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1876–2024
Iroquois County, Illinois
Iroquois County·Illinois

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

One of Illinois's most lopsided rural counties by presidential margin

18762024·38 elections
Iroquois County, Illinois · Calvin Beale · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+57
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
26,449
2024 ACS
Most similar
Ford County
IL · similarity 1.00
37 precincts · 13,324 votes cast
Trump · R+57
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−57.3%
2,74710,37613,324
2020R
−56.7%
2,90810,87714,043
2016R
−55.3%
2,5049,75013,102
2012R
−44.5%
3,4139,12012,811
2008R
−29.8%
4,6438,69513,596
2004R
−44.0%
3,8329,91413,835
2000R
−31.9%
4,3978,68513,424
1996R
−15.7%
4,5596,56412,737
1992R
−17.3%
4,4406,94814,530
1988R
−38.7%
4,2219,59613,886
1984R
−54.7%
3,30011,32714,685
1980R
−51.4%
3,36211,24715,327
1976R
−32.1%
5,16710,12915,481
1972R
−52.4%
3,72311,99515,784
1968R
−43.6%
3,89710,88516,033
1964R
−14.6%
7,0299,42316,452
1960R
−32.3%
5,82111,37617,213
1956R
−45.9%
4,48712,10416,609
1952R
−45.7%
4,63412,45617,107
1948R
−30.2%
4,8239,05114,001
1944R
−33.4%
5,16810,38915,648
1940R
−22.0%
7,03611,04718,191
1936D
+4.3%
8,6547,90817,173
1932D
+19.7%
9,4346,30315,898
1928R
−21.8%
5,4218,45313,923
1924R
−44.4%
2,3037,49811,702
1920R
−57.2%
2,4299,18611,809
1916R
−25.4%
4,9778,50313,909
1912D
+8.1%
2,4741,8667,516
1908R
−22.9%
2,9664,8558,237
1904R
−33.2%
2,3765,0678,115
1900R
−16.2%
3,7365,2439,297
1896R
−18.2%
3,6585,3259,179
1892R
−1.1%
3,8483,9368,209
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Mainline Protestant
19.6%
Other Christian
7.7%
Methodist
7.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.5%
Baptist
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Iroquois County, a flat agricultural expanse in east-central Illinois, delivered a 57-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest gaps in a state whose statewide results lean heavily the other direction.

The Republican margin in Iroquois County reached its widest at fifty-seven points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was fifty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Iroquois County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,255, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 26,449 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 Ford County and Whitley County.