† 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
GroupClarindaIowaUnited States
German20.4%30.5%12.5%
English14.1%10.2%9.5%
Irish10.1%12.8%9.4%
Swedish4.6%1.9%—
American4.5%4.6%5.3%
Scottish1.5%—1.3%
Danish1.4%——
French1.3%—1.6%
African American†4.0%2.6%9.9%
Mexican2.3%5.0%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
Clarinda
Iowa
United States
Median age
40.1
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
6.6%
10.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.9%
18.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Clarinda
Iowa
United States
Median household income
$46,348
$75,059
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.1%
11.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
13.8%
31.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Clarinda
Iowa
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.0%
9.2%
22.3%
Spanish
1.4%
4.7%
13.6%
Vietnamese
1.1%
0.3%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Clarinda
Iowa
United States
Catholic
—
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
10.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
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.
Clarinda, Iowa
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−40.5%
2008
−17.4%
2012
−16.1%
2016
−38.0%
2020
−38.6%
2024
−38.4%
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
29.9%Harris637
68.3%Trump1,455
1.8%
R+38.4
D+0.2
R+36.9
2,130
R
30.0%Biden652
68.5%Trump1,491
1.5%
R+38.6
R+0.6
R+43.0
2,176
R
28.3%Clinton593
66.3%Trump1,388
5.3%
R+38.0
R+21.9
R+40.1
2,092
R
41.1%Obama661
57.2%Romney919
1.7%
R+16.1
D+1.3
R+19.9
1,607
R
40.3%Obama894
57.6%McCain1,279
2.1%
R+17.4
D+23.1
R+24.6
2,219
R
29.6%Kerry653
70.1%Bush1,545
0.2%
R+40.5
—
R+38.0
2,203
Clarinda sits in one of Iowa's most reliably Republican-leaning regions, where small-city services and agricultural economy shape a electorate that has backed GOP presidential candidates by wide margins in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 40.5 points in 2004. The 2024 margin was 38.4 points.
A population of 5,353, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $46,348 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jackson and Orrville.
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Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Clarinda, Iowa voted Republican by 38.4 points (R+38.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,130 votes cast, 637 went Democratic and 1,455 went Republican.
How many people live in Clarinda, Iowa?
Clarinda, Iowa has a population of 5,353 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Clarinda, Iowa?
Median household income in Clarinda, Iowa is $46,348 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of Clarinda, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Clarinda, Iowa from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
