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1876–2024
Pickaway County, Ohio
Pickaway County·Ohio

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

One of Ohio's most lopsided rural counties in recent presidential cycles

18762024·38 elections
Pickaway County, Ohio · Analogue Kid (talk). Original uploader was Analogue Kid at en.wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+48
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
60,131
2024 ACS
Most similar
Fayette County
OH · similarity 1.00
44 precincts · 29,413 votes cast
Trump · R+48
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−48.3%
7,39721,60729,413
2020R
−47.0%
7,30420,59328,271
2016R
−41.8%
6,52917,07625,257
2012R
−17.9%
9,68414,03724,372
2008R
−21.7%
9,07714,22823,787
2004R
−24.4%
8,57914,16122,852
2000R
−23.2%
6,59810,71717,740
1996R
−9.3%
7,0428,66617,501
1992R
−15.5%
5,7658,69018,930
1988R
−37.3%
4,90510,79615,794
1984R
−48.5%
4,11011,94216,160
1980R
−27.9%
5,0529,28915,170
1976R
−12.7%
5,9077,69514,045
1972R
−51.4%
2,9789,66113,002
1968R
−25.1%
3,5366,69012,564
1964D
+15.8%
7,3105,31712,627
1960R
−23.3%
4,8707,82112,691
1956R
−21.3%
4,5096,95611,465
1952R
−14.5%
5,1096,83611,945
1948D
+3.2%
5,2904,96510,262
1944R
−5.6%
5,3625,99711,359
1940D
+7.2%
6,8955,97412,869
1936D
+22.7%
7,8134,92012,763
1932D
+18.5%
6,4144,39510,907
1928R
−20.2%
3,8945,8719,806
1924D
+4.1%
4,5394,1669,009
1920D
+3.4%
5,6455,27310,939
1916D
+18.3%
3,8202,6296,512
1912D
+16.3%
3,3112,2826,317
1908D
+12.3%
4,0073,1197,229
1904D
+7.7%
3,4922,9766,668
1900D
+11.3%
4,0333,2017,373
1896D
+10.4%
4,1653,3707,619
1892D
+11.7%
3,7592,9536,885
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
2.6%
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
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.6%
Methodist
4.8%
Other Christian
4.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.0%
Mainline Protestant
2.2%
Baptist
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 79.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Pickaway County, anchored by Circleville south of Columbus, has swung toward Republican presidential candidates by widening margins over the past decade, reflecting a broader rural realignment visible across Ohio's agricultural interior.

The Republican margin in Pickaway County reached its widest at fifty-one points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was forty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Pickaway County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $74,040, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 60,131 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 Fayette County and Champaign County.