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1876–2024
Lawrence County, Indiana
Lawrence County·Indiana

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

One of Indiana's most Republican-leaning counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Lawrence County, Indiana · David Benbennick · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+51
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
45,102
2024 ACS
Most similar
Miami County
IN · similarity 1.00
40 precincts · 21,220 votes cast
Trump · R+51
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−51.0%
5,01015,83021,220
2020R
−50.6%
4,96115,60121,025
2016R
−51.1%
4,21014,03519,238
2012R
−32.7%
5,77911,62217,870
2008R
−20.6%
7,20811,01818,534
2004R
−38.8%
5,34612,20717,698
2000R
−34.7%
5,07110,67716,142
1996R
−15.0%
5,7038,10716,009
1992R
−12.8%
5,5577,71216,781
1988R
−29.9%
5,78710,74216,599
1984R
−34.0%
5,60811,44017,150
1980R
−29.0%
5,82610,84617,296
1976R
−7.9%
7,9089,27817,440
1972R
−43.6%
4,27810,93615,284
1968R
−21.4%
5,3498,83016,248
1964D
+2.9%
8,6778,18616,956
1960R
−22.8%
6,97711,11918,182
1956R
−28.2%
6,19711,09017,346
1952R
−30.1%
6,04411,29617,475
1948R
−16.9%
6,1318,64314,869
1944R
−27.2%
5,2469,20014,515
1940R
−24.1%
6,55310,71717,308
1936R
−10.6%
8,0629,98218,178
1932R
−0.6%
8,2158,31416,741
1928R
−37.8%
4,4289,84414,329
1924R
−24.7%
4,4147,43812,254
1920R
−17.9%
4,7096,80811,708
1916R
−9.7%
3,1083,8137,256
1912D
+13.8%
2,5791,6336,840
1908R
−10.6%
3,1183,8847,224
1904R
−18.5%
2,6723,9246,774
1900R
−15.8%
2,5583,5356,194
1896R
−12.2%
2,4213,1035,571
1892R
−8.1%
2,1342,5294,853
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
Other Christian
20.3%
Baptist
6.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
6.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.4%
Methodist
1.9%
Mainline Protestant
1.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lawrence County, anchored by the small city of Bedford, posts presidential margins that rank among the widest in the state — a pattern consistent with rural south-central Indiana's decades-long shift toward the Republican column.

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

Lawrence County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,468, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 45,102 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 Miami County and Noble County.