Edgar County, Illinois: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+52%. Republican peak: R+52 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+52MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 16,5352024 5-year
- Median household income
- $59,9412024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 95.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+14 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Clark County, IL · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Edgar CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Edgar 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 | −0.5% |
| 1896 | −1.2% |
| 1900 | +0.2% |
| 1904 | −4.2% |
| 1908 | −4.4% |
| 1912 | +14.2% |
| 1916 | +4.6% |
| 1920 | −8.3% |
| 1924 | −8.9% |
| 1928 | −16.9% |
| 1932 | +13.0% |
| 1936 | +6.0% |
| 1940 | −8.6% |
| 1944 | −15.8% |
| 1948 | −10.1% |
| 1952 | −29.2% |
| 1956 | −29.1% |
| 1960 | −18.8% |
| 1964 | +1.2% |
| 1968 | −24.4% |
| 1972 | −29.7% |
| 1976 | −7.1% |
| 1980 | −30.9% |
| 1984 | −35.4% |
| 1988 | −17.5% |
| 1992 | +2.3% |
| 1996 | −2.3% |
| 2000 | −19.6% |
| 2004 | −25.7% |
| 2008 | −7.9% |
| 2012 | −32.8% |
| 2016 | −48.8% |
| 2020 | −52.4% |
| 2024 | −52.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,816 | 5,955 | 7,912 | ||
| R | 1,887 | 6,193 | 8,212 | ||
| R | 1,793 | 5,645 | 7,899 | ||
| R | 2,565 | 5,132 | 7,835 | ||
| R | 3,743 | 4,398 | 8,255 | ||
| R | 3,093 | 5,258 | 8,429 | ||
| R | 3,216 | 4,833 | 8,232 | ||
| R | 3,552 | 3,746 | 8,302 | ||
| D | 4,014 | 3,790 | 9,776 | ||
| R | 3,880 | 5,538 | 9,459 | ||
| R | 3,241 | 6,821 | 10,099 | ||
| R | 3,394 | 6,639 | 10,515 | ||
| R | 5,058 | 5,842 | 11,021 | ||
| R | 3,889 | 7,195 | 11,116 | ||
| R | 3,565 | 6,281 | 11,151 | ||
| D | 5,966 | 5,827 | 11,793 | ||
| R | 5,024 | 7,348 | 12,376 | ||
| R | 4,362 | 7,942 | 12,309 | ||
| R | 4,558 | 8,323 | 12,891 | ||
| R | 5,121 | 6,282 | 11,470 | ||
| R | 5,054 | 6,961 | 12,069 | ||
| R | 6,713 | 7,985 | 14,780 | ||
| D | 7,822 | 6,929 | 14,898 | ||
| D | 7,745 | 5,953 | 13,836 | ||
| R | 5,325 | 7,509 | 12,886 | ||
| R | 5,222 | 6,297 | 12,037 | ||
| R | 5,694 | 6,750 | 12,667 | ||
| D | 6,710 | 6,099 | 13,147 | ||
| D | 3,479 | 2,430 | 7,399 | ||
| R | 3,433 | 3,757 | 7,445 | ||
| R | 3,443 | 3,753 | 7,457 | ||
| D | 3,783 | 3,766 | 7,702 | ||
| R | 3,729 | 3,822 | 7,674 | ||
| R | 3,164 | 3,197 | 6,711 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
19.5%
English
15.0%
Irish
13.6%
American
7.3%
Italian
3.3%
Scottish
1.7%
French
1.3%
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: 46.6 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
$59,941
Edgar County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Edgar County$59,941
Illinois$83,390
United States$80,734
Edgar 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
12.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.8%
Working age (18–64)10.5%
Seniors (65+)12.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.9%
speak English only
Spanish1.3%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Edgar County, anchored by the small city of Paris, sits in the east-central Illinois flatlands and has shifted steadily toward Republican margins exceeding 50 points, reflecting broader rural realignment across the state's agricultural interior.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-two points in 2020. The 2024 margin was fifty-two points.
A population of 16,535, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,941 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clark County and Crawford County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Edgar County, Illinois vote in 2024?
In 2024, Edgar County, Illinois voted Republican by 52.3 points (R+52), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,912 votes cast, 1,816 went Democratic and 5,955 went Republican.
What is Edgar County, Illinois's political typology?
Akashic places Edgar 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 7 times, Republican 27 times, and other 0 times.
When did Edgar County, Illinois last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Edgar County, Illinois voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Edgar County, Illinois?
Edgar County, Illinois has a population of 16,535 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Edgar County, Illinois?
Median household income in Edgar County, Illinois is $59,941 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Edgar County, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Edgar County, Illinois from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.