Knox County's river-town core anchors a rural southwestern Indiana market
Vincennes sits along the Wabash River at Indiana's southwestern edge, where a small manufacturing and healthcare economy sustains a metro area that has trended heavily toward Republican presidential margins over the past two decades.
| Group | Vincennes, IN | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 93.4% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(4) | 2.1% | 12.2% |
Multiracial / Other | 2.0% | 4.0% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(4) | 1.6% | 19.3% |
▶Asian(3) | 0.7% | 6.0% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(1) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(2) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -24.5pp (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.3% | 45.3% | — | — | |
| 11.5% | 25.8% | — | — | |
| 11.3% | 25.3% | — | — | |
| 1.3% | 2.9% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.9% | 2.1% | — | — |
| 0.3% | 0.6% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 55.3% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Vincennes, IN metro area? 151,189 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Governor | R+50.4 | R+42.3 | 8.1pp |
| Senate vs Governor | R+47.4 | R+42.3 | 5.2pp |
| President vs Senate | R+50.4 | R+47.4 | 2.9pp |