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1876–2024
Mount Vernon, IL·Illinois

Mount Vernon, IL has voted Republican in seven straight presidential elections — R+48 in 2024.

A small southern Illinois metro where manufacturing heritage shapes the vote

1876 — 2024·38 elections
IL
LatestR+48in 2024
TypologyFarm Beltcluster typology
Population36,5502024 ACS

Mount Vernon, IL, Illinois: Farm Belt metro. In 2024, voted R+48%. Republican peak: R+48 in 2024.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+48MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Farm BeltAkashic typology
Population
36,5502024 5-year
Median household income
$63,1182024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
84.0%2024 5-year
Black
6.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
2.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+28 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+48 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Mount Vernon, IL
TrumpR+48
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican73.2%12,189
Kamala HarrisDemocratic25.4%4,240
OtherAll other candidates1.4%233
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: −47.7% in 2024.flipped R · 2000−47.7%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+7.3%
1896+15.6%
1900+8.3%
1904−10.1%
1908+2.5%
1912+21.2%
1916+5.1%
1920−8.8%
1924+7.0%
1928−10.7%
1932+27.7%
1936+16.7%
1940+11.1%
1944+3.5%
1948+9.4%
1952−6.2%
1956−8.7%
1960−11.7%
1964+21.4%
1968−5.8%
1972−19.2%
1976+9.5%
1980−13.5%
1984−14.5%
1988+0.7%
1992+18.0%
1996+8.9%
2000−10.9%
2004−20.3%
2008−10.7%
2012−22.8%
2016−42.8%
2020−45.1%
2024−47.7%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−47.7%
4,24012,18916,662
R
−45.1%
4,60812,47617,436
R
−42.8%
4,42511,69516,999
R
−22.8%
6,0899,81116,320
R
−10.7%
7,4629,30217,141
R
−20.3%
6,71310,16016,948
R
−10.9%
6,6858,36215,360
D
+8.9%
7,2635,93714,981
D
+18.0%
8,6655,49717,597
D
+0.7%
7,7297,62415,426
R
−14.5%
7,2009,64216,885
R
−13.5%
6,7618,97216,340
D
+9.5%
8,9897,42216,520
R
−19.2%
6,3969,44815,905
R
−5.8%
6,4767,36715,467
D
+21.4%
9,6536,24815,901
R
−11.7%
7,7849,84117,625
R
−8.7%
8,0909,63717,727
R
−6.2%
8,6989,84118,558
D
+9.4%
8,9287,39316,321
D
+3.5%
8,4967,91616,551
D
+11.1%
10,8878,69219,715
D
+16.7%
10,2407,29017,668
D
+27.7%
9,4955,33315,005
R
−10.7%
5,9057,32613,301
D
+7.0%
6,2585,40612,130
R
−8.8%
4,7725,71110,660
D
+5.1%
6,6856,02812,996
D
+21.2%
3,2371,8346,614
D
+2.5%
3,3773,2106,787
R
−10.1%
2,4623,0635,967
D
+8.3%
3,3322,8056,343
D
+15.6%
3,5882,6036,307
D
+7.3%
2,3321,9495,234
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
19.2%
English
14.9%
Irish
10.6%
American
7.1%
Polish
2.8%
Italian
1.9%
Scottish
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: 41.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.4%
2.9%
75–84
3.3%
5.6%
65–74
6.1%
6.9%
55–64
6.5%
6.4%
45–54
5.8%
6.7%
35–44
5.8%
6.8%
25–34
5.5%
4.1%
18–24
3.1%
8.6%
5–17
8.0%
3.0%
<5
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$63,118
Mount Vernon, IL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Mount Vernon, IL$63,118
Illinois$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
13.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.8%
Working age (18–64)12.2%
Seniors (65+)10.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.4%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.5%
Spanish1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
21.9%
Other Christian
14.8%
Methodist
3.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.4%
Mainline Protestant
1.3%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Mount Vernon anchors Jefferson County in Illinois's historically Democratic but increasingly Republican "Little Egypt" region, where deindustrialization and demographic shifts have redrawn electoral coalitions over the past two decades.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of twenty-eight points in 1932 and a Republican high of forty-eight points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-eight points.

A population of 36,550, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,118 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Mount Vernon, IL, Illinois vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mount Vernon, IL, Illinois voted Republican by 47.7 points (R+48), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,662 votes cast, 4,240 went Democratic and 12,189 went Republican.
What is Mount Vernon, IL, Illinois's political typology?
Akashic places Mount Vernon, IL, Illinois 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 17 times, Republican 17 times, and other 0 times.
When did Mount Vernon, IL, Illinois last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mount Vernon, IL, Illinois voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Mount Vernon, IL, Illinois?
Mount Vernon, IL, Illinois has a population of 36,550 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mount Vernon, IL, Illinois?
Median household income in Mount Vernon, IL, Illinois is $63,118 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Mount Vernon, IL, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mount Vernon, IL, Illinois from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.