† 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
32 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
GroupIndianapolisIndianaUnited States
German17.0%19.5%12.5%
English12.0%11.3%9.5%
Irish9.6%10.1%9.4%
American7.6%6.9%5.3%
Italian2.3%2.4%4.8%
Scottish1.8%1.5%1.3%
Polish1.5%2.6%2.2%
French1.4%1.3%1.6%
African American†9.0%7.7%9.9%
African0.9%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.6%0.3%0.2%
Haitian0.3%—0.3%
Mexican4.8%5.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.8%1.8%
Venezuelan0.3%0.2%—
Salvadoran0.3%0.2%0.7%
Honduran0.3%0.2%0.3%
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Asian Indian1.2%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.5%0.4%1.3%
Burmese0.5%0.4%—
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
Indiana
United States
Median age
37.6
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
9.7%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.8%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Indianapolis
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$77,949
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.9%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.6%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Indianapolis
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.0%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
5.6%
5.5%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.2%
0.9%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.0%
0.8%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Indianapolis
Indiana
United States
Catholic
9.6%
11.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
17.8%
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
59.0%
57.9%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.5%
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, Indiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−2.5%
1896
−6.3%
1900
−7.7%
1904
−16.7%
1908
−2.3%
1912
+20.6%
1916
−3.0%
1920
−12.5%
1924
−18.6%
1928
−24.1%
1932
+6.8%
1936
+11.1%
1940
−3.4%
1944
−7.6%
1948
−3.2%
1952
−20.9%
1956
−22.4%
1960
−17.6%
1964
+5.8%
1968
−17.5%
1972
−38.6%
1976
−12.5%
1980
−23.0%
1984
−30.0%
1988
−26.5%
1992
−13.6%
1996
−13.3%
2000
−20.2%
2004
−24.1%
2008
+1.4%
2012
−9.9%
2016
−15.4%
2020
−10.3%
2024
−11.9%
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
43.1%Harris571,595
55.0%Trump729,622
0.9%Kennedy12,027 +10
R+11.9
R+1.6
R+10.4
1,326,032
All 13 candidates in 2024 · 11 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican55.0%729,622
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic43.1%571,595
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.9%12,027
Chase OliverLibertarian0.8%10,514
OtherAll other candidates0.1%1,171
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%379
Cornel WestIndependent0.0%361
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%343
Tom HoeflingIndependent0.0%10
Paij BoringIndependent0.0%5
Invalid VotesIndependent0.0%3
Doug JenkinsIndependent0.0%1
William Cody NalbachIndependent0.0%1
R
43.8%Biden602,254
54.1%Trump744,005
2.1%
R+10.3
D+5.1
R+14.8
1,375,015
R
39.1%Clinton485,100
54.4%Trump675,971
6.5%
R+15.4
R+5.5
R+17.5
1,241,472
R
43.9%Obama511,633
53.8%Romney627,086
2.2%
R+9.9
R+11.3
R+13.8
1,164,574
D
50.2%Obama608,317
48.7%McCain590,933
1.1%
D+1.4
D+25.5
R+5.8
1,212,429
R
37.5%Kerry400,563
61.7%Bush657,762
0.8%
R+24.1
R+3.9
R+21.6
1,066,895
R
38.6%Gore356,448
58.7%Bush543,061
2.7%
R+20.2
R+6.9
R+20.7
924,529
R
37.8%Clinton341,413
51.1%Dole461,857
11.1%
R+13.3
D+0.3
R+21.8
903,845
R
32.7%Clinton316,574
46.3%Bush448,345
21.1%
R+13.6
D+12.9
R+19.2
969,285
R
36.5%Dukakis334,581
63.0%Bush577,987
0.5%
R+26.5
D+3.4
R+18.8
917,150
R
