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1876–2024
LaGrange County, Indiana
LaGrange County·Indiana

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

Indiana's most Amish county, where turnout patterns defy easy modeling

18762024·38 elections
LaGrange County, Indiana · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+57
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
40,805
2024 ACS
Most similar
Van Wert County
OH · similarity 1.00
16 precincts · 10,439 votes cast
Trump · R+57
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−56.6%
2,1628,07310,439
2020R
−54.1%
2,3558,11010,633
2016R
−51.2%
2,0807,0259,666
2012R
−35.8%
2,8986,2319,316
2008R
−21.5%
3,6635,7029,491
2004R
−43.4%
2,5236,4309,003
2000R
−32.4%
2,7335,4378,333
1996R
−17.2%
2,7044,0337,740
1992R
−20.0%
2,0933,5847,444
1988R
−37.7%
2,0294,4956,546
1984R
−43.2%
1,8844,7726,692
1980R
−31.8%
2,0954,2596,815
1976R
−15.4%
2,8353,8766,772
1972R
−42.7%
1,6584,1525,839
1968R
−30.3%
1,6913,3285,408
1964D
+0.6%
2,8182,7855,640
1960R
−38.4%
1,9654,4336,422
1956R
−41.6%
1,5623,8155,414
1952R
−39.9%
1,6043,8225,555
1948R
−30.4%
1,6283,1064,867
1944R
−38.5%
1,5393,5015,095
1940R
−27.3%
2,1243,7315,882
1936R
−5.0%
2,8213,1256,042
1932D
+13.7%
3,2612,4615,820
1928R
−29.5%
1,7203,1714,924
1924R
−31.1%
1,5663,0814,864
1920R
−38.2%
1,6873,8525,663
1916R
−12.3%
1,5121,9583,620
1912D
+13.5%
1,2337583,512
1908R
−24.1%
1,4142,3573,920
1904R
−35.7%
1,1002,4613,809
1900R
−22.9%
1,4312,3293,925
1896R
−18.8%
1,6652,4424,141
1892R
−16.0%
1,4382,0333,724
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
9.5%
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
48.5%
Methodist
4.0%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.3%
Baptist
1.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

LaGrange County holds one of the highest concentrations of Amish population in the United States, a demographic that largely abstains from electoral participation — making raw voter-turnout figures a poor guide to the county's true civic landscape.

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

LaGrange County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $84,487, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 40,805 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 Van Wert County and Wabash County.