† 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
12 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
GroupFort WayneUnited States
German26.6%12.5%
English10.9%9.5%
Irish9.2%9.4%
American6.3%5.3%
French2.3%1.6%
Polish1.8%2.2%
Italian1.8%4.8%
Scottish1.6%1.3%
Mexican5.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.8%
Guatemalan0.4%0.5%
Salvadoran0.2%0.7%
African American†5.1%9.9%
African0.2%0.5%
Burmese1.3%—
Asian Indian0.4%1.4%
Filipino0.3%0.9%
Chinese0.2%1.3%
Vietnamese0.2%0.6%
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
Fort Wayne
United States
Median age
38
39.1
Age 18–24
8.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fort Wayne
United States
Median household income
$70,338
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fort Wayne
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.3%
22.3%
Spanish
4.1%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.9%
0.5%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.4%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fort Wayne
United States
Catholic
10.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
23.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
51.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.3%
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.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+7.8%
1896
+3.0%
1900
+2.0%
1904
−9.4%
1908
+3.7%
1912
+22.4%
1916
−0.2%
1920
−18.8%
1924
−14.7%
1928
−17.5%
1932
+15.2%
1936
+13.0%
1940
−13.9%
1944
−18.9%
1948
−10.4%
1952
−30.4%
1956
−35.2%
1960
−23.2%
1964
+7.5%
1968
−18.1%
1972
−33.9%
1976
−17.8%
1980
−24.8%
1984
−34.9%
1988
−33.8%
1992
−14.7%
1996
−16.4%
2000
−28.6%
2004
−34.3%
2008
−12.2%
2012
−25.7%
2016
−34.8%
2020
−30.6%
2024
−31.9%
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
33.2%Harris108,873
65.1%Trump213,463
0.9%Kennedy2,914 +6
R+31.9
R+1.3
R+30.4
327,904
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican65.1%213,463
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic33.2%108,873
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.9%2,914
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.7%2,292
OtherAll other candidates0.1%211
Peter SonskiNonpartisan0.0%75
Richard DuncanNonpartisan0.0%68
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%4
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%4
R
33.6%Biden112,681
64.2%Trump215,251
2.2%
R+30.6
D+4.2
R+35.1
335,172
R
29.6%Clinton88,777
64.4%Trump193,312
6.1%
R+34.8
R+9.1
R+36.9
300,405
R
36.1%Obama106,398
61.8%Romney181,968
2.1%
R+25.7
R+13.5
R+29.5
294,547
R
43.3%Obama131,369
55.5%McCain168,367
1.2%
R+12.2
D+22.1
R+19.5
303,367
R
32.5%Kerry89,314
66.8%Bush183,722
0.7%
R+34.3
R+5.7
R+31.9
274,938
R
34.6%Gore85,694
63.2%Bush156,583
2.1%
R+28.6
R+12.3
R+29.1
247,599
R
36.4%Clinton87,812
52.8%Dole127,256
10.7%
R+16.4
R+1.7
R+24.9
240,915
R
31.1%Clinton81,577
45.8%Bush120,173
23.1%
R+14.7
D+19.0
R+20.3
262,261
R
32.8%Dukakis80,257
66.5%Bush162,910
0.7%
R+33.8
D+1.2
R+26.0
244,816
R
32.1%Mondale78,642
67.1%Reagan164,214
0.8%
R+34.9
R+10.1
R+16.7
244,863
R
33.1%Carter83,072
57.9%Reagan145,505
9.0%
R+24.8
R+7.0
R+15.1
251,270
R
40.4%Carter99,957
58.2%Ford144,041
1.5%
R+17.8
D+16.1
R+19.9
247,602
R
32.7%McGovern79,464
66.6%Nixon161,830
0.7%
R+33.9
R+15.8
R+10.7
242,956
R
36.6%Humphrey87,075
54.8%Nixon130,123
8.6%
R+18.1
R+25.6
R+17.4
237,628
D
53.5%Johnson123,999
46.0%Goldwater106,625
0.5%
D+7.5
D+30.7
R+15.1
231,790
R
38.2%Kennedy89,821
61.4%Nixon144,444
0.4%
R+23.2
D+12.0
R+23.4
235,194
R
32.2%Stevenson68,331
67.4%Eisenhower143,016
0.4%
R+35.2
R+4.8
R+19.8
212,299
R
34.1%Stevenson72,119
64.5%Eisenhower136,542
1.4%
R+30.4
R+20.0
R+19.7
211,726
R
44.1%Truman82,009
54.5%Dewey101,440
1.5%
R+10.4
D+8.4
R+14.9
186,168
R
40.0%Roosevelt76,984
58.9%Dewey113,225
1.1%
R+18.9
R+4.9
R+26.3
192,255
R
42.7%Roosevelt85,831
56.7%Willkie113,798
0.6%
R+13.9
R+26.9
R+23.9
200,807
D
55.3%Roosevelt105,658
42.3%Landon80,793
2.5%
D+13.0
R+2.2
R+11.3
191,137
D
56.8%Roosevelt107,208
41.6%Hoover78,587
1.6%
D+15.2
D+32.7
R+2.6
188,804
R
41.0%Smith69,783
58.5%Hoover99,577
0.6%
R+17.5
R+2.8
±0.0
170,336
R
39.2%Davis60,403
53.9%Coolidge83,142
7.0%
R+14.7
D+4.0
D+10.4
154,280
R
38.3%Cox60,343
57.1%Harding89,860
4.6%
R+18.8
R+18.6
D+7.4
157,386
R
46.2%Wilson41,788
46.4%Hughes41,970
7.4%
R+0.2
R+22.6
R+3.3
90,454
D
45.3%Wilson37,365
22.9%Taft18,877
31.8%
D+22.4
D+18.8
D+2.9
82,406
D
49.5%Bryan46,521
45.9%Taft43,061
4.6%
D+3.7
D+13.1
D+13.2
93,892
R
42.5%Parker38,706
51.8%Roosevelt47,244
5.7%
R+9.4
R+11.4
D+10.3
91,121
D
49.8%Bryan45,009
47.8%McKinley43,208
2.5%
D+2.0
R+1.0
D+9.5
90,467
D
50.8%Bryan45,855
47.8%McKinley43,144
1.3%
D+3.0
R+4.8
D+9.1
90,213
D
50.2%Cleveland39,677
42.5%Harrison33,539
7.3%
D+7.8
—
D+6.1
78,972
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Fort Wayne
Year
Total registered
2016
517,180
2018
485,064
2020
501,193
2022
509,649
2024
528,787
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+795 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −4,514 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,532
2012
−2,786
2013
−1,337
2014
−1,825
2015
−937
2016
−2,353
2017
−242
2018
+669
2019
+1,146
2021
+1,340
2022
+834
2023
+645
2024
+1,069
2025
+795
Fort Wayne's media market covers a swath of rural and mid-size industrial communities in northeast Indiana, where Republican margins tend to run deep but turnout variation in Allen County can shift the region's aggregate numbers.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 35.2 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 1.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.9 points.
A population of 753,159, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,338 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Evansville and Lincoln & Hastings-Kearney.
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In 2024, Fort Wayne, Indiana voted Republican by 31.9 points (R+31.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 327,904 votes cast, 108,873 went Democratic and 213,463 went Republican.
When did Fort Wayne, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Fort Wayne, Indiana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Fort Wayne, Indiana?
Fort Wayne, Indiana has a population of 753,159 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fort Wayne, Indiana?
Median household income in Fort Wayne, Indiana is $70,338 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Fort Wayne, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Fort Wayne, Indiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
