Moultrie County, Illinois

2024 results by precinct

16 precincts · 6,528 votes cast

Trump · R+49

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−49.0%	1,615	4,816	6,528
2020	R	−48.9%	1,662	4,964	6,756
2016	R	−47.3%	1,481	4,455	6,283
2012	R	−27.0%	2,144	3,784	6,075
2008	R	−12.8%	2,668	3,471	6,260
2004	R	−25.4%	2,388	4,028	6,466
2000	R	−9.2%	2,529	3,058	5,725
1996	D	+7.9%	2,629	2,199	5,451
1992	D	+15.3%	3,056	2,065	6,465
1988	R	−2.5%	3,013	3,167	6,212
1984	R	−18.7%	2,458	3,593	6,072
1980	R	−18.9%	2,332	3,495	6,161
1976	D	+8.6%	3,332	2,803	6,169
1972	R	−14.4%	2,350	3,143	5,507
1968	R	−10.6%	2,447	3,094	6,127
1964	D	+19.9%	3,733	2,493	6,226
1960	R	−9.9%	3,079	3,752	6,831
1956	R	−15.4%	2,751	3,756	6,515
1952	R	−18.4%	2,675	3,880	6,563
1948	R	−0.1%	3,037	3,043	6,161
1944	R	−5.4%	2,853	3,180	6,079
1940	D	+0.8%	3,696	3,636	7,373
1936	D	+14.3%	4,110	3,074	7,249
1932	D	+28.1%	4,219	2,353	6,646
1928	R	−20.8%	2,168	3,310	5,488
1924	R	−10.6%	2,403	3,001	5,652
1920	R	−13.0%	2,513	3,279	5,881
1916	D	+6.7%	3,370	2,933	6,519
1912	D	+23.6%	1,501	747	3,196
1908	R	−0.3%	1,695	1,704	3,518
1904	R	−7.3%	1,470	1,719	3,397
1900	D	+6.6%	1,975	1,728	3,768
1896	D	+9.6%	2,077	1,711	3,820
1892	D	+11.7%	1,670	1,287	3,286
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%

Italian

1.2%

African American

0.8%

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: 40.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

2.0%

2.6%

75–84

2.9%

5.3%

65–74

5.6%

6.6%

55–64

6.9%

5.7%

45–54

5.6%

6.1%

35–44

6.2%

5.7%

25–34

5.6%

4.1%

18–24

3.4%

10.1%

5–17

9.4%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$71,784

Moultrie County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Moultrie County$71,784

Illinois$83,390

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.2%

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

35.6%

Mainline Protestant

12.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

11.1%

Baptist

4.6%

Methodist

4.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 30.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Moultrie County's R+49 margin in 2024 placed it among the most decisive rural results in a state more often associated with competitive statewide contests. Its small, agriculturally rooted population of roughly 14,000 has shifted sharply rightward over the past two decades.

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

Moultrie County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $71,784, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 14,424 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 Gibson County and Jefferson County.

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