LaGrange County, Indiana: New American county. In 2024, voted R+57%. Republican peak: R+57 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+57MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 40,8052024 5-year
- Median household income
- $84,4872024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 94.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+14 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Van Wert County, OH · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of LaGrange CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for LaGrange 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 | −16.0% |
| 1896 | −18.8% |
| 1900 | −22.9% |
| 1904 | −35.7% |
| 1908 | −24.1% |
| 1912 | +13.5% |
| 1916 | −12.3% |
| 1920 | −38.2% |
| 1924 | −31.1% |
| 1928 | −29.5% |
| 1932 | +13.7% |
| 1936 | −5.0% |
| 1940 | −27.3% |
| 1944 | −38.5% |
| 1948 | −30.4% |
| 1952 | −39.9% |
| 1956 | −41.6% |
| 1960 | −38.4% |
| 1964 | +0.6% |
| 1968 | −30.3% |
| 1972 | −42.7% |
| 1976 | −15.4% |
| 1980 | −31.8% |
| 1984 | −43.2% |
| 1988 | −37.7% |
| 1992 | −20.0% |
| 1996 | −17.2% |
| 2000 | −32.4% |
| 2004 | −43.4% |
| 2008 | −21.5% |
| 2012 | −35.8% |
| 2016 | −51.2% |
| 2020 | −54.1% |
| 2024 | −56.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,162 | 8,073 | 10,439 | ||
| R | 2,355 | 8,110 | 10,633 | ||
| R | 2,080 | 7,025 | 9,666 | ||
| R | 2,898 | 6,231 | 9,316 | ||
| R | 3,663 | 5,702 | 9,491 | ||
| R | 2,523 | 6,430 | 9,003 | ||
| R | 2,733 | 5,437 | 8,333 | ||
| R | 2,704 | 4,033 | 7,740 | ||
| R | 2,093 | 3,584 | 7,444 | ||
| R | 2,029 | 4,495 | 6,546 | ||
| R | 1,884 | 4,772 | 6,692 | ||
| R | 2,095 | 4,259 | 6,815 | ||
| R | 2,835 | 3,876 | 6,772 | ||
| R | 1,658 | 4,152 | 5,839 | ||
| R | 1,691 | 3,328 | 5,408 | ||
| D | 2,818 | 2,785 | 5,640 | ||
| R | 1,965 | 4,433 | 6,422 | ||
| R | 1,562 | 3,815 | 5,414 | ||
| R | 1,604 | 3,822 | 5,555 | ||
| R | 1,628 | 3,106 | 4,867 | ||
| R | 1,539 | 3,501 | 5,095 | ||
| R | 2,124 | 3,731 | 5,882 | ||
| R | 2,821 | 3,125 | 6,042 | ||
| D | 3,261 | 2,461 | 5,820 | ||
| R | 1,720 | 3,171 | 4,924 | ||
| R | 1,566 | 3,081 | 4,864 | ||
| R | 1,687 | 3,852 | 5,663 | ||
| R | 1,512 | 1,958 | 3,620 | ||
| O | 1,233 | 758 | 3,512 | ||
| R | 1,414 | 2,357 | 3,920 | ||
| R | 1,100 | 2,461 | 3,809 | ||
| R | 1,431 | 2,329 | 3,925 | ||
| R | 1,665 | 2,442 | 4,141 | ||
| R | 1,438 | 2,033 | 3,724 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
28.4%
American
9.4%
English
7.3%
Irish
4.5%
French
1.5%
Scottish
0.7%
Polish
0.6%
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: 32.7 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
$84,487
LaGrange County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
LaGrange County$84,487
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
LaGrange County ranks in the top 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
5.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 185.2%
Working age (18–64)5.6%
Seniors (65+)13.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
51.9%
speak English only
Other Indo-European44.2%
Spanish3.4%
Other languages0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
LaGrange County holds one of the highest concentrations of Amish population in the United States, a demographic that largely abstains from electoral participation — making raw voter-turnout figures a poor guide to the county's true civic landscape.
LaGrange County has leaned Republican in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of fourteen points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved three points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $84,487, and a population of 40,805. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Van Wert County and Wabash County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did LaGrange County, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, LaGrange County, Indiana voted Republican by 56.6 points (R+57), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,439 votes cast, 2,162 went Democratic and 8,073 went Republican.
What is LaGrange County, Indiana's political typology?
Akashic places LaGrange County, Indiana in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. 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 2 times, Republican 31 times, and other 1 times.
When did LaGrange County, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which LaGrange County, Indiana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in LaGrange County, Indiana?
LaGrange County, Indiana has a population of 40,805 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in LaGrange County, Indiana?
Median household income in LaGrange County, Indiana is $84,487 — above the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of LaGrange County, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in LaGrange County, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 31 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.