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1876–2024
Floyd County, Indiana
Floyd County·Indiana

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

Louisville's Indiana neighbor has drifted steadily rightward over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Floyd County, Indiana · Stumbledwalker · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+15
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
80,918
2024 ACS
Most similar
Lancaster County
SC · similarity 0.99
60 precincts · 41,181 votes cast
Trump · R+15
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−15.5%
17,02523,40841,181
2020R
−14.1%
17,51123,40041,802
2016R
−19.8%
13,93921,42737,831
2012R
−14.3%
14,81219,87835,392
2008R
−10.1%
16,26319,95736,527
2004R
−17.8%
13,85719,87733,890
2000R
−10.9%
13,20916,48630,030
1996D
+4.6%
13,81412,47329,072
1992D
+4.2%
13,16611,93229,651
1988R
−12.9%
11,02414,29125,393
1984R
−18.5%
10,61615,46626,279
1980R
−3.6%
11,54312,45625,467
1976D
+6.1%
12,74411,25924,255
1972R
−17.5%
9,24313,19822,636
1968D
+4.0%
10,6719,71423,701
1964D
+33.1%
15,6567,83423,638
1960D
+3.0%
12,34611,62924,037
1956R
−10.8%
8,37810,41018,865
1952R
−5.5%
10,36811,60822,415
1948D
+11.6%
10,5938,36719,121
1944D
+11.2%
10,5418,41019,071
1940D
+14.5%
10,7998,05618,944
1936D
+20.3%
10,6546,97618,121
1932D
+17.4%
10,4977,33318,153
1928R
−17.6%
7,32710,47117,902
1924D
+1.6%
6,9716,73314,479
1920R
−1.8%
7,3917,66915,447
1916D
+8.9%
3,8503,2007,275
1912D
+37.0%
3,2366696,936
1908D
+8.1%
4,0643,4317,825
1904R
−3.3%
3,4213,6667,467
1900D
+2.5%
3,7813,5977,459
1896R
−4.4%
3,5443,8747,487
1892D
+17.2%
4,2192,9587,346
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
3.8%
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.
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
19.3%
Other Christian
15.0%
Baptist
8.7%
Methodist
4.9%
Mainline Protestant
3.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Floyd County sits directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky, giving it a suburban character rare in southern Indiana. Once a swing county, it has moved toward double-digit Republican margins in recent presidential cycles.

The Republican margin in Floyd County reached its widest at twenty points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was fifteen points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Floyd County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $79,704, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 80,918 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 Lancaster County and Sierra County.