Van Wert County, Ohio

2024 results by precinct

32 precincts · 14,806 votes cast

Trump · R+58

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−58.2%	3,000	11,616	14,806
2020	R	−57.4%	3,067	11,650	14,965
2016	R	−55.3%	2,697	10,469	14,062
2012	R	−39.4%	4,029	9,585	14,108
2008	R	−27.1%	5,178	9,168	14,701
2004	R	−44.4%	4,095	10,678	14,827
2000	R	−33.8%	4,209	8,679	13,219
1996	R	−19.5%	4,453	6,999	13,041
1992	R	−24.0%	3,822	7,227	14,217
1988	R	−41.7%	3,848	9,410	13,336
1984	R	−48.0%	3,338	9,570	12,988
1980	R	−29.5%	4,070	7,866	12,872
1976	R	−18.6%	5,689	8,344	14,284
1972	R	−44.1%	3,644	9,545	13,391
1968	R	−25.7%	4,360	7,835	13,527
1964	D	+10.8%	7,695	6,194	13,889
1960	R	−31.4%	5,050	9,666	14,716
1956	R	−40.1%	4,208	9,834	14,042
1952	R	−29.4%	5,108	9,355	14,463
1948	R	−13.9%	5,127	6,785	11,936
1944	R	−25.7%	5,046	8,529	13,575
1940	R	−16.1%	6,254	8,656	14,910
1936	D	+10.0%	7,744	6,275	14,733
1932	D	+14.6%	7,977	5,918	14,078
1928	R	−19.3%	5,089	7,540	12,696
1924	R	−16.2%	4,318	6,206	11,678
1920	R	−20.8%	4,899	7,495	12,493
1916	R	−0.6%	3,753	3,802	7,729
1912	D	+11.2%	3,287	2,490	7,106
1908	R	−0.3%	3,783	3,809	7,729
1904	R	−10.4%	3,325	4,120	7,618
1900	R	−5.5%	3,582	4,006	7,678
1896	D	+0.3%	3,984	3,957	8,033
1892	D	+3.5%	3,629	3,373	7,250
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%.

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: 41.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.5%

2.8%

75–84

3.5%

5.7%

65–74

5.9%

6.6%

55–64

7.2%

6.1%

45–54

5.8%

6.3%

35–44

5.7%

6.1%

25–34

5.9%

3.8%

18–24

3.6%

8.9%

5–17

8.0%

2.9%

3.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,917

Van Wert County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Van Wert County$67,917

Ohio$71,389

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.0%

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

Mainline Protestant

9.7%

Other Christian

9.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.6%

Methodist

6.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Van Wert's flat, agricultural landscape anchors a northwest Ohio county where the 2024 presidential margin exceeded 58 points, reflecting a broader realignment of small-town and farming communities that has deepened consistently over the past decade.

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

Van Wert County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,917, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 28,826 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 LaGrange County and King William County.

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Van Wert County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.