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1876–2024
Knox County, Indiana
Knox County·Indiana

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

One of Indiana's most lopsided rural counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Knox County, Indiana · Chris Light (talk) · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+50
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
36,007
2024 ACS
Most similar
Edgar County
IL · similarity 1.00
26 precincts · 15,123 votes cast
Trump · R+50
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−50.3%
3,62511,23615,123
2020R
−47.4%
4,06711,65516,011
2016R
−46.8%
3,77211,07715,602
2012R
−28.9%
5,2289,61215,145
2008R
−6.5%
7,5698,63916,424
2004R
−27.6%
5,6499,99015,746
2000R
−14.5%
6,3008,48515,054
1996D
+3.9%
7,0036,39515,532
1992D
+0.2%
6,7186,68317,284
1988R
−16.6%
7,0069,81316,881
1984R
−25.5%
6,41710,87217,459
1980R
−12.0%
7,82910,08318,822
1976D
+2.7%
9,6129,10018,860
1972R
−32.2%
6,08911,94018,196
1968R
−6.0%
7,2978,36917,818
1964D
+24.8%
12,6787,61220,411
1960R
−7.3%
9,91811,49021,516
1956R
−20.0%
8,69113,04721,801
1952R
−15.2%
9,38412,78622,316
1948D
+11.3%
11,6509,25021,182
1944D
+1.3%
10,29710,02320,463
1940D
+4.5%
12,26511,21123,590
1936D
+22.7%
13,6698,58922,400
1932D
+35.4%
14,0846,59021,140
1928R
−1.0%
9,83710,03520,104
1924D
+0.6%
8,6038,49319,168
1920R
−10.1%
8,05210,01119,479
1916D
+5.1%
5,3804,80511,364
1912D
+16.8%
4,4482,8059,752
1908D
+8.7%
5,1164,2479,985
1904R
−2.1%
4,0934,2788,923
1900D
+10.8%
4,4433,5548,212
1896D
+11.0%
4,3493,4807,932
1892D
+11.2%
3,4172,6536,835
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%
African American
1.4%
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
11.2%
Other Christian
8.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
8.4%
Baptist
6.1%
Mainline Protestant
5.3%
Methodist
4.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Knox County, anchored by Vincennes on the Wabash River, swung to R+50.4 in 2024 — a margin typical of deep-rural southwestern Indiana, where manufacturing decline and agricultural identity have steadily reshaped the electorate over two decades.

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

Knox County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $61,237, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 36,007 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 Edgar County and Crawford County.