Wabash County, Indiana: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+51%. Republican peak: R+51 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+51MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 30,8442024 5-year
- Median household income
- $66,8062024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+15 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- LaGrange County, IN · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Wabash CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Wabash 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 | −19.1% |
| 1896 | −19.5% |
| 1900 | −20.5% |
| 1904 | −28.1% |
| 1908 | −12.8% |
| 1912 | +14.8% |
| 1916 | −8.9% |
| 1920 | −24.0% |
| 1924 | −26.8% |
| 1928 | −37.3% |
| 1932 | −0.7% |
| 1936 | −7.5% |
| 1940 | −23.2% |
| 1944 | −27.5% |
| 1948 | −26.1% |
| 1952 | −38.0% |
| 1956 | −43.0% |
| 1960 | −36.8% |
| 1964 | +4.0% |
| 1968 | −28.5% |
| 1972 | −36.9% |
| 1976 | −19.7% |
| 1980 | −28.7% |
| 1984 | −41.2% |
| 1988 | −37.2% |
| 1992 | −16.8% |
| 1996 | −18.6% |
| 2000 | −31.4% |
| 2004 | −41.8% |
| 2008 | −20.1% |
| 2012 | −36.2% |
| 2016 | −50.2% |
| 2020 | −49.9% |
| 2024 | −50.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,335 | 10,425 | 13,980 | ||
| R | 3,494 | 10,762 | 14,573 | ||
| R | 3,018 | 9,819 | 13,550 | ||
| R | 3,973 | 8,644 | 12,895 | ||
| R | 5,456 | 8,238 | 13,871 | ||
| R | 3,920 | 9,607 | 13,602 | ||
| R | 4,277 | 8,321 | 12,883 | ||
| R | 4,577 | 6,990 | 12,996 | ||
| R | 4,518 | 7,062 | 15,101 | ||
| R | 4,168 | 9,153 | 13,384 | ||
| R | 4,077 | 9,862 | 14,028 | ||
| R | 4,620 | 8,738 | 14,368 | ||
| R | 5,704 | 8,534 | 14,340 | ||
| R | 4,601 | 10,011 | 14,659 | ||
| R | 4,598 | 8,611 | 14,101 | ||
| D | 7,485 | 6,905 | 14,535 | ||
| R | 4,788 | 10,420 | 15,297 | ||
| R | 4,085 | 10,318 | 14,496 | ||
| R | 4,395 | 9,980 | 14,690 | ||
| R | 4,692 | 8,149 | 13,245 | ||
| R | 4,665 | 8,357 | 13,415 | ||
| R | 5,431 | 8,755 | 14,327 | ||
| R | 6,200 | 7,223 | 13,623 | ||
| R | 6,553 | 6,652 | 13,476 | ||
| R | 3,872 | 8,537 | 12,508 | ||
| R | 4,054 | 7,277 | 12,040 | ||
| R | 4,827 | 8,018 | 13,290 | ||
| R | 3,168 | 3,849 | 7,641 | ||
| O | 2,371 | 1,363 | 6,789 | ||
| R | 3,116 | 4,091 | 7,640 | ||
| R | 2,381 | 4,516 | 7,597 | ||
| R | 2,882 | 4,433 | 7,581 | ||
| R | 2,891 | 4,319 | 7,315 | ||
| R | 2,413 | 3,687 | 6,679 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
23.3%
English
14.2%
Irish
10.0%
American
9.7%
French
1.4%
Scottish
1.2%
Italian
1.0%
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: 42.7 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
$66,806
Wabash County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Wabash County$66,806
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Wabash 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
11.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1813.5%
Working age (18–64)10.2%
Seniors (65+)11.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.8%
speak English only
Spanish1.3%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Wabash County, anchored by the small industrial city of Wabash, delivered a 50-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the deep partisan consolidation that has reshaped small-town manufacturing counties across the Midwest over the past decade.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-one points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-one points.
A population of 30,844, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,806 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of LaGrange County and Whitley County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Wabash County, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wabash County, Indiana voted Republican by 50.7 points (R+51), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 13,980 votes cast, 3,335 went Democratic and 10,425 went Republican.
What is Wabash County, Indiana's political typology?
Akashic places Wabash 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 1 times, Republican 32 times, and other 1 times.
When did Wabash County, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wabash County, Indiana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Wabash County, Indiana?
Wabash County, Indiana has a population of 30,844 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wabash County, Indiana?
Median household income in Wabash County, Indiana is $66,806 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Wabash County, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wabash County, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 1 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.