Morgan County, Indiana: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+54%. Republican peak: R+56 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+54MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 72,6592024 5-year
- Median household income
- $79,4292024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 94.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+22 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Page County, IA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Morgan CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Morgan 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 | −7.8% |
| 1896 | −5.3% |
| 1900 | −4.8% |
| 1904 | −12.0% |
| 1908 | −4.7% |
| 1912 | +22.5% |
| 1916 | −4.3% |
| 1920 | −13.7% |
| 1924 | −13.4% |
| 1928 | −16.2% |
| 1932 | +8.8% |
| 1936 | −3.0% |
| 1940 | −14.9% |
| 1944 | −18.9% |
| 1948 | −12.1% |
| 1952 | −26.5% |
| 1956 | −27.3% |
| 1960 | −27.2% |
| 1964 | −8.7% |
| 1968 | −30.4% |
| 1972 | −55.7% |
| 1976 | −20.8% |
| 1980 | −40.5% |
| 1984 | −52.3% |
| 1988 | −45.1% |
| 1992 | −29.6% |
| 1996 | −32.7% |
| 2000 | −41.1% |
| 2004 | −48.2% |
| 2008 | −27.1% |
| 2012 | −41.0% |
| 2016 | −56.1% |
| 2020 | −54.6% |
| 2024 | −54.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 7,765 | 26,965 | 35,423 | ||
| R | 7,781 | 27,512 | 36,159 | ||
| R | 6,040 | 23,671 | 31,453 | ||
| R | 7,969 | 19,591 | 28,325 | ||
| R | 10,330 | 18,129 | 28,811 | ||
| R | 6,650 | 19,197 | 26,029 | ||
| R | 6,228 | 15,286 | 22,036 | ||
| R | 5,812 | 12,872 | 21,596 | ||
| R | 4,690 | 10,939 | 21,107 | ||
| R | 5,375 | 14,284 | 19,736 | ||
| R | 4,627 | 14,884 | 19,607 | ||
| R | 5,439 | 13,321 | 19,438 | ||
| R | 7,181 | 10,983 | 18,309 | ||
| R | 3,390 | 11,980 | 15,435 | ||
| R | 4,042 | 8,944 | 16,130 | ||
| R | 7,011 | 8,347 | 15,428 | ||
| R | 5,375 | 9,416 | 14,860 | ||
| R | 4,735 | 8,318 | 13,103 | ||
| R | 4,755 | 8,222 | 13,072 | ||
| R | 4,428 | 5,677 | 10,297 | ||
| R | 4,156 | 6,115 | 10,348 | ||
| R | 4,895 | 6,613 | 11,544 | ||
| R | 5,451 | 5,793 | 11,328 | ||
| D | 5,775 | 4,825 | 10,795 | ||
| R | 3,933 | 5,464 | 9,460 | ||
| R | 4,042 | 5,328 | 9,586 | ||
| R | 4,254 | 5,634 | 10,069 | ||
| R | 2,616 | 2,860 | 5,713 | ||
| D | 2,608 | 1,353 | 5,584 | ||
| R | 2,789 | 3,074 | 6,030 | ||
| R | 2,428 | 3,119 | 5,763 | ||
| R | 2,632 | 2,904 | 5,652 | ||
| R | 2,414 | 2,688 | 5,146 | ||
| R | 2,014 | 2,377 | 4,635 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
16.1%
English
12.5%
American
9.7%
Irish
8.1%
Scottish
1.8%
Italian
1.7%
French
1.1%
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: 41.7 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
$79,429
Morgan County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Morgan County$79,429
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Morgan 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
9.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.9%
Working age (18–64)8.2%
Seniors (65+)8.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.7%
speak English only
Spanish1.3%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Morgan County, directly south of Indianapolis, has shifted steadily toward lopsided Republican margins over the past two decades, with its 2024 presidential result of R+54.3 placing it among the state's most one-sided exurban counties.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-six points in 2016. The 2024 margin was fifty-four points.
A population of 72,659, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,429 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Page County and Huntington County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Morgan County, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Morgan County, Indiana voted Republican by 54.2 points (R+54), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 35,423 votes cast, 7,765 went Democratic and 26,965 went Republican.
What is Morgan County, Indiana's political typology?
Akashic places Morgan 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 2 times, Republican 32 times, and other 0 times.
When did Morgan County, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Morgan County, Indiana voted Democratic was 1932.
How many people live in Morgan County, Indiana?
Morgan County, Indiana has a population of 72,659 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Morgan County, Indiana?
Median household income in Morgan County, Indiana is $79,429 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Morgan County, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Morgan County, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 32 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.