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1876–2024
Wayne County, Indiana
Wayne County·Indiana

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

Richmond anchors a mid-size county that votes heavily Republican

18762024·38 elections
Wayne County, Indiana · Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030) · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+32
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
66,397
2024 ACS
Most similar
Brown County
IN · similarity 1.00
58 precincts · 26,827 votes cast
Trump · R+32
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−32.4%
8,82817,52626,827
2020R
−29.1%
9,52417,56727,679
2016R
−30.1%
8,32216,02825,579
2012R
−14.6%
10,59114,32125,477
2008R
−3.8%
13,45914,55828,562
2004R
−21.0%
10,77516,58627,657
2000R
−15.9%
10,27314,27325,151
1996R
−5.0%
10,90512,18825,801
1992R
−8.3%
9,96012,22127,346
1988R
−23.1%
10,20916,38826,702
1984R
−30.0%
10,17318,95529,251
1980R
−26.3%
9,59916,98128,052
1976R
−15.0%
12,30616,69729,191
1972R
−47.5%
7,65521,61029,361
1968R
−20.6%
10,68617,33532,308
1964R
−0.2%
15,26915,34230,724
1960R
−21.6%
12,72119,76432,580
1956R
−24.0%
12,33720,15732,638
1952R
−25.6%
11,81920,06832,180
1948R
−17.6%
10,74915,44526,716
1944R
−10.2%
12,43215,29528,059
1940R
−3.1%
14,13915,05829,370
1936D
+6.0%
13,69612,12626,373
1932D
+2.3%
13,28712,68326,506
1928R
−35.5%
7,54715,93623,601
1924R
−27.4%
6,21111,48719,225
1920R
−21.8%
8,01512,63121,221
1916R
−9.4%
5,0076,11211,791
1912D
+17.0%
3,8061,85111,491
1908R
−19.0%
4,5036,73111,738
1904R
−38.4%
3,1167,39011,143
1900R
−24.6%
4,0206,73611,035
1896R
−24.7%
4,0986,84111,093
1892R
−19.9%
3,7265,7149,978
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
3.1%
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
10.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
6.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.4%
Baptist
5.4%
Mainline Protestant
4.6%
Methodist
3.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wayne County's presidential margins have widened steadily over the past two decades, reaching R+32.4 in 2024. Its county seat, Richmond, is a small manufacturing and college hub that once made the result more competitive.

The Republican margin in Wayne County reached its widest at forty-eight points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was thirty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Wayne County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $55,692, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 66,397 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 Brown County and Hillsdale County.