- Lead
- 9,701
- Total
- 45,479
- vs nation
- D+22.8
Illinois 62nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 12,804
- Total
- 49,833
- vs nation
- D+21.2
- Lead
- 8,799
- Total
- 43,992
- vs nation
- D+17.9
- Lead
- 3,400
- Total
- 41,412
- vs nation
- D+4.4
- Lead
- 8,449
- Total
- 43,336
- vs nation
- D+12.2
- Lead
- 698
- Total
- 39,629
- vs nation
- D+0.7
- Lead
- 880
- Total
- 34,818
- vs nation
- R+3.0
- Lead
- 6
- Total
- 29,823
- vs nation
- R+8.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+21.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 108,5652024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,129 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 51 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $107,0702024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 54.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 30.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25.7 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70.1 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 61, IL · twin score 97.5
presidential history
Party record book
Illinois 62nd State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
61.4%
30,601 votes · D+25.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 59.5%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
81.3%
2,275 votes · R+70.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · 77.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
30,601votes
61.4% of the vote · D+25.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 27,075 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
20,005votes
50.5% of the vote · R+1.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 18,665 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
+22.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+21.3 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +21.2 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+44.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+50.8 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · +43.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 59.2%27,663 | 40.8%19,088 | 46,751 |
| 2020 | D | 60.1%30,129 | 39.9%19,985 | 50,114 |
In 2024 it voted Democratic by D+21.2, against D+19.5 in 2008. Median household income was $110,416 in the 2024 ACS 5-year, among the higher figures for a state house district.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.7 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 70.1 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.3 points.
A population of 108,565, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $107,070 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 61 and State House District 84.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Illinois 62nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/17062/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.