Crawford County, Indiana: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+49%. Republican peak: R+49 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+49MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 10,4992024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,6402024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 95.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+20 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Tuscarawas County, OH · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Crawford CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Crawford 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 | +8.4% |
| 1896 | +5.2% |
| 1900 | +6.1% |
| 1904 | +1.2% |
| 1908 | +4.3% |
| 1912 | +18.5% |
| 1916 | +10.5% |
| 1920 | −1.6% |
| 1924 | +10.5% |
| 1928 | −15.9% |
| 1932 | +19.8% |
| 1936 | +6.0% |
| 1940 | +3.3% |
| 1944 | −3.1% |
| 1948 | +3.8% |
| 1952 | −5.5% |
| 1956 | −5.0% |
| 1960 | −11.6% |
| 1964 | +15.7% |
| 1968 | −13.9% |
| 1972 | −18.5% |
| 1976 | +10.9% |
| 1980 | −8.7% |
| 1984 | −7.7% |
| 1988 | −10.8% |
| 1992 | +7.1% |
| 1996 | +11.7% |
| 2000 | −12.1% |
| 2004 | −14.8% |
| 2008 | −2.3% |
| 2012 | −8.3% |
| 2016 | −36.4% |
| 2020 | −43.0% |
| 2024 | −48.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,235 | 3,668 | 5,011 | ||
| R | 1,355 | 3,483 | 4,944 | ||
| R | 1,323 | 3,013 | 4,640 | ||
| R | 2,041 | 2,421 | 4,590 | ||
| R | 2,286 | 2,393 | 4,744 | ||
| R | 1,932 | 2,609 | 4,574 | ||
| R | 1,817 | 2,327 | 4,209 | ||
| D | 2,324 | 1,759 | 4,810 | ||
| D | 2,260 | 1,903 | 4,994 | ||
| R | 2,036 | 2,532 | 4,596 | ||
| R | 2,256 | 2,633 | 4,910 | ||
| R | 2,130 | 2,554 | 4,864 | ||
| D | 2,721 | 2,181 | 4,948 | ||
| R | 1,801 | 2,623 | 4,449 | ||
| R | 1,536 | 2,132 | 4,280 | ||
| D | 2,514 | 1,828 | 4,380 | ||
| R | 2,305 | 2,915 | 5,255 | ||
| R | 2,433 | 2,694 | 5,185 | ||
| R | 2,457 | 2,750 | 5,304 | ||
| D | 2,625 | 2,427 | 5,167 | ||
| R | 2,335 | 2,488 | 4,927 | ||
| D | 2,836 | 2,652 | 5,529 | ||
| D | 2,919 | 2,589 | 5,519 | ||
| D | 3,272 | 2,175 | 5,528 | ||
| R | 1,933 | 2,672 | 4,656 | ||
| D | 2,384 | 1,917 | 4,450 | ||
| R | 2,213 | 2,290 | 4,669 | ||
| D | 1,508 | 1,201 | 2,926 | ||
| D | 1,159 | 663 | 2,675 | ||
| D | 1,539 | 1,403 | 3,153 | ||
| D | 1,509 | 1,470 | 3,196 | ||
| D | 1,731 | 1,529 | 3,316 | ||
| D | 1,655 | 1,490 | 3,152 | ||
| D | 1,529 | 1,276 | 3,023 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.1%
English
19.8%
Irish
9.4%
American
6.6%
Scottish
5.5%
Italian
1.9%
French
1.4%
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: 45.7 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
$49,640
Crawford County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Crawford County$49,640
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Crawford County ranks in the bottom 25% 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
22.9%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1835.7%
Working age (18–64)20.2%
Seniors (65+)12.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.5%
speak English only
Spanish2.2%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Crawford County's R+48.5 margin in 2024 places it among Indiana's most one-sided presidential jurisdictions, reflecting the deep rural shift across the state's hilly southern tier, where small-town and agricultural communities have moved decisively in recent cycles.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at twenty points in 1932 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2000 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by twelve points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-nine points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $49,640 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 23% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tuscarawas County and Switzerland County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Crawford County, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Crawford County, Indiana voted Republican by 48.6 points (R+49), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,011 votes cast, 1,235 went Democratic and 3,668 went Republican.
What is Crawford County, Indiana's political typology?
Akashic places Crawford County, Indiana in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to Republican. 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 16 times, Republican 18 times, and other 0 times.
When did Crawford County, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Crawford County, Indiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Crawford County, Indiana?
Crawford County, Indiana has a population of 10,499 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Crawford County, Indiana?
Median household income in Crawford County, Indiana is $49,640 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Crawford County, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Crawford County, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.