† 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
GroupAtlanticIowaUnited States
German29.1%30.5%12.5%
Irish12.1%12.8%9.4%
English11.9%10.2%9.5%
Danish10.1%——
American5.8%4.6%5.3%
Italian2.1%1.6%4.8%
Scottish1.8%—1.3%
Norwegian1.2%4.1%—
Mexican2.8%5.0%11.3%
Peruvian0.2%——
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
Atlantic
Iowa
United States
Median age
43.5
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
7.5%
10.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.0%
18.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Atlantic
Iowa
United States
Median household income
$61,141
$75,059
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.4%
11.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.0%
31.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Atlantic
Iowa
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.3%
9.2%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Atlantic
Iowa
United States
Catholic
—
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
10.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
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.
Atlantic, Iowa
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−25.8%
2008
−6.4%
2012
−11.9%
2016
−32.7%
2020
−32.0%
2024
−31.1%
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
33.4%Harris1,169
64.5%Trump2,256
2.0%
R+31.1
D+0.9
R+29.6
3,495
R
33.3%Biden1,229
65.2%Trump2,410
1.5%
R+32.0
D+0.8
R+36.4
3,694
R
30.3%Clinton1,050
63.1%Trump2,183
6.6%
R+32.7
R+20.8
R+34.8
3,461
R
43.1%Obama1,552
55.1%Romney1,982
1.8%
R+11.9
R+5.6
R+15.8
3,599
R
45.4%Obama1,691
51.8%McCain1,928
2.8%
R+6.4
D+19.4
R+13.6
3,722
R
37.0%Kerry1,381
62.7%Bush2,344
0.3%
R+25.8
—
R+23.3
3,736
Atlantic sits in the Corn Belt. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 32.7 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.1 points.
A population of 6,763, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,141 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Orrville and Kenton.
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, Atlantic, Iowa voted Republican by 31.1 points (R+31.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,495 votes cast, 1,169 went Democratic and 2,256 went Republican.
How many people live in Atlantic, Iowa?
Atlantic, Iowa has a population of 6,763 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Atlantic, Iowa?
Median household income in Atlantic, Iowa is $61,141 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of Atlantic, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Atlantic, Iowa from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
