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1876–2024
Stark County, Illinois
Stark County·Illinois

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

One of Illinois's least-populous counties, with margins to match

18762024·38 elections
Stark County, Illinois · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+46
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
5,308
2024 ACS
Most similar
Paulding County
OH · similarity 1.00
9 precincts · 2,761 votes cast
Trump · R+46
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−45.6%
7251,9832,761
2020R
−41.2%
8152,0042,886
2016R
−37.4%
7511,7782,743
2012R
−16.3%
1,0951,5282,662
2008R
−5.4%
1,3571,5132,907
2004R
−21.3%
1,1891,8413,061
2000R
−16.2%
1,2111,6942,989
1996R
−0.6%
1,2621,2782,864
1992R
−1.4%
1,3361,3843,351
1988R
−18.0%
1,2741,8413,153
1984R
−34.8%
1,0722,2283,318
1980R
−45.9%
8062,3583,380
1976R
−30.2%
1,1462,1913,459
1972R
−43.4%
9932,5293,540
1968R
−31.8%
1,1282,2923,665
1964R
−8.8%
1,7762,1173,893
1960R
−35.7%
1,3832,9254,314
1956R
−48.7%
1,1183,2414,361
1952R
−51.1%
1,1003,3984,500
1948R
−37.1%
1,1632,5373,707
1944R
−37.0%
1,4013,0504,458
1940R
−30.1%
1,8183,3935,225
1936R
−9.6%
2,2202,6964,958
1932D
+5.5%
2,3692,1194,533
1928R
−38.7%
1,3062,9664,293
1924R
−50.4%
7842,6983,796
1920R
−60.4%
6612,7503,456
1916R
−34.5%
1,3902,8874,336
1912D
+5.1%
6695492,340
1908R
−36.4%
7381,6352,467
1904R
−48.1%
5741,7642,475
1900R
−26.8%
9391,6652,713
1896R
−22.2%
1,0301,6362,725
1892R
−17.0%
8241,2402,443
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
1.0%
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
10.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
9.8%
Methodist
5.6%
Mainline Protestant
4.6%
Other Christian
1.7%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Stark County's small, rural population has shifted decisively toward Republican presidential candidates over the past decade, recording a 45-point margin in 2024 — among the widest in a state that trends Democratic statewide.

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

Stark County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $62,878, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,308 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 Paulding County and Jay County.