Bedford, IN Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

Bedford, IN, Indiana: Farm Belt metro. In 2024, voted R+51%. Republican peak: R+51 in 2016.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+51MIT Election Lab
Political typology: Farm BeltAkashic typology
Population: 45,1022024 5-year
Median household income: $66,4682024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 93.8%2024 5-year
Black: 0.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 2.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+14 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+51 in 2016MIT Election Lab

2024 presidential election

Bedford, IN

TrumpR+51

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	74.6%	15,830
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	23.6%	5,010
OtherAll other candidates	1.8%	380

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 time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	No data
1880	No data
1884	No data
1888	No data
1892	−8.1%
1896	−12.2%
1900	−15.8%
1904	−18.5%
1908	−10.6%
1912	+13.8%
1916	−9.7%
1920	−17.9%
1924	−24.7%
1928	−37.8%
1932	−0.6%
1936	−10.6%
1940	−24.1%
1944	−27.2%
1948	−16.9%
1952	−30.1%
1956	−28.2%
1960	−22.8%
1964	+2.9%
1968	−21.4%
1972	−43.6%
1976	−7.9%
1980	−29.0%
1984	−34.0%
1988	−29.9%
1992	−12.8%
1996	−15.0%
2000	−34.7%
2004	−38.8%
2008	−20.6%
2012	−32.7%
2016	−51.1%
2020	−50.6%
2024	−51.0%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−51.0%	5,010	15,830	21,220
2020	R	−50.6%	4,961	15,601	21,025
2016	R	−51.1%	4,210	14,035	19,238
2012	R	−32.7%	5,779	11,622	17,870
2008	R	−20.6%	7,208	11,018	18,534
2004	R	−38.8%	5,346	12,207	17,698
2000	R	−34.7%	5,071	10,677	16,142
1996	R	−15.0%	5,703	8,107	16,009
1992	R	−12.8%	5,557	7,712	16,781
1988	R	−29.9%	5,787	10,742	16,599
1984	R	−34.0%	5,608	11,440	17,150
1980	R	−29.0%	5,826	10,846	17,296
1976	R	−7.9%	7,908	9,278	17,440
1972	R	−43.6%	4,278	10,936	15,284
1968	R	−21.4%	5,349	8,830	16,248
1964	D	+2.9%	8,677	8,186	16,956
1960	R	−22.8%	6,977	11,119	18,182
1956	R	−28.2%	6,197	11,090	17,346
1952	R	−30.1%	6,044	11,296	17,475
1948	R	−16.9%	6,131	8,643	14,869
1944	R	−27.2%	5,246	9,200	14,515
1940	R	−24.1%	6,553	10,717	17,308
1936	R	−10.6%	8,062	9,982	18,178
1932	R	−0.6%	8,215	8,314	16,741
1928	R	−37.8%	4,428	9,844	14,329
1924	R	−24.7%	4,414	7,438	12,254
1920	R	−17.9%	4,709	6,808	11,708
1916	R	−9.7%	3,108	3,813	7,256
1912	O	+13.8%	2,579	1,633	6,840
1908	R	−10.6%	3,118	3,884	7,224
1904	R	−18.5%	2,672	3,924	6,774
1900	R	−15.8%	2,558	3,535	6,194
1896	R	−12.2%	2,421	3,103	5,571
1892	R	−8.1%	2,134	2,529	4,853
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

English

16.7%

German

15.8%

Irish

12.2%

American

9.7%

Scottish

1.8%

Italian

1.7%

French

1.2%

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: 43.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.7%

2.8%

75–84

3.4%

5.7%

65–74

6.2%

7.0%

55–64

7.6%

6.6%

45–54

6.3%

5.8%

35–44

5.9%

6.1%

25–34

5.5%

4.1%

18–24

3.4%

8.0%

5–17

7.6%

2.8%

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

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,468

Bedford, IN ranks near the middle of US counties.

Bedford, IN$66,468

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

12.2%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1816.1%

Working age (18–64)11.2%

Seniors (65+)10.9%

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

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

98.2%

speak English only

Spanish0.9%

Other Indo-European0.6%

Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%

Other languages0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

20.3%

Baptist

6.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

6.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

3.4%

Methodist

1.9%

Mainline Protestant

1.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bedford anchors Lawrence County in southern Indiana's limestone belt, where working-class manufacturing heritage correlates with voting patterns that have shifted sharply toward Republican margins over the past two decades.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of fourteen points in 1912 and a Republican high of fifty-one points in 2016. The 2024 margin was fifty-one points.

A population of 45,102, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,468 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Bedford, IN, Indiana vote in 2024?

In 2024, Bedford, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 51.0 points (R+51), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 21,220 votes cast, 5,010 went Democratic and 15,830 went Republican.

What is Bedford, IN, Indiana's political typology?

Akashic places Bedford, 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 1 times, Republican 32 times, and other 1 times.

When did Bedford, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Bedford, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 1964.

How many people live in Bedford, IN, Indiana?

Bedford, IN, Indiana has a population of 45,102 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Bedford, IN, Indiana?

Median household income in Bedford, IN, Indiana is $66,468 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.

What is the political history of Bedford, IN, Indiana?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bedford, IN, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 32 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.

Bedford, IN has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+51 in 2024.

Key facts

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