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1876–2024
Highland County, Ohio
Highland County·Ohio

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

One of Ohio's sharpest Republican tilts outside Appalachia

18762024·38 elections
Highland County, Ohio · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+63
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
43,517
2024 ACS
Most similar
Morrow County
OH · similarity 1.00
31 precincts · 20,005 votes cast
Trump · R+63
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−63.3%
3,60916,26920,005
2020R
−60.4%
3,79915,67819,676
2016R
−54.6%
3,77314,02018,769
2012R
−29.7%
6,05411,41318,040
2008R
−26.3%
6,85611,90719,231
2004R
−32.6%
6,19412,21118,481
2000R
−28.5%
5,3289,72815,447
1996R
−8.6%
5,8377,10214,674
1992R
−14.1%
4,8667,02015,242
1988R
−34.1%
4,2788,77613,178
1984R
−40.5%
3,7849,00012,875
1980R
−24.2%
4,3637,35912,400
1976R
−3.9%
6,3276,85313,331
1972R
−41.4%
3,4648,52412,226
1968R
−21.2%
3,8286,48912,525
1964D
+9.8%
7,2815,98513,266
1960R
−24.5%
5,4238,94814,371
1956R
−27.0%
4,8268,39713,223
1952R
−24.3%
5,2198,56813,787
1948R
−9.4%
5,6756,84912,540
1944R
−19.8%
5,3367,96313,299
1940R
−10.4%
6,9218,53015,451
1936D
+4.0%
8,0117,39215,451
1932D
+1.1%
7,0796,92414,137
1928R
−36.7%
3,8368,32512,221
1924R
−18.9%
4,5836,84511,976
1920R
−14.4%
5,6547,57013,267
1916D
+3.0%
3,9643,7277,796
1912D
+7.5%
3,3142,7577,459
1908R
−4.0%
3,8234,1498,098
1904R
−11.4%
3,3214,2057,787
1900R
−1.7%
3,9384,0788,234
1896R
−2.4%
3,9094,1068,159
1892R
−4.8%
3,1533,4967,114
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%
African American
1.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
20.9%
Methodist
3.5%
Baptist
2.4%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Highland County's R+63.3 margin in 2024 places it among Ohio's most lopsided presidential counties, driven by a rural, majority-white population with deep roots in small-scale agriculture and limited urban influence.

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

Highland County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $65,785, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 43,517 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 Morrow County and Hardin County.