† 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
GroupMadisonIndianaUnited States
German20.2%19.5%12.5%
English17.3%11.3%9.5%
American11.8%6.9%5.3%
Irish11.7%10.1%9.4%
Scottish2.9%1.5%1.3%
Italian2.0%2.4%4.8%
French1.6%1.3%1.6%
Scotch-Irish1.4%——
Mexican1.3%5.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.8%1.8%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
African American†2.0%7.7%9.9%
African0.2%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
Madison
Indiana
United States
Median age
44.4
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.9%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Madison
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$61,183
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.9%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.8%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Madison
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.7%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.2%
5.5%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.0%
0.8%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Madison
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.
Madison, Indiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−18.5%
2008
−3.3%
2012
−5.2%
2016
−18.2%
2020
−19.7%
2024
−20.6%
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
R
38.8%Harris2,114
59.4%Trump3,239
1.8%
R+20.6
R+1.0
R+19.2
5,449
R
39.2%Biden2,192
58.9%Trump3,292
1.8%
R+19.7
R+1.5
R+24.1
5,587
R
37.6%Clinton1,982
55.8%Trump2,943
6.6%
R+18.2
R+13.0
R+20.3
5,273
R
46.2%Obama2,386
51.3%Romney2,654
2.5%
R+5.2
R+1.9
R+9.0
5,170
R
47.8%Obama2,565
51.1%McCain2,742
1.2%
R+3.3
D+15.2
R+10.6
5,369
R
40.7%Kerry2,078
59.2%Bush3,020
0.1%
R+18.5
—
R+16.0
5,104
Madison sits on Indiana's southern border in Jefferson County, a historically competitive riverfront corridor where working-class demographics and rural-adjacent voting patterns have shifted the city's electoral profile noticeably over the past three cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 20.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.6 points.
A population of 12,223, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,183 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Salem and Lenoir.
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, Madison, Indiana voted Republican by 20.6 points (R+20.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,449 votes cast, 2,114 went Democratic and 3,239 went Republican.
How many people live in Madison, Indiana?
Madison, Indiana has a population of 12,223 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Madison, Indiana?
Median household income in Madison, Indiana is $61,183 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Madison, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Madison, Indiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
