media marketCedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004D+8.6
2008D+20.4
2012D+15.5
2016D+2.1
2020D+3.4
2024R+1.7
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 70.6% of 696,366 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
237,369
245,767
8,740
491,876
696,366
70.6%
2020
253,679
236,524
10,411
500,614
681,519
73.5%
2016
221,010
211,332
38,624
470,966
673,357
69.9%
2012
268,689
195,287
8,535
472,511
658,754
71.7%
2008
270,992
178,068
7,036
456,096
643,592
70.9%
2004
239,686
201,310
3,853
444,849
628,430†
70.8%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
21 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
GroupCedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & DubuqueIowaUnited States
German34.6%30.5%12.5%
Irish14.1%12.8%9.4%
English9.7%10.2%9.5%
Norwegian4.5%4.1%—
American4.5%4.6%5.3%
Czech2.3%——
Italian1.1%1.6%4.8%
French1.1%—1.6%
African American†3.5%2.6%9.9%
African0.4%0.3%0.5%
Sudanese0.2%0.2%—
Mexican2.9%5.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
Guatemalan0.3%0.4%0.5%
Asian Indian0.5%0.5%1.4%
Chinese0.4%0.3%1.3%
Burmese0.2%0.3%—
Vietnamese0.2%0.3%0.6%
Korean0.2%0.2%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
Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque
Iowa
United States
Median age
38.3
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
11.6%
10.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.3%
18.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque
Iowa
United States
Median household income
$74,974
$75,059
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.5%
11.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.0%
31.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque
Iowa
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.5%
9.2%
22.3%
Spanish
2.8%
4.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque
Iowa
United States
Catholic
18.5%
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
8.3%
10.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
53.8%
55.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
15.3%
15.8%
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.
Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque, Iowa
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+2.9%
1896
−11.6%
1900
−13.6%
1904
−22.4%
1908
−8.2%
1912
+19.2%
1916
−15.8%
1920
−47.4%
1924
−34.5%
1928
−19.0%
1932
+18.3%
1936
+11.2%
1940
−9.6%
1944
−7.1%
1948
+1.2%
1952
−28.3%
1956
−21.2%
1960
−10.0%
1964
+24.6%
1968
−9.7%
1972
−11.8%
1976
−1.4%
1980
−7.9%
1984
−4.8%
1988
+13.5%
1992
+10.7%
1996
+17.0%
2000
+7.9%
2004
+8.6%
2008
+20.4%
2012
+15.5%
2016
+2.1%
2020
+3.4%
2024
−1.7%
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
48.3%Harris237,369
50.0%Trump245,767
1.8%
R+1.7
R+5.1
R+0.2
491,876
D
50.7%Biden253,679
47.2%Trump236,524
2.1%
D+3.4
D+1.4
R+1.0
500,614
D
46.9%Clinton221,010
44.9%Trump211,332
8.2%
D+2.1
R+13.5
±0.0
470,966
D
56.9%Obama268,689
41.3%Romney195,287
1.8%
D+15.5
R+4.8
D+11.7
472,511
D
59.4%Obama270,992
39.0%McCain178,068
1.5%
D+20.4
D+11.7
D+13.1
456,096
D
53.9%Kerry239,686
45.3%Bush201,310
0.9%
D+8.6
D+0.7
D+11.1
444,849
D
52.1%Gore198,981
44.2%Bush168,641
3.7%
D+7.9
R+9.1
D+7.4
381,687
D
53.9%Clinton189,917
36.9%Dole129,922
9.2%
D+17.0
D+6.4
D+8.5
352,191
D
44.8%Clinton174,159
34.1%Bush132,696
21.1%
D+10.7
R+2.9
D+5.1
388,793
D
56.4%Dukakis195,204
42.8%Bush148,376
0.8%
D+13.5
D+18.4
D+21.2
346,332
R
47.1%Mondale175,303
52.0%Reagan193,284
0.9%
R+4.8
D+3.1
D+13.4
371,848
R
40.3%Carter149,101
48.2%Reagan178,398
11.6%
R+7.9
R+6.6
D+1.8
370,342
R
48.1%Carter172,301
49.4%Ford177,160
2.5%
R+1.4
D+10.5
R+3.4
358,262
R
43.2%McGovern145,105
55.0%Nixon184,844
1.8%
R+11.8
R+2.1
D+11.3
336,152
R
42.5%Humphrey133,173
52.2%Nixon163,629
5.4%
R+9.7
R+34.3
R+9.0
313,709
D
62.2%Johnson194,296
37.6%Goldwater117,474
0.1%
