Edwards County, Illinois

2024 results by precinct

12 precincts · 3,289 votes cast

Trump · R+71

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−71.1%	457	2,794	3,289
2020	R	−69.6%	488	2,833	3,368
2016	R	−70.5%	434	2,778	3,324
2012	R	−51.1%	754	2,405	3,228
2008	R	−29.8%	1,140	2,137	3,350
2004	R	−44.1%	930	2,412	3,364
2000	R	−37.9%	978	2,212	3,260
1996	R	−16.9%	1,089	1,613	3,103
1992	R	−8.5%	1,299	1,601	3,552
1988	R	−28.8%	1,218	2,212	3,450
1984	R	−44.8%	1,057	2,778	3,845
1980	R	−40.4%	1,041	2,556	3,751
1976	R	−18.0%	1,648	2,379	4,066
1972	R	−48.1%	1,055	3,017	4,081
1968	R	−37.2%	1,095	2,633	4,135
1964	R	−6.4%	1,991	2,262	4,253
1960	R	−38.9%	1,446	3,291	4,745
1956	R	−46.8%	1,210	3,339	4,550
1952	R	−50.1%	1,162	3,502	4,669
1948	R	−34.1%	1,206	2,491	3,770
1944	R	−42.8%	1,197	3,016	4,250
1940	R	−30.7%	1,770	3,361	5,182
1936	R	−11.8%	2,211	2,813	5,100
1932	R	−5.9%	1,956	2,203	4,216
1928	R	−49.9%	950	2,861	3,826
1924	R	−43.1%	1,047	2,750	3,952
1920	R	−59.6%	742	3,002	3,790
1916	R	−33.9%	1,389	2,885	4,412
1912	R	−6.9%	650	817	2,404
1908	R	−34.6%	747	1,614	2,503
1904	R	−42.4%	595	1,610	2,393
1900	R	−30.7%	823	1,577	2,457
1896	R	−29.3%	852	1,572	2,458
1892	R	−31.2%	677	1,350	2,157
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 44.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.3%

85+

2.3%

2.6%

75–84

3.5%

6.2%

65–74

6.7%

7.2%

55–64

7.1%

6.6%

45–54

6.2%

5.7%

35–44

5.8%

5.1%

25–34

4.7%

3.9%

18–24

3.1%

7.9%

5–17

8.6%

2.9%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$60,519

Edwards County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Edwards County$60,519

Illinois$83,390

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.5%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

23.5%

Baptist

18.0%

Methodist

9.3%

Mainline Protestant

6.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With under 7,000 residents scattered across its rural townships, Edwards County has delivered lopsided Republican presidential margins for decades, sitting among the most one-sided counties in a state whose statewide results typically trend the opposite direction.

The Republican margin in Edwards County reached its widest at seventy-one points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was seventy-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Edwards County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $60,519, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,075 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jefferson County and Perry County.

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Edwards County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.