Union County, Indiana: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+56%. Republican peak: R+56 in 2020.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+56MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 6,9852024 5-year
- Median household income
- $76,4242024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 95.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+3 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Morgan County, WV · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Union CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Union 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 | −7.5% |
| 1896 | −9.8% |
| 1900 | −8.1% |
| 1904 | −19.8% |
| 1908 | −13.1% |
| 1912 | +3.2% |
| 1916 | −9.1% |
| 1920 | −17.9% |
| 1924 | −19.2% |
| 1928 | −32.4% |
| 1932 | −2.2% |
| 1936 | +1.0% |
| 1940 | −17.3% |
| 1944 | −26.6% |
| 1948 | −27.6% |
| 1952 | −35.2% |
| 1956 | −27.2% |
| 1960 | −27.7% |
| 1964 | −2.3% |
| 1968 | −25.5% |
| 1972 | −45.4% |
| 1976 | −16.8% |
| 1980 | −31.2% |
| 1984 | −41.2% |
| 1988 | −31.3% |
| 1992 | −16.7% |
| 1996 | −11.5% |
| 2000 | −32.2% |
| 2004 | −36.5% |
| 2008 | −25.0% |
| 2012 | −32.3% |
| 2016 | −52.2% |
| 2020 | −56.0% |
| 2024 | −55.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 746 | 2,698 | 3,494 | ||
| R | 736 | 2,688 | 3,483 | ||
| R | 715 | 2,445 | 3,315 | ||
| R | 1,018 | 2,022 | 3,104 | ||
| R | 1,224 | 2,061 | 3,348 | ||
| R | 1,045 | 2,266 | 3,344 | ||
| R | 927 | 1,838 | 2,828 | ||
| R | 1,019 | 1,334 | 2,730 | ||
| R | 898 | 1,394 | 2,968 | ||
| R | 946 | 1,814 | 2,770 | ||
| R | 816 | 1,970 | 2,800 | ||
| R | 898 | 1,766 | 2,780 | ||
| R | 1,160 | 1,631 | 2,800 | ||
| R | 765 | 2,043 | 2,818 | ||
| R | 920 | 1,691 | 3,019 | ||
| R | 1,463 | 1,531 | 3,005 | ||
| R | 1,180 | 2,087 | 3,275 | ||
| R | 1,157 | 2,026 | 3,192 | ||
| R | 1,029 | 2,159 | 3,211 | ||
| R | 1,049 | 1,859 | 2,939 | ||
| R | 1,154 | 1,998 | 3,169 | ||
| R | 1,415 | 2,009 | 3,443 | ||
| D | 1,662 | 1,630 | 3,313 | ||
| R | 1,587 | 1,658 | 3,289 | ||
| R | 1,069 | 2,101 | 3,184 | ||
| R | 1,284 | 1,907 | 3,245 | ||
| R | 1,375 | 1,984 | 3,403 | ||
| R | 826 | 997 | 1,883 | ||
| D | 705 | 643 | 1,930 | ||
| R | 808 | 1,066 | 1,965 | ||
| R | 758 | 1,156 | 2,010 | ||
| R | 897 | 1,060 | 2,012 | ||
| R | 915 | 1,118 | 2,068 | ||
| R | 839 | 981 | 1,894 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
23.2%
English
12.3%
Irish
9.9%
American
9.0%
Scottish
2.9%
Italian
1.1%
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: 43.9 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
$76,424
Union County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Union County$76,424
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Union 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
8.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.5%
Working age (18–64)6.6%
Seniors (65+)9.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.7%
speak English only
Spanish2.1%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 75.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Union County's 2024 presidential margin of R+55.9 reflects a pattern common to rural southeastern Indiana micro-counties, where low population density and agricultural economies correlate with heavily skewed partisan outcomes.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-six points in 2020. The 2024 margin was fifty-six points.
A population of 6,985, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,424 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Morgan County and Cameron County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Union County, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Union County, Indiana voted Republican by 55.9 points (R+56), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,494 votes cast, 746 went Democratic and 2,698 went Republican.
What is Union County, Indiana's political typology?
Akashic places Union 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 2 times, Republican 32 times, and other 0 times.
When did Union County, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Union County, Indiana voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Union County, Indiana?
Union County, Indiana has a population of 6,985 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Union County, Indiana?
Median household income in Union County, Indiana is $76,424 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Union County, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Union County, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 32 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.