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1876–2024
Williams County, Ohio
Williams County·Ohio

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

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

18762024·38 elections
Williams County, Ohio · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+48
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
36,719
2024 ACS
Most similar
Fulton County
OH · similarity 1.00
26 precincts · 18,314 votes cast
Trump · R+48
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−48.1%
4,64413,46118,314
2020R
−46.2%
4,84213,45218,651
2016R
−42.9%
4,35811,93917,670
2012R
−15.5%
7,26610,04917,904
2008R
−9.3%
8,1749,87918,396
2004R
−29.8%
6,48112,04018,639
2000R
−28.2%
5,4549,94115,919
1996R
−14.3%
5,5247,74715,598
1992R
−15.8%
4,8627,61417,464
1988R
−39.2%
4,66610,78215,585
1984R
−49.3%
3,62410,80414,578
1980R
−36.1%
4,0159,14614,221
1976R
−21.0%
4,9207,59612,762
1972R
−35.3%
4,2789,08313,605
1968R
−26.7%
4,4568,05913,485
1964D
+14.3%
7,5475,65313,200
1960R
−43.7%
4,04410,31914,363
1956R
−50.4%
3,2259,78413,009
1952R
−49.3%
3,3589,88813,246
1948R
−29.8%
3,6626,78410,470
1944R
−43.8%
3,4178,73812,155
1940R
−39.9%
4,0659,46313,528
1936R
−10.7%
5,6287,05013,302
1932D
+11.1%
6,8605,45912,597
1928R
−44.1%
3,1368,13811,332
1924R
−29.2%
2,7955,80210,285
1920R
−24.9%
4,1837,00011,336
1916D
+6.1%
3,5523,1326,873
1912D
+27.0%
2,8751,1456,416
1908R
−4.2%
3,3293,6257,130
1904R
−19.1%
2,5653,8276,608
1900R
−5.6%
3,0493,4166,607
1896D
+5.0%
3,5303,1916,766
1892R
−2.8%
2,5832,7455,870
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.
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
31.4%
Mainline Protestant
9.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.5%
Methodist
6.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.7%
Baptist
1.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tucked into Ohio's northwest corner bordering Indiana and Michigan, Williams County delivers some of the state's widest presidential margins, reflecting a broader rural consolidation pattern that has deepened consistently since 2008.

The Republican margin in Williams County reached its widest at fifty points in 1956. The margin in 2024 was forty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Williams County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $61,048, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 36,719 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 Fulton County and Henry County.