D+24.6
D+34.6
D+2.0
312,150
R
45.0%Kennedy147,682
54.9%Nixon180,401
0.1%
R+10.0
D+11.2
R+10.1
328,302
R
39.2%Stevenson121,130
60.4%Eisenhower186,587
0.3%
R+21.2
D+7.1
R+5.8
308,747
R
35.6%Stevenson111,392
63.9%Eisenhower200,048
0.6%
R+28.3
R+29.5
R+17.5
313,233
D
49.6%Truman129,725
48.5%Dewey126,692
1.9%
D+1.2
D+8.3
R+3.3
261,438
R
46.2%Roosevelt119,198
53.3%Dewey137,485
0.5%
R+7.1
D+2.5
R+14.6
257,862
R
45.0%Roosevelt130,739
54.7%Willkie158,665
0.3%
R+9.6
R+20.8
R+19.6
290,278
D
53.9%Roosevelt147,817
42.7%Landon117,167
3.5%
D+11.2
R+7.1
R+13.1
274,470
D
58.3%Roosevelt151,893
40.0%Hoover104,194
1.7%
D+18.3
D+37.3
D+0.5
260,444
R
40.3%Smith102,502
59.3%Hoover150,747
0.4%
R+19.0
D+15.5
R+1.5
254,306
R
18.9%Davis44,915
53.4%Coolidge126,783
27.7%
R+34.5
D+12.9
R+9.3
237,338
R
25.1%Cox54,270
72.5%Harding157,018
2.4%
R+47.4
R+31.6
R+21.3
216,583
R
41.1%Wilson51,512
56.9%Hughes71,306
2.0%
R+15.8
R+35.0
R+18.9
125,281
D
43.5%Wilson52,356
24.3%Taft29,248
32.2%
D+19.2
D+27.4
R+0.4
120,422
R
44.4%Bryan52,495
52.6%Taft62,225
3.0%
R+8.2
D+14.2
D+1.3
118,275
R
36.7%Parker43,314
59.1%Roosevelt69,828
4.2%
R+22.4
R+8.8
R+2.8
118,162
R
42.2%Bryan53,010
55.8%McKinley70,144
2.0%
R+13.6
R+2.1
R+6.1
125,653
R
43.3%Bryan53,665
54.8%McKinley67,990
1.9%
R+11.6
R+14.4
R+5.5
123,979
D
50.1%Cleveland55,326
47.3%Harrison52,144
2.6%
D+2.9
—
D+1.2
110,333
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+2.7
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+1.7
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 4.4 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
618,318
225,184
157,977
234,803
354
2010
621,806
219,714
165,887
235,450
755
2012
640,745
219,868
173,086
246,677
1,114
2014
635,384
214,001
169,824
249,398
2,161
2016
636,469
220,878
177,697
234,021
3,873
2018
635,970
218,736
172,461
239,302
5,471
2020
652,830
242,887
189,156
215,147
5,640
2022
649,386
230,615
190,389
222,604
5,778
2024
653,290
216,360
198,881
231,858
6,191
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+447 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −19,130 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+960
2012
−461
2013
−289
2014
−564
2015
−747
2016
−3,292
2017
−1,153
2018
−2,375
2019
−2,614
2021
−2,192
2022
−2,824
2023
−2,983
2024
−1,043
2025
+447
Cedar Rapids and Waterloo-Dubuque span a corridor where mid-size manufacturing cities meet agricultural hinterlands, producing a market that has swung within single digits in recent presidential cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.6 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 47.4 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 5.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.7 points.
A population of 919,732, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,974 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Des Moines-Ames and Madison.
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How did Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque, Iowa vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque, Iowa voted Republican by 1.7 points (R+1.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 491,876 votes cast, 237,369 went Democratic and 245,767 went Republican.
When did Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque, Iowa last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque, Iowa voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque, Iowa?
Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque, Iowa has a population of 919,732 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque, Iowa?
Median household income in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque, Iowa is $74,974 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City & Dubuque, Iowa from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
