† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBloomington-Pontiac, ILIllinoisUnited States
German26.4%16.1%12.5%
Irish14.4%10.6%9.4%
English12.6%6.9%9.5%
American4.3%3.3%5.3%
Italian3.9%5.4%4.8%
Polish3.2%6.0%2.2%
Swedish1.6%1.5%—
Scottish1.4%—1.3%
African American†6.9%12.1%9.9%
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
Mexican4.7%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.7%1.8%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.3%0.5%
Asian Indian3.0%2.1%1.4%
Chinese0.4%1.0%1.3%
Filipino0.2%1.0%0.9%
Vietnamese0.2%0.2%0.6%
Korean0.2%0.4%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Bloomington-Pontiac, IL
Illinois
United States
Median age
35.6
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
15.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.7%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bloomington-Pontiac, IL
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$78,855
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.5%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
42.4%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bloomington-Pontiac, IL
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.7%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
3.6%
14.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
2.6%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.7%
1.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bloomington-Pontiac, IL
Illinois
United States
Catholic
6.1%
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
20.1%
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
56.2%
49.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
11.7%
5.3%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Bloomington-Pontiac, IL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−4.2%
1896
−18.9%
1900
−17.2%
1904
−32.2%
1908
−17.8%
1912
+6.6%
1916
−14.8%
1920
−44.5%
1924
−37.0%
1928
−31.7%
1932
+10.5%
1936
+5.2%
1940
−16.2%
1944
−22.1%
1948
−22.9%
1952
−34.2%
1956
−38.7%
1960
−29.5%
1964
−2.3%
1968
−29.1%
1972
−37.9%
1976
−27.3%
1980
−36.2%
1984
−36.9%
1988
−26.5%
1992
−6.1%
1996
−8.4%
2000
−16.3%
2004
−18.3%
2008
−2.3%
2012
−14.5%
2016
−7.5%
2020
−4.0%
2024
−3.4%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
47.4%Harris48,806
50.7%Trump52,260
1.9%
R+3.4
D+0.6
R+1.9
103,071
R
46.4%Biden48,548
50.4%Trump52,710
3.2%
R+4.0
D+3.5
R+8.4
104,601
R
41.6%Clinton40,219
49.1%Trump47,445
9.3%
R+7.5
D+7.0
R+9.6
96,666
R
41.7%Obama36,903
56.1%Romney49,700
2.2%
R+14.5
R+12.2
R+18.3
88,546
R
48.0%Obama43,878
50.3%McCain45,958
1.7%
R+2.3
D+16.1
R+9.5
91,375
R
40.5%Kerry35,509
58.9%Bush51,592
0.6%
R+18.3
R+2.1
R+15.9
87,659
R
40.3%Gore30,765
56.6%Bush43,195
3.1%
R+16.3
R+7.9
R+16.8
76,319
R
41.6%Clinton28,349
50.0%Dole34,081
8.5%
R+8.4
R+2.3
R+16.9
68,223
R
38.1%Clinton29,097
44.2%Bush33,730
17.7%
R+6.1
D+20.5
R+11.6
76,383
R
36.5%Dukakis23,668
63.0%Bush40,896
0.5%
R+26.5
D+10.3
R+18.8
64,916
R
31.3%Mondale20,447
68.2%Reagan44,512
0.5%
R+36.9
R+0.6
R+18.7
65,268
R
26.8%Carter17,698
63.0%Reagan41,640
10.2%
R+36.2
R+8.9
R+26.5
66,055
R
35.4%Carter21,775
62.7%Ford38,590
1.9%
R+27.3
D+10.5
R+29.4
61,519
R
31.0%McGovern19,934
68.9%Nixon44,277
0.1%
R+37.9
R+8.8
R+14.7
64,294
R
32.3%Humphrey18,013
61.4%Nixon34,247
6.3%
R+29.1
R+26.8
R+28.4
55,790
R
48.8%Johnson28,026
51.2%Goldwater29,359
0.0%
R+2.3
D+27.2
R+24.9
57,385
R
35.2%Kennedy20,613
64.7%Nixon37,897
0.1%
R+29.5
D+9.2
R+29.7
58,544
R
30.6%Stevenson17,529
69.3%Eisenhower39,697
