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1876–2024
Adams County, Indiana
Adams County·Indiana

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

One of Indiana's most reliably Republican rural counties

18762024·38 elections
Adams County, Indiana · Derek Jensen (Tysto) · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+53
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
36,227
2024 ACS
Most similar
Wells County
IN · similarity 1.00
25 precincts · 13,986 votes cast
Trump · R+53
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−52.5%
3,17910,52813,986
2020R
−52.4%
3,23610,68614,209
2016R
−51.9%
2,8029,64213,185
2012R
−39.4%
3,8068,93713,032
2008R
−25.7%
4,9288,40413,513
2004R
−46.6%
3,5129,73413,340
2000R
−38.0%
3,7758,55512,590
1996R
−21.5%
4,2476,96012,637
1992R
−18.6%
3,7086,07812,708
1988R
−36.1%
3,8118,13711,997
1984R
−33.8%
3,9237,95811,952
1980R
−14.2%
4,6736,36811,978
1976R
−12.1%
4,9086,28011,306
1972R
−30.9%
3,9717,54911,572
1968R
−9.8%
4,6675,77411,259
1964D
+21.9%
6,6374,23010,973
1960R
−23.1%
4,3386,97211,409
1956R
−33.2%
3,5207,07910,708
1952R
−23.6%
3,7446,20410,408
1948R
−2.0%
4,6404,8329,645
1944R
−19.2%
3,8045,6489,601
1940R
−8.9%
4,3825,2479,730
1936D
+27.9%
5,8223,2499,208
1932D
+33.5%
5,8922,9108,913
1928D
+0.3%
4,0664,0458,139
1924D
+12.0%
4,3003,3308,055
1920R
−6.1%
3,6534,1447,998
1916D
+22.1%
2,8751,7964,876
1912D
+42.5%
2,9619174,805
1908D
+31.7%
3,4041,7265,289
1904D
+19.4%
2,9731,9675,187
1900D
+32.2%
3,3371,6885,126
1896D
+34.4%
3,3401,6135,026
1892D
+37.1%
2,9061,2474,467
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%
Italian
1.5%
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
Other Christian
38.2%
Mainline Protestant
14.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
9.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.4%
Baptist
7.3%
Methodist
4.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 17.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Adams County's Amish and conservative Mennonite communities anchor a demographic profile that has produced Republican presidential margins exceeding 50 points in recent cycles, making it among the most one-sided counties in the state.

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

Adams County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $65,289, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 36,227 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 Wells County and Lycoming County.