† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAkron, OHOhioUnited States
German21.2%22.3%12.5%
Irish13.5%12.3%9.4%
English10.9%11.0%9.5%
Italian9.1%5.8%4.8%
American5.2%5.6%5.3%
Polish4.7%3.2%2.2%
Hungarian2.5%——
Scottish2.0%1.5%1.3%
African American†10.3%10.5%9.9%
African1.0%0.6%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Asian Indian0.9%0.8%1.4%
Nepalese0.7%0.2%—
Chinese0.5%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Burmese0.3%——
Vietnamese0.2%—0.6%
Korean0.2%—0.4%
Bhutanese0.2%——
Mexican1.2%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.2%1.8%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Akron, OH
Ohio
United States
Median age
41
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
9.5%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.2%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Akron, OH
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$72,581
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.5%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.0%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Akron, OH
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.7%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
2.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.0%
1.2%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Akron, OH
Ohio
United States
Catholic
17.3%
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
15.9%
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
56.4%
52.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.6%
7.0%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Akron, OH
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−0.9%
1896
−2.6%
1900
−8.5%
1904
−38.1%
1908
−3.1%
1912
+19.5%
1916
+22.1%
1920
−21.4%
1924
−43.5%
1928
−42.5%
1932
+5.0%
1936
+37.5%
1940
+15.3%
1944
+14.6%
1948
+11.1%
1952
+1.2%
1956
−6.7%
1960
+0.3%
1964
+35.5%
1968
+7.6%
1972
−2.4%
1976
+19.7%
1980
+3.0%
1984
−5.0%
1988
+4.0%
1992
+12.6%
1996
+17.9%
2000
+9.1%
2004
+12.2%
2008
+15.3%
2012
+13.3%
2016
+4.3%
2020
+4.5%
2024
+1.7%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
50.4%Harris179,764
48.7%Trump173,591
0.5%Oliver1,744 +3
D+1.7
R+2.8
D+3.2
356,797
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic50.4%179,764
Donald J TrumpRepublican48.7%173,591
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.5%1,744
Richard DuncanNonpartisan0.2%802
Peter SonskiNonpartisan0.2%693
OtherAll other candidates0.1%203
D
51.6%Biden187,329
47.0%Trump170,823
1.4%
D+4.5
D+0.2
D+0.1
363,345
D
48.9%Clinton166,653
44.6%Trump151,997
6.6%
D+4.3
R+9.0
D+2.2
341,120
D
55.3%Obama192,494
42.0%Romney146,243
2.7%
D+13.3
R+2.0
D+9.4
348,083
D
56.8%Obama202,714
41.5%McCain148,106
1.7%
D+15.3
D+3.1
D+8.0
357,031
D
55.9%Kerry197,262
43.7%Bush154,141
0.4%
D+12.2
D+3.1
D+14.7
352,967
D
52.5%Gore151,205
43.4%Bush124,992
4.0%
D+9.1
R+8.8
D+8.6
287,738
D
51.7%Clinton141,491
33.8%Dole92,494
14.4%
D+17.9
D+5.3
D+9.4
273,433
D
44.2%Clinton134,206
31.6%Bush95,977
24.2%
D+12.6
D+8.6
D+7.0
303,627
D
51.6%Dukakis138,219
47.6%Bush127,489
0.9%
D+4.0
D+9.0
D+11.7
268,069
R
47.1%Mondale131,288
52.1%Reagan145,173
0.7%
R+5.0
R+8.0
D+13.2
278,467
D
47.1%Carter123,029
44.1%Reagan115,128
8.8%
D+3.0
R+16.6
D+12.8
261,109
D
58.5%Carter148,128
38.8%Ford98,342
2.6%
D+19.7
D+22.0
D+17.6
253,174
R
47.9%McGovern129,303
50.2%Nixon135,713
1.9%
R+2.4
R+10.0
D+20.8
270,218
D
47.4%Humphrey116,416
39.8%Nixon97,713
12.8%
D+7.6
R+27.9
D+8.3
245,446
D
67.7%Johnson165,627
32.3%Goldwater78,842
