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1876–2024
Ohio County, Indiana
Ohio County·Indiana

Ohio County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

Indiana's smallest county by population, with lopsided presidential margins

18762024·38 elections
Ohio County, Indiana · Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+55
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
5,999
2024 ACS
Most similar
Pendleton County
WV · similarity 1.00
11 precincts · 3,091 votes cast
Trump · R+55
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−55.5%
6662,3813,091
2020R
−50.5%
6682,0542,744
2016R
−49.0%
6862,1182,921
2012R
−27.1%
9941,7592,819
2008R
−19.0%
1,1581,7132,918
2004R
−22.2%
1,1391,7962,958
2000R
−22.6%
9511,5152,492
1996R
−0.6%
1,0831,0982,474
1992R
−1.6%
9701,0092,514
1988R
−11.8%
1,1131,4122,531
1984R
−16.9%
1,0681,5032,577
1980R
−7.9%
1,0741,2642,420
1976D
+11.7%
1,3001,0272,337
1972R
−19.4%
9221,3682,299
1968R
−2.7%
9911,0532,287
1964D
+21.3%
1,3979052,308
1960R
−12.8%
1,0151,3142,336
1956R
−6.4%
1,0871,2372,331
1952R
−4.3%
1,1191,2192,348
1948D
+6.4%
1,1731,0312,215
1944R
−3.8%
1,0431,1262,184
1940D
+1.0%
1,2101,1862,404
1936D
+14.3%
1,3621,0222,384
1932D
+12.6%
1,2889972,305
1928R
−14.8%
9111,2302,154
1924D
+3.3%
1,0589892,105
1920R
−3.5%
1,0971,1772,312
1916D
+2.8%
6325971,258
1912D
+13.0%
5534061,127
1908D
+0.2%
6226191,260
1904R
−23.8%
5849621,586
1900R
−7.1%
6327301,371
1896R
−5.3%
6347051,340
1892R
−4.4%
6066621,280
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
14.8%
Baptist
14.4%
Mainline Protestant
4.7%
Methodist
4.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Ohio County, Indiana—not to be confused with the state—is a compact rural enclave along the Ohio River whose roughly 5,600 residents have delivered some of the widest presidential margins in the state, reaching R+55.5 in 2024.

The Republican margin in Ohio County reached its widest at fifty-five points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was fifty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Ohio County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $70,392, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,999 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pendleton County and Carter County.