† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
3 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBloomington-Bedford, INIndianaUnited States
German16.7%19.5%12.5%
English14.9%11.3%9.5%
Irish11.3%10.1%9.4%
American7.3%6.9%5.3%
Italian3.0%2.4%4.8%
Scottish2.4%1.5%1.3%
Polish2.0%2.6%2.2%
French1.6%1.3%1.6%
Chinese1.4%0.4%1.3%
Asian Indian1.4%0.8%1.4%
Korean0.3%—0.4%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Nepalese0.2%——
Mexican1.8%5.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.8%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%——
Venezuelan0.2%0.2%—
African American†1.8%7.7%9.9%
Nigerian0.2%0.3%0.2%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Bloomington-Bedford, IN
Indiana
United States
Median age
35.3
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
19.5%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.6%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bloomington-Bedford, IN
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$65,644
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.3%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.8%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bloomington-Bedford, IN
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.4%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
2.3%
5.5%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.6%
0.9%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.4%
0.4%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bloomington-Bedford, IN
Indiana
United States
Catholic
3.7%
11.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
17.6%
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
69.7%
57.9%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.6%
7.1%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Bloomington-Bedford, IN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−2.4%
1896
−3.1%
1900
−6.6%
1904
−11.8%
1908
−4.3%
1912
+18.2%
1916
−4.2%
1920
−10.7%
1924
−15.6%
1928
−32.0%
1932
+4.7%
1936
−2.6%
1940
−16.3%
1944
−18.7%
1948
−13.0%
1952
−24.5%
1956
−25.7%
1960
−26.8%
1964
+5.8%
1968
−15.1%
1972
−24.0%
1976
−5.9%
1980
−18.6%
1984
−24.9%
1988
−18.7%
1992
+0.5%
1996
−2.3%
2000
−14.3%
2004
−6.9%
2008
+17.4%
2012
+3.5%
2016
−0.4%
2020
+2.4%
2024
+0.4%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
49.3%Harris44,577
48.9%Trump44,194
0.5%Kennedy425 +2
D+0.4
R+2.0
D+1.9
90,352
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic49.3%44,577
Donald J TrumpRepublican48.9%44,194
OtherAll other candidates1.1%954
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.5%425
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%202
D
50.2%Biden47,242
47.8%Trump44,958
2.0%
D+2.4
D+2.9
R+2.0
94,080
R
46.8%Clinton40,339
47.2%Trump40,713
6.0%
R+0.4
R+3.9
R+2.5
86,208
D
50.5%Obama42,038
47.1%Romney39,165
2.4%
D+3.5
R+14.0
R+0.4
83,206
D
58.1%Obama52,228
40.6%McCain36,551
1.3%
D+17.4
D+24.3
D+10.2
89,919
R
46.0%Kerry34,847
52.8%Bush40,041
1.2%
R+6.9
D+7.5
R+4.4
75,769
R
39.5%Gore24,847
53.8%Bush33,843
6.6%
R+14.3
R+12.0
R+14.8
62,865
R
42.8%Clinton26,478
45.1%Dole27,907
12.1%
R+2.3
R+2.8
R+10.8
61,884
D
41.1%Clinton27,476
40.5%Bush27,126
18.4%
D+0.5
D+19.2
R+5.0
66,923
R
40.2%Dukakis24,126
58.9%Bush35,335
0.9%
R+18.7
D+6.2
R+11.0
60,000
R
37.2%Mondale22,409
62.1%Reagan37,416
0.8%
R+24.9
R+6.3
R+6.7
60,299
R
35.5%Carter21,467
54.2%Reagan32,711
10.3%
R+18.6
R+12.7
R+8.9
60,402
R
46.7%Carter27,620
52.6%Ford31,112
0.8%
R+5.9
D+18.1
R+8.0
59,190
R
37.6%McGovern21,227
61.6%Nixon34,785
0.9%
R+24.0
R+8.9
R+0.8
56,506
R
36.9%Humphrey18,070
52.1%Nixon25,480
11.0%
R+15.1
R+21.0
R+14.4
