akashic
1876–2024
Johnson County, Indiana
Johnson County·Indiana

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

A fast-growing Indianapolis suburb where Republican margins have held firm

18762024·38 elections
Johnson County, Indiana · User:Mingusboodle · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+34
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
166,315
2024 ACS
Most similar
Hancock County
IN · similarity 1.00
139 precincts · 78,059 votes cast
Trump · R+34
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−34.2%
24,88051,58878,059
2020R
−34.7%
24,37651,21977,258
2016R
−41.9%
17,31845,45667,147
2012R
−38.3%
17,26039,51358,092
2008R
−25.5%
21,55336,48758,644
2004R
−48.1%
13,10937,76551,255
2000R
−41.3%
11,95229,40442,284
1996R
−31.7%
11,27823,73339,259
1992R
−31.1%
8,71220,35337,438
1988R
−46.3%
9,00124,65433,778
1984R
−50.3%
7,71523,48231,368
1980R
−38.4%
8,44520,01830,174
1976R
−23.7%
10,07516,41426,749
1972R
−54.9%
5,06717,53722,724
1968R
−29.1%
5,94612,08921,111
1964R
−1.8%
10,09910,47220,663
1960R
−25.2%
7,40012,42619,919
1956R
−24.6%
6,12510,12516,291
1952R
−21.3%
5,9099,11915,082
1948D
+0.5%
6,2166,15112,454
1944R
−6.6%
5,4266,19411,673
1940R
−0.8%
6,3506,45112,857
1936D
+13.1%
6,9345,31512,329
1932D
+20.0%
6,9404,59311,718
1928R
−9.5%
4,5485,51310,152
1924R
−2.6%
4,6994,9549,757
1920D
+5.5%
5,4524,86310,722
1916D
+11.9%
3,1082,4285,737
1912D
+35.8%
2,8909245,495
1908D
+12.5%
3,2682,5195,992
1904D
+5.3%
2,8822,5745,792
1900D
+12.8%
3,0882,3675,643
1896D
+14.6%
3,0832,2885,458
1892D
+10.1%
2,6062,0935,099
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
2.6%
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
Other Christian
18.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.8%
Baptist
2.0%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Methodist
1.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Johnson County has added tens of thousands of residents over two decades of suburban sprawl south of Indianapolis, yet its presidential margins have remained among the widest in the state, hitting R+34.3 in 2024.

The Republican margin in Johnson County reached its widest at fifty-five points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was thirty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Johnson County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $90,454, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 166,315 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 Hancock County and Rockingham County.