Gallatin County, Illinois

2024 results by precinct

11 precincts · 2,530 votes cast

Trump · R+54

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−53.8%	561	1,923	2,530
2020	R	−52.2%	622	2,019	2,675
2016	R	−47.5%	657	1,942	2,707
2012	R	−18.0%	1,029	1,492	2,573
2008	D	+13.1%	1,587	1,212	2,859
2004	R	−1.4%	1,573	1,619	3,225
2000	D	+8.1%	1,878	1,591	3,558
1996	D	+35.8%	2,113	856	3,513
1992	D	+35.0%	2,371	990	3,944
1988	D	+21.5%	2,455	1,580	4,063
1984	D	+5.5%	2,164	1,939	4,112
1980	R	−0.6%	1,678	1,700	3,466
1976	D	+27.0%	2,611	1,499	4,123
1972	R	−7.6%	1,844	2,148	4,001
1968	D	+4.2%	1,980	1,802	4,190
1964	D	+34.2%	2,845	1,394	4,239
1960	D	+4.5%	2,386	2,179	4,570
1956	D	+1.2%	2,230	2,179	4,415
1952	R	−3.3%	2,153	2,300	4,461
1948	D	+14.2%	2,385	1,789	4,200
1944	D	+2.4%	2,175	2,073	4,295
1940	D	+11.9%	3,293	2,588	5,929
1936	D	+29.4%	3,701	2,004	5,774
1932	D	+45.5%	3,469	1,279	4,813
1928	D	+7.8%	2,343	2,002	4,373
1924	D	+13.0%	2,385	1,792	4,576
1920	R	−4.2%	2,000	2,184	4,373
1916	D	+18.4%	2,920	1,985	5,079
1912	D	+20.8%	1,697	1,051	3,111
1908	D	+12.8%	1,845	1,411	3,378
1904	D	+4.4%	1,540	1,401	3,134
1900	D	+16.4%	2,004	1,432	3,498
1896	D	+16.7%	2,067	1,468	3,579
1892	D	+14.7%	1,675	1,211	3,158
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

0.9%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 46.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.2%

85+

2.7%

3.8%

75–84

4.3%

6.3%

65–74

7.0%

7.7%

55–64

7.2%

6.4%

45–54

6.3%

5.6%

35–44

5.5%

5.1%

25–34

4.6%

3.1%

18–24

2.8%

8.8%

5–17

7.3%

2.4%

1.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$59,219

Gallatin County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Gallatin County$59,219

Illinois$83,390

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.6%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

21.2%

Baptist

16.5%

Methodist

1.8%

Mainline Protestant

1.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.1%

Non-Christian

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Gallatin County, tucked into southeastern Illinois along the Wabash River, delivered an R+53.8 margin in 2024—among the widest in a state where statewide results run sharply the other direction. Its population of roughly 6,400 has declined steadily as coal and agriculture shed jobs.

The 2012 election was the turning point, when the Republican candidate carried the county by eighteen points. The 2024 margin was fifty-four points, in line with the county's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 4,819, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,219 situate the county in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Macoupin County and Braxton County.

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Gallatin County changed direction in the last decade.