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1876–2024
Henderson County, Illinois
Henderson County·Illinois

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

One of Illinois's smallest counties, with one of its widest partisan gaps

18762024·38 elections
Henderson County, Illinois · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+39
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
6,193
2024 ACS
Most similar
Ashtabula County
OH · similarity 1.00
13 precincts · 3,464 votes cast
Trump · R+39
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−38.8%
1,0262,3693,464
2020R
−33.0%
1,1872,3943,656
2016R
−28.4%
1,1552,1553,518
2012D
+12.2%
1,9781,5413,568
2008D
+17.7%
2,2151,5413,814
2004D
+9.9%
2,2691,8574,153
2000D
+8.3%
2,0301,7083,866
1996D
+19.9%
1,9531,2333,619
1992D
+17.4%
2,0131,3104,048
1988D
+9.4%
2,0851,7263,821
1984R
−7.5%
1,9692,2894,278
1980R
−19.6%
1,6092,4434,246
1976R
−1.3%
2,1522,2104,407
1972R
−21.3%
1,7442,6894,436
1968R
−14.2%
1,6352,2244,148
1964D
+9.9%
2,2711,8634,134
1960R
−20.5%
1,6972,5724,273
1956R
−30.2%
1,4692,7434,215
1952R
−32.1%
1,4582,8394,303
1948R
−22.7%
1,4652,3363,838
1944R
−26.9%
1,5502,6954,255
1940R
−24.4%
1,9773,2645,281
1936R
−3.2%
2,4962,6635,220
1932D
+13.1%
2,3721,8154,266
1928R
−43.0%
1,0652,6953,790
1924R
−52.5%
8032,8793,951
1920R
−56.0%
7402,7473,584
1916R
−21.2%
1,6112,5284,318
1912D
+3.1%
7216482,328
1908R
−29.2%
8201,5472,486
1904R
−37.8%
7081,6682,540
1900R
−27.8%
9761,7722,859
1896R
−28.4%
9621,7562,796
1892R
−17.8%
9211,3522,417
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.
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
Methodist
9.6%
Mainline Protestant
5.6%
Other Christian
5.2%
Baptist
2.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 74.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Henderson County's rural northwest Illinois landscape and dwindling population track closely with a decades-long shift toward lopsided Republican margins, hitting R+38.8 in 2024 despite the county casting fewer than 3,500 total votes.

The Republican margin in Henderson County reached its widest at fifty-six points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was thirty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Henderson County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $62,227, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,193 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 Ashtabula County and Chickasaw County.