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1876–2024
Evansville, IN·Indiana

Evansville, IN has voted Republican in seven straight presidential elections — R+21 in 2024.

Ohio River hub where downstate Indiana politics diverge from Indianapolis

1876 — 2024·38 elections
IN
LatestR+21in 2024
TypologyStable Rural Rightcluster typology
Population270,4942024 ACS

Evansville, IN, Indiana: Stable Rural Right metro. In 2024, voted R+21%. Democratic peak: D+41 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+21MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
Population
270,4942024 5-year
Median household income
$69,9812024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
84.7%2024 5-year
Black
6.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
3.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+41 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+36 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Evansville, IN
TrumpR+21
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2024 presidential margin by county for Evansville, IN, INA map of the constituent counties of Evansville, IN, IN, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic).Vanderburgh County, IN · R+13Warrick County, IN · R+30Posey County, IN · R+43
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican59.6%71,542
Kamala HarrisDemocratic38.8%46,591
OtherAll other candidates1.6%1,874
D+60
R+60
3 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 timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −20.8% in 2024.flipped R · 2000−20.8%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+3.2%
1896+0.2%
1900−0.5%
1904−9.5%
1908−1.7%
1912+17.2%
1916+1.7%
1920−11.4%
1924−14.7%
1928−16.1%
1932+29.2%
1936+40.7%
1940+11.7%
1944+3.1%
1948+7.7%
1952−16.5%
1956−16.0%
1960−7.2%
1964+25.3%
1968−9.0%
1972−35.9%
1976−2.3%
1980−9.9%
1984−15.8%
1988−11.7%
1992+3.9%
1996+2.9%
2000−13.2%
2004−22.4%
2008−2.3%
2012−15.9%
2016−23.4%
2020−17.8%
2024−20.8%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−20.8%
46,59171,542120,007
R
−17.8%
50,14972,376124,727
R
−23.4%
40,89767,948115,602
R
−15.9%
46,43964,499113,241
R
−2.3%
57,58060,329119,092
R
−22.4%
41,83266,226108,665
R
−13.2%
42,40155,54999,640
D
+2.9%
45,18442,36898,024
D
+3.9%
47,04342,793108,907
R
−11.7%
43,73755,41999,507
R
−15.8%
41,84657,66899,924
R
−9.9%
41,24051,02598,906
R
−2.3%
48,01350,31198,795
R
−35.9%
30,04564,09794,756
R
−9.0%
39,99949,01899,808
D
+25.3%
59,18235,18094,817
R
−7.2%
45,82952,91999,046
R
−16.0%
39,44754,52894,330
R
−16.5%
38,19253,36792,136
D
+7.7%
42,11936,06579,127
D
+3.1%
42,67240,10083,247
D
+11.7%
48,60838,38787,377
D
+40.7%
52,46321,78175,402
D
+29.2%
42,87823,17867,482
R
−16.1%
27,44238,06665,897
R
−14.7%
25,09834,51764,021
R
−11.4%
22,51428,83455,637
D
+1.7%
15,19414,65331,254
D
+17.2%
12,2047,45327,598
R
−1.7%
13,89914,39930,064
R
−9.5%
11,19513,83927,692
R
−0.5%
13,18313,32127,304
D
+0.2%
13,13713,07626,396
D
+3.2%
10,99210,27022,642
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
27.7%
English
14.5%
Irish
11.4%
American
5.9%
French
2.1%
Scottish
2.0%
Italian
1.9%
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: 39.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.4%
2.3%
75–84
3.0%
5.3%
65–74
5.9%
6.4%
55–64
6.7%
5.8%
45–54
5.8%
6.4%
35–44
6.4%
6.5%
25–34
6.5%
4.5%
18–24
4.4%
8.4%
5–17
8.0%
2.9%
<5
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$69,981
Evansville, IN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Evansville, IN$69,981
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
12.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.3%
Working age (18–64)11.1%
Seniors (65+)9.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.1%
speak English only
Spanish1.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
12.8%
Other Christian
11.7%
Baptist
7.4%
Methodist
4.6%
Mainline Protestant
4.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.0%
Non-Christian
1.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Evansville anchors the southwestern corner of Indiana, where the metro area's working-class manufacturing heritage and proximity to Kentucky and Illinois produce voting patterns that consistently run more conservative than the state's urban center.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of forty-one points in 1936 and a Republican high of thirty-six points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-one points.

A population of 270,494, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,981 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Evansville, IN, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Evansville, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 20.8 points (R+21), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 120,007 votes cast, 46,591 went Democratic and 71,542 went Republican.
What is Evansville, IN, Indiana's political typology?
Akashic places Evansville, IN, Indiana in the "Stable Rural Right" 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 12 times, Republican 22 times, and other 0 times.
When did Evansville, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Evansville, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Evansville, IN, Indiana?
Evansville, IN, Indiana has a population of 270,494 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Evansville, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Evansville, IN, Indiana is $69,981 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Evansville, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Evansville, IN, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.