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1876–2024
State House District 8·Indiana

Indiana 8th State House District delivered D+1 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
IN
Latest
D+1
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
34,025
2024 ACS

Indiana 8th State House District, Indiana: Tossup district. In 2024, voted D+1%. Republican peak: R+29 in 1904.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+1MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
34,0252024 5-year
Median household income
$66,8682024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
71.0%2024 5-year
Black
12.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
10.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+25 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+29 in 1904MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 1 D · 0 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+1.5%
6,8816,67713,810
D
+5.8%
7,4646,62514,360
D
+0.2%
6,5116,48213,936
D
+3.5%
7,0366,55213,833
D
+17.1%
8,5626,04514,753
R
−2.4%
6,5596,88513,535
D
+0.1%
5,9445,92912,147
D
+8.0%
5,6954,77011,613
D
+7.0%
5,7584,85213,018
R
−1.5%
5,9886,16612,195
R
−6.7%
5,9216,78012,772
R
−6.2%
5,5106,30612,849
R
−1.2%
6,1266,27512,502
R
−21.7%
5,1888,07613,339
D
+0.3%
5,9085,87113,317
D
+24.4%
8,2054,96913,252
D
+8.5%
7,9206,68214,642
R
−3.3%
6,7487,20614,016
R
−0.2%
6,6386,67113,412
D
+11.3%
6,2144,93411,321
D
+8.3%
5,8754,96910,915
D
+11.5%
5,6854,50710,238
D
+24.6%
5,3753,2168,765
D
+14.3%
4,7393,5148,544
R
−15.6%
3,3454,5917,976
R
−21.0%
1,8762,9515,119
R
−17.0%
1,5402,2033,901
D
+9.5%
1,2109922,306
O
+14.4%
6723921,944
R
−12.8%
1,0671,3982,594
R
−29.1%
7441,3912,225
R
−7.7%
8661,0131,907
R
−6.6%
7788891,685
D
+7.4%
7576501,448
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
18.6%
Irish
12.1%
English
8.8%
Polish
7.8%
American
6.4%
Italian
3.7%
French
1.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.3%
2.1%
75–84
2.7%
4.8%
65–74
5.3%
5.7%
55–64
6.0%
5.5%
45–54
5.7%
6.1%
35–44
6.2%
6.6%
25–34
6.7%
5.5%
18–24
5.8%
8.7%
5–17
8.4%
3.1%
<5
3.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$66,868
State House District 8 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 8$66,868
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.7%
Working age (18–64)12.4%
Seniors (65+)13.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.9%
speak English only
Spanish6.7%
Other Indo-European1.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.7%
Other languages1.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
17.3%
Other Christian
11.2%
Baptist
3.4%
Methodist
2.8%
Mainline Protestant
2.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Non-Christian
1.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Indiana 8th State House District in the Upper Midwest delivered a near-tie in 2024, with the Democratic candidate carrying the district by one point — well within the historical noise of how the district votes.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached twenty-five points in 1936; the Republican margin reached twenty-nine points in 1904. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 34,025, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $66,868 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 8, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 8, Indiana voted Democratic by 1.5 points (D+1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 13,810 votes cast, 6,881 went Democratic and 6,677 went Republican.
What is State House District 8, Indiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 8, Indiana as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 18 times, Republican 15 times, and other 1 times.
When did State House District 8, Indiana last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 8, Indiana voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in State House District 8, Indiana?
State House District 8, Indiana has a population of 34,025 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State House District 8, Indiana?
Median household income in State House District 8, Indiana is $66,868 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of State House District 8, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 8, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.