Manufacturing-rooted metro where ticket-splitting has persisted across cycles
Richmond anchors the Whitewater River valley near the Ohio border, drawing a blue-collar industrial base that has kept county-level margins competitive even as surrounding rural Indiana shifted sharply toward one party.
| Group | Richmond, IN | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 89.1% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(6) | 4.7% | 12.2% |
Multiracial / Other | 2.8% | 4.0% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(9) | 2.5% | 19.3% |
▶Asian(6) | 0.7% | 6.0% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(1) | 0.2% | 0.9% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(3) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -38.7pp (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.9% | 51.8% | — | — | |
| 8.4% | 22.9% | — | — | |
| 6.4% | 17.6% | — | — | |
| 1.7% | 4.5% | — | — | |
| 1.2% | 3.2% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.7% | 1.9% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 63.4% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Richmond, IN metro area? 273,068 residents across 4 counties.
17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 16pp 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+33.0 | R+24.9 | 8.2pp |
| President vs Governor | R+32.4 | R+24.9 | 7.5pp |
| President vs Senate | R+32.4 | R+33.0 | 0.6pp |