0.0%
R+38.7
R+4.5
R+23.3
57,254
R
32.9%Stevenson18,908
67.0%Eisenhower38,589
0.1%
R+34.2
R+11.3
R+23.4
57,553
R
38.3%Truman18,522
61.2%Dewey29,614
0.5%
R+22.9
R+0.8
R+27.4
48,393
R
38.7%Roosevelt20,242
60.8%Dewey31,802
0.5%
R+22.1
R+5.9
R+29.6
52,281
R
41.6%Roosevelt25,746
57.8%Willkie35,774
0.5%
R+16.2
R+21.4
R+26.2
61,852
D
51.6%Roosevelt30,698
46.5%Landon27,627
1.9%
D+5.2
R+5.3
R+19.1
59,466
D
54.3%Roosevelt29,559
43.8%Hoover23,853
1.9%
D+10.5
D+42.2
R+7.3
54,460
R
33.8%Smith16,479
65.5%Hoover31,941
0.7%
R+31.7
D+5.3
R+14.2
48,781
R
21.8%Davis9,737
58.8%Coolidge26,245
19.3%
R+37.0
D+7.5
R+11.8
44,607
R
24.1%Cox9,512
68.6%Harding27,062
7.2%
R+44.5
R+29.7
R+18.3
39,429
R
40.5%Wilson18,161
55.3%Hughes24,789
4.3%
R+14.8
R+21.4
R+17.9
44,863
O
35.4%Wilson8,690
28.8%Taft7,068
35.8%
Roosevelt +0.4
D+24.4
R+12.9
24,552
R
38.1%Bryan9,760
55.9%Taft14,311
6.0%
R+17.8
D+14.4
R+8.2
25,619
R
28.4%Parker6,934
60.6%Roosevelt14,790
11.0%
R+32.2
R+14.9
R+12.5
24,420
R
39.4%Bryan10,637
56.6%McKinley15,292
4.1%
R+17.2
D+1.7
R+9.7
27,025
R
39.3%Bryan10,396
58.3%McKinley15,400
2.4%
R+18.9
R+14.7
R+12.9
26,424
R
44.8%Cleveland10,447
49.0%Harrison11,425
6.2%
R+4.2
—
R+5.9
23,309
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
46.0%35,742
52.0%40,373
77,671
2020
R
45.0%46,518
50.5%52,265
103,444
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Bloomington-Pontiac, IL
Year
Total registered
2016
91,322
2018
83,914
2020
90,426
2022
87,297
2024
93,438
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−1,098 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −20,756 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Bloomington-Pontiac, IL in Bloomington-Pontiac, IL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−693
2012
−106
2013
−514
2014
−3,048
2015
−3,117
2016
−2,121
2017
−1,955
2018
−1,963
2019
−2,208
2021
−375
2022
−1,227
2023
−1,516
2024
−815
2025
−1,098
Bloomington-Pontiac, IL sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 10.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 44.5 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 0.6 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.4 points.
A population of 207,121, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,855 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lincoln-Beatrice, NE and Omaha-Fremont, NE-IA.
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The combined metros whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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How did Bloomington-Pontiac, IL, Illinois vote in 2024?
In 2024, Bloomington-Pontiac, IL, Illinois voted Republican by 3.4 points (R+3.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 103,071 votes cast, 48,806 went Democratic and 52,260 went Republican.
When did Bloomington-Pontiac, IL, Illinois last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Bloomington-Pontiac, IL, Illinois voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Bloomington-Pontiac, IL, Illinois?
Bloomington-Pontiac, IL, Illinois has a population of 207,121 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bloomington-Pontiac, IL, Illinois?
Median household income in Bloomington-Pontiac, IL, Illinois is $78,855 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Bloomington-Pontiac, IL, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Bloomington-Pontiac, IL, Illinois from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 31 went Republican.
