† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupCarmiIllinoisUnited States
German18.3%16.1%12.5%
English17.5%6.9%9.5%
Irish13.9%10.6%9.4%
American11.1%3.3%5.3%
French2.5%0.7%1.6%
Scottish1.5%—1.3%
Polish1.2%6.0%2.2%
Dutch0.8%——
Mexican1.1%14.4%11.3%
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
Carmi
Illinois
United States
Median age
44.2
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
4.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.5%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Carmi
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$47,827
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
21.8%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
15.8%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Carmi
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.5%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.1%
14.0%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.3%
0.3%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Carmi
Illinois
United States
Catholic
—
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.2%
51.5%
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.
Carmi, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−22.5%
2008
−5.4%
2012
−32.0%
2016
−51.5%
2020
−50.3%
2024
−51.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
23.7%Harris547
75.1%Trump1,732
1.2%
R+51.4
R+1.1
R+49.9
2,307
R
24.1%Biden596
74.4%Trump1,839
1.5%
R+50.3
D+1.2
R+54.8
2,471
R
22.0%Clinton539
73.6%Trump1,799
4.4%
R+51.5
R+19.6
R+53.6
2,445
R
32.9%Obama772
64.8%Romney1,523
2.3%
R+32.0
R+26.6
R+35.8
2,349
R
46.1%Obama1,145
51.4%McCain1,279
2.5%
R+5.4
D+17.1
R+12.7
2,486
R
38.0%Kerry1,049
60.5%Bush1,672
1.6%
R+22.5
—
R+20.1
2,764
Carmi sits along the Little Wabash River in deep-southern Illinois, a region that has shifted toward Republican margins exceeding 40 points in recent presidential cycles as rural population decline continues to reshape the electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 51.5 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.4 points.
A population of 4,845, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,827 describe the city.
In 2024, Carmi, Illinois voted Republican by 51.4 points (R+51.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,307 votes cast, 547 went Democratic and 1,732 went Republican.
How many people live in Carmi, Illinois?
Carmi, Illinois has a population of 4,845 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Carmi, Illinois?
Median household income in Carmi, Illinois is $47,827 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Carmi, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Carmi, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
