Parke County, Indiana: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+57%. Republican peak: R+57 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+57MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 16,4062024 5-year
- Median household income
- $68,4852024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 94.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+9 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Randolph County, IN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Parke CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Parke 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 | −36.7% |
| 1896 | −1.2% |
| 1900 | −8.3% |
| 1904 | −20.7% |
| 1908 | −5.1% |
| 1912 | +2.7% |
| 1916 | −5.0% |
| 1920 | −16.3% |
| 1924 | −24.0% |
| 1928 | −19.6% |
| 1932 | +8.8% |
| 1936 | +1.5% |
| 1940 | −8.9% |
| 1944 | −18.8% |
| 1948 | −8.0% |
| 1952 | −17.2% |
| 1956 | −18.3% |
| 1960 | −16.2% |
| 1964 | +6.1% |
| 1968 | −17.8% |
| 1972 | −38.7% |
| 1976 | −10.8% |
| 1980 | −29.6% |
| 1984 | −39.0% |
| 1988 | −26.9% |
| 1992 | −7.4% |
| 1996 | −10.5% |
| 2000 | −21.1% |
| 2004 | −31.4% |
| 2008 | −14.1% |
| 2012 | −32.5% |
| 2016 | −51.6% |
| 2020 | −55.6% |
| 2024 | −56.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,371 | 5,158 | 6,654 | ||
| R | 1,503 | 5,400 | 7,013 | ||
| R | 1,441 | 4,863 | 6,636 | ||
| R | 2,110 | 4,234 | 6,529 | ||
| R | 2,924 | 3,909 | 6,964 | ||
| R | 2,362 | 4,550 | 6,971 | ||
| R | 2,481 | 3,841 | 6,447 | ||
| R | 2,453 | 3,151 | 6,619 | ||
| R | 2,429 | 2,953 | 7,099 | ||
| R | 2,563 | 4,458 | 7,053 | ||
| R | 2,205 | 5,052 | 7,294 | ||
| R | 2,432 | 4,595 | 7,315 | ||
| R | 3,158 | 3,929 | 7,144 | ||
| R | 2,207 | 5,014 | 7,250 | ||
| R | 2,472 | 3,738 | 7,124 | ||
| D | 4,034 | 3,570 | 7,621 | ||
| R | 3,361 | 4,662 | 8,046 | ||
| R | 3,502 | 5,080 | 8,604 | ||
| R | 3,574 | 5,069 | 8,690 | ||
| R | 3,681 | 4,326 | 8,112 | ||
| R | 3,241 | 4,751 | 8,048 | ||
| R | 4,384 | 5,242 | 9,683 | ||
| D | 4,811 | 4,665 | 9,542 | ||
| D | 4,703 | 3,926 | 8,864 | ||
| R | 3,165 | 4,729 | 7,981 | ||
| R | 2,898 | 4,877 | 8,249 | ||
| R | 3,543 | 4,989 | 8,888 | ||
| R | 2,329 | 2,598 | 5,354 | ||
| D | 2,031 | 1,891 | 5,217 | ||
| R | 2,707 | 3,026 | 6,259 | ||
| R | 2,176 | 3,468 | 6,250 | ||
| R | 2,630 | 3,138 | 6,084 | ||
| R | 2,777 | 2,847 | 5,724 | ||
| R | 1,013 | 2,503 | 4,060 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
22.6%
English
14.1%
American
10.2%
Irish
8.0%
Scottish
2.0%
French
1.5%
Italian
1.1%
African American
1.3%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 41.6 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
$68,485
Parke County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Parke County$68,485
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Parke 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
16.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.3%
Working age (18–64)14.5%
Seniors (65+)12.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.4%
speak English only
Other Indo-European5.8%
Spanish0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Parke County, a sparsely populated stretch of covered-bridge country in west-central Indiana, has shifted toward supermajority Republican margins over the past decade, reflecting broader rural realignment patterns visible across the state's small agricultural counties.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-seven points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-seven points.
A population of 16,406, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,485 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Randolph County and Warren County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Parke County, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Parke County, Indiana voted Republican by 56.9 points (R+57), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,654 votes cast, 1,371 went Democratic and 5,158 went Republican.
What is Parke County, Indiana's political typology?
Akashic places Parke County, Indiana in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. 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 4 times, Republican 30 times, and other 0 times.
When did Parke County, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Parke County, Indiana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Parke County, Indiana?
Parke County, Indiana has a population of 16,406 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Parke County, Indiana?
Median household income in Parke County, Indiana is $68,485 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Parke County, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Parke County, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 30 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.