Midwest Census Region — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

Midwest

TrumpR+5.8

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	51.9%	17,902,694
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	46.1%	15,903,546
OtherAll other candidates	2.0%	672,636

D+60

R+60

1,055 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 1876–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	No data
1880	No data
1884	No data
1888	No data
1892	−5.0%
1896	−6.9%
1900	−9.8%
1904	−28.7%
1908	−11.7%
1912	+14.2%
1916	−2.0%
1920	−33.5%
1924	−32.7%
1928	−22.5%
1932	+15.7%
1936	+19.6%
1940	+0.2%
1944	−1.2%
1948	+2.3%
1952	−15.6%
1956	−17.4%
1960	−4.6%
1964	+22.9%
1968	−3.1%
1972	−19.8%
1976	−1.3%
1980	−10.1%
1984	−16.7%
1988	−5.5%
1992	+5.3%
1996	+7.7%
2000	−1.1%
2004	−2.4%
2008	+9.3%
2012	+3.0%
2016	−4.3%
2020	−2.1%
2024	−5.8%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	46.1%Harris15,903,546	51.9%Trump17,902,694	2.0%	−5.8%	34,478,876
2020	R	48.0%Biden16,768,123	50.1%Trump17,516,640	1.9%incl. Jorgensen	−2.1%	34,956,274
2016	R	44.5%Clinton14,183,512	48.8%Trump15,558,591	6.7%incl. Johnson	−4.3%	31,873,290
2012	D	50.5%Obama15,791,412	47.5%Romney14,839,677	2.0%	+3.0%	31,253,125
2008	D	53.9%Obama17,287,298	44.5%McCain14,293,530	1.6%	+9.3%	32,088,055
2004	R	48.4%Kerry14,966,845	50.8%Bush15,709,950	0.9%	−2.4%	30,940,925
2000	R	47.7%Gore12,853,666	48.8%Bush13,162,586	3.5%incl. Nader	−1.1%	26,966,114
1996	D	48.4%Clinton12,076,303	40.7%Dole10,151,279	10.9%incl. Perot	+7.7%	24,953,323
1992	D	42.2%Clinton11,692,017	36.9%Bush10,234,726	20.9%incl. Perot	+5.3%	27,736,393
1988	R	46.9%Dukakis11,556,017	52.4%Bush12,915,351	0.8%	−5.5%	24,657,630
1984	R	41.3%Mondale10,511,025	58.0%Reagan14,761,880	0.7%	−16.7%	25,440,746
1980	R	40.9%Carter10,291,213	50.9%Reagan12,826,555	8.2%incl. Anderson	−10.1%	25,175,416
1976	R	48.3%Carter11,670,593	49.7%Ford11,994,594	2.0%	−1.3%	24,148,189
1972	R	39.4%McGovern9,126,844	59.1%Nixon13,711,334	1.5%	−19.8%	23,184,782
1968	R	43.7%Humphrey9,701,398	46.8%Nixon10,392,363	9.5%incl. Wallace	−3.1%	22,203,209
1964	D	61.4%Johnson13,625,671	38.5%Goldwater8,550,624	0.1%	+22.9%	22,209,002
1960	R	47.6%Kennedy10,943,013	52.2%Nixon11,994,593	0.2%	−4.6%	22,978,764
1956	R	41.2%Stevenson8,697,943	58.6%Eisenhower12,373,338	0.2%	−17.4%	21,113,664
1952	R	42.0%Stevenson8,886,923	57.6%Eisenhower12,190,270	0.4%	−15.6%	21,153,657
1948	D	50.3%Truman8,828,288	48.0%Dewey8,422,697	1.6%incl. Thurmond	+2.3%	17,540,381
1944	R	49.2%Roosevelt8,804,068	50.4%Dewey9,018,536	0.5%	−1.2%	17,905,168
1940	D	49.9%Roosevelt9,560,222	49.7%Willkie9,525,280	0.5%	+0.2%	19,177,771
1936	D	58.1%Roosevelt10,351,751	38.4%Landon6,850,894	3.5%	+19.6%	17,828,583
1932	D	56.5%Roosevelt8,994,546	40.7%Hoover6,489,604	2.8%	+15.7%	15,930,329
1928	R	38.4%Smith5,626,155	60.8%Hoover8,921,644	0.8%	−22.5%	14,669,112
1924	R	23.3%Davis2,893,519	56.0%Coolidge6,947,929	20.6%incl. La Follette	−32.7%	12,398,524
1920	R	30.6%Cox3,494,189	64.1%Harding7,322,376	5.3%	−33.5%	11,422,726
1916	R	46.8%Wilson3,749,635	48.7%Hughes3,908,411	4.5%	−2.0%	8,018,652
1912	D	38.8%Wilson2,379,866	24.6%Taft1,509,179	36.5%incl. Roosevelt	+14.2%	6,129,018
1908	R	41.6%Bryan2,655,278	53.3%Taft3,399,077	5.1%	−11.7%	6,382,500
1904	R	32.0%Parker1,881,106	60.7%Roosevelt3,566,456	7.3%	−28.7%	5,876,278
1900	R	43.7%Bryan2,668,890	53.6%McKinley3,269,136	2.7%	−9.8%	6,100,604
1896	R	45.7%Bryan2,726,881	52.6%McKinley3,136,026	1.6%	−6.9%	5,960,612
1892	R	41.4%Cleveland2,070,581	46.4%Harrison2,320,493	12.1%incl. Weaver	−5.0%	4,997,530
1888	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1884	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1880	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1876	—	—	—	—	No data	—

