Bureau County, Illinois: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+24%. Republican peak: R+57 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 32,8662024 5-year
- Median household income
- $69,2572024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+11 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Marquette County, WI · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Bureau CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Bureau County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −4.5% |
| 1896 | −15.6% |
| 1900 | −20.3% |
| 1904 | −42.4% |
| 1908 | −26.2% |
| 1912 | +10.8% |
| 1916 | −16.6% |
| 1920 | −57.2% |
| 1924 | −47.6% |
| 1928 | −28.0% |
| 1932 | +8.2% |
| 1936 | −4.7% |
| 1940 | −23.1% |
| 1944 | −25.6% |
| 1948 | −26.7% |
| 1952 | −39.6% |
| 1956 | −41.2% |
| 1960 | −23.6% |
| 1964 | −2.5% |
| 1968 | −26.3% |
| 1972 | −35.1% |
| 1976 | −17.6% |
| 1980 | −30.8% |
| 1984 | −25.7% |
| 1988 | −9.4% |
| 1992 | +4.0% |
| 1996 | +7.0% |
| 2000 | −4.6% |
| 2004 | −10.4% |
| 2008 | +5.7% |
| 2012 | −0.2% |
| 2016 | −19.6% |
| 2020 | −21.4% |
| 2024 | −24.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 5,900 | 9,784 | 15,999 | ||
| R | 6,669 | 10,411 | 17,494 | ||
| R | 6,029 | 9,281 | 16,571 | ||
| R | 8,134 | 8,164 | 16,686 | ||
| D | 8,889 | 7,911 | 17,113 | ||
| R | 7,961 | 9,822 | 17,902 | ||
| R | 7,754 | 8,526 | 16,823 | ||
| D | 7,651 | 6,528 | 16,073 | ||
| D | 7,551 | 6,836 | 17,907 | ||
| R | 7,354 | 8,896 | 16,351 | ||
| R | 6,925 | 11,741 | 18,765 | ||
| R | 5,753 | 11,484 | 18,587 | ||
| R | 7,566 | 10,854 | 18,648 | ||
| R | 6,133 | 12,786 | 18,952 | ||
| R | 6,304 | 11,216 | 18,703 | ||
| R | 9,086 | 9,552 | 18,638 | ||
| R | 7,786 | 12,597 | 20,407 | ||
| R | 5,781 | 13,909 | 19,711 | ||
| R | 6,173 | 14,300 | 20,498 | ||
| R | 6,463 | 11,207 | 17,748 | ||
| R | 6,976 | 11,802 | 18,829 | ||
| R | 8,274 | 13,258 | 21,607 | ||
| R | 9,516 | 10,462 | 20,322 | ||
| D | 10,309 | 8,721 | 19,280 | ||
| R | 6,486 | 11,557 | 18,133 | ||
| R | 1,995 | 9,457 | 15,663 | ||
| R | 2,354 | 9,968 | 13,302 | ||
| R | 5,793 | 8,213 | 14,590 | ||
| O | 2,800 | 1,816 | 9,153 | ||
| R | 2,871 | 5,280 | 9,186 | ||
| R | 1,917 | 5,624 | 8,745 | ||
| R | 3,523 | 5,478 | 9,627 | ||
| R | 3,961 | 5,474 | 9,722 | ||
| R | 3,555 | 3,924 | 8,181 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
25.5%
Irish
13.6%
English
12.6%
Italian
9.4%
Polish
5.5%
American
4.2%
French
2.4%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 44.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$69,257
Bureau County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Bureau County$69,257
Illinois$83,390
United States$80,734
Bureau County ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.7%
Working age (18–64)9.8%
Seniors (65+)11.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.7%
speak English only
Spanish5.3%
Other Indo-European1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Bureau County's economy blends grain farming with legacy manufacturing along the Illinois River corridor, and its electorate has shifted steadily rightward over the past four presidential cycles, reaching a 24-point Republican margin in 2024.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-seven points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-four points.
A population of 32,866, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,257 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Marquette County and Lenawee County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Bureau County, Illinois vote in 2024?
In 2024, Bureau County, Illinois voted Republican by 24.3 points (R+24), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 15,999 votes cast, 5,900 went Democratic and 9,784 went Republican.
What is Bureau County, Illinois's political typology?
Akashic places Bureau County, Illinois in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 4 times, Republican 29 times, and other 1 times.
When did Bureau County, Illinois last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Bureau County, Illinois voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Bureau County, Illinois?
Bureau County, Illinois has a population of 32,866 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bureau County, Illinois?
Median household income in Bureau County, Illinois is $69,257 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Bureau County, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bureau County, Illinois from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.