Shelby County, Ohio

2024 results by precinct

36 precincts · 25,362 votes cast

Trump · R+65

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−64.6%	4,350	20,740	25,362
2020	R	−63.2%	4,465	20,422	25,258
2016	R	−59.5%	4,243	18,590	24,116
2012	R	−44.8%	6,343	17,142	24,129
2008	R	−36.3%	7,316	15,924	23,718
2004	R	−42.3%	6,535	16,204	22,855
2000	R	−29.9%	6,593	12,476	19,670
1996	R	−11.1%	6,729	8,773	18,362
1992	R	−18.0%	5,262	8,854	20,011
1988	R	−40.9%	5,065	12,198	17,425
1984	R	−51.1%	4,315	13,509	17,983
1980	R	−15.5%	6,425	8,988	16,544
1976	R	−10.7%	6,414	8,011	14,859
1972	R	−29.7%	4,721	9,089	14,703
1968	R	−5.1%	6,479	7,248	15,226
1964	D	+31.7%	10,004	5,190	15,194
1960	R	−12.2%	6,866	8,766	15,632
1956	R	−35.3%	4,515	9,452	13,967
1952	R	−25.4%	5,333	8,957	14,290
1948	D	+12.4%	6,939	5,406	12,377
1944	R	−11.5%	5,622	7,084	12,706
1940	R	−7.7%	6,105	7,130	13,235
1936	D	+19.7%	7,110	4,482	13,307
1932	D	+31.5%	8,299	4,281	12,741
1928	R	−4.6%	5,448	5,975	11,460
1924	D	+4.9%	4,840	4,359	9,816
1920	D	+1.7%	5,642	5,452	11,176
1916	D	+23.0%	3,801	2,352	6,301
1912	D	+28.7%	3,305	1,613	5,902
1908	D	+18.7%	3,879	2,646	6,605
1904	D	+9.0%	3,286	2,737	6,120
1900	D	+21.1%	3,837	2,482	6,419
1896	D	+22.4%	3,941	2,488	6,488
1892	D	+21.3%	3,244	2,062	5,562
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

1.8%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.4%

2.5%

75–84

2.7%

5.4%

65–74

5.6%

7.1%

55–64

6.6%

6.4%

45–54

6.1%

5.6%

35–44

5.3%

6.0%

25–34

5.7%

4.5%

18–24

4.2%

9.4%

5–17

8.6%

3.4%

3.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$73,978

Shelby County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Shelby County$73,978

Ohio$71,389

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.6%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

Catholic & Orthodox

27.2%

Other Christian

22.1%

Mainline Protestant

5.3%

Methodist

3.6%

Baptist

2.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Shelby County, anchored by the small city of Sidney, delivered an R+64.8 margin in 2024 — among the widest gaps in the state — reflecting the deep rural and small-town conservative consolidation that has reshaped Ohio's political map over the past decade.

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

Shelby County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $73,978, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 47,929 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 Darke County and Appomattox County.

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