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1876–2024
Tipton County, Indiana
Tipton County·Indiana

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

One of Indiana's most lopsided small-county presidential verdicts

18762024·38 elections
Tipton County, Indiana · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+51
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
15,346
2024 ACS
Most similar
Clinton County
IN · similarity 1.00
15 precincts · 7,998 votes cast
Trump · R+51
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−50.7%
1,8935,9467,998
2020R
−52.7%
1,8346,1108,116
2016R
−53.3%
1,5875,5897,510
2012R
−31.8%
2,4324,7737,373
2008R
−15.4%
3,2504,4527,827
2004R
−43.4%
2,2035,6287,892
2000R
−32.7%
2,3924,7847,316
1996R
−20.3%
2,4783,9807,385
1992R
−22.6%
2,1253,9067,883
1988R
−34.7%
2,4855,1487,666
1984R
−41.6%
2,3285,6878,069
1980R
−32.3%
2,5475,1508,071
1976R
−16.2%
3,4284,7768,328
1972R
−45.8%
2,0955,6747,808
1968R
−20.8%
2,6464,2707,802
1964D
+6.6%
4,4103,8638,316
1960R
−19.8%
3,2994,9248,223
1956R
−19.5%
3,3204,9398,305
1952R
−22.1%
3,3625,2998,745
1948R
−3.0%
3,9254,1698,210
1944R
−11.1%
3,4274,2967,843
1940R
−6.4%
4,1734,7498,978
1936D
+10.9%
4,7963,8428,739
1932D
+14.0%
4,8983,6808,723
1928R
−19.7%
3,1864,7748,050
1924R
−6.4%
3,6604,1838,150
1920R
−4.7%
3,9564,3578,472
1916D
+3.6%
2,3372,1664,779
1912D
+19.8%
2,1851,2624,660
1908D
+3.1%
2,5562,3955,156
1904R
−7.2%
2,2792,6545,230
1900D
+0.5%
2,4362,4105,099
1896D
+10.8%
2,8162,2635,135
1892D
+4.9%
2,0081,7884,492
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
0.9%
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
9.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
6.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
5.8%
Methodist
3.0%
Baptist
2.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tipton County's flat, agricultural terrain anchors a voting pattern as uniform as its landscape — the 2024 presidential margin of R+50.8 placed it among Indiana's most one-sided counties, with a population under 17,000 that has trended steadily toward consolidated rural preferences.

The Republican margin in Tipton County reached its widest at fifty-three points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was fifty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Tipton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $76,156, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 15,346 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 Clinton County and Rush County.