48,946
D
52.6%Johnson23,934
46.8%Goldwater21,283
0.6%
D+5.8
D+32.6
R+16.8
45,488
R
36.3%Kennedy16,891
63.1%Nixon29,332
0.6%
R+26.8
R+1.0
R+26.9
46,494
R
37.0%Stevenson16,510
62.7%Eisenhower27,998
0.3%
R+25.7
R+1.2
R+10.3
44,662
R
37.4%Stevenson16,366
61.9%Eisenhower27,081
0.7%
R+24.5
R+11.5
R+13.7
43,761
R
42.4%Truman16,244
55.5%Dewey21,224
2.1%
R+13.0
D+5.7
R+17.5
38,271
R
40.0%Roosevelt14,657
58.7%Dewey21,511
1.2%
R+18.7
R+2.4
R+26.2
36,615
R
41.7%Roosevelt17,791
58.0%Willkie24,737
0.3%
R+16.3
R+13.6
R+26.2
42,675
R
48.4%Roosevelt20,780
51.0%Landon21,915
0.6%
R+2.6
R+7.3
R+26.9
42,936
D
51.5%Roosevelt20,332
46.9%Hoover18,496
1.6%
D+4.7
D+36.7
R+13.1
39,474
R
33.7%Smith11,165
65.7%Hoover21,763
0.5%
R+32.0
R+16.4
R+14.5
33,105
R
40.4%Davis11,773
56.0%Coolidge16,312
3.5%
R+15.6
R+4.9
D+9.6
29,107
R
43.8%Cox12,408
54.5%Harding15,438
1.6%
R+10.7
R+6.5
D+15.5
28,302
R
45.8%Wilson7,716
50.1%Hughes8,431
4.1%
R+4.2
R+22.5
R+7.4
16,833
D
42.0%Wilson6,596
23.8%Taft3,732
34.2%
D+18.2
D+22.6
R+1.3
15,706
R
46.5%Bryan7,921
50.9%Taft8,661
2.6%
R+4.3
D+7.5
D+5.2
17,026
R
42.6%Parker6,799
54.5%Roosevelt8,687
2.9%
R+11.8
R+5.2
D+7.8
15,945
R
45.7%Bryan7,012
52.3%McKinley8,029
1.9%
R+6.6
R+3.5
D+0.9
15,339
R
47.9%Bryan6,913
51.1%McKinley7,364
1.0%
R+3.1
R+0.7
D+3.0
14,424
R
45.2%Cleveland5,809
47.6%Harrison6,115
7.2%
R+2.4
—
R+4.0
12,855
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
48.5%42,699
48.5%42,742
88,089
2022
D
48.9%28,917
47.7%28,216
59,181
2018
D
54.7%40,837
40.8%30,415
74,602
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Bloomington-Bedford, IN
Year
Total registered
2016
160,712
2018
138,435
2020
145,117
2022
146,812
2024
144,548
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+625 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,234 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Bloomington-Bedford, IN in Bloomington-Bedford, IN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+288
2012
−292
2013
−948
2014
−340
2015
−574
2016
+145
2017
−110
2018
−713
2019
−450
2021
+4,408
2022
−454
2023
−1,485
2024
−1,334
2025
+625
Bloomington-Bedford, IN sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 18.2 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 32.0 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.4 points.
A population of 207,671, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,644 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage, MI and Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI.
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The combined metros whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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How did Bloomington-Bedford, IN, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Bloomington-Bedford, IN, Indiana voted a near-tie (D+0.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 90,352 votes cast, 44,577 went Democratic and 44,194 went Republican.
When did Bloomington-Bedford, IN, Indiana last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Bloomington-Bedford, IN, Indiana voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in Bloomington-Bedford, IN, Indiana?
Bloomington-Bedford, IN, Indiana has a population of 207,671 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bloomington-Bedford, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Bloomington-Bedford, IN, Indiana is $65,644 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Bloomington-Bedford, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Bloomington-Bedford, IN, Indiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
