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1876–2024
Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Tippecanoe County·Indiana

Tippecanoe County delivered a near-tie in 2024.

Home to Purdue, Tippecanoe decided 2024 by fewer than 150 votes

18762024·38 elections
Tippecanoe County, Indiana · Blross · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
Tied
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
189,071
2024 ACS
Most similar
Kendall County
IL · similarity 0.97
102 precincts · 67,194 votes cast
Trump · R+0
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−0.1%
32,68332,78367,194
2020D
+0.6%
35,01734,58171,448
2016R
−5.5%
27,20730,71163,210
2012R
−3.6%
26,71128,75757,063
2008D
+11.6%
37,78129,82268,436
2004R
−19.2%
20,81830,89752,360
2000R
−17.0%
18,22026,10646,295
1996R
−11.7%
17,23222,55645,586
1992R
−11.3%
17,34323,05050,334
1988R
−26.2%
16,25627,89744,364
1984R
−30.3%
15,78929,70645,876
1980R
−26.7%
14,63627,58948,470
1976R
−23.8%
17,85029,18647,587
1972R
−36.6%
14,59831,56546,366
1968R
−24.0%
14,52824,35240,968
1964D
+3.1%
20,25719,03639,372
1960R
−27.2%
14,04124,57238,668
1956R
−40.7%
9,99523,77633,843
1952R
−41.4%
9,67823,44733,246
1948R
−22.1%
10,82517,03428,107
1944R
−21.6%
10,22915,88826,212
1940R
−14.2%
12,12916,14828,350
1936R
−1.3%
12,73213,08126,122
1932D
+7.0%
13,60911,81825,663
1928R
−26.9%
8,72015,16523,978
1924R
−21.8%
7,61912,16120,823
1920R
−25.0%
7,56212,73020,639
1916R
−12.6%
4,9186,38611,669
1912D
+13.6%
4,4423,00610,542
1908R
−10.2%
4,9846,16411,539
1904R
−23.2%
4,0316,58111,000
1900R
−14.6%
4,6736,31711,222
1896R
−14.6%
4,6396,23910,989
1892R
−4.9%
4,3864,8569,503
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
5.0%
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.
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
9.4%
Other Christian
7.9%
Methodist
3.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.1%
Mainline Protestant
2.9%
Baptist
1.6%
Non-Christian
1.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 70.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

A Big Ten university city anchors this Lafayette-area county, keeping it among Indiana's most competitive. In 2024 the presidential margin was virtually zero, a stark contrast to most of the state's decisive Republican edges.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached fourteen points in 1912; the Republican margin reached forty-one points in 1952. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Tippecanoe County's demographics — a population of 189,071, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $60,636 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kendall County and McHenry County.