34.7%Mondale319,776
64.7%Reagan596,026
0.6%
R+30.0
R+7.0
R+11.8
921,370
R
35.6%Carter330,681
58.6%Reagan544,708
5.8%
R+23.0
R+10.5
R+13.3
929,775
R
43.3%Carter400,505
55.8%Ford516,060
0.9%
R+12.5
D+26.1
R+14.6
925,025
R
30.4%McGovern263,813
69.1%Nixon598,671
0.5%
R+38.6
R+21.1
R+15.5
866,634
R
35.5%Humphrey306,033
53.0%Nixon457,133
11.5%
R+17.5
R+23.4
R+16.8
862,055
D
52.7%Johnson446,271
46.9%Goldwater396,856
0.4%
D+5.8
D+23.5
R+16.7
846,859
R
41.0%Kennedy346,325
58.6%Nixon495,461
0.4%
R+17.6
D+4.8
R+17.8
845,001
R
38.6%Stevenson302,462
61.0%Eisenhower478,020
0.4%
R+22.4
R+1.5
R+7.0
783,528
R
39.1%Stevenson307,652
60.1%Eisenhower472,371
0.8%
R+20.9
R+17.7
R+10.2
786,407
R
47.6%Truman306,563
50.8%Dewey327,377
1.5%
R+3.2
D+4.3
R+7.7
643,902
R
45.7%Roosevelt304,979
53.3%Dewey355,568
1.0%
R+7.6
R+4.2
R+15.1
667,229
R
48.1%Roosevelt352,260
51.4%Willkie376,898
0.5%
R+3.4
R+14.5
R+13.3
732,944
D
54.9%Roosevelt371,195
43.8%Landon296,068
1.3%
D+11.1
D+4.3
R+13.1
676,058
D
52.1%Roosevelt338,893
45.2%Hoover294,361
2.7%
D+6.8
D+31.0
R+10.9
651,067
R
37.6%Smith214,798
61.7%Hoover352,741
0.8%
R+24.1
R+5.5
R+6.7
571,910
R
38.5%Davis205,723
57.2%Coolidge305,168
4.3%
R+18.6
R+6.2
D+6.5
533,772
R
42.1%Cox226,193
54.5%Harding293,175
3.4%
R+12.5
R+9.5
D+13.7
537,679
R
45.5%Wilson136,518
48.5%Hughes145,516
6.0%
R+3.0
R+23.6
R+6.1
299,965
D
42.8%Wilson117,611
22.2%Taft60,928
35.0%
D+20.6
D+22.9
D+1.1
274,574
R
46.6%Bryan137,910
48.8%Taft144,573
4.6%
R+2.3
D+14.4
D+7.3
295,978
R
38.7%Parker109,848
55.4%Roosevelt157,209
6.0%
R+16.7
R+9.0
D+3.0
283,971
R
44.6%Bryan122,054
52.3%McKinley143,005
3.1%
R+7.7
R+1.3
R+0.1
273,677
R
46.1%Bryan119,049
52.4%McKinley135,366
1.5%
R+6.3
R+3.8
R+0.2
258,185
R
45.5%Cleveland100,310
47.9%Harrison105,777
6.6%
R+2.5
—
R+4.1
220,670
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Indianapolis
Year
Total registered
2016
2,148,011
2018
2,001,110
2020
2,098,800
2022
2,118,840
2024
2,165,197
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+6,596 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +46,760 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Indianapolis in Indianapolis: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+722
2012
+305
2013
+5,809
2014
−1,109
2015
−2,932
2016
+1,994
2017
+5,651
2018
+5,519
2019
+4,555
2021
+11,614
2022
+2,318
2023
+2,139
2024
+3,579
2025
+6,596
The Indianapolis DMA stretches well beyond Marion County into fast-growing exurban counties where college-educated suburbanites have shifted voting patterns measurably over the past three cycles, making it a reliable bellwether for statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 38.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 1.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.9 points.
A population of 3,079,188, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,949 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Champaign & Springfield-Decatur and Lafayette, IN.
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In 2024, Indianapolis, Indiana voted Republican by 11.9 points (R+11.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,326,032 votes cast, 571,595 went Democratic and 729,622 went Republican.
When did Indianapolis, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Indianapolis, Indiana voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Indianapolis, Indiana?
Indianapolis, Indiana has a population of 3,079,188 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Indianapolis, Indiana?
Median household income in Indianapolis, Indiana is $77,949 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Indianapolis, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
