akashic
1876–2024
Huntington County, Indiana
Huntington County·Indiana

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

One of Indiana's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Huntington County, Indiana · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+48
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
36,798
2024 ACS
Most similar
Lebanon County
PA · similarity 1.00
36 precincts · 17,783 votes cast
Trump · R+48
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−48.2%
4,41612,99017,783
2020R
−49.9%
4,25513,14717,829
2016R
−50.3%
3,50611,64916,181
2012R
−39.7%
4,59610,86215,797
2008R
−27.2%
5,84310,29116,328
2004R
−49.5%
3,87711,61715,627
2000R
−41.0%
4,11910,11314,620
1996R
−28.3%
4,2878,27514,076
1992R
−32.7%
3,8559,09316,013
1988R
−50.0%
3,87311,67515,594
1984R
−40.1%
4,59810,80515,487
1980R
−25.6%
5,4159,49715,937
1976R
−16.8%
6,5159,18215,890
1972R
−37.5%
4,90810,85815,855
1968R
−16.7%
6,2389,00216,523
1964D
+11.1%
9,3087,43816,844
1960R
−19.5%
7,16310,65817,930
1956R
−29.1%
6,02711,02417,184
1952R
−25.9%
6,11410,50816,953
1948R
−6.2%
7,2028,17815,723
1944R
−16.7%
6,1288,66815,166
1940R
−11.5%
7,2209,11016,497
1936D
+8.5%
8,3617,02415,697
1932D
+12.0%
8,6976,79115,821
1928R
−18.7%
5,6788,32314,136
1924R
−13.4%
5,5067,43714,462
1920R
−10.6%
6,5068,10015,093
1916D
+0.9%
3,8333,7618,225
1912D
+13.5%
3,1192,1087,476
1908R
−3.1%
3,7123,9738,344
1904R
−13.1%
3,2904,3858,349
1900R
−5.3%
3,6914,1228,088
1896R
−4.6%
3,7504,1178,024
1892D
+1.0%
3,4603,3847,253
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
12.3%
Other Christian
7.9%
Methodist
7.0%
Mainline Protestant
6.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.3%
Baptist
1.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Huntington County, a rural north-central Indiana county of about 38,000, delivered a 48-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most decisively one-sided jurisdictions in recent cycles.

The Republican margin in Huntington County reached its widest at fifty points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was forty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Huntington County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,301, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 36,798 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 Lebanon County and Shenandoah County.