† 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
4 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
GroupTerre Haute, INIndianaUnited States
German16.3%19.5%12.5%
English13.1%11.3%9.5%
Irish11.1%10.1%9.4%
American7.9%6.9%5.3%
Italian3.0%2.4%4.8%
Scottish2.4%1.5%1.3%
French2.0%1.3%1.6%
Polish1.1%2.6%2.2%
African American†3.8%7.7%9.9%
African0.2%0.5%0.5%
Mexican1.5%5.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.8%1.8%
Asian Indian0.4%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
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
Terre Haute, IN
Indiana
United States
Median age
38.3
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
12.2%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.0%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Terre Haute, IN
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$56,700
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.0%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.1%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Terre Haute, IN
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.6%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.8%
5.5%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Terre Haute, IN
Indiana
United States
Catholic
7.7%
11.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
17.7%
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
64.9%
57.9%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.8%
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.
Terre Haute, IN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+6.8%
1896
+4.5%
1900
+2.5%
1904
−12.6%
1908
+4.3%
1912
+22.2%
1916
+8.2%
1920
−6.0%
1924
−12.5%
1928
−9.3%
1932
+20.4%
1936
+28.2%
1940
+8.7%
1944
+3.3%
1948
+12.3%
1952
+0.5%
1956
−2.5%
1960
−1.6%
1964
+19.9%
1968
−2.4%
1972
−22.3%
1976
+4.5%
1980
−10.6%
1984
−17.3%
1988
−6.6%
1992
+4.7%
1996
+4.3%
2000
−5.7%
2004
−12.7%
2008
+9.2%
2012
−8.3%
2016
−27.9%
2020
−29.0%
2024
−32.1%
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
33.0%Harris22,767
65.1%Trump44,905
1.3%Kennedy901 +5
R+32.1
R+3.1
R+30.6
69,020
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican65.1%44,905
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic33.0%22,767
Robert F KennedyIndependent1.3%901
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%402
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%23
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%13
OtherAll other candidates0.0%5
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%4
R
34.5%Biden24,973
63.5%Trump45,919
2.0%
R+29.0
R+1.1
R+33.4
72,336
R
33.5%Clinton22,422
61.3%Trump41,103
5.2%
R+27.9
R+19.6
R+30.0
67,023
R
44.7%Obama29,342
53.0%Romney34,793
2.4%
R+8.3
R+17.5
R+12.2
65,703
D
53.9%Obama38,281
44.7%McCain31,741
1.4%
D+9.2
D+21.9
D+1.9
71,018
R
43.3%Kerry28,524
55.9%Bush36,884
0.8%
R+12.7
R+7.0
R+10.2
65,938
R
46.3%Gore28,378
52.0%Bush31,863
1.7%
R+5.7
R+10.0
R+6.2
61,281
D
45.4%Clinton28,906
41.0%Dole26,150
13.6%
D+4.3
R+0.4
R+4.2
63,709
D
42.1%Clinton29,219
37.4%Bush25,942
20.4%
D+4.7
D+11.3
R+0.8
69,325
R
46.5%Dukakis31,280
53.1%Bush35,701
0.5%
R+6.6
D+10.8
D+1.2
67,291
R
41.0%Mondale29,808
58.4%Reagan42,415
0.6%
R+17.3
R+6.8
D+0.9
72,665
R
41.9%Carter31,752
52.4%Reagan39,773
5.7%
R+10.6
R+15.0
R+0.8
75,842
D
51.8%Carter40,106
47.3%Ford36,650
0.9%
D+4.5
D+26.7
D+2.4
77,419
R
38.6%McGovern29,779
60.8%Nixon46,978
0.6%
R+22.3
R+19.9
D+0.9
77,218
R
42.6%Humphrey32,582
45.0%Nixon34,430
12.4%
R+2.4
R+22.3
R+1.7
76,473
D
59.7%Johnson47,442
39.9%Goldwater31,677
0.4%
D+19.9
D+21.5
R+2.7
79,419
R
49.0%Kennedy41,813
50.6%Nixon43,184
0.4%
R+1.6
D+0.9
R+1.8
85,299
R
48.6%Stevenson41,597
51.1%Eisenhower43,736
0.3%
R+2.5
R+3.0
D+12.9
85,608
D
50.0%Stevenson44,591
49.4%Eisenhower44,136
0.6%
D+0.5
R+11.8
D+11.3
89,260
D
55.2%Truman44,002
42.9%Dewey34,212
1.8%
D+12.3
D+9.0
D+7.8
79,674
D
51.4%Roosevelt41,702
48.1%Dewey39,034
0.5%
D+3.3
R+5.4
R+4.2
81,136
D
54.1%Roosevelt51,404
45.4%Willkie43,132
0.6%
D+8.7
R+19.5
R+1.2
95,060
D
63.6%Roosevelt58,644
35.4%Landon32,618
1.0%
D+28.2
D+7.8
D+4.0
92,210
D
58.6%Roosevelt48,262
38.2%Hoover31,435
3.2%
D+20.4
D+29.7
D+2.6
82,354
R
44.6%Smith34,302
53.9%Hoover41,456
1.4%
R+9.3
D+3.2
D+8.2
76,843
R
37.4%Davis26,340
49.9%Coolidge35,128
12.7%
R+12.5
R+6.4
D+12.7
70,436
R
42.5%Cox30,729
48.6%Harding35,089
8.9%
R+6.0
R+14.3
D+20.2
72,260
D
48.2%Wilson20,823
40.0%Hughes17,273
11.8%
D+8.2
R+13.9
D+5.1
43,181
D
42.2%Wilson16,040
20.1%Taft7,624
37.7%
D+22.2
D+17.9
D+2.6
37,977
D
48.3%Bryan21,390
44.1%Taft19,499
7.6%
D+4.3
D+16.9
D+13.8
44,243
R
39.6%Parker15,268
52.2%Roosevelt20,132
8.2%
R+12.6
R+15.1
D+7.1
38,556
D
49.3%Bryan17,393
46.8%McKinley16,513
3.9%
D+2.5
R+2.0
D+10.0
35,292
D
51.8%Bryan17,864
47.3%McKinley16,301
0.9%
D+4.5
R+2.3
D+10.6
34,468
D
50.7%Cleveland14,753
43.9%Harrison12,771
5.4%
D+6.8
—
D+5.2
29,081
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
34.0%22,618
63.4%42,193
66,518
2022
R
33.2%15,251
64.0%29,374
45,881
2018
R
42.0%22,633
52.6%28,362
53,927
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Terre Haute, IN
Year
Total registered
2016
124,613
2018
114,427
2020
115,496
2022
118,902
2024
115,254
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+641 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −3,641 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Terre Haute, IN in Terre Haute, IN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−106
2012
−350
2013
−793
2014
−1,197
2015
−749
2016
−362
2017
−493
2018
−400
2019
−538
2021
+97
2022
+171
2023
+200
2024
+238
2025
+641
Terre Haute anchors a mid-sized metro where manufacturing decline and a large state-university population create an unusual demographic mix; Vigo County tracked the national presidential winner in every election from 1956 to 2016 before breaking that streak.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.2 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 32.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.1 points.
A population of 168,719, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,700 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Muncie, IN and New Castle, IN.
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In 2024, Terre Haute, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 32.1 points (R+32.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 69,020 votes cast, 22,767 went Democratic and 44,905 went Republican.
When did Terre Haute, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Terre Haute, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Terre Haute, IN, Indiana?
Terre Haute, IN, Indiana has a population of 168,719 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Terre Haute, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Terre Haute, IN, Indiana is $56,700 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Terre Haute, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Terre Haute, IN, Indiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
