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1876–2024
Orange County, Indiana
Orange County·Indiana

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

One of Indiana's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Orange County, Indiana · The original uploader was Rdikeman at English Wikipedia. · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+52
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
19,767
2024 ACS
Most similar
Wyandot County
OH · similarity 1.00
22 precincts · 8,595 votes cast
Trump · R+52
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−52.1%
1,9886,4678,595
2020R
−47.6%
2,2246,4328,832
2016R
−45.4%
2,0485,8038,278
2012R
−21.6%
2,9394,6177,776
2008R
−14.2%
3,3904,5368,086
2004R
−32.3%
2,8855,6838,652
2000R
−28.0%
2,6014,6877,458
1996R
−4.6%
3,0163,3557,343
1992R
−9.9%
2,9483,7388,015
1988R
−31.3%
2,7395,2458,015
1984R
−39.2%
2,5715,9098,515
1980R
−21.6%
3,2285,0738,558
1976R
−4.3%
4,0314,3998,476
1972R
−32.1%
2,9325,7158,674
1968R
−20.5%
2,9184,6668,512
1964D
+3.5%
4,4904,1878,710
1960R
−18.8%
3,8185,5899,442
1956R
−25.1%
3,4385,7519,221
1952R
−25.6%
3,2725,5518,898
1948R
−15.1%
3,3594,5748,021
1944R
−20.8%
3,1304,7847,966
1940R
−15.9%
4,0035,5199,553
1936R
−5.7%
4,5495,1069,692
1932D
+3.0%
4,8444,5619,487
1928R
−24.0%
3,1125,0868,234
1924R
−14.4%
3,3744,5388,098
1920R
−18.7%
3,2224,7268,029
1916R
−8.3%
2,0912,4814,686
1912D
+7.2%
1,8301,5214,313
1908R
−10.5%
1,9612,4334,512
1904R
−12.8%
1,8882,4584,449
1900R
−9.5%
1,8512,2474,175
1896R
−6.4%
1,7972,0443,871
1892R
−0.7%
1,6281,6533,523
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
Other Christian
22.1%
Methodist
4.9%
Baptist
4.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.9%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Orange County's R+52.1 margin in 2024 places it among Indiana's most Republican-leaning jurisdictions, a pattern consistent with the rural, small-town character of this Hoosier hill-country county of roughly 19,000 residents.

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

Orange County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $65,873, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 19,767 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 Wyandot County and Defiance County.