Putnam County, Illinois

2024 results by precinct

8 precincts · 3,334 votes cast

Trump · R+23

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−22.8%	1,254	2,014	3,334
2020	R	−19.3%	1,338	1,993	3,395
2016	R	−19.9%	1,147	1,767	3,112
2012	D	+1.8%	1,559	1,502	3,143
2008	D	+15.6%	1,900	1,378	3,337
2004	D	+2.4%	1,704	1,623	3,352
2000	D	+6.9%	1,657	1,437	3,179
1996	D	+15.8%	1,425	987	2,764
1992	D	+18.3%	1,574	969	3,308
1988	D	+2.7%	1,601	1,516	3,139
1984	R	−12.5%	1,487	1,912	3,413
1980	R	−23.5%	1,158	1,959	3,414
1976	R	−7.7%	1,344	1,572	2,959
1972	R	−19.8%	1,112	1,665	2,787
1968	R	−14.5%	988	1,351	2,505
1964	D	+9.2%	1,359	1,131	2,490
1960	R	−11.3%	1,160	1,457	2,619
1956	R	−30.7%	913	1,724	2,641
1952	R	−25.2%	1,010	1,691	2,703
1948	R	−21.4%	905	1,405	2,336
1944	R	−27.4%	865	1,521	2,396
1940	R	−19.5%	1,195	1,778	2,985
1936	D	+0.1%	1,437	1,435	2,901
1932	D	+19.0%	1,554	1,050	2,651
1928	R	−22.8%	869	1,387	2,270
1924	R	−49.8%	260	1,364	2,218
1920	R	−57.5%	362	1,623	2,192
1916	R	−28.5%	785	1,444	2,311
1912	D	+1.4%	424	403	1,462
1908	R	−31.8%	413	834	1,324
1904	R	−34.4%	355	753	1,158
1900	R	−23.5%	450	738	1,224
1896	R	−18.7%	479	706	1,216
1892	R	−4.1%	514	561	1,144
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: 47.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

1.7%

3.5%

75–84

3.6%

7.9%

65–74

7.0%

7.8%

55–64

8.0%

5.7%

45–54

5.6%

5.9%

35–44

5.5%

5.7%

25–34

4.8%

3.4%

18–24

3.2%

8.7%

5–17

6.4%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$75,590

Putnam County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Putnam County$75,590

Illinois$83,390

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.1%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

23.9%

Mainline Protestant

9.2%

Methodist

4.5%

Other Christian

2.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Putnam County, straddling the Illinois River valley between Bureau and Marshall counties, delivered its 2024 presidential margin of R+22.8 on a voting-age base of roughly 4,500 — making individual precinct swings unusually visible in statewide models.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached nineteen points in 1932; the Republican margin reached fifty-eight points in 1920. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Putnam County's demographics — a population of 5,601, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $75,590 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of LaSalle County and Adams County.

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Putnam County delivered a near-tie in 2024.