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1876–2024
Jennings County, Indiana
Jennings County·Indiana

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

One of Indiana's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Jennings County, Indiana · Calvin Beale · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+59
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
27,562
2024 ACS
Most similar
Jay County
IN · similarity 1.00
25 precincts · 11,809 votes cast
Trump · R+59
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−58.8%
2,3289,27311,809
2020R
−56.9%
2,5239,49012,251
2016R
−52.2%
2,3648,22211,229
2012R
−22.4%
3,8216,12010,250
2008R
−8.0%
5,3126,26111,839
2004R
−31.6%
3,5386,86410,517
2000R
−23.0%
3,5495,7329,494
1996R
−2.3%
4,2234,46110,420
1992R
−8.9%
3,4714,39210,295
1988R
−21.1%
3,6675,6369,348
1984R
−31.9%
3,2646,3569,707
1980R
−16.0%
3,9315,4989,822
1976R
−0.8%
4,4304,5059,012
1972R
−27.6%
2,9035,1568,157
1968R
−16.4%
2,9964,4168,640
1964D
+10.7%
4,3073,4697,811
1960R
−13.6%
3,4034,4787,908
1956R
−21.9%
2,8794,5027,414
1952R
−23.1%
2,7774,4607,286
1948R
−6.0%
3,0843,4856,636
1944R
−17.8%
2,5373,6436,219
1940R
−13.4%
2,9893,9216,939
1936R
−6.4%
3,1573,5946,823
1932D
+8.7%
3,6033,0206,717
1928R
−21.9%
2,3693,7056,098
1924R
−12.0%
2,7303,5066,444
1920R
−13.1%
2,6033,4046,117
1916R
−2.9%
1,6861,7913,581
1912D
+17.6%
1,5779553,529
1908R
−5.6%
1,8712,1004,099
1904R
−11.4%
1,6882,1393,942
1900R
−5.5%
1,9252,1554,157
1896R
−4.8%
1,8502,0403,923
1892R
−11.2%
1,3811,7853,598
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
Baptist
11.6%
Other Christian
9.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
5.6%
Methodist
3.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.0%
Mainline Protestant
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Jennings County, a rural stretch of south-central Indiana with fewer than 28,000 residents, recorded a 58.8-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — placing it among the state's most one-sided electoral jurisdictions.

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

Jennings County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $69,322, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 27,562 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 Jay County and Henry County.