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1876–2024
Huntington, IN·Indiana

Huntington, IN has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+48 in 2024.

A small Indiana metro where manufacturing still anchors the workforce

1876 — 2024·38 elections
IN
LatestR+48in 2024
TypologyStable Rural Rightcluster typology
Population36,7982024 ACS

Huntington, IN, Indiana: Stable Rural Right metro. In 2024, voted R+48%. Republican peak: R+50 in 2016.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+48MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
Population
36,7982024 5-year
Median household income
$66,3012024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
94.4%2024 5-year
Black
0.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
3.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+14 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+50 in 1988MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Huntington, IN
TrumpR+48
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican73.0%12,990
Kamala HarrisDemocratic24.8%4,416
OtherAll other candidates2.1%377
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: −48.2% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−48.2%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+1.0%
1896−4.6%
1900−5.3%
1904−13.1%
1908−3.1%
1912+13.5%
1916+0.9%
1920−10.6%
1924−13.4%
1928−18.7%
1932+12.0%
1936+8.5%
1940−11.5%
1944−16.7%
1948−6.2%
1952−25.9%
1956−29.1%
1960−19.5%
1964+11.1%
1968−16.7%
1972−37.5%
1976−16.8%
1980−25.6%
1984−40.1%
1988−50.0%
1992−32.7%
1996−28.3%
2000−41.0%
2004−49.5%
2008−27.2%
2012−39.7%
2016−50.3%
2020−49.9%
2024−48.2%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−48.2%
4,41612,99017,783
R
−49.9%
4,25513,14717,829
R
−50.3%
3,50611,64916,181
R
−39.7%
4,59610,86215,797
R
−27.2%
5,84310,29116,328
R
−49.5%
3,87711,61715,627
R
−41.0%
4,11910,11314,620
R
−28.3%
4,2878,27514,076
R
−32.7%
3,8559,09316,013
R
−50.0%
3,87311,67515,594
R
−40.1%
4,59810,80515,487
R
−25.6%
5,4159,49715,937
R
−16.8%
6,5159,18215,890
R
−37.5%
4,90810,85815,855
R
−16.7%
6,2389,00216,523
D
+11.1%
9,3087,43816,844
R
−19.5%
7,16310,65817,930
R
−29.1%
6,02711,02417,184
R
−25.9%
6,11410,50816,953
R
−6.2%
7,2028,17815,723
R
−16.7%
6,1288,66815,166
R
−11.5%
7,2209,11016,497
D
+8.5%
8,3617,02415,697
D
+12.0%
8,6976,79115,821
R
−18.7%
5,6788,32314,136
R
−13.4%
5,5067,43714,462
R
−10.6%
6,5068,10015,093
D
+0.9%
3,8333,7618,225
D
+13.5%
3,1192,1087,476
R
−3.1%
3,7123,9738,344
R
−13.1%
3,2904,3858,349
R
−5.3%
3,6914,1228,088
R
−4.6%
3,7504,1178,024
D
+1.0%
3,4603,3847,253
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
28.1%
Irish
12.5%
English
11.0%
American
8.2%
Scottish
2.1%
Italian
1.7%
Polish
1.7%
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: 40.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
1.6%
2.4%
75–84
3.2%
5.3%
65–74
5.6%
7.0%
55–64
7.2%
6.1%
45–54
5.8%
6.2%
35–44
5.8%
6.3%
25–34
5.9%
4.9%
18–24
4.5%
8.3%
5–17
7.8%
2.9%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$66,301
Huntington, IN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Huntington, IN$66,301
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
9.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.1%
Working age (18–64)9.3%
Seniors (65+)8.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.3%
speak English only
Spanish1.3%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
12.3%
Other Christian
7.9%
Methodist
7.0%
Mainline Protestant
6.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.3%
Baptist
1.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Huntington's economy leans heavily on industrial employment, and the metro's voting patterns have shifted decisively toward Republican margins over the past two decades, reflecting broader trends across rural-adjacent Midwest communities.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of fourteen points in 1912 and a Republican high of fifty points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved two points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-eight points.

A population of 36,798, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,301 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Huntington, IN, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Huntington, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 48.2 points (R+48), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 17,783 votes cast, 4,416 went Democratic and 12,990 went Republican.
What is Huntington, IN, Indiana's political typology?
Akashic places Huntington, 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 6 times, Republican 28 times, and other 0 times.
When did Huntington, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Huntington, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Huntington, IN, Indiana?
Huntington, IN, Indiana has a population of 36,798 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Huntington, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Huntington, IN, Indiana is $66,301 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Huntington, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Huntington, IN, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.