† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCiceroIllinoisUnited States
Mexican65.6%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican8.8%1.7%1.8%
Ecuadorian2.0%0.3%—
Guatemalan1.6%0.3%0.5%
Colombian1.3%0.3%0.4%
Cuban1.0%0.2%0.7%
Venezuelan1.0%——
Honduran0.7%0.2%0.3%
German3.2%16.1%12.5%
Irish3.0%10.6%9.4%
Polish2.5%6.0%2.2%
Italian1.7%5.4%4.8%
English1.3%6.9%9.5%
American0.8%3.3%5.3%
Swedish0.4%1.5%—
Russian0.4%——
African American†3.7%12.1%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Cicero
Illinois
United States
Median age
34.4
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
12.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.9%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cicero
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$70,842
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.7%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
10.8%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cicero
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
79.8%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
78.8%
14.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cicero
Illinois
United States
Catholic
—
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Cicero, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+48.8%
2008
+59.0%
2012
+65.2%
2016
+71.8%
2020
+62.0%
2024
+30.5%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
64.4%Harris10,289
33.9%Trump5,422
1.7%
D+30.5
R+31.6
D+31.9
15,982
D
80.1%Biden15,615
18.1%Trump3,528
1.8%
D+62.0
R+9.8
D+57.6
19,485
D
83.7%Clinton16,018
11.8%Trump2,264
4.5%
D+71.8
D+6.7
D+69.8
19,144
D
81.8%Obama12,376
16.7%Romney2,519
1.5%
D+65.2
D+6.2
D+61.3
15,126
D
78.8%Obama12,385
19.8%McCain3,116
1.4%
D+59.0
D+10.1
D+51.7
15,715
D
74.4%Kerry10,941
25.6%Bush3,761
0.0%
D+48.8
—
D+51.3
14,703
Cicero's electorate is shaped by its majority-Hispanic population—over 80% Latino by recent counts—and its long history as a working-class industrial suburb that has swung between machine loyalties and independent reform movements.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 71.8 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 31.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.5 points.
A population of 82,797, a 7% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,842 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Florence-Graham and Bell.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Cicero, Illinois voted Democratic by 30.5 points (D+30.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 15,982 votes cast, 10,289 went Democratic and 5,422 went Republican.
How many people live in Cicero, Illinois?
Cicero, Illinois has a population of 82,797 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cicero, Illinois?
Median household income in Cicero, Illinois is $70,842 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Cicero, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Cicero, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
