† 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
20 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
GroupIndianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, INIndianaUnited States
German17.0%19.5%12.5%
English11.8%11.3%9.5%
Irish9.4%10.1%9.4%
American7.5%6.9%5.3%
Italian2.2%2.4%4.8%
Scottish1.8%1.5%1.3%
Polish1.5%2.6%2.2%
French1.3%1.3%1.6%
African American†10.3%7.7%9.9%
African1.0%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.6%0.3%0.2%
Haitian0.3%—0.3%
Mexican5.0%5.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.8%1.8%
Honduran0.3%0.2%0.3%
Venezuelan0.3%0.2%—
Guatemalan0.3%0.2%0.5%
Salvadoran0.3%0.2%0.7%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Asian Indian1.3%0.8%1.4%
Burmese0.6%0.4%—
Chinese0.4%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%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
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN
Indiana
United States
Median age
37.4
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.3%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$80,669
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.3%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.7%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.7%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
6.0%
5.5%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
0.9%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.1%
0.8%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN
Indiana
United States
Catholic
10.2%
11.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
18.0%
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
57.4%
57.9%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.6%
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.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−0.4%
1896
−5.9%
1900
−6.1%
1904
−15.6%
1908
−0.4%
1912
+23.7%
1916
−2.4%
1920
−11.5%
1924
−18.0%
1928
−22.5%
1932
+6.9%
1936
+13.7%
1940
−1.3%
1944
−5.4%
1948
−1.7%
1952
−19.8%
1956
−21.3%
1960
−16.5%
1964
+5.2%
1968
−17.7%
1972
−39.1%
1976
−12.9%
1980
−22.6%
1984
−29.7%
1988
−27.1%
1992
−14.7%
1996
−14.1%
2000
−20.1%
2004
−24.3%
2008
+1.1%
2012
−9.8%
2016
−14.1%
2020
−8.4%
2024
−9.9%
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
44.1%Harris503,167
54.0%Trump616,340
0.9%Kennedy10,555 +9
R+9.9
R+1.5
R+8.4
1,141,003
All 12 candidates in 2024 · 10 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican54.0%616,340
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic44.1%503,167
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.9%10,555
Chase OliverLibertarian0.8%9,673
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%371
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%361
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%320
OtherAll other candidates0.0%200
Tom HoeflingIndependent0.0%10
Paij BoringIndependent0.0%4
Doug JenkinsIndependent0.0%1
William Cody NalbachIndependent0.0%1
R
44.8%Biden528,869
53.1%Trump628,033
2.1%
R+8.4
D+5.7
R+12.8
1,181,731
R
39.7%Clinton421,602
53.7%Trump571,135
6.6%
R+14.1
R+4.3
R+16.2
1,062,653
R
44.0%Obama437,184
53.8%Romney534,168
2.2%
R+9.8
R+10.9
R+13.6
993,026
D
50.0%Obama513,029
48.9%McCain501,696
1.0%
D+1.1
D+25.4
R+6.2
1,025,287
R
37.5%Kerry334,865
61.8%Bush552,239
0.8%
R+24.3
R+4.2
R+21.9
893,998
R
38.7%Gore297,033
58.8%Bush451,598
2.4%
R+20.1
R+6.0
R+20.7
767,374
R
37.6%Clinton279,607
51.7%Dole384,830
10.7%
R+14.1
D+0.5
R+22.7
743,745
R
32.2%Clinton256,830
46.8%Bush373,751
21.0%
