LaPorte County, Indiana: Heartland Swing county. In 2024, voted R+14%. Republican peak: R+34 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+14MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Heartland SwingAkashic typology
- Population
- 111,9172024 5-year
- Median household income
- $71,0552024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+22 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+34 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Grant County, WI · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of LaPorte CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for LaPorte County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +13.7% |
| 1896 | −1.9% |
| 1900 | −0.3% |
| 1904 | −13.8% |
| 1908 | −1.2% |
| 1912 | +19.8% |
| 1916 | −4.0% |
| 1920 | −33.3% |
| 1924 | −33.7% |
| 1928 | −22.9% |
| 1932 | +16.0% |
| 1936 | +13.3% |
| 1940 | −6.9% |
| 1944 | −8.7% |
| 1948 | −5.8% |
| 1952 | −20.0% |
| 1956 | −26.1% |
| 1960 | −5.6% |
| 1964 | +15.4% |
| 1968 | −11.1% |
| 1972 | −32.7% |
| 1976 | −9.3% |
| 1980 | −17.4% |
| 1984 | −18.8% |
| 1988 | −7.7% |
| 1992 | +6.5% |
| 1996 | +14.7% |
| 2000 | +1.9% |
| 2004 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | +22.0% |
| 2012 | +12.6% |
| 2016 | −6.3% |
| 2020 | −7.2% |
| 2024 | −14.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 20,007 | 26,726 | 47,647 | ||
| R | 22,427 | 25,997 | 49,392 | ||
| R | 19,795 | 22,678 | 45,597 | ||
| D | 24,107 | 18,615 | 43,681 | ||
| D | 28,258 | 17,918 | 46,919 | ||
| D | 21,114 | 20,916 | 42,606 | ||
| D | 19,736 | 18,994 | 39,747 | ||
| D | 19,879 | 14,106 | 39,377 | ||
| D | 17,717 | 14,962 | 42,463 | ||
| R | 17,585 | 20,537 | 38,285 | ||
| R | 15,904 | 23,346 | 39,567 | ||
| R | 15,387 | 22,424 | 40,538 | ||
| R | 18,217 | 21,989 | 40,655 | ||
| R | 13,222 | 26,243 | 39,776 | ||
| R | 15,780 | 20,295 | 40,783 | ||
| D | 22,220 | 16,270 | 38,594 | ||
| R | 20,317 | 22,738 | 43,140 | ||
| R | 14,417 | 24,622 | 39,142 | ||
| R | 15,011 | 22,576 | 37,733 | ||
| R | 13,923 | 15,661 | 29,859 | ||
| R | 13,896 | 16,543 | 30,568 | ||
| R | 13,732 | 15,771 | 29,593 | ||
| D | 15,359 | 11,722 | 27,392 | ||
| D | 14,890 | 10,739 | 25,995 | ||
| R | 9,254 | 14,763 | 24,075 | ||
| R | 5,214 | 11,597 | 18,943 | ||
| R | 5,459 | 11,204 | 17,238 | ||
| R | 5,276 | 5,726 | 11,387 | ||
| D | 4,847 | 2,701 | 10,862 | ||
| R | 5,680 | 5,824 | 11,760 | ||
| R | 4,472 | 5,952 | 10,689 | ||
| R | 4,783 | 4,809 | 9,711 | ||
| R | 4,511 | 4,691 | 9,329 | ||
| D | 4,703 | 3,548 | 8,457 | ||
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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%
Irish
12.8%
Polish
10.5%
English
8.6%
American
4.2%
Italian
2.7%
French
1.7%
African American
8.5%
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: 41.1 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
$71,055
LaPorte County ranks near the middle of US counties.
LaPorte County$71,055
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
LaPorte 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
13.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.6%
Working age (18–64)11.9%
Seniors (65+)9.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.4%
speak English only
Spanish3.6%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
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 63.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
LaPorte County sits on Indiana's northern tier bordering Lake Michigan, with a mix of small industrial cities and rural townships. Once a competitive swing county, it delivered a 14-point Republican margin in 2024 after voting much closer in earlier cycles.
The Democratic margin here peaked at twenty-two points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved seven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fourteen points.
A population of 111,917, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,055 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grant County and Whiteside County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did LaPorte County, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, LaPorte County, Indiana voted Republican by 14.1 points (R+14), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 47,647 votes cast, 20,007 went Democratic and 26,726 went Republican.
What is LaPorte County, Indiana's political typology?
Akashic places LaPorte County, Indiana in the "Heartland Swing" typology — Industrial Midwest swing counties drifting steadily toward the Republican Party. 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 11 times, Republican 23 times, and other 0 times.
When did LaPorte County, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which LaPorte County, Indiana voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in LaPorte County, Indiana?
LaPorte County, Indiana has a population of 111,917 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in LaPorte County, Indiana?
Median household income in LaPorte County, Indiana is $71,055 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of LaPorte County, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in LaPorte County, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The county's typology — "Heartland Swing" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.