† 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
5 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
GroupCedar Rapids-Iowa City, IAIowaUnited States
German30.2%30.5%12.5%
Irish14.3%12.8%9.4%
English11.3%10.2%9.5%
American3.7%4.6%5.3%
Norwegian3.7%4.1%—
Czech3.6%——
Swedish2.0%1.9%—
French1.1%—1.6%
African American†4.2%2.6%9.9%
African0.6%0.3%0.5%
Sudanese0.5%0.2%—
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Mexican3.2%5.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%0.3%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%0.4%0.5%
Asian Indian0.9%0.5%1.4%
Chinese0.7%0.3%1.3%
Vietnamese0.3%0.3%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.2%0.4%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
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
Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA
Iowa
United States
Median age
36.7
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
12.8%
10.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.4%
18.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA
Iowa
United States
Median household income
$76,954
$75,059
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.0%
11.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
40.2%
31.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA
Iowa
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.3%
9.2%
22.3%
Spanish
3.0%
4.7%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
1.0%
0.3%
0.7%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA
Iowa
United States
Catholic
14.9%
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
9.6%
10.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
60.4%
55.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
11.0%
15.8%
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.
Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+0.5%
1896
−12.1%
1900
−14.3%
1904
−23.6%
1908
−7.1%
1912
+13.7%
1916
−8.8%
1920
−38.8%
1924
−36.9%
1928
−27.7%
1932
+8.9%
1936
+7.1%
1940
−5.7%
1944
−0.8%
1948
+0.5%
1952
−22.2%
1956
−20.4%
1960
−11.2%
1964
+29.8%
1968
−2.8%
1972
−3.0%
1976
+3.8%
1980
−0.7%
1984
+1.0%
1988
+17.8%
1992
+14.3%
1996
+20.9%
2000
+12.5%
2004
+13.8%
2008
+25.5%
2012
+21.0%
2016
+13.9%
2020
+18.1%
2024
+13.9%
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
D
56.0%Harris138,182
42.1%Trump103,812
1.9%
D+13.9
R+4.1
D+15.4
246,680
D
57.9%Biden143,985
39.8%Trump99,020
2.3%
D+18.1
D+4.2
D+13.6
248,705
D
52.6%Clinton121,543
38.8%Trump89,559
8.6%
D+13.9
R+7.1
D+11.8
230,891
D
59.5%Obama136,758
38.5%Romney88,543
2.0%
D+21.0
R+4.5
D+17.1
229,906
D
62.0%Obama136,738
36.5%McCain80,457
1.6%
D+25.5
D+11.7
D+18.2
220,672
D
56.4%Kerry118,685
42.6%Bush89,626
0.9%
D+13.8
D+1.4
D+16.3
210,280
D
54.1%Gore94,608
41.6%Bush72,812
4.2%
D+12.5
R+8.4
D+11.9
174,836
D
56.1%Clinton87,427
35.2%Dole54,878
8.7%
D+20.9
D+6.6
D+12.4
155,800
D
46.5%Clinton78,582
32.2%Bush54,372
21.3%
D+14.3
R+3.5
D+8.8
169,016
D
58.5%Dukakis86,042
40.7%Bush59,830
0.9%
D+17.8
D+16.8
D+25.5
147,143
D
50.1%Mondale76,425
49.0%Reagan74,824
0.9%
D+1.0
D+1.7
D+19.3
152,598
R
42.2%Carter62,693
42.9%Reagan63,698
14.8%
R+0.7
R+4.4
D+9.1
148,396
D
50.3%Carter71,667
46.5%Ford66,298
3.1%
D+3.8
D+6.7
D+1.7
142,448
R
47.7%McGovern62,826
50.7%Nixon66,748
1.7%
R+3.0
R+0.2
D+20.2
131,755
R
46.0%Humphrey53,477
48.8%Nixon56,730
5.3%
R+2.8
R+32.6
R+2.1
116,364
D
64.8%Johnson71,535
35.0%Goldwater38,627
0.1%
D+29.8
D+41.0
D+7.2
110,322
R
44.4%Kennedy49,943
55.6%Nixon62,501
0.1%
R+11.2
D+9.2
R+11.3
112,506
R
39.6%Stevenson40,754
60.0%Eisenhower61,783
0.5%
R+20.4
D+1.8
R+5.0
103,041
R
38.5%Stevenson39,311
60.6%Eisenhower61,946
