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1876–2024
Auburn, IN·Indiana

Auburn, IN has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+47 in 2024.

A small manufacturing hub where DeKalb County anchors regional industry

1876 — 2024·38 elections
IN
LatestR+47in 2024
TypologyFarm Beltcluster typology
Population43,8072024 ACS

Auburn, IN, Indiana: Farm Belt metro. In 2024, voted R+47%. Republican peak: R+48 in 2016.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+47MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Farm BeltAkashic typology
Population
43,8072024 5-year
Median household income
$74,3312024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
94.7%2024 5-year
Black
0.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
3.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+26 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+48 in 2016MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Auburn, IN
TrumpR+47
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican72.5%14,377
Kamala HarrisDemocratic25.5%5,064
OtherAll other candidates2.0%390
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −47.0% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−47.0%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+4.8%
1896+7.9%
1900+3.9%
1904−8.6%
1908+9.8%
1912+26.4%
1916+7.1%
1920−15.3%
1924−17.6%
1928−28.6%
1932+12.7%
1936+8.6%
1940−14.8%
1944−21.5%
1948−11.9%
1952−32.4%
1956−34.1%
1960−25.7%
1964+9.7%
1968−21.3%
1972−33.7%
1976−12.0%
1980−21.3%
1984−30.7%
1988−31.8%
1992−13.5%
1996−15.1%
2000−28.5%
2004−36.7%
2008−15.2%
2012−31.6%
2016−47.7%
2020−47.2%
2024−47.0%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−47.0%
5,06414,37719,831
R
−47.2%
4,96614,23719,628
R
−47.7%
3,94112,05416,995
R
−31.6%
5,41910,58716,360
R
−15.2%
7,1759,78017,149
R
−36.7%
4,81010,46815,403
R
−28.5%
4,7768,70113,785
R
−15.1%
4,8406,85113,339
R
−13.5%
4,6526,68215,022
R
−31.8%
4,6579,01813,716
R
−30.7%
4,6178,76913,528
R
−21.3%
4,9117,88613,950
R
−12.0%
6,1517,86014,246
R
−33.7%
4,3548,83413,297
R
−21.3%
4,7907,65013,438
D
+9.7%
7,5596,21013,889
R
−25.7%
5,2778,95714,295
R
−34.1%
4,4359,06113,575
R
−32.4%
4,3478,71313,476
R
−11.9%
5,4396,94112,652
R
−21.5%
4,8107,47912,387
R
−14.8%
5,6907,67613,426
D
+8.6%
6,9705,84813,027
D
+12.7%
7,2355,59012,981
R
−28.6%
4,0777,37311,514
R
−17.6%
4,1336,09311,154
R
−15.3%
4,7506,51411,560
D
+7.1%
3,3722,8986,657
D
+26.4%
2,7661,1256,211
D
+9.8%
3,6842,9917,052
R
−8.6%
2,8273,4166,836
D
+3.9%
3,4883,2186,979
D
+7.9%
3,6783,1376,886
D
+4.8%
2,8012,4996,244
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
27.1%
English
14.5%
Irish
9.4%
American
9.1%
Polish
2.4%
Italian
2.2%
French
2.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
0.7%
2.2%
75–84
3.4%
5.2%
65–74
5.4%
6.8%
55–64
6.6%
6.2%
45–54
6.1%
6.1%
35–44
6.1%
6.5%
25–34
6.2%
4.2%
18–24
3.6%
8.9%
5–17
8.9%
3.1%
<5
3.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$74,331
Auburn, IN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Auburn, IN$74,331
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.7%
Working age (18–64)8.6%
Seniors (65+)10.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.5%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.2%
Spanish0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
13.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
5.6%
Mainline Protestant
5.0%
Baptist
4.2%
Methodist
4.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Auburn sits at the center of a rural northeast Indiana economy shaped by auto-parts manufacturing and agriculture, with the metro consistently returning Republican margins above 70% in federal elections.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of twenty-six points in 1912 and a Republican high of forty-eight points in 2016. The 2024 margin was forty-seven points.

A population of 43,807, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,331 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Auburn, IN, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Auburn, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 47.0 points (R+47), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,831 votes cast, 5,064 went Democratic and 14,377 went Republican.
What is Auburn, IN, Indiana's political typology?
Akashic places Auburn, IN, Indiana in the "Farm Belt" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 9 times, Republican 25 times, and other 0 times.
When did Auburn, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Auburn, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Auburn, IN, Indiana?
Auburn, IN, Indiana has a population of 43,807 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Auburn, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Auburn, IN, Indiana is $74,331 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Auburn, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Auburn, IN, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.