Putnam County, Indiana

2024 results by precinct

31 precincts · 16,766 votes cast

Trump · R+52

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−51.9%	3,871	12,566	16,766
2020	R	−50.2%	3,946	12,278	16,597
2016	R	−49.1%	3,356	10,637	14,818
2012	R	−32.5%	4,507	9,005	13,829
2008	R	−12.0%	6,334	8,086	14,646
2004	R	−36.6%	4,103	8,908	13,136
2000	R	−27.2%	4,123	7,352	11,871
1996	R	−17.2%	3,962	5,958	11,616
1992	R	−15.4%	3,487	5,341	12,048
1988	R	−29.7%	3,850	7,119	11,021
1984	R	−39.3%	3,392	7,820	11,272
1980	R	−26.3%	3,996	7,090	11,748
1976	R	−8.4%	5,116	6,063	11,297
1972	R	−40.4%	3,339	7,879	11,243
1968	R	−19.1%	3,692	5,873	11,410
1964	D	+8.1%	6,275	5,331	11,630
1960	R	−15.6%	4,798	6,583	11,423
1956	R	−18.7%	4,572	6,684	11,280
1952	R	−19.7%	4,446	6,632	11,118
1948	R	−2.6%	4,814	5,072	9,963
1944	R	−5.1%	4,857	5,386	10,283
1940	D	+1.6%	6,020	5,832	11,901
1936	D	+10.9%	6,177	4,961	11,207
1932	D	+15.8%	6,168	4,438	10,968
1928	R	−12.2%	4,177	5,351	9,603
1924	R	−1.7%	4,759	4,930	10,032
1920	D	+2.6%	5,417	5,140	10,746
1916	D	+9.0%	2,965	2,453	5,668
1912	D	+28.3%	2,922	1,354	5,545
1908	D	+8.5%	3,131	2,626	5,926
1904	D	+7.2%	3,005	2,586	5,830
1900	D	+10.2%	3,251	2,632	6,049
1896	D	+10.1%	3,218	2,622	5,909
1892	D	+8.6%	2,754	2,289	5,405
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

2.6%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 38.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.1%

2.3%

75–84

2.9%

5.2%

65–74

5.1%

6.9%

55–64

6.4%

45–54

5.5%

7.2%

35–44

5.1%

8.0%

25–34

5.4%

6.2%

18–24

6.2%

7.7%

5–17

6.9%

2.4%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$78,378

Putnam County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Putnam County$78,378

Indiana$71,957

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.7%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

11.1%

Baptist

6.4%

Mainline Protestant

4.5%

Methodist

2.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Putnam County, anchored by Greencastle and DePauw University, still posts some of the widest Republican presidential margins in the state despite hosting a liberal-arts campus — a pattern common to small Indiana counties where rural precincts dominate the overall tally.

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

Putnam County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $78,378, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 37,280 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 Carroll County and DeKalb County.

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