0.9%
R+22.2
R+22.7
R+11.4
102,138
D
48.9%Truman41,215
48.3%Dewey40,760
2.8%
D+0.5
D+1.3
R+3.9
84,335
R
49.4%Roosevelt41,162
50.2%Dewey41,828
0.4%
R+0.8
D+4.9
R+8.3
83,293
R
47.0%Roosevelt42,214
52.7%Willkie47,364
0.3%
R+5.7
R+12.8
R+15.7
89,856
D
52.5%Roosevelt43,555
45.4%Landon37,662
2.1%
D+7.1
R+1.8
R+17.2
82,957
D
53.7%Roosevelt42,033
44.7%Hoover35,030
1.6%
D+8.9
D+36.6
R+8.8
78,313
R
36.0%Smith27,933
63.7%Hoover49,447
0.4%
R+27.7
D+9.2
R+10.2
77,685
R
22.0%Davis16,050
58.9%Coolidge43,003
19.1%
R+36.9
D+1.9
R+11.7
73,019
R
29.4%Cox19,000
68.2%Harding44,046
2.4%
R+38.8
R+29.9
R+12.6
64,589
R
44.6%Wilson16,442
53.4%Hughes19,698
2.0%
R+8.8
R+22.5
R+12.0
36,863
D
44.6%Wilson15,413
30.9%Taft10,688
24.5%
D+13.7
D+20.8
R+5.9
34,573
R
45.2%Bryan15,520
52.3%Taft17,960
2.4%
R+7.1
D+16.5
D+2.4
34,315
R
36.2%Parker12,348
59.8%Roosevelt20,411
4.0%
R+23.6
R+9.3
R+4.0
34,127
R
41.7%Bryan15,062
56.0%McKinley20,229
2.2%
R+14.3
R+2.2
R+6.8
36,094
R
43.1%Bryan15,448
55.2%McKinley19,788
1.8%
R+12.1
R+12.6
R+6.0
35,869
D
48.9%Cleveland15,577
48.4%Harrison15,412
2.7%
D+0.5
—
R+1.1
31,861
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
D
57.4%106,523
42.5%78,866
185,615
2020
D
57.0%140,146
40.2%98,944
245,997
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+11.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+13.9
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.4 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
296,293
115,649
71,032
109,364
248
2010
301,814
113,920
75,809
111,553
532
2012
314,353
115,686
79,554
118,366
747
2014
311,353
112,558
77,684
119,723
1,388
2016
312,790
117,863
80,908
111,635
2,384
2018
313,105
117,567
77,586
114,759
3,193
2020
322,987
133,604
82,348
103,800
3,235
2022
325,034
129,075
82,479
110,197
3,283
2024
327,885
122,634
84,720
117,139
3,392
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+717 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +224 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA in Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,673
2012
+715
2013
+144
2014
+476
2015
+723
2016
+333
2017
+1,339
2018
−284
2019
−1,146
2021
−671
2022
−1,357
2023
−2,279
2024
−159
2025
+717
Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA sits in the Corn Belt. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 29.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 38.8 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.9 points.
A population of 455,824, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,954 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Madison-Janesville-Beloit, WI and Des Moines-West Des Moines-Ames, IA.
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How did Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA, Iowa vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA, Iowa voted Democratic by 13.9 points (D+13.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 246,680 votes cast, 138,182 went Democratic and 103,812 went Republican.
When did Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA, Iowa last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA, Iowa voted Republican was 1980.
How many people live in Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA, Iowa?
Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA, Iowa has a population of 455,824 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA, Iowa?
Median household income in Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA, Iowa is $76,954 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA, Iowa from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
