combined metro areaLafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+27.4
2008D+3.1
2012R+13.0
2016R+21.3
2020R+17.4
2024R+18.7
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 52.8% of 204,718 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
42,791
63,037
2,199
108,027
204,718
52.8%
2020
45,617
65,366
2,661
113,644
205,586
55.3%
2016
36,179
57,805
7,548
101,532
198,910
51.0%
2012
38,774
50,770
2,525
92,069
193,059
47.7%
2008
54,981
51,679
1,483
108,143
186,223
58.1%
2004
32,610
57,572
1,011
91,193
179,387†
50.8%
† 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
6 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
GroupLafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, INIndianaUnited States
German19.7%19.5%12.5%
English10.6%11.3%9.5%
Irish10.1%10.1%9.4%
American5.5%6.9%5.3%
Italian2.4%2.4%4.8%
Polish2.2%2.6%2.2%
Dutch1.7%——
Scottish1.7%1.5%1.3%
Mexican7.5%5.7%11.3%
Salvadoran0.7%0.2%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.8%1.8%
Nicaraguan0.2%——
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Asian Indian2.1%0.8%1.4%
Chinese1.5%0.4%1.3%
Korean0.5%—0.4%
Japanese0.3%—0.2%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
African American†3.3%7.7%9.9%
Haitian0.3%—0.3%
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
Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN
Indiana
United States
Median age
32.7
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
18.4%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.6%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$62,894
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.2%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.9%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.3%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
6.2%
5.5%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.6%
0.9%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.3%
0.4%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.1%
0.8%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN
Indiana
United States
Catholic
9.7%
11.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
12.4%
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
68.7%
57.9%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.8%
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.
Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−4.9%
1896
−6.9%
1900
−8.7%
1904
−17.2%
1908
−7.1%
1912
+11.5%
1916
−8.1%
1920
−19.3%
1924
−18.3%
1928
−21.9%
1932
+10.9%
1936
+1.8%
1940
−11.7%
1944
−19.1%
1948
−15.4%
1952
−34.9%
1956
−33.7%
1960
−24.8%
1964
+4.6%
1968
−22.7%
1972
−39.4%
1976
−19.7%
1980
−27.4%
1984
−33.0%
1988
−27.6%
1992
−13.7%
1996
−13.4%
2000
−21.4%
2004
−27.4%
2008
+3.1%
2012
−13.0%
2016
−21.3%
2020
−17.4%
2024
−18.7%
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
39.6%Harris42,791
58.4%Trump63,037
1.1%Kennedy1,159 +4
R+18.7
R+1.4
R+17.3
108,027
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican58.4%63,037
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic39.6%42,791
Robert F KennedyIndependent1.1%1,159
Chase OliverLibertarian0.8%884
OtherAll other candidates0.1%149
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%6
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%1
R
40.1%Biden45,617
57.5%Trump65,366
2.3%
R+17.4
D+3.9
R+21.8
113,644
R
35.6%Clinton36,179
56.9%Trump57,805
7.4%
R+21.3
R+8.3
R+23.4
101,532
R
42.1%Obama38,774
55.1%Romney50,770
2.7%
R+13.0
R+16.1
R+16.9
92,069
D
50.8%Obama54,981
47.8%McCain51,679
1.4%
D+3.1
D+30.4
R+4.2
108,143
R
35.8%Kerry32,610
63.1%Bush57,572
1.1%
R+27.4
R+6.0
R+24.9
91,193
R
37.6%Gore31,282
59.0%Bush49,045
