Clark County, Indiana: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+20%. Democratic peak: D+38 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+20MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 124,3542024 5-year
- Median household income
- $74,2142024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+38 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+22 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Ben Hill County, GA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Clark CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Clark 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 | +9.9% |
| 1896 | −1.4% |
| 1900 | +3.5% |
| 1904 | −0.8% |
| 1908 | +4.8% |
| 1912 | +37.0% |
| 1916 | +5.8% |
| 1920 | +2.0% |
| 1924 | −6.3% |
| 1928 | −13.0% |
| 1932 | +23.3% |
| 1936 | +28.8% |
| 1940 | +19.7% |
| 1944 | +14.9% |
| 1948 | +21.8% |
| 1952 | +2.2% |
| 1956 | −2.5% |
| 1960 | +6.0% |
| 1964 | +38.3% |
| 1968 | +4.4% |
| 1972 | −19.4% |
| 1976 | +13.2% |
| 1980 | −4.4% |
| 1984 | −15.6% |
| 1988 | −6.5% |
| 1992 | +11.2% |
| 1996 | +9.5% |
| 2000 | −5.5% |
| 2004 | −16.2% |
| 2008 | −7.1% |
| 2012 | −9.8% |
| 2016 | −21.7% |
| 2020 | −18.3% |
| 2024 | −20.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 22,810 | 34,734 | 58,804 | ||
| R | 23,093 | 33,668 | 57,869 | ||
| R | 18,791 | 30,012 | 51,749 | ||
| R | 20,807 | 25,450 | 47,278 | ||
| R | 21,953 | 25,326 | 47,725 | ||
| R | 17,648 | 24,495 | 42,337 | ||
| R | 17,360 | 19,417 | 37,336 | ||
| D | 17,799 | 14,396 | 35,916 | ||
| D | 17,460 | 13,333 | 36,694 | ||
| R | 14,528 | 16,544 | 31,192 | ||
| R | 14,138 | 19,419 | 33,785 | ||
| R | 14,137 | 15,508 | 31,181 | ||
| D | 16,670 | 12,732 | 29,731 | ||
| R | 10,838 | 16,111 | 27,113 | ||
| D | 11,493 | 10,305 | 26,886 | ||
| D | 17,330 | 7,701 | 25,156 | ||
| D | 14,431 | 12,803 | 27,304 | ||
| R | 11,871 | 12,483 | 24,433 | ||
| D | 11,703 | 11,190 | 23,025 | ||
| D | 10,953 | 7,001 | 18,153 | ||
| D | 9,778 | 7,241 | 17,081 | ||
| D | 9,015 | 6,044 | 15,104 | ||
| D | 10,116 | 5,536 | 15,896 | ||
| D | 9,501 | 5,881 | 15,522 | ||
| R | 6,193 | 8,056 | 14,285 | ||
| R | 5,218 | 5,944 | 11,498 | ||
| D | 6,729 | 6,466 | 13,357 | ||
| D | 3,572 | 3,173 | 6,876 | ||
| D | 3,315 | 805 | 6,775 | ||
| D | 4,085 | 3,706 | 7,959 | ||
| R | 3,587 | 3,644 | 7,468 | ||
| D | 4,134 | 3,855 | 8,068 | ||
| R | 3,785 | 3,897 | 7,758 | ||
| D | 4,013 | 3,280 | 7,415 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
19.3%
English
13.5%
Irish
13.3%
American
6.1%
Italian
2.8%
Scottish
2.4%
Polish
1.5%
African American
5.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 39.9 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
$74,214
Clark County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Clark County$74,214
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Clark 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
10.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.5%
Working age (18–64)9.9%
Seniors (65+)9.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.7%
speak English only
Spanish4.6%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Clark County sits directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky, and despite its suburban character has moved from competitive to reliably Republican in presidential races, posting a 20-point margin in 2024.
The Republican margin here reached twenty-two points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty points.
A population of 124,354, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,214 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ben Hill County and Seminole County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Clark County, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Clark County, Indiana voted Republican by 20.3 points (R+20), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 58,804 votes cast, 22,810 went Democratic and 34,734 went Republican.
What is Clark County, Indiana's political typology?
Akashic places Clark County, Indiana in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 18 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
When did Clark County, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Clark County, Indiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Clark County, Indiana?
Clark County, Indiana has a population of 124,354 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Clark County, Indiana?
Median household income in Clark County, Indiana is $74,214 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Clark County, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Clark County, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.