Jackson County, Illinois

2024 results by precinct

57 precincts · 22,465 votes cast

Harris · D+3

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+3.5%	11,394	10,614	22,465
2020	D	+1.3%	11,181	10,890	22,718
2016	D	+3.2%	11,634	10,843	24,617
2012	D	+14.3%	13,319	9,864	24,104
2008	D	+21.8%	15,248	9,687	25,532
2004	D	+12.0%	14,300	11,190	25,826
2000	D	+8.4%	11,773	9,823	23,090
1996	D	+21.8%	12,214	7,422	22,011
1992	D	+26.5%	13,373	6,899	24,434
1988	D	+7.8%	11,334	9,687	21,185
1984	R	−5.8%	12,105	13,609	25,896
1980	R	−0.9%	10,291	10,505	23,829
1976	D	+11.6%	12,940	10,152	24,122
1972	D	+2.9%	13,146	12,393	25,594
1968	R	−1.4%	8,856	9,134	19,657
1964	D	+26.9%	12,165	7,013	19,178
1960	R	−10.7%	8,527	10,568	19,112
1956	R	−17.5%	7,391	10,526	17,927
1952	R	−15.5%	7,457	10,193	17,674
1948	R	−8.8%	6,939	8,288	15,408
1944	R	−19.5%	6,735	10,002	16,791
1940	R	−11.0%	9,600	11,980	21,708
1936	R	−1.9%	9,971	10,363	20,546
1932	D	+11.8%	9,730	7,636	17,715
1928	R	−22.1%	5,836	9,180	15,102
1924	R	−13.2%	4,707	6,424	13,030
1920	R	−25.7%	4,575	8,003	13,347
1916	R	−10.2%	6,780	8,356	15,443
1912	D	+6.9%	3,323	2,780	7,833
1908	R	−11.5%	3,149	4,016	7,568
1904	R	−23.1%	2,350	3,984	7,076
1900	R	−4.2%	3,723	4,054	7,954
1896	R	−3.3%	3,631	3,879	7,620
1892	R	−2.7%	2,858	3,031	6,460
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

11.2%

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

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: 32.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.5%

2.0%

75–84

2.5%

4.9%

65–74

5.0%

5.2%

55–64

5.4%

4.7%

45–54

4.6%

5.2%

35–44

5.1%

6.6%

25–34

6.2%

11.0%

18–24

10.6%

7.0%

5–17

6.7%

2.6%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$48,763

Jackson County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Jackson County$48,763

Illinois$83,390

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

21.0%

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

Other Christian

14.8%

Baptist

10.3%

Non-Christian

6.7%

Mainline Protestant

5.9%

Methodist

3.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

3.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Jackson County votes modestly left of its rural neighbors — a pattern driven by the student and faculty population anchoring an otherwise small-city, working-class electorate.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached twenty-seven points in 1964; the Republican margin reached twenty-six points in 1920. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Jackson County's demographics — a population of 53,064, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $48,763 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grant County and St. Clair County.

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Jackson County delivered a near-tie in 2024.