† 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
GroupWashingtonIndianaUnited States
German16.6%19.5%12.5%
English9.7%11.3%9.5%
American8.6%6.9%5.3%
Irish7.1%10.1%9.4%
French1.4%1.3%1.6%
Scottish0.9%1.5%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.7%——
Norwegian0.6%——
Mexican7.9%5.7%11.3%
Guatemalan1.2%0.2%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.7%0.8%1.8%
Salvadoran0.7%0.2%0.7%
Dominican0.4%—0.7%
Haitian4.5%—0.3%
African0.5%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
Washington
Indiana
United States
Median age
37.3
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.5%
9.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.0%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Washington
Indiana
United States
Median household income
$50,331
$71,957
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.2%
12.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.8%
29.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Washington
Indiana
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
14.0%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
7.5%
5.5%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
4.9%
0.4%
0.7%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.3%
0.8%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Washington
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.
Washington, Indiana
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−39.1%
2008
−20.2%
2012
−38.3%
2016
−49.4%
2020
−46.1%
2024
−50.3%
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
24.0%Harris959
74.3%Trump2,965
1.6%
R+50.3
R+4.2
R+48.8
3,989
R
25.8%Biden1,098
71.9%Trump3,061
2.3%
R+46.1
D+3.4
R+50.5
4,259
R
22.8%Clinton925
72.3%Trump2,927
4.9%
R+49.4
R+11.2
R+51.5
4,049
R
30.0%Obama1,208
68.2%Romney2,751
1.8%
R+38.3
R+18.0
R+42.1
4,033
R
38.7%Obama1,710
58.9%McCain2,603
2.3%
R+20.2
D+18.9
R+27.5
4,416
R
30.4%Kerry1,263
69.5%Bush2,889
0.1%
R+39.1
—
R+36.6
4,158
Washington sits in Daviess County, one of Indiana's more reliably conservative rural counties, where tight-knit Amish and non-Amish communities share an agricultural economy that shapes both turnout patterns and local policy priorities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 50.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 50.3 points.
A population of 12,367, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,331 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Nappanee and Martinsville.
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, Washington, Indiana voted Republican by 50.3 points (R+50.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,989 votes cast, 959 went Democratic and 2,965 went Republican.
How many people live in Washington, Indiana?
Washington, Indiana has a population of 12,367 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Washington, Indiana?
Median household income in Washington, Indiana is $50,331 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Washington, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Washington, Indiana from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
