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1876–2024
Jasper County, Illinois
Jasper County·Illinois

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

One of Illinois's most lopsided rural counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Jasper County, Illinois · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+65
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
9,180
2024 ACS
Most similar
Cumberland County
IL · similarity 1.00
15 precincts · 5,425 votes cast
Trump · R+65
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−65.2%
9124,4495,425
2020R
−62.4%
1,0074,4945,586
2016R
−59.7%
9243,9755,112
2012R
−41.2%
1,4363,5145,043
2008R
−17.6%
2,0632,9645,131
2004R
−32.8%
1,7813,5295,336
2000R
−26.0%
1,8153,1195,021
1996R
−4.0%
2,0382,2344,951
1992D
+5.3%
2,2841,9965,480
1988R
−17.1%
2,1353,0245,189
1984R
−35.3%
1,7503,6735,454
1980R
−30.3%
1,8463,5485,612
1976R
−0.4%
2,7722,7945,650
1972R
−23.8%
2,1143,4615,657
1968R
−16.4%
2,0122,9445,686
1964D
+13.2%
3,4062,6146,020
1960R
−5.7%
3,0273,3936,421
1956R
−3.5%
2,8953,1076,002
1952R
−15.8%
2,7283,7536,491
1948R
−0.4%
2,9362,9575,943
1944R
−4.7%
3,1423,4536,624
1940R
−5.0%
3,6894,0827,815
1936D
+12.4%
4,1493,2217,502
1932D
+31.1%
4,3902,3006,726
1928R
−2.3%
3,0553,2016,272
1924D
+1.8%
3,1443,0306,397
1920R
−4.8%
2,9713,2796,351
1916D
+10.8%
3,8843,1107,168
1912D
+20.7%
2,0421,2273,944
1908D
+10.6%
2,3171,8604,325
1904D
+3.2%
2,0241,8894,179
1900D
+14.4%
2,5911,9234,626
1896D
+18.4%
2,7241,8674,653
1892D
+16.9%
2,2171,5194,135
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
Catholic & Orthodox
16.2%
Other Christian
15.3%
Baptist
4.8%
Mainline Protestant
3.9%
Methodist
3.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Jasper County's presidential margin exceeded 65 points in 2024, placing it among the most Republican-leaning counties in a state whose statewide results run in the opposite direction. Its population of roughly 10,000 reflects decades of rural demographic thinning.

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

Jasper County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $74,755, a 97% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 9,180 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 Cumberland County and Ohio County.