R+14.7
D+12.4
R+20.2
797,860
R
36.2%Dukakis272,711
63.3%Bush476,574
0.5%
R+27.1
D+2.7
R+19.4
752,870
R
34.8%Mondale261,237
64.6%Reagan484,275
0.6%
R+29.7
R+7.2
R+11.5
750,020
R
35.9%Carter271,947
58.5%Reagan442,851
5.6%
R+22.6
R+9.7
R+12.8
757,515
R
43.1%Carter324,022
56.0%Ford420,984
0.9%
R+12.9
D+26.2
R+15.0
751,973
R
30.2%McGovern211,189
69.3%Nixon484,782
0.5%
R+39.1
R+21.4
R+16.0
699,187
R
35.3%Humphrey245,816
53.0%Nixon369,405
11.7%
R+17.7
R+23.0
R+17.0
696,744
D
52.4%Johnson355,887
47.2%Goldwater320,454
0.4%
D+5.2
D+21.7
R+17.4
679,088
R
41.6%Kennedy279,235
58.1%Nixon389,887
0.3%
R+16.5
D+4.8
R+16.6
671,457
R
39.2%Stevenson242,183
60.5%Eisenhower373,873
0.4%
R+21.3
R+1.5
R+5.9
618,288
R
39.8%Stevenson246,228
59.5%Eisenhower368,594
0.7%
R+19.8
R+18.1
R+9.0
619,220
R
48.4%Truman238,413
50.1%Dewey246,793
1.4%
R+1.7
D+3.7
R+6.2
492,296
R
46.8%Roosevelt242,120
52.3%Dewey270,168
0.9%
R+5.4
R+4.1
R+12.9
516,814
R
49.1%Roosevelt277,890
50.4%Willkie285,178
0.5%
R+1.3
R+15.0
R+11.2
565,793
D
56.2%Roosevelt288,348
42.5%Landon218,152
1.3%
D+13.7
D+6.7
R+10.6
513,164
D
52.0%Roosevelt257,730
45.1%Hoover223,336
2.9%
D+6.9
D+29.4
R+10.8
495,613
R
38.4%Smith166,726
60.9%Hoover264,304
0.8%
R+22.5
R+4.5
R+5.0
434,294
R
39.1%Davis156,553
57.0%Coolidge228,456
3.9%
R+18.0
R+6.5
D+7.2
400,505
R
42.6%Cox169,606
54.1%Harding215,305
3.3%
R+11.5
R+9.1
D+14.7
398,192
R
45.9%Wilson101,193
48.3%Hughes106,428
5.8%
R+2.4
R+26.1
R+5.5
220,335
D
44.0%Wilson87,765
20.3%Taft40,435
35.7%
D+23.7
D+24.1
D+4.2
199,402
R
47.7%Bryan102,219
48.0%Taft103,050
4.3%
R+0.4
D+15.2
D+9.2
214,506
R
39.4%Parker79,471
55.0%Roosevelt110,846
5.6%
R+15.6
R+9.5
D+4.1
201,674
R
45.5%Bryan88,521
51.6%McKinley100,388
2.9%
R+6.1
R+0.2
D+1.4
194,507
R
46.3%Bryan84,582
52.2%McKinley95,348
1.5%
R+5.9
R+5.5
D+0.2
182,597
R
47.0%Cleveland73,635
47.4%Harrison74,200
5.6%
R+0.4
—
R+2.0
156,679
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
42.7%469,397
54.5%599,105
1,099,233
2022
R
41.7%297,378
53.4%380,878
713,788
2018
R
46.5%415,990
48.1%430,540
894,497
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN
Year
Total registered
2016
1,825,024
2018
1,715,154
2020
1,800,747
2022
1,817,072
2024
1,863,356
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+5,414 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +59,569 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN in Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+2,248
2012
+2,508
2013
+8,623
2014
+1,719
2015
−92
2016
+3,618
2017
+6,106
2018
+6,790
2019
+5,851
2021
+6,821
2022
+2,312
2023
+2,646
2024
+5,005
2025
+5,414
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 39.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.9 points.
A population of 2,642,979, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,669 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN and Omaha-Fremont, NE-IA.
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How did Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 9.9 points (R+9.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,141,003 votes cast, 503,167 went Democratic and 616,340 went Republican.
When did Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN, Indiana?
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN, Indiana has a population of 2,642,979 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN, Indiana is $80,669 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN, Indiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
