† 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
GroupBloomingtonIndianaUnited States
German16.6%19.5%12.5%
English13.7%11.3%9.5%
Irish10.9%10.1%9.4%
American6.1%6.9%5.3%
Italian3.5%2.4%4.8%
Scottish2.6%1.5%1.3%
Polish2.5%2.6%2.2%
French1.6%1.3%1.6%
Chinese3.3%0.4%1.3%
Asian Indian3.2%0.8%1.4%
Korean0.8%—0.4%
Filipino0.6%0.2%0.9%
Nepalese0.5%——
Vietnamese0.3%—0.6%
Japanese0.3%—0.2%
Pakistani0.3%——
Mexican2.3%5.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.8%1.8%
Spaniard0.3%——
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Venezuelan0.2%0.2%—
Spanish0.2%——
African American†3.7%7.7%9.9%
Nigerian0.4%0.3%0.2%
African0.3%0.5%0.5%
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
Bloomington
Indiana
United States
Median age
25.1
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
39.3%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.4%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bloomington
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$50,465
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
29.8%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
58.8%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bloomington
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
16.7%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
3.5%
5.5%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
3.4%
0.9%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
3.5%
0.4%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.8%
0.8%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bloomington
Indiana
United States
Catholic
—
11.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
18.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
57.9%
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.
Bloomington, Indiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+28.0%
2008
+49.4%
2012
+39.0%
2016
+52.2%
2020
+58.8%
2024
+57.9%
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
77.8%Harris20,132
19.8%Trump5,136
2.4%
D+57.9
R+0.9
D+59.4
25,881
D
78.6%Biden23,358
19.7%Trump5,865
1.7%
D+58.8
D+6.6
D+54.4
29,725
D
72.9%Clinton21,440
20.7%Trump6,083
6.4%
D+52.2
D+13.2
D+50.1
29,418
D
68.4%Obama21,003
29.3%Romney9,016
2.3%
D+39.0
R+10.4
D+35.2
30,720
D
74.2%Obama26,959
24.9%McCain9,024
0.9%
D+49.4
D+21.3
D+42.1
36,312
D
63.4%Kerry17,527
35.3%Bush9,772
1.3%
D+28.0
—
D+30.5
27,649
Indiana University's 45,000-student enrollment anchors Bloomington's Democratic lean, making Monroe County one of the few reliably blue jurisdictions in a state that has voted Republican in presidential races by double digits for over a decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 58.8 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 57.9 points.
A population of 80,049, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,465 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Corvallis and Champaign.
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, Bloomington, Indiana voted Democratic by 57.9 points (D+57.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 25,881 votes cast, 20,132 went Democratic and 5,136 went Republican.
How many people live in Bloomington, Indiana?
Bloomington, Indiana has a population of 80,049 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bloomington, Indiana?
Median household income in Bloomington, Indiana is $50,465 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Bloomington, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bloomington, Indiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