0.0%
D+35.5
D+35.2
D+12.9
244,469
D
50.1%Kennedy129,380
49.9%Nixon128,700
0.0%
D+0.3
D+7.0
D+0.1
258,080
R
46.6%Stevenson106,506
53.4%Eisenhower121,815
0.0%
R+6.7
R+7.9
D+8.7
228,321
D
50.6%Stevenson110,996
49.4%Eisenhower108,336
0.0%
D+1.2
R+9.9
D+12.0
219,332
D
54.7%Truman90,083
43.6%Dewey71,795
1.8%
D+11.1
R+3.5
D+6.6
164,826
D
57.3%Roosevelt103,316
42.7%Dewey76,980
0.0%
D+14.6
R+0.6
D+7.1
180,296
D
57.6%Roosevelt102,242
42.4%Willkie75,182
0.0%
D+15.3
R+22.3
D+5.3
177,424
D
67.6%Roosevelt105,634
30.1%Landon47,026
2.2%
D+37.5
D+32.5
D+13.3
156,159
D
50.5%Roosevelt63,627
45.5%Hoover57,277
4.0%
D+5.0
D+47.6
R+12.7
125,892
R
28.4%Smith36,262
70.9%Hoover90,590
0.7%
R+42.5
D+1.0
R+25.1
127,733
R
21.4%Davis20,527
64.9%Coolidge62,357
13.8%
R+43.5
R+22.1
R+18.3
96,120
R
38.1%Cox33,262
59.5%Harding51,952
2.4%
R+21.4
R+43.5
D+4.8
87,316
D
58.7%Wilson23,612
36.6%Hughes14,735
4.7%
D+22.1
D+2.5
D+18.9
40,222
O
34.8%Wilson10,641
15.3%Taft4,664
49.9%
Roosevelt +15.2
D+22.7
±0.0
30,579
R
45.2%Bryan13,555
48.3%Taft14,494
6.4%
R+3.1
D+35.0
D+6.4
29,980
R
26.9%Parker7,104
65.0%Roosevelt17,163
8.1%
R+38.1
R+29.6
R+18.4
26,396
R
44.4%Bryan12,064
53.0%McKinley14,383
2.6%
R+8.5
R+6.0
R+1.0
27,160
R
48.3%Bryan12,015
50.8%McKinley12,657
0.9%
R+2.6
R+1.7
D+3.5
24,894
R
46.4%Cleveland9,452
47.2%Harrison9,632
6.4%
R+0.9
—
R+2.5
20,389
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
53.1%187,599
43.5%153,736
353,509
2022
D
54.2%141,287
45.6%118,998
260,814
2018
D
59.2%161,782
40.8%111,380
273,301
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Akron, OH
Year
Total registered
2016
467,949
2018
482,453
2020
488,557
2022
480,129
2024
493,857
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,155 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −14,511 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Akron, OH in Akron, OH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,861
2012
−2,736
2013
−778
2014
−1,092
2015
−2,499
2016
−2,875
2017
−881
2018
−1,044
2019
−1,190
2021
−4,244
2022
+2,391
2023
+678
2024
+465
2025
+1,155
Once the global center of tire manufacturing, Akron's metro has shifted steadily toward Democrats at the presidential level as its blue-collar base contracted and a younger, college-educated workforce grew around the University of Akron and area health systems.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.5 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 43.5 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.7 points.
A population of 699,820, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,581 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cleveland, OH and Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
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In 2024, Akron, OH, Ohio voted Democratic by 1.7 points (D+1.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 356,797 votes cast, 179,764 went Democratic and 173,591 went Republican.
When did Akron, OH, Ohio last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Akron, OH, Ohio voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Akron, OH, Ohio?
Akron, OH, Ohio has a population of 699,820 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Akron, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Akron, OH, Ohio is $72,581 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Akron, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Akron, OH, Ohio from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
