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1876–2024
Owen County, Indiana
Owen County·Indiana

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

One of Indiana's most lopsided rural counties by presidential margin

18762024·38 elections
Owen County, Indiana · Calvin Beale · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+51
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
21,604
2024 ACS
Most similar
Clay County
IN · similarity 1.00
18 precincts · 9,876 votes cast
Trump · R+51
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−50.7%
2,3547,3609,876
2020R
−49.1%
2,4207,2869,904
2016R
−48.8%
1,9466,1518,614
2012R
−27.6%
2,8235,0628,113
2008R
−10.3%
3,5704,4158,170
2004R
−32.4%
2,5365,0007,604
2000R
−27.2%
2,2534,0196,503
1996R
−13.0%
2,2443,0566,266
1992R
−8.3%
2,2072,7536,555
1988R
−21.3%
2,4843,8376,363
1984R
−33.6%
2,0824,2046,323
1980R
−21.0%
2,3253,6326,212
1976D
+3.4%
3,1032,8966,055
1972R
−38.9%
1,7083,8965,626
1968R
−17.2%
1,9322,8985,618
1964D
+8.9%
3,3392,7886,160
1960R
−21.6%
2,3793,7006,128
1956R
−17.5%
2,5813,6856,301
1952R
−17.9%
2,5773,7136,361
1948R
−4.5%
2,7383,0025,870
1944R
−12.0%
2,6023,3185,975
1940R
−8.6%
3,1213,7096,868
1936D
+6.1%
3,4983,0916,648
1932D
+19.5%
3,6392,4236,236
1928R
−11.2%
2,4203,0365,517
1924D
+0.8%
2,6702,6275,541
1920R
−0.8%
2,9482,9976,094
1916D
+6.4%
1,8121,5853,548
1912D
+27.1%
1,6217113,355
1908D
+7.7%
2,0231,7263,876
1904D
+3.2%
1,8411,7213,720
1900D
+9.1%
2,0571,7063,853
1896D
+8.3%
2,0701,7513,853
1892D
+4.7%
1,7381,5693,606
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
14.5%
Baptist
3.8%
Methodist
3.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.9%
Mainline Protestant
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 75.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Owen County's R+50.7 margin in 2024 places it among Indiana's most decisively one-sided counties, reflecting a broader rural realignment across southern Indiana's forested hill country over the past two decades.

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

Owen County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $62,464, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 21,604 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 Clay County and Carroll County.