Ripley County, Indiana: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+61%. Republican peak: R+61 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+61MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 29,0952024 5-year
- Median household income
- $70,5732024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 94.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+19 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Wythe County, VA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Ripley CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Ripley 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 | +3.9% |
| 1896 | +0.4% |
| 1900 | −0.1% |
| 1904 | −7.2% |
| 1908 | +1.6% |
| 1912 | +18.5% |
| 1916 | −2.5% |
| 1920 | −14.8% |
| 1924 | −4.6% |
| 1928 | −7.1% |
| 1932 | +16.9% |
| 1936 | +5.9% |
| 1940 | −11.2% |
| 1944 | −18.9% |
| 1948 | −7.4% |
| 1952 | −24.4% |
| 1956 | −24.0% |
| 1960 | −12.2% |
| 1964 | +12.8% |
| 1968 | −15.4% |
| 1972 | −29.3% |
| 1976 | −4.9% |
| 1980 | −17.1% |
| 1984 | −36.2% |
| 1988 | −27.9% |
| 1992 | −14.2% |
| 1996 | −11.3% |
| 2000 | −32.7% |
| 2004 | −39.8% |
| 2008 | −29.6% |
| 2012 | −38.5% |
| 2016 | −56.7% |
| 2020 | −59.5% |
| 2024 | −61.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,682 | 11,526 | 14,405 | ||
| R | 2,774 | 11,261 | 14,271 | ||
| R | 2,471 | 9,806 | 12,935 | ||
| R | 3,241 | 7,484 | 11,015 | ||
| R | 4,187 | 7,794 | 12,188 | ||
| R | 3,510 | 8,224 | 11,834 | ||
| R | 3,498 | 6,988 | 10,675 | ||
| R | 4,097 | 5,303 | 10,676 | ||
| R | 3,480 | 5,033 | 10,937 | ||
| R | 3,605 | 6,414 | 10,051 | ||
| R | 3,336 | 7,143 | 10,506 | ||
| R | 4,022 | 5,770 | 10,233 | ||
| R | 4,792 | 5,293 | 10,157 | ||
| R | 3,601 | 6,594 | 10,231 | ||
| R | 3,787 | 5,389 | 10,399 | ||
| D | 5,933 | 4,587 | 10,552 | ||
| R | 4,730 | 6,053 | 10,818 | ||
| R | 4,026 | 6,577 | 10,633 | ||
| R | 4,031 | 6,650 | 10,725 | ||
| R | 4,574 | 5,313 | 9,961 | ||
| R | 3,835 | 5,642 | 9,544 | ||
| R | 4,834 | 6,061 | 10,933 | ||
| D | 5,546 | 4,919 | 10,698 | ||
| D | 5,987 | 4,240 | 10,348 | ||
| R | 4,387 | 5,059 | 9,476 | ||
| R | 4,257 | 4,694 | 9,576 | ||
| R | 3,976 | 5,372 | 9,452 | ||
| R | 2,549 | 2,686 | 5,385 | ||
| D | 2,431 | 1,492 | 5,070 | ||
| D | 2,749 | 2,660 | 5,582 | ||
| R | 2,457 | 2,850 | 5,450 | ||
| R | 2,732 | 2,737 | 5,563 | ||
| D | 2,714 | 2,690 | 5,423 | ||
| D | 2,442 | 2,250 | 4,981 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
29.6%
American
10.9%
English
9.1%
Irish
8.4%
Italian
2.0%
Scottish
1.9%
French
1.3%
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: 41.2 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
$70,573
Ripley County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Ripley County$70,573
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Ripley 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
10.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.6%
Working age (18–64)9.4%
Seniors (65+)12.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.3%
speak English only
Other Indo-European0.7%
Spanish0.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Ripley County, a rural stretch of southeastern Indiana, delivered a 61-point Republican margin in 2024—among the widest in the state—reflecting a decades-long consolidation of rural white working-class voters away from competitive presidential contests.
The Republican margin here reached sixty-one points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-one points.
A population of 29,095, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,573 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wythe County and Franklin County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Ripley County, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Ripley County, Indiana voted Republican by 61.4 points (R+61), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,405 votes cast, 2,682 went Democratic and 11,526 went Republican.
What is Ripley County, Indiana's political typology?
Akashic places Ripley 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 7 times, Republican 27 times, and other 0 times.
When did Ripley County, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ripley County, Indiana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Ripley County, Indiana?
Ripley County, Indiana has a population of 29,095 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ripley County, Indiana?
Median household income in Ripley County, Indiana is $70,573 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Ripley County, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ripley County, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.