Terre Haute, IN Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

Terre Haute, IN, Indiana: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+32%. Republican peak: R+32 in 2024.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+32MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: PopulistAkashic typology
Population: 168,7192024 5-year
Median household income: $56,7002024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 88.0%2024 5-year
Black: 4.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 2.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+28 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+32 in 2024MIT Election Lab

2024 results by constituent county

4 counties · 0 D · 4 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).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−32.0%	22,767	44,905	69,157
2020	R	−29.0%	24,973	45,919	72,336
2016	R	−27.9%	22,422	41,103	67,023
2012	R	−8.3%	29,342	34,793	65,703
2008	D	+9.2%	38,281	31,741	71,018
2004	R	−12.7%	28,524	36,884	65,938
2000	R	−5.7%	28,378	31,863	61,281
1996	D	+4.3%	28,906	26,150	63,709
1992	D	+4.7%	29,219	25,942	69,325
1988	R	−6.6%	31,280	35,701	67,291
1984	R	−17.3%	29,808	42,415	72,665
1980	R	−10.6%	31,752	39,773	75,842
1976	D	+4.5%	40,106	36,650	77,419
1972	R	−22.3%	29,779	46,978	77,218
1968	R	−2.4%	32,582	34,430	76,473
1964	D	+19.9%	47,442	31,677	79,419
1960	R	−1.6%	41,813	43,184	85,299
1956	R	−2.5%	41,597	43,736	85,608
1952	D	+0.5%	44,591	44,136	89,260
1948	D	+12.3%	44,002	34,212	79,674
1944	D	+3.3%	41,702	39,034	81,136
1940	D	+8.7%	51,404	43,132	95,060
1936	D	+28.2%	58,644	32,618	92,210
1932	D	+20.4%	48,262	31,435	82,354
1928	R	−9.3%	34,302	41,456	76,843
1924	R	−12.5%	26,340	35,128	70,436
1920	R	−6.0%	30,729	35,089	72,260
1916	D	+8.2%	20,823	17,273	43,181
1912	D	+22.2%	16,040	7,624	37,977
1908	D	+4.3%	21,390	19,499	44,243
1904	R	−12.6%	15,268	20,132	38,556
1900	D	+2.5%	17,393	16,513	35,292
1896	D	+4.5%	17,864	16,301	34,468
1892	D	+6.8%	14,753	12,771	29,081
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.

German

16.3%

English

13.1%

Irish

11.1%

American

7.9%

Italian

3.0%

Scottish

2.4%

French

2.0%

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: 38.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.5%

2.3%

75–84

3.1%

5.0%

65–74

5.5%

6.1%

55–64

6.2%

6.1%

45–54

5.6%

6.5%

35–44

5.5%

7.0%

25–34

5.9%

6.5%

18–24

5.7%

8.0%

5–17

7.5%

2.8%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$56,700

Terre Haute, IN ranks near the middle of US counties.

Terre Haute, IN$56,700

Indiana$71,957

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1821.1%

Working age (18–64)16.1%

Seniors (65+)13.7%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

96.4%

speak English only

Spanish1.8%

Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%

Other Indo-European0.6%

Other languages0.3%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

15.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.9%

Methodist

3.8%

Baptist

3.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.8%

Mainline Protestant

1.9%

Non-Christian

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Terre Haute anchors a mid-sized metro where manufacturing decline and a large state-university population create an unusual demographic mix; Vigo County tracked the national presidential winner in every election from 1956 to 2016 before breaking that streak.

The Democratic margin in Terre Haute, IN peaked at twenty-eight points in 1936. By 2012 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty-two points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $56,700 sits well below state and national norms, and 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Terre Haute, IN, Indiana vote in 2024?

In 2024, Terre Haute, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 32.0 points (R+32), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 69,157 votes cast, 22,767 went Democratic and 44,905 went Republican.

What is Terre Haute, IN, Indiana's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Terre Haute, IN, Indiana as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 17 times, and other 0 times.

When did Terre Haute, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Terre Haute, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 2008.

How many people live in Terre Haute, IN, Indiana?

Terre Haute, IN, Indiana has a population of 168,719 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Terre Haute, IN, Indiana?

Median household income in Terre Haute, IN, Indiana is $56,700 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.

What is the political history of Terre Haute, IN, Indiana?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Terre Haute, IN, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Terre Haute, IN was solidly Democratic for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.

Key facts

Demographics

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