Henry County's small-city core where manufacturing heritage shapes the ballot
New Castle anchors a compact Indiana metro where blue-collar industrial identity has historically kept margins tighter than the surrounding rural counties, even as the region has trended more reliably Republican over the past two decades.
| Group | New Castle, IN | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(12) | 95.0% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(7) | 1.7% | 12.2% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.5% | 4.0% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(11) | 1.4% | 19.3% |
▶Asian(5) | 0.3% | 6.0% |
Native American / Alaska Native | 0.2% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -73.3pp (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.0% | 71.7% | — | — | |
| 5.8% | 19.9% | — | — | |
| 1.2% | 4.0% | — | — | |
| 0.8% | 2.9% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.7% | 2.3% | — | — |
| 0.4% | 1.4% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 70.8% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the New Castle, IN metro area? 193,912 residents across 4 counties.
15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 18pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+28 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+47.9 | R+32.4 | 15.5pp |
| President vs Governor | R+47.7 | R+32.4 | 15.3pp |
| President vs Senate | R+47.7 | R+47.9 | 0.2pp |