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1876–2024
Grundy County, Illinois
Grundy County·Illinois

Grundy County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A once-Democratic coal corridor that has swung sharply toward Republicans

18762024·38 elections
Grundy County, Illinois · Teemu08 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+30
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
53,219
2024 ACS
Most similar
Oceana County
MI · similarity 0.99
46 precincts · 26,589 votes cast
Trump · R+30
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−29.5%
9,14316,99726,589
2020R
−25.8%
9,62616,52326,756
2016R
−23.2%
8,06513,45423,237
2012R
−8.9%
9,45111,34321,313
2008D
+1.7%
11,06310,68722,171
2004R
−13.8%
8,46311,19819,831
2000R
−7.2%
7,5168,70916,584
1996D
+3.9%
6,7596,17714,902
1992R
−1.4%
6,1226,34616,265
1988R
−22.4%
5,5258,74314,361
1984R
−34.4%
4,6719,59514,325
1980R
−33.5%
3,9708,39713,204
1976R
−15.5%
5,5347,58113,201
1972R
−41.7%
3,5848,72512,341
1968R
−28.8%
3,4076,60711,105
1964R
−2.6%
5,2465,52210,768
1960R
−23.8%
4,2766,94811,228
1956R
−48.9%
2,6187,64010,261
1952R
−40.4%
3,1187,34710,478
1948R
−29.2%
3,2555,9549,240
1944R
−28.0%
3,5446,3109,876
1940R
−23.2%
4,1056,59310,741
1936R
−8.6%
4,4815,36010,185
1932D
+2.8%
4,7554,4919,315
1928R
−23.4%
3,1745,1268,329
1924R
−53.0%
7424,3376,780
1920R
−66.2%
8034,6475,805
1916R
−35.5%
2,2414,8117,247
1912R
−4.4%
1,1721,3804,731
1908R
−35.7%
1,3593,1274,957
1904R
−52.7%
8413,4484,945
1900R
−35.9%
1,6873,7355,702
1896R
−21.5%
2,0743,2465,439
1892R
−6.2%
1,8922,1594,296
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
1.8%
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.
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
18.9%
Other Christian
8.5%
Methodist
4.5%
Mainline Protestant
3.4%
Baptist
0.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Grundy County, anchored by Morris along the Illinois River, shifted from a competitive industrial belt to an R+29.5 result in 2024—a trajectory that mirrors the broader realignment of working-class exurban counties across the Midwest.

The Republican margin in Grundy County reached its widest at sixty-six points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was thirty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Grundy County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $92,235, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 53,219 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oceana County and Mecosta County.