† 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
GroupBurlington-Fort Madison, IA-ILUnited States
German30.4%12.5%
Irish14.2%9.4%
English10.9%9.5%
American5.8%5.3%
Swedish2.9%—
French1.8%1.6%
Scottish1.5%1.3%
Dutch1.2%—
African American†2.9%9.9%
African0.3%0.5%
Mexican2.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%1.8%
Venezuelan0.2%—
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
Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL
United States
Median age
43.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL
United States
Median household income
$62,641
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.7%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL
United States
Catholic
12.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
6.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
62.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
14.8%
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.
Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+8.8%
1896
−6.0%
1900
−2.4%
1904
−16.2%
1908
−2.3%
1912
+15.8%
1916
−7.6%
1920
−37.8%
1924
−33.8%
1928
−26.4%
1932
+20.9%
1936
+1.9%
1940
−16.9%
1944
−10.8%
1948
+4.5%
1952
−18.5%
1956
−15.9%
1960
−5.5%
1964
+33.9%
1968
+0.7%
1972
−10.9%
1976
+7.1%
1980
−1.4%
1984
+3.4%
1988
+22.2%
1992
+24.1%
1996
+25.4%
2000
+19.0%
2004
+17.1%
2008
+19.6%
2012
+16.6%
2016
−12.5%
2020
−15.2%
2024
−22.5%
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
R
37.8%Harris14,620
60.2%Trump23,315
2.0%
R+22.5
R+7.2
R+21.0
38,716
R
41.2%Biden16,621
56.4%Trump22,759
2.4%
R+15.2
R+2.7
R+19.7
40,346
R
39.8%Clinton15,582
52.3%Trump20,487
7.8%
R+12.5
R+29.1
R+14.6
39,136
D
57.3%Obama24,580
40.7%Romney17,462
1.9%
D+16.6
R+3.0
D+12.8
42,864
D
58.9%Obama24,498
39.2%McCain16,324
1.9%
D+19.6
D+2.6
D+12.4
41,608
D
58.0%Kerry24,877
40.9%Bush17,550
1.1%
D+17.1
R+2.0
D+19.5
42,885
D
57.8%Gore23,013
38.8%Bush15,432
3.4%
D+19.0
R+6.3
D+18.5
39,803
D
56.9%Clinton21,545
31.5%Dole11,943
11.5%
D+25.4
D+1.2
D+16.8
37,855
D
53.5%Clinton22,688
29.4%Bush12,465
17.1%
D+24.1
D+1.9
D+18.6
42,390
D
60.7%Dukakis24,589
38.5%Bush15,606
0.7%
D+22.2
D+18.8
D+29.9
40,485
D
51.4%Mondale22,054
48.0%Reagan20,604
0.6%
D+3.4
D+4.8
D+21.6
42,937
R
46.1%Carter19,790
47.5%Reagan20,394
6.4%
R+1.4
R+8.5
D+8.3
42,928
D
52.9%Carter22,437
45.8%Ford19,428
1.3%
D+7.1
D+18.0
D+5.0
42,408
R
43.8%McGovern18,123
54.7%Nixon22,653
1.5%
R+10.9
R+11.7
D+12.2
41,412
D
47.1%Humphrey19,875
46.4%Nixon19,559
6.5%
D+0.7
R+33.1
D+1.4
42,163
D
66.9%Johnson28,409
33.0%Goldwater14,014
0.1%
D+33.9
D+39.4
D+11.3
42,478
R
47.2%Kennedy21,505
52.7%Nixon24,015
0.1%
R+5.5
D+10.4
R+5.7
45,565
R
42.0%Stevenson18,476
57.9%Eisenhower25,466
0.1%
R+15.9
D+2.6
R+0.5
44,002
R
40.6%Stevenson18,769
59.1%Eisenhower27,310
0.3%
R+18.5
R+23.0
R+7.7
46,229
D
51.5%Truman19,458
47.0%Dewey17,758
1.5%
D+4.5
D+15.3
±0.0
37,779
R
44.3%Roosevelt17,345
55.1%Dewey21,589
0.6%
R+10.8
D+6.0
R+18.3
39,168
R
41.4%Roosevelt17,672
58.3%Willkie24,868
0.3%
R+16.9
R+18.7
R+26.8
42,672
D
47.6%Roosevelt19,137
45.7%Landon18,381
6.8%
D+1.9
R+19.0
R+22.4
40,242
D
59.2%Roosevelt22,391
38.3%Hoover14,489
2.5%
D+20.9
D+47.3
D+3.1
37,843
R
36.5%Smith14,428
62.9%Hoover24,887
0.6%
R+26.4
D+7.3
R+9.0
39,547
R
22.4%Davis8,322
56.2%Coolidge20,873
21.4%
R+33.8
D+4.0
R+8.6
37,138
R
28.5%Cox9,366
66.2%Harding21,797
5.3%
R+37.8
R+30.1
R+11.6
32,904
R
44.4%Wilson9,431
52.0%Hughes11,055
3.6%
R+7.6
R+23.4
R+10.8
21,250
D
41.1%Wilson7,781
25.4%Taft4,800
33.5%
D+15.8
D+18.1
R+3.8
18,912
R
47.2%Bryan9,501
49.5%Taft9,962
3.3%
R+2.3
D+13.9
D+7.3
20,119
R
38.8%Parker7,599
55.0%Roosevelt10,776
6.2%
R+16.2
R+13.8
D+3.4
19,588
R
47.6%Bryan10,067
50.0%McKinley10,573
2.4%
R+2.4
D+3.6
D+5.2
21,145
R
45.8%Bryan9,856
51.8%McKinley11,152
2.4%
R+6.0
R+14.8
D+0.1
21,532
D
53.2%Cleveland10,403
44.4%Harrison8,684
2.4%
D+8.8
—
D+7.1
19,550
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2014D+22.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+22.5
Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 44-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008 (partial)
53,553
25,493
10,436
17,596
28
2010 (partial)
53,035
23,897
11,202
17,892
44
2012 (partial)
53,806
23,606
11,481
18,657
62
2014 (partial)
52,251
22,359
10,888
18,906
98
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−91 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −5,100 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL in Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−559
2012
−2
2013
−215
2014
−439
2015
−390
2016
−801
2017
−526
2018
−582
2019
−410
2021
−366
2022
−524
2023
−113
2024
−82
2025
−91
Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL sits in the Corn Belt. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 37.8 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 7.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.5 points.
A population of 77,573, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,641 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Youngstown-Warren-Salem, OH and Davenport-Moline, IA-IL.
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How did Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL, Iowa vote in 2024?
In 2024, Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL, Iowa voted Republican by 22.5 points (R+22.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 38,716 votes cast, 14,620 went Democratic and 23,315 went Republican.
When did Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL, Iowa last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL, Iowa voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL, Iowa?
Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL, Iowa has a population of 77,573 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL, Iowa?
Median household income in Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL, Iowa is $62,641 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL, Iowa from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
