8%
Roosevelt +17.6
D+36.0
R+2.5
11,491
R
38.4%Bryan4,503
57.3%Taft6,731
4.3%
R+19.0
D+19.4
R+9.4
11,738
R
28.0%Parker3,116
66.3%Roosevelt7,390
5.7%
R+38.4
R+13.7
R+18.7
11,143
R
36.4%Bryan4,020
61.0%McKinley6,736
2.5%
R+24.6
D+0.1
R+17.1
11,035
R
36.9%Bryan4,098
61.7%McKinley6,841
1.4%
R+24.7
R+4.8
R+18.6
11,093
R
37.3%Cleveland3,726
57.3%Harrison5,714
5.4%
R+19.9
—
R+21.6
9,978
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
31.8%8,376
64.8%17,083
26,357
2022
R
31.2%5,176
65.6%10,875
16,590
2018
R
37.9%7,482
56.9%11,241
19,763
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Richmond, IN
Year
Total registered
2016
43,253
2018
40,861
2020
43,296
2022
43,277
2024
45,179
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−17 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,323 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Richmond, IN in Richmond, IN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−334
2012
−412
2013
−423
2014
−305
2015
−330
2016
−310
2017
−345
2018
−110
2019
−122
2021
+171
2022
−34
2023
+33
2024
+215
2025
−17
Richmond anchors the Whitewater River valley near the Ohio border, drawing a blue-collar industrial base that has kept county-level margins competitive even as surrounding rural Indiana shifted sharply toward one party.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 17.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 47.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.4 points.
A population of 66,397, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,692 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of New Castle, IN and Jacksonville, IL.
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In 2024, Richmond, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 32.4 points (R+32.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 26,827 votes cast, 8,828 went Democratic and 17,526 went Republican.
When did Richmond, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Richmond, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Richmond, IN, Indiana?
Richmond, IN, Indiana has a population of 66,397 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Richmond, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Richmond, IN, Indiana is $55,692 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Richmond, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Richmond, IN, Indiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 31 went Republican.
