† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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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
GroupCanton-Massillon, OHOhioUnited States
German25.8%22.3%12.5%
Irish13.0%12.3%9.4%
English11.4%11.0%9.5%
Italian9.1%5.8%4.8%
American5.3%5.6%5.3%
French2.6%1.2%1.6%
Polish2.5%3.2%2.2%
Scottish1.8%1.5%1.3%
African American†3.8%10.5%9.9%
African2.7%0.6%0.5%
Mexican0.8%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%1.2%1.8%
Spanish0.3%——
Guatemalan0.3%0.2%0.5%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
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
Canton-Massillon, OH
Ohio
United States
Median age
42.1
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
8.1%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.7%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Canton-Massillon, OH
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$67,728
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.5%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.2%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Canton-Massillon, OH
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.3%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
1.2%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Canton-Massillon, OH
Ohio
United States
Catholic
12.4%
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
22.1%
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
53.3%
52.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.6%
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.
Canton-Massillon, OH
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+1.7%
1896
−5.2%
1900
−12.0%
1904
−36.3%
1908
−8.6%
1912
+13.4%
1916
+2.1%
1920
−32.9%
1924
−44.8%
1928
−43.9%
1932
−7.6%
1936
+21.5%
1940
+10.1%
1944
+3.3%
1948
−4.9%
1952
−16.2%
1956
−26.5%
1960
−11.5%
1964
+24.1%
1968
−8.1%
1972
−28.1%
1976
−1.7%
1980
−18.6%
1984
−20.6%
1988
−11.2%
1992
+4.6%
1996
+8.0%
2000
−2.7%
2004
+0.9%
2008
+4.7%
2012
−0.5%
2016
−18.9%
2020
−20.9%
2024
−24.2%
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
R
37.5%Harris74,161
61.7%Trump122,112
0.4%Oliver856 +3
R+24.2
R+3.3
R+22.7
198,012
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican61.7%122,112
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic37.5%74,161
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.4%856
Richard DuncanNonpartisan0.3%515
Peter SonskiNonpartisan0.2%332
OtherAll other candidates0.0%36
R
38.8%Biden79,155
59.7%Trump121,842
1.5%
R+20.9
R+2.0
R+25.4
204,091
R
37.1%Clinton71,300
56.1%Trump107,642
6.8%
R+18.9
R+18.5
R+21.0
191,973
R
48.3%Obama94,975
48.8%Romney95,896
2.9%
R+0.5
R+5.2
R+4.3
196,582
D
51.2%Obama103,413
46.5%McCain93,840
2.3%
D+4.7
D+3.9
R+2.5
201,995
D
50.2%Kerry101,637
49.3%Bush99,910
0.5%
D+0.9
D+3.5
D+3.3
202,571
R
46.6%Gore80,268
49.3%Bush84,885
4.0%
R+2.7
R+10.7
R+3.2
172,105
D
46.0%Clinton78,229
38.0%Dole64,661
16.0%
D+8.0
D+3.3
R+0.5
170,136
D
39.9%Clinton74,795
35.2%Bush66,087
24.9%
D+4.6
D+15.9
R+0.9
187,555
R
43.9%Dukakis74,306
55.2%Bush93,266
0.9%
R+11.2
D+9.4
R+3.5
169,090
R
39.3%Mondale68,928
59.9%Reagan105,137
0.8%
R+20.6
R+2.0
R+2.4
175,500
R
37.4%Carter62,481
56.0%Reagan93,575
6.5%
R+18.6
R+16.9
R+8.9
166,957
R
48.1%Carter75,018
49.8%Ford77,698
2.1%
R+1.7
D+26.4
R+3.8
156,034
R
34.9%McGovern54,320
63.0%Nixon98,094
2.2%
R+28.1
R+20.0
R+4.9
155,824
R
40.1%Humphrey60,794
48.1%Nixon73,048
11.8%
R+8.1
R+32.2
R+7.4
151,734
D
62.1%Johnson93,754
37.9%Goldwater57,287
0.0%
D+24.1
D+35.6
D+1.6
151,041
R
44.3%Kennedy70,693
55.7%Nixon88,976
0.0%
R+11.5
D+15.1
R+11.6
159,669
R
36.7%Stevenson52,035
63.3%Eisenhower89,583
0.0%
R+26.5
R+10.3
R+11.1
141,618
R
41.9%Stevenson58,165
58.1%Eisenhower80,636
0.0%
R+16.2
R+11.3
R+5.4
138,801
R
47.0%Truman50,529
51.9%Dewey55,765
1.1%
R+4.9
R+8.2
R+9.4
107,463
D
51.7%Roosevelt60,300
48.3%Dewey56,404
0.0%
D+3.3
R+6.7
R+4.2
116,704
D
55.0%Roosevelt63,085
45.0%Willkie51,544
0.0%
D+10.1
R+11.5
D+0.1
114,629
D
58.8%Roosevelt61,732
37.3%Landon39,133
3.9%
D+21.5
D+29.1
R+2.7
104,949
R
44.2%Roosevelt38,559
51.8%Hoover45,159
4.0%
R+7.6
D+36.4
R+25.4
87,164
R
27.6%Smith25,161
71.6%Hoover65,136
0.8%
R+43.9
D+0.9
R+26.5
91,012
R
20.0%Davis13,974
64.9%Coolidge45,227
15.1%
R+44.8
R+11.9
R+19.6
69,735
R
30.7%Cox20,192
63.6%Harding41,875
5.8%
R+32.9
R+35.0
R+6.7
65,866
D
48.3%Wilson16,988
46.2%Hughes16,245
5.6%
D+2.1
R+11.3
R+1.0
35,188
O
36.8%Wilson11,201
23.4%Taft7,129
39.8%
Roosevelt +3.0
D+21.9
R+6.2
30,451
R
43.1%Bryan13,876
51.7%Taft16,629
5.2%
R+8.6
D+27.7
D+1.0
32,193
R
29.2%Parker8,197
65.4%Roosevelt18,390
5.4%
R+36.3
R+24.2
R+16.6
28,118
R
43.0%Bryan12,371
55.0%McKinley15,833
2.1%
R+12.0
R+6.8
R+4.5
28,803
R
46.9%Bryan13,294
52.1%McKinley14,779
1.0%
R+5.2
R+6.9
D+0.8
28,360
D
48.0%Cleveland11,904
46.3%Harrison11,492
5.6%
D+1.7
—
±0.0
24,797
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
40.4%78,979
55.7%108,908
195,399
2022
R
41.0%58,958
58.9%84,659
143,686
2018
R
48.4%72,314
51.6%77,091
149,456
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Canton-Massillon, OH
Year
Total registered
2016
267,904
2018
272,884
2020
271,388
2022
267,500
2024
272,008
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+992 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −3,671 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Canton-Massillon, OH in Canton-Massillon, OH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−977
2012
−38
2013
−65
2014
−18
2015
−1,323
2016
−1,553
2017
−1,458
2018
−668
2019
−677
2021
+182
2022
+502
2023
+637
2024
+793
2025
+992
Canton-Massillon anchors Stark County, one of Ohio's most-watched bellwether jurisdictions, where deindustrialized working-class precincts and suburban growth corridors have produced razor-thin margins in nearly every recent statewide contest.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 44.8 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.2 points.
A population of 400,372, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,728 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hermitage, PA and Youngstown-Warren, OH.
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In 2024, Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 24.2 points (R+24.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 198,012 votes cast, 74,161 went Democratic and 122,112 went Republican.
When did Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio?
Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio has a population of 400,372 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio is $67,728 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
