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1876–2024
Wayne County, Ohio
Wayne County·Ohio

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

One of Ohio's most reliably Republican rural counties, by wide margins

18762024·38 elections
Wayne County, Ohio · The original uploader was Decumanus at English Wikipedia. · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+39
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
116,588
2024 ACS
Most similar
Knox County
OH · similarity 1.00
67 precincts · 53,150 votes cast
Trump · R+39
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−39.3%
15,89836,76453,150
2020R
−37.0%
16,66036,75954,283
2016R
−33.9%
15,03132,27050,845
2012R
−20.3%
19,80830,25151,562
2008R
−14.6%
21,71229,34252,276
2004R
−23.3%
19,78631,87951,848
2000R
−26.2%
14,77925,90142,436
1996R
−11.8%
14,85019,62840,548
1992R
−10.5%
13,95318,35041,982
1988R
−24.2%
13,57122,32036,208
1984R
−36.4%
11,32324,47536,103
1980R
−20.1%
12,12918,96233,942
1976R
−12.6%
13,08716,97630,754
1972R
−36.9%
9,26020,36830,076
1968R
−24.1%
8,89115,15125,970
1964D
+19.9%
14,8069,89024,696
1960R
−38.2%
9,51121,27330,784
1956R
−47.2%
6,98419,46926,453
1952R
−36.5%
8,41418,07426,488
1948R
−15.6%
8,86812,15221,090
1944R
−17.8%
9,50613,61623,122
1940R
−11.4%
10,74813,52524,273
1936D
+10.0%
12,66610,33123,423
1932D
+0.4%
10,87010,78722,097
1928R
−49.2%
4,82514,19219,024
1924R
−17.5%
6,0238,92816,594
1920R
−7.0%
7,7518,93216,890
1916D
+22.9%
5,9303,6769,847
1912D
+33.1%
4,7371,6749,263
1908D
+9.7%
5,3684,38810,084
1904R
−6.2%
4,1654,7489,346
1900D
+10.4%
5,2634,2449,845
1896D
+12.0%
5,5884,36910,139
1892D
+10.5%
4,7023,7529,039
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%
Italian
2.2%
African American
1.0%
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
19.8%
Mainline Protestant
8.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.4%
Methodist
4.1%
Baptist
0.7%
Non-Christian
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wayne County's agricultural economy and large Amish population anchor a conservative voting pattern that has produced Republican presidential margins above 35 points in each of the last three cycles.

The Republican margin in Wayne County reached its widest at forty-nine points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was thirty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Wayne County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $73,574, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 116,588 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 Knox County and Page County.