† 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
GroupDoltonIllinoisUnited States
African American†83.1%12.1%9.9%
African2.5%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian2.1%0.3%0.2%
Jamaican0.8%—0.4%
German1.3%16.1%12.5%
Irish1.2%10.6%9.4%
Polish1.0%6.0%2.2%
Italian0.7%5.4%4.8%
English0.5%6.9%9.5%
American0.3%3.3%5.3%
Swedish0.2%1.5%—
Mexican1.4%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%1.7%1.8%
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
Dolton
Illinois
United States
Median age
40.3
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.9%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Dolton
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$57,887
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
21.7%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.7%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Dolton
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.6%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
14.0%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
2.0%
0.3%
0.7%
Other languages
2.1%
0.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Dolton
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.
Dolton, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+91.9%
2008
+92.7%
2012
+93.2%
2016
+91.9%
2020
+90.5%
2024
+83.0%
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
90.9%Harris7,837
7.9%Trump682
1.2%
D+83.0
R+7.5
D+84.5
8,622
D
94.9%Biden9,505
4.4%Trump440
0.7%
D+90.5
R+1.4
D+86.1
10,013
D
94.9%Clinton9,957
3.0%Trump313
2.1%
D+91.9
R+1.3
D+89.8
10,491
D
95.9%Obama10,980
2.6%Romney300
1.5%
D+93.2
D+0.6
D+89.4
11,455
D
96.0%Obama11,462
3.4%McCain403
0.6%
D+92.7
D+0.7
D+85.4
11,936
D
95.9%Kerry10,125
4.0%Bush425
0.0%
D+91.9
—
D+94.4
10,553
Dolton sits in Cook County's Thornton Township, where Black residents make up roughly 90% of the population and Democratic margins in federal races routinely exceed 80 points.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.2 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 83.0 points.
A population of 20,825, a 4% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,887 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Country Club Hills and Suitland.
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, Dolton, Illinois voted Democratic by 83.0 points (D+83.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 8,622 votes cast, 7,837 went Democratic and 682 went Republican.
How many people live in Dolton, Illinois?
Dolton, Illinois has a population of 20,825 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dolton, Illinois?
Median household income in Dolton, Illinois is $57,887 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Dolton, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Dolton, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
