† 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
2 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
GroupCarbondale-Marion-Herrin, ILIllinoisUnited States
German18.1%16.1%12.5%
English13.8%6.9%9.5%
Irish12.1%10.6%9.4%
American4.7%3.3%5.3%
Italian4.3%5.4%4.8%
French2.2%0.7%1.6%
Scottish2.2%—1.3%
Polish2.0%6.0%2.2%
African American†8.1%12.1%9.9%
African0.2%0.5%0.5%
Mexican2.8%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.7%1.8%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Asian Indian0.6%2.1%1.4%
Chinese0.5%1.0%1.3%
Nepalese0.3%——
Korean0.2%0.4%0.4%
Filipino0.2%1.0%0.9%
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
Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL
Illinois
United States
Median age
37.5
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
13.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.3%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$58,153
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.0%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.7%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.2%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.3%
14.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.2%
2.6%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL
Illinois
United States
Catholic
4.9%
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
24.4%
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
59.3%
49.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.5%
5.3%
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.
Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−4.9%
1896
−5.2%
1900
−8.9%
1904
−26.4%
1908
−12.8%
1912
+3.5%
1916
−10.6%
1920
−28.3%
1924
−14.7%
1928
−11.3%
1932
+15.9%
1936
+4.1%
1940
−4.3%
1944
−14.9%
1948
−5.3%
1952
−12.5%
1956
−14.9%
1960
−10.0%
1964
+24.8%
1968
−5.8%
1972
−8.4%
1976
+11.7%
1980
−7.8%
1984
−9.2%
1988
+4.5%
1992
+21.4%
1996
+16.0%
2000
+0.3%
2004
−5.9%
2008
+2.0%
2012
−7.1%
2016
−21.6%
2020
−21.8%
2024
−21.6%
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
38.3%Harris21,284
60.0%Trump33,300
1.7%
R+21.6
D+0.2
R+20.2
55,533
R
37.9%Biden21,387
59.7%Trump33,691
2.4%
R+21.8
R+0.2
R+26.2
56,448
R
35.8%Clinton20,215
57.4%Trump32,413
6.8%
R+21.6
R+14.5
R+23.7
56,469
R
44.9%Obama23,966
52.1%Romney27,773
3.0%
R+7.1
R+9.1
R+11.0
53,358
D
50.0%Obama27,837
48.0%McCain26,726
2.0%
D+2.0
D+7.9
R+5.3
55,673
R
46.6%Kerry25,985
52.5%Bush29,276
0.9%
R+5.9
R+6.2
R+3.4
55,786
D
47.9%Gore23,965
47.6%Bush23,835
4.5%
D+0.3
R+15.7
R+0.3
50,029
D
52.3%Clinton24,724
36.3%Dole17,156
11.4%
D+16.0
R+5.4
D+7.5
47,283
D
52.1%Clinton27,734
30.8%Bush16,361
17.1%
D+21.4
D+16.9
D+15.8
53,194
D
51.9%Dukakis24,046
47.4%Bush21,961
0.7%
D+4.5
D+13.7
D+12.2
46,315
R
45.2%Mondale23,719
54.3%Reagan28,539
0.5%
R+9.2
R+1.4
D+9.0
52,526
R
42.1%Carter21,070
49.9%Reagan24,956
8.1%
R+7.8
R+19.4
D+2.0
50,057
D
54.5%Carter26,540
42.8%Ford20,855
2.6%
D+11.7
D+20.1
D+9.6
48,675
R
45.5%McGovern22,348
54.0%Nixon26,494
0.5%
R+8.4
R+2.7
D+14.7
49,086
R
42.8%Humphrey18,516
48.6%Nixon21,020
8.6%
R+5.8
R+30.6
R+5.1
43,245
D
62.4%Johnson26,778
37.6%Goldwater16,143
0.0%
D+24.8
D+34.8
D+2.2
42,921
R
44.9%Kennedy19,862
55.0%Nixon24,300
0.1%
R+10.0
D+4.9
R+10.2
44,208
R
42.5%Stevenson17,736
57.4%Eisenhower23,964
0.1%
R+14.9
R+2.4
D+0.5
41,737
R
43.7%Stevenson18,295
56.2%Eisenhower23,541
0.1%
R+12.5
R+7.2
R+1.8
41,897
R
46.9%Truman16,780
52.2%Dewey18,674
0.9%
R+5.3
D+9.6
R+9.8
35,765
R
42.3%Roosevelt16,709
57.3%Dewey22,596
0.4%
R+14.9
R+10.7
R+22.4
39,462
R
47.6%Roosevelt24,245
51.9%Willkie26,413
0.5%
R+4.3
R+8.3
R+14.2
50,925
D
51.4%Roosevelt24,634
47.4%Landon22,682
1.2%
D+4.1
R+11.8
R+20.2
47,880
D
56.8%Roosevelt22,691
40.9%Hoover16,350
2.3%
D+15.9
D+27.2
R+1.9
39,980
R
43.9%Smith15,975
55.2%Hoover20,093
0.9%
R+11.3
D+3.4
D+6.2
36,411
R
32.1%Davis10,824
46.8%Coolidge15,790
21.1%
R+14.7
D+13.6
D+10.5
33,719
R
29.8%Cox9,303
58.1%Harding18,121
12.0%
R+28.3
R+17.7
R+2.1
31,181
R
43.2%Wilson14,952
53.8%Hughes18,618
2.9%
R+10.6
R+14.1
R+13.7
34,581
D
38.5%Wilson6,581
35.0%Taft5,989
26.5%
D+3.5
D+16.3
R+16.1
17,100
R
40.0%Bryan6,662
52.8%Taft8,802
7.2%
R+12.8
D+13.6
R+3.3
16,661
R
31.2%Parker4,346
57.6%Roosevelt8,028
11.2%
R+26.4
R+17.5
R+6.8
13,935
R
44.7%Bryan6,483
53.7%McKinley7,777
1.6%
R+8.9
R+3.7
R+1.4
14,494
R
46.9%Bryan6,213
52.1%McKinley6,906
1.0%
R+5.2
R+0.3
D+0.9
13,257
R
43.9%Cleveland4,976
48.8%Harrison5,535
7.3%
R+4.9
—
R+6.6
11,338
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
40.7%17,176
57.7%24,358
42,246
2020
R
41.1%22,811
55.8%30,970
55,550
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL
Year
Total registered
2016
92,335
2018
89,072
2020
85,719
2022
85,378
2024
90,258
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−136 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −8,797 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL in Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−198
2012
−1,819
2013
+818
2014
−987
2015
−725
2016
−1,023
2017
−1,684
2018
−979
2019
−1,204
2021
−307
2022
−606
2023
−206
2024
+259
2025
−136
Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 28.3 points in 1920. The 2024 margin was 21.6 points.
A population of 119,940, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,153 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mount Pleasant-Alma, MI and Fairmont-Clarksburg, WV.
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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 Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL, Illinois vote in 2024?
In 2024, Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL, Illinois voted Republican by 21.6 points (R+21.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 55,533 votes cast, 21,284 went Democratic and 33,300 went Republican.
When did Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL, Illinois last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL, Illinois voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL, Illinois?
Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL, Illinois has a population of 119,940 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL, Illinois?
Median household income in Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL, Illinois is $58,153 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, IL, Illinois from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
