Hancock County, Illinois: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+50%. Republican peak: R+50 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+50MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 17,2812024 5-year
- Median household income
- $65,8652024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 94.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+29 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+50 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Van Buren County, IA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hancock CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hancock County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | +9.1% |
| 1896 | +3.7% |
| 1900 | +8.6% |
| 1904 | −5.5% |
| 1908 | +5.8% |
| 1912 | +28.0% |
| 1916 | +8.4% |
| 1920 | −17.6% |
| 1924 | −11.6% |
| 1928 | −17.7% |
| 1932 | +29.3% |
| 1936 | +2.2% |
| 1940 | −15.2% |
| 1944 | −19.7% |
| 1948 | −12.0% |
| 1952 | −32.4% |
| 1956 | −26.9% |
| 1960 | −23.8% |
| 1964 | +5.5% |
| 1968 | −27.6% |
| 1972 | −35.3% |
| 1976 | −12.1% |
| 1980 | −29.1% |
| 1984 | −25.4% |
| 1988 | +1.8% |
| 1992 | +5.0% |
| 1996 | +0.4% |
| 2000 | −9.1% |
| 2004 | −18.8% |
| 2008 | −10.8% |
| 2012 | −17.8% |
| 2016 | −47.0% |
| 2020 | −48.8% |
| 2024 | −49.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,183 | 6,708 | 9,065 | ||
| R | 2,315 | 6,906 | 9,403 | ||
| R | 2,139 | 6,430 | 9,121 | ||
| R | 3,650 | 5,271 | 9,111 | ||
| R | 4,141 | 5,161 | 9,469 | ||
| R | 3,975 | 5,837 | 9,899 | ||
| R | 4,256 | 5,134 | 9,691 | ||
| D | 4,001 | 3,961 | 9,178 | ||
| D | 4,213 | 3,714 | 10,069 | ||
| D | 4,740 | 4,568 | 9,378 | ||
| R | 3,713 | 6,251 | 10,001 | ||
| R | 3,522 | 6,597 | 10,585 | ||
| R | 4,730 | 6,043 | 10,881 | ||
| R | 3,592 | 7,519 | 11,129 | ||
| R | 3,720 | 6,866 | 11,397 | ||
| D | 6,199 | 5,557 | 11,756 | ||
| R | 4,947 | 8,036 | 12,990 | ||
| R | 4,854 | 8,431 | 13,297 | ||
| R | 4,681 | 9,181 | 13,881 | ||
| R | 5,559 | 7,098 | 12,779 | ||
| R | 5,338 | 7,972 | 13,378 | ||
| R | 6,688 | 9,108 | 15,961 | ||
| D | 7,726 | 7,383 | 15,507 | ||
| D | 8,808 | 4,789 | 13,734 | ||
| R | 5,447 | 7,795 | 13,290 | ||
| R | 5,189 | 6,678 | 12,885 | ||
| R | 5,125 | 7,379 | 12,778 | ||
| D | 7,711 | 6,472 | 14,716 | ||
| D | 3,692 | 1,577 | 7,566 | ||
| D | 4,260 | 3,781 | 8,315 | ||
| R | 3,456 | 3,887 | 7,858 | ||
| D | 4,657 | 3,907 | 8,741 | ||
| D | 4,581 | 4,250 | 9,008 | ||
| D | 4,132 | 3,393 | 8,120 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
30.1%
English
15.3%
Irish
12.6%
American
7.9%
Scottish
2.6%
Italian
2.3%
French
2.0%
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: 46.9 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
$65,865
Hancock County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Hancock County$65,865
Illinois$83,390
United States$80,734
Hancock 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
12.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.9%
Working age (18–64)10.4%
Seniors (65+)17.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.3%
speak English only
Spanish1.5%
Other Indo-European0.9%
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 56.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Hancock County's 2024 presidential margin of nearly 50 points Republican reflects a broader shift in Illinois's western Mississippi River bluffs, where small-town and agricultural communities have moved sharply away from statewide Democratic voting patterns over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached fifty points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty points.
A population of 17,281, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,865 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Van Buren County and Taylor County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hancock County, Illinois vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hancock County, Illinois voted Republican by 49.9 points (R+50), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,065 votes cast, 2,183 went Democratic and 6,708 went Republican.
What is Hancock County, Illinois's political typology?
Akashic places Hancock 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 12 times, Republican 22 times, and other 0 times.
When did Hancock County, Illinois last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hancock County, Illinois voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Hancock County, Illinois?
Hancock County, Illinois has a population of 17,281 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hancock County, Illinois?
Median household income in Hancock County, Illinois is $65,865 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Hancock County, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hancock County, Illinois from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.