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	MidwestCensus region	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	74.3%	61.0%
Black	10.1%	12.2%
Asian	3.5%	6.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	12.6%
Other race	4.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$77,945	$84,427
Poverty rate	12.0%	12.5%
Median age	39.3	39.1
Age 18–24	9.2%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	17.5%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	33.9%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	12.2%	22.3%
Spanish	5.9%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	1.3%	2.0%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	German 22.8%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	Irish 10.9%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	English 9.4%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	17.2%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	15.4%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	53.2%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	7.9%	5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

German

22.8%

Irish

10.9%

English

9.4%

American

4.6%

Polish

4.2%

Italian

3.7%

Norwegian

2.1%

French

1.6%

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

African

0.5%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Mexican

6.2%

Puerto Rican

0.9%

Guatemalan

0.2%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Asian Indian

1.0%

Chinese

0.5%

Filipino

0.4%

Korean

0.2%

Vietnamese

0.2%

Hmong

0.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 39.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.3%

2.2%

75–84

2.8%

5.0%

65–74

5.5%

6.4%

55–64

6.6%

6.0%

45–54

5.9%

6.5%

35–44

6.3%

6.7%

25–34

6.5%

4.7%

18–24

4.5%

8.5%

5–17

8.1%

2.9%

2.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$77,945

Midwest$77,945

United States$83,390

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1815.1%

Working age (18–64)11.1%

Seniors (65+)10.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

87.8%

speak English only

Spanish5.9%

Other Indo-European1.3%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.9%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.8%

Other languages0.8%

German or other West Germanic0.6%

Arabic0.6%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.5%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.3%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.3%

Vietnamese0.2%

Korean0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic

17.2%

Evangelical Protestant

15.4%

Mainline Protestant

7.9%

Black Protestant

2.2%

Muslim

1.6%

Latter-day Saints

0.7%

Other Christian

0.7%

Orthodox Christian

0.3%

Jewish

0.3%

Hindu

0.2%

Buddhist

0.2%

Other faiths

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted53.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Midwest sits in United States. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 33.5 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.8 points.

A population of 69,108,736, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,945 describe the region.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Midwest, United States vote in 2024?

In 2024, Midwest, United States voted Republican by 5.8 points (R+5.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 34,478,876 votes cast, 15,903,546 went Democratic and 17,902,694 went Republican.

When did Midwest, United States last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Midwest, United States voted Democratic was 2012.

How many people live in Midwest, United States?

Midwest, United States has a population of 69,108,736 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Midwest, United States?

Median household income in Midwest, United States is $77,945 — below the national median of $80,734. The United States state median is $83,390.

What is the political history of Midwest, United States?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Midwest, United States from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.

Midwest delivered R+5.8 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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