akashic
1876–2024
Bloomington, IN·Indiana

Bloomington, IN delivered D+16 in 2024.

College town anchoring a reliably blue pocket in southern Indiana

1876 — 2024·38 elections
IN
Latest
D+16
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
162,569
2024 ACS

Bloomington, IN, Indiana: Bellwether metro. In 2024, voted D+16%. Republican peak: R+29 in 1960.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+16MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
BellwetherAkashic typology
Population
162,5692024 5-year
Median household income
$65,4162024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
83.8%2024 5-year
Black
3.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
4.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+27 in 2008MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+29 in 1960MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 1 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+16.1%
39,56728,36469,478
D
+17.7%
42,28129,35773,055
D
+14.1%
36,12926,67866,970
D
+13.3%
36,25927,54365,336
D
+27.3%
45,02025,53371,385
D
+2.9%
29,50127,83458,071
R
−7.3%
19,77623,16646,723
D
+2.1%
20,77519,80045,875
D
+5.0%
21,91919,41450,142
R
−14.4%
18,33924,59343,401
R
−21.3%
16,80125,97643,149
R
−14.4%
15,64121,86543,106
R
−5.1%
19,71221,83441,750
R
−16.7%
16,94923,84941,222
R
−12.0%
12,72116,65032,698
D
+7.6%
15,25713,09728,532
R
−29.3%
9,91418,21328,312
R
−24.1%
10,31316,90827,316
R
−20.8%
10,32215,78526,286
R
−10.5%
10,11312,58123,402
R
−13.1%
9,41112,31122,100
R
−11.0%
11,23814,02025,367
D
+3.2%
12,71811,93324,758
D
+8.5%
12,11710,18222,733
R
−27.6%
6,73711,91918,776
R
−9.0%
7,3598,87416,853
R
−5.6%
7,6998,63016,594
R
−0.1%
4,6084,6189,577
D
+21.6%
4,0172,0998,866
D
+0.3%
4,8034,7779,802
R
−6.9%
4,1274,7639,171
R
−0.4%
4,4544,4949,145
D
+2.6%
4,4924,2618,853
D
+1.1%
3,6753,5868,002
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
17.0%
English
14.4%
Irish
11.1%
American
6.6%
Italian
3.4%
Scottish
2.6%
Polish
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 33.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.0%
1.9%
75–84
2.7%
4.4%
65–74
4.9%
5.2%
55–64
5.5%
5.0%
45–54
5.0%
5.7%
35–44
5.5%
7.1%
25–34
6.3%
11.3%
18–24
11.4%
6.4%
5–17
5.7%
2.2%
<5
2.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$65,416
Bloomington, IN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Bloomington, IN$65,416
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
18.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.1%
Working age (18–64)20.6%
Seniors (65+)5.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.8%
speak English only
Asian & Pacific Islander3.5%
Other Indo-European3.2%
Spanish2.7%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
13.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.9%
Methodist
3.2%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.0%
Baptist
1.8%
Non-Christian
1.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 72.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Indiana University's flagship campus, the Bloomington metro votes markedly more Democratic than its surrounding rural counties, with Biden carrying Monroe County by roughly 30 points in 2020.

The Democratic margin in Bloomington, IN has rarely exceeded twenty-seven points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded twenty-nine points. 2024 delivered the metro to the Democratic candidate by sixteen points.

Its demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most metros. A 84% non-Hispanic-white share, a 19% poverty rate, and a median household income of $65,416 — all within the broad national range.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Bloomington, IN, Indiana — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/14020/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Bloomington, IN, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Bloomington, IN, Indiana voted Democratic by 16.1 points (D+16), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 69,478 votes cast, 39,567 went Democratic and 28,364 went Republican.
What is Bloomington, IN, Indiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Bloomington, IN, Indiana as a "Bellwether" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 19 times, and other 0 times.
When did Bloomington, IN, Indiana last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Bloomington, IN, Indiana voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Bloomington, IN, Indiana?
Bloomington, IN, Indiana has a population of 162,569 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bloomington, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Bloomington, IN, Indiana is $65,416 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Bloomington, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bloomington, IN, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Bellwether" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.