Cairo, IL
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+53.5 |
| 2012 | D+61.4 |
| 2016 | D+54.7 |
| 2020 | D+52.5 |
| 2024 | D+48.6 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,682 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | D+48.6 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $41,912 |
| County | Alexander County |
| State | IL |
Place narrative
Cairo's population has fallen roughly 90% since its Civil War-era peak, leaving it one of Illinois's smallest cities and a case study in Rust Belt demographic contraction at the state's geographic tip.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | +48.6% | 471 | 158 | 15 | 644 |
| 2020 | D | +52.5% | 614 | 189 | 7 | 810 |
| 2016 | D | +54.7% | 738 | 207 | 25 | 970 |
| 2012 | D | +61.4% | 1,077 | 250 | 19 | 1,346 |
| 2008 | D | +53.5% | 1,164 | 342 | 29 | 1,535 |
| 2004† | D | +48.4% | 1,061 | 369 | 1 | 1,431 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 20.6% |
| Black | 75.7% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.1% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $41,912 |
| Poverty rate | 18.9% |
| Median age | 43.8 |
| Age 18–29 | 12.6% |
| Age 65 and older | 22.6% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 13.2% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 0.5% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Alexander County county page and the IL state page.