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1876–2024
Dearborn County, Indiana
Dearborn County·Indiana

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

One of Indiana's most lopsided presidential counties, hugging the Ohio line

18762024·38 elections
Dearborn County, Indiana · Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+58
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
51,094
2024 ACS
Most similar
Doddridge County
WV · similarity 1.00
45 precincts · 26,600 votes cast
Trump · R+58
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−58.3%
5,33520,84426,600
2020R
−55.5%
5,44619,52825,383
2016R
−54.8%
4,88318,11024,128
2012R
−39.7%
6,52815,39422,356
2008R
−34.9%
7,12314,88622,217
2004R
−36.4%
6,59614,23120,969
2000R
−30.8%
6,02011,45217,650
1996R
−12.5%
6,2698,31816,439
1992R
−11.9%
5,1166,97415,567
1988R
−23.5%
5,0668,19513,309
1984R
−29.9%
4,9209,14914,132
1980R
−17.6%
5,1357,46713,249
1976D
+1.4%
6,3486,17612,595
1972R
−29.9%
4,1377,68911,885
1968R
−10.7%
4,8426,20812,760
1964D
+16.9%
7,6995,47313,198
1960R
−10.1%
6,2167,61913,854
1956R
−13.0%
5,5357,18912,746
1952R
−9.9%
5,8107,09112,934
1948D
+6.0%
6,0405,35311,462
1944R
−3.1%
5,1575,48710,691
1940D
+1.1%
6,0385,90811,987
1936D
+15.1%
6,3664,66911,256
1932D
+15.2%
6,4294,71611,275
1928R
−17.3%
4,4596,33410,829
1924R
−2.7%
4,3304,5889,536
1920R
−2.7%
4,8845,15910,183
1916D
+12.6%
3,0102,3185,495
1912D
+30.2%
2,9571,3665,268
1908D
+14.0%
3,3652,5206,027
1904D
+11.2%
3,2642,5886,020
1900D
+13.9%
3,3712,5336,031
1896D
+9.9%
3,3132,7146,065
1892D
+19.4%
3,3972,2745,801
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
Catholic & Orthodox
13.3%
Other Christian
8.4%
Mainline Protestant
5.3%
Methodist
2.9%
Baptist
2.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Dearborn sits in Indiana's southeastern corner along the Ohio River, where rural demographics and a manufacturing heritage have produced presidential margins exceeding 58 points in 2024, among the widest in the state.

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

Dearborn County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $84,735, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 51,094 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 Doddridge County and Ritchie County.