† 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
6 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
GroupPeoria-Canton, ILIllinoisUnited States
German24.9%16.1%12.5%
English12.6%6.9%9.5%
Irish12.3%10.6%9.4%
American5.3%3.3%5.3%
Italian3.4%5.4%4.8%
Polish1.9%6.0%2.2%
Scottish1.7%—1.3%
French1.3%0.7%1.6%
African American†7.7%12.1%9.9%
African0.7%0.5%0.5%
Mexican2.9%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%1.7%1.8%
Asian Indian0.9%2.1%1.4%
Chinese0.5%1.0%1.3%
Filipino0.3%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
Peoria-Canton, IL
Illinois
United States
Median age
40.4
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
8.0%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.4%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Peoria-Canton, IL
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$71,643
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.3%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.8%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Peoria-Canton, IL
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.4%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.1%
14.0%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Peoria-Canton, IL
Illinois
United States
Catholic
9.7%
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
17.0%
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
59.1%
49.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.9%
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.
Peoria-Canton, IL
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+5.4%
1896
−4.9%
1900
−4.6%
1904
−24.1%
1908
−8.2%
1912
+23.7%
1916
−4.4%
1920
−37.4%
1924
−35.4%
1928
−17.5%
1932
+20.5%
1936
+23.5%
1940
+4.3%
1944
−5.6%
1948
−6.6%
1952
−20.3%
1956
−25.3%
1960
−10.3%
1964
+17.8%
1968
−8.9%
1972
−32.0%
1976
−14.0%
1980
−28.3%
1984
−15.6%
1988
−6.5%
1992
+6.9%
1996
+4.0%
2000
−4.7%
2004
−9.0%
2008
+2.9%
2012
−7.9%
2016
−15.5%
2020
−13.8%
2024
−15.9%
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
R
41.1%Harris79,466
57.0%Trump110,113
1.9%
R+15.9
R+2.0
R+14.4
193,321
R
41.8%Biden83,880
55.6%Trump111,632
2.6%
R+13.8
D+1.6
R+18.3
200,706
R
38.5%Clinton72,510
54.0%Trump101,602
7.5%
R+15.5
R+7.6
R+17.5
188,241
R
45.0%Obama82,097
52.9%Romney96,520
2.2%
R+7.9
R+10.8
R+11.8
182,573
D
50.6%Obama96,459
47.7%McCain90,926
1.7%
D+2.9
D+11.9
R+4.4
190,604
R
45.1%Kerry86,015
54.1%Bush103,200
0.7%
R+9.0
R+4.3
R+6.6
190,591
R
46.4%Gore82,233
51.2%Bush90,615
2.4%
R+4.7
R+8.8
R+5.3
177,126
D
47.6%Clinton79,551
43.6%Dole72,798
8.8%
D+4.0
R+2.8
R+4.5
167,107
D
45.3%Clinton83,897
38.4%Bush71,156
16.3%
D+6.9
D+13.4
D+1.3
185,175
R
46.5%Dukakis77,522
53.0%Bush88,368
0.5%
R+6.5
D+9.1
D+1.2
166,740
R
41.9%Mondale76,939
57.5%Reagan105,582
0.5%
R+15.6
D+12.7
D+2.6
183,474
R
32.0%Carter58,942
60.3%Reagan111,110
7.7%
R+28.3
R+14.3
R+18.6
184,288
R
42.4%Carter75,276
56.4%Ford100,172
1.3%
R+14.0
D+18.0
R+16.1
177,741
R
33.8%McGovern57,061
65.8%Nixon111,192
0.4%
R+32.0
R+23.1
R+8.9
168,939
R
41.5%Humphrey68,859
50.3%Nixon83,639
8.2%
R+8.9
R+26.7
R+8.2
166,125
D
58.9%Johnson100,202
41.1%Goldwater69,856
0.0%
D+17.8
D+28.2
R+4.7
170,058
R
44.8%Kennedy78,541
55.1%Nixon96,671
0.1%
R+10.3
D+14.9
R+10.5
175,414
R
37.3%Stevenson61,697
62.6%Eisenhower103,463
0.1%
R+25.3
R+5.0
R+9.9
165,394
R
39.8%Stevenson65,947
60.1%Eisenhower99,580
0.1%
R+20.3
R+13.7
R+9.5
165,761
R
46.4%Truman60,506
53.0%Dewey69,132
0.6%
R+6.6
R+1.0
R+11.1
130,364
R
47.0%Roosevelt63,706
52.6%Dewey71,301
0.4%
R+5.6
R+9.9
R+13.1
135,565
D
51.9%Roosevelt81,306
47.6%Willkie74,641
0.5%
D+4.3
R+19.3
R+5.7
156,685
D
60.9%Roosevelt88,905
37.4%Landon54,586
1.6%
D+23.5
D+3.0
R+0.7
145,872
D
59.4%Roosevelt75,086
38.9%Hoover49,156
1.7%
D+20.5
D+38.0
D+2.7
126,452
R
40.5%Smith44,096
58.0%Hoover63,168
1.5%
R+17.5
D+17.9
R+0.1
108,861
R
20.6%Davis19,177
56.0%Coolidge52,159
23.4%
R+35.4
D+2.0
R+10.2
93,128
R
27.7%Cox22,592
65.1%Harding53,156
7.2%
R+37.4
R+33.1
R+11.3
81,620
R
45.7%Wilson41,749
50.1%Hughes45,761
4.2%
R+4.4
R+28.1
R+7.5
91,316
O
39.4%Wilson20,325
15.7%Taft8,100
44.8%
Roosevelt +5.4
D+31.9
D+4.2
51,527
R
43.1%Bryan22,198
51.3%Taft26,404
5.6%
R+8.2
D+15.9
D+1.4
51,463
R
34.1%Parker16,770
58.2%Roosevelt28,617
7.6%
R+24.1
R+19.5
R+4.4
49,130
R
46.3%Bryan24,654
50.9%McKinley27,083
2.7%
R+4.6
D+0.3
D+3.0
53,195
R
46.7%Bryan24,161
51.6%McKinley26,683
1.7%
R+4.9
R+10.3
D+1.2
51,706
D
50.2%Cleveland22,217
44.7%Harrison19,812
5.1%
D+5.4
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D+3.8
44,295
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
42.6%62,730
55.4%81,519
147,249
2020
R
42.5%84,526
53.7%106,598
198,690
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Peoria-Canton, IL
Year
Total registered
2016
177,072
2018
293,116
2020
1,336,235
2022
283,159
2024
289,767
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−197 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −32,622 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Peoria-Canton, IL in Peoria-Canton, IL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−774
2012
−1,169
2013
−357
2014
−4,176
2015
−3,858
2016
−3,247
2017
−4,841
2018
−4,515
2019
−3,488
2021
−2,034
2022
−2,553
2023
−853
2024
−560
2025
−197
Peoria-Canton, IL sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 37.4 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.9 points.
A population of 398,222, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,643 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Springfield-Jacksonville-Lincoln, IL and State College-DuBois, PA.
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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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In 2024, Peoria-Canton, IL, Illinois voted Republican by 15.9 points (R+15.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 193,321 votes cast, 79,466 went Democratic and 110,113 went Republican.
When did Peoria-Canton, IL, Illinois last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Peoria-Canton, IL, Illinois voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Peoria-Canton, IL, Illinois?
Peoria-Canton, IL, Illinois has a population of 398,222 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Peoria-Canton, IL, Illinois?
Median household income in Peoria-Canton, IL, Illinois is $71,643 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Peoria-Canton, IL, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Peoria-Canton, IL, Illinois from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican.
