A small southern Illinois metro where manufacturing heritage shapes the vote
Mount Vernon anchors Jefferson County in Illinois's historically Democratic but increasingly Republican "Little Egypt" region, where deindustrialization and demographic shifts have redrawn electoral coalitions over the past two decades.
| Group | Mount Vernon, IL | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 86.8% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(6) | 7.7% | 12.2% |
Multiracial / Other | 2.4% | 4.0% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(5) | 2.0% | 19.3% |
▶Asian(6) | 0.8% | 6.0% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(1) | 0.3% | 0.9% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(4) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -73.2pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36.2% | 76.2% | — | — | |
| 3.8% | 8.1% | — | — | |
| 3.6% | 7.5% | — | — | |
| 2.4% | 5.1% | — | — | |
| 1.5% | 3.1% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.9% | 1.9% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 52.5% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Mount Vernon, IL metro area? 155,181 residents across 4 counties.
16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 17pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+22 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate vs Governor | R+41.3 | R+55.0 | 13.7pp |