Vigo County, Indiana: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+18%. Democratic peak: D+31 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+18MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 106,1092024 5-year
- Median household income
- $52,9762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+31 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+22 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Shiawassee County, MI · similarity 0.96
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Vigo CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Vigo County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican 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 | +3.4% |
| 1896 | −2.9% |
| 1900 | −3.2% |
| 1904 | −20.2% |
| 1908 | +2.1% |
| 1912 | +23.0% |
| 1916 | +9.9% |
| 1920 | −7.9% |
| 1924 | −17.7% |
| 1928 | −10.6% |
| 1932 | +16.8% |
| 1936 | +31.0% |
| 1940 | +11.6% |
| 1944 | +6.8% |
| 1948 | +15.0% |
| 1952 | +0.1% |
| 1956 | −1.1% |
| 1960 | +0.3% |
| 1964 | +18.4% |
| 1968 | −1.0% |
| 1972 | −22.1% |
| 1976 | +2.3% |
| 1980 | −10.5% |
| 1984 | −17.4% |
| 1988 | −6.6% |
| 1992 | +5.3% |
| 1996 | +5.8% |
| 2000 | −1.2% |
| 2004 | −6.4% |
| 2008 | +15.8% |
| 2012 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | −15.0% |
| 2020 | −14.7% |
| 2024 | −18.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 16,338 | 23,738 | 41,023 | ||
| R | 18,123 | 24,545 | 43,594 | ||
| R | 15,922 | 21,924 | 40,105 | ||
| D | 19,712 | 19,369 | 40,005 | ||
| D | 25,040 | 18,121 | 43,706 | ||
| R | 18,426 | 20,988 | 39,744 | ||
| R | 17,570 | 18,021 | 36,228 | ||
| D | 17,974 | 15,751 | 38,499 | ||
| D | 18,050 | 15,834 | 42,161 | ||
| R | 19,192 | 21,929 | 41,293 | ||
| R | 18,429 | 26,259 | 44,973 | ||
| R | 19,261 | 24,133 | 46,527 | ||
| D | 24,684 | 23,555 | 48,610 | ||
| R | 18,898 | 29,730 | 48,957 | ||
| R | 20,328 | 20,814 | 46,664 | ||
| D | 27,606 | 19,001 | 46,751 | ||
| D | 25,105 | 24,940 | 50,178 | ||
| R | 24,680 | 25,253 | 50,068 | ||
| D | 25,841 | 25,806 | 51,878 | ||
| D | 25,906 | 19,049 | 45,564 | ||
| D | 24,649 | 21,493 | 46,223 | ||
| D | 29,308 | 23,177 | 52,684 | ||
| D | 33,018 | 17,278 | 50,738 | ||
| D | 25,886 | 18,310 | 45,187 | ||
| R | 18,509 | 22,962 | 41,968 | ||
| R | 12,999 | 19,545 | 37,059 | ||
| R | 15,739 | 18,668 | 37,114 | ||
| D | 11,165 | 8,934 | 22,496 | ||
| O | 7,256 | 3,103 | 18,060 | ||
| D | 10,685 | 10,223 | 22,342 | ||
| R | 6,625 | 10,327 | 18,332 | ||
| R | 7,472 | 7,992 | 16,023 | ||
| R | 7,558 | 8,020 | 15,672 | ||
| D | 6,599 | 6,159 | 12,928 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
16.2%
English
12.5%
Irish
11.8%
American
7.3%
Italian
3.0%
Scottish
2.9%
French
2.1%
African American
4.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 36.3 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
$52,976
Vigo County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Vigo County$52,976
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Vigo County ranks in the bottom 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
19.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.2%
Working age (18–64)18.5%
Seniors (65+)14.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.2%
speak English only
Spanish2.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.3%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Vigo County, home to Terre Haute and Indiana State University, voted with the presidential winner in nearly every election for decades before breaking that pattern; its R+18.1 margin in 2024 reflects a broader working-class realignment across the Midwest.
The Republican margin here reached twenty-two points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eighteen points.
A population of 106,109, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,976 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Shiawassee County and Oneida County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Vigo County, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Vigo County, Indiana voted Republican by 18.0 points (R+18), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 41,023 votes cast, 16,338 went Democratic and 23,738 went Republican.
What is Vigo County, Indiana's political typology?
Akashic places Vigo 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 16 times, Republican 17 times, and other 1 times.
When did Vigo County, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Vigo County, Indiana voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Vigo County, Indiana?
Vigo County, Indiana has a population of 106,109 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Vigo County, Indiana?
Median household income in Vigo County, Indiana is $52,976 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Vigo County, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Vigo County, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.