3.3%
R+21.4
R+8.0
R+21.9
83,100
R
36.4%Clinton30,029
49.8%Dole41,041
13.8%
R+13.4
D+0.3
R+21.9
82,433
R
32.3%Clinton28,970
46.0%Bush41,244
21.7%
R+13.7
D+13.9
R+19.2
89,667
R
36.0%Dukakis29,767
63.6%Bush52,609
0.4%
R+27.6
D+5.4
R+19.9
82,730
R
33.1%Mondale28,715
66.1%Reagan57,288
0.7%
R+33.0
R+5.6
R+14.8
86,626
R
31.7%Carter28,914
59.1%Reagan53,862
9.1%
R+27.4
R+7.7
R+17.6
91,106
R
39.6%Carter36,058
59.3%Ford53,939
1.1%
R+19.7
D+19.7
R+21.7
90,958
R
30.1%McGovern26,500
69.5%Nixon61,167
0.4%
R+39.4
R+16.7
R+16.2
88,041
R
35.2%Humphrey29,682
57.8%Nixon48,810
7.0%
R+22.7
R+27.2
R+22.0
84,443
D
52.2%Johnson44,007
47.6%Goldwater40,144
0.3%
D+4.6
D+29.4
R+18.0
84,379
R
37.5%Kennedy31,760
62.3%Nixon52,777
0.2%
R+24.8
D+8.9
R+25.0
84,737
R
33.0%Stevenson26,163
66.7%Eisenhower52,905
0.3%
R+33.7
D+1.2
R+18.3
79,290
R
32.3%Stevenson25,713
67.1%Eisenhower53,517
0.6%
R+34.9
R+19.5
R+24.1
79,705
R
41.9%Truman29,228
57.3%Dewey39,972
0.9%
R+15.4
D+3.7
R+19.9
69,794
R
40.2%Roosevelt27,378
59.3%Dewey40,377
0.5%
R+19.1
R+7.4
R+26.6
68,119
R
43.9%Roosevelt32,867
55.7%Willkie41,633
0.4%
R+11.7
R+13.5
R+21.7
74,800
D
50.3%Roosevelt36,064
48.6%Landon34,786
1.1%
D+1.8
R+9.1
R+22.5
71,645
D
54.9%Roosevelt37,517
44.0%Hoover30,099
1.1%
D+10.9
D+32.8
R+6.9
68,357
R
38.8%Smith24,333
60.7%Hoover38,089
0.6%
R+21.9
R+3.6
R+4.4
62,784
R
38.9%Davis23,741
57.2%Coolidge34,933
3.9%
R+18.3
D+1.0
D+6.8
61,061
R
39.6%Cox25,253
59.0%Harding37,583
1.4%
R+19.3
R+11.3
D+6.8
63,745
R
44.3%Wilson15,756
52.4%Hughes18,629
3.3%
R+8.1
R+19.6
R+11.2
35,547
D
42.8%Wilson14,328
31.3%Taft10,481
25.9%
D+11.5
D+18.6
R+8.0
33,460
R
44.6%Bryan16,191
51.7%Taft18,787
3.7%
R+7.1
D+10.0
D+2.4
36,339
R
39.1%Parker14,093
56.3%Roosevelt20,290
4.6%
R+17.2
R+8.5
D+2.5
36,046
R
44.3%Bryan16,156
53.0%McKinley19,340
2.6%
R+8.7
R+1.9
R+1.2
36,458
R
45.9%Bryan16,369
52.8%McKinley18,818
1.2%
R+6.9
R+1.9
R+0.8
35,627
R
44.4%Cleveland14,019
49.3%Harrison15,581
6.3%
R+4.9
—
R+6.6
31,580
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
38.0%39,379
59.2%61,366
103,744
2022
R
36.6%23,471
60.4%38,719
64,142
2018
R
43.4%35,699
51.5%42,368
82,311
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN
Year
Total registered
2016
178,840
2018
169,055
2020
179,765
2022
188,511
2024
183,604
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−1,947 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −14,067 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN in Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−442
2012
−134
2013
−279
2014
−1,014
2015
−741
2016
−180
2017
−1,438
2018
−488
2019
−1,071
2021
−263
2022
−1,412
2023
−1,935
2024
−2,723
2025
−1,947
Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 11.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 39.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.7 points.
A population of 284,466, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,894 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka, IN-MI and Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN.
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How did Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 18.7 points (R+18.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 108,027 votes cast, 42,791 went Democratic and 63,037 went Republican.
When did Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN, Indiana?
Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN, Indiana has a population of 284,466 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN, Indiana is $62,894 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN, Indiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
