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1876–2024
White County, Indiana
White County·Indiana

White 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
White County, Indiana · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+45
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
24,717
2024 ACS
Most similar
Cass County
IN · similarity 1.00
19 precincts · 11,176 votes cast
Trump · R+45
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−45.0%
2,9457,96911,176
2020R
−44.1%
3,0327,95711,166
2016R
−42.5%
2,5636,8139,990
2012R
−23.5%
3,6375,9709,935
2008R
−8.3%
4,8395,73110,767
2004R
−35.7%
3,2776,97410,366
2000R
−24.1%
3,6556,0379,904
1996R
−12.8%
3,3964,6429,698
1992R
−16.0%
2,9884,62210,221
1988R
−31.2%
3,2566,2209,513
1984R
−39.3%
3,1577,27910,499
1980R
−34.6%
3,2476,99910,855
1976R
−22.4%
3,9636,28710,369
1972R
−46.8%
2,6757,41910,137
1968R
−24.6%
3,3955,93210,305
1964D
+3.7%
5,4075,01510,455
1960R
−26.0%
3,9146,67810,612
1956R
−35.1%
3,2196,7089,949
1952R
−35.7%
3,2116,79510,052
1948R
−12.1%
3,8494,9118,813
1944R
−17.0%
3,5705,0398,650
1940R
−10.8%
4,1765,1899,409
1936D
+6.7%
4,8634,2459,250
1932D
+17.4%
4,9763,4848,592
1928R
−20.6%
2,9804,5347,556
1924R
−16.8%
3,1384,4757,940
1920R
−18.0%
3,3754,8718,317
1916R
−3.7%
2,2622,4424,820
1912D
+9.6%
2,0591,6134,639
1908R
−2.0%
2,3262,4234,919
1904R
−11.5%
2,0962,6795,053
1900R
−1.0%
2,5102,5625,215
1896D
+3.1%
2,5372,3835,009
1892D
+2.2%
1,8961,8074,103
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
Catholic & Orthodox
8.4%
Methodist
7.3%
Other Christian
7.1%
Baptist
4.1%
Mainline Protestant
4.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

White County, anchored by the small city of Monticello on the Tippecanoe River, has shifted steadily toward supermajority Republican margins over the past two decades, reflecting a broader rural realignment across the upper Midwest.

The Republican margin in White County reached its widest at forty-seven points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was forty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

White County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,303, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 24,717 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 Cass County and Brown County.