† 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
1 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
GroupDefiance, OHOhioUnited States
German34.9%22.3%12.5%
Irish9.1%12.3%9.4%
English8.9%11.0%9.5%
American6.1%5.6%5.3%
Italian2.5%5.8%4.8%
French2.3%1.2%1.6%
Polish1.7%3.2%2.2%
Scottish1.5%1.5%1.3%
Mexican9.2%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran0.3%—0.7%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Venezuelan0.2%——
African American†1.1%10.5%9.9%
African0.5%0.6%0.5%
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
Defiance, OH
Ohio
United States
Median age
41.1
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
8.6%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.2%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Defiance, OH
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$73,064
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.5%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.0%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Defiance, OH
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.2%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
3.4%
2.7%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.6%
0.9%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Defiance, OH
Ohio
United States
Catholic
15.8%
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
52.6%
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
17.7%
52.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
12.8%
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.
Defiance, OH
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+21.3%
1896
+27.2%
1900
+16.4%
1904
+2.9%
1908
+18.9%
1912
+34.7%
1916
+13.1%
1920
−22.9%
1924
−17.5%
1928
−28.7%
1932
+25.1%
1936
+5.2%
1940
−30.0%
1944
−34.4%
1948
−14.2%
1952
−36.0%
1956
−38.1%
1960
−26.2%
1964
+26.6%
1968
−11.9%
1972
−33.3%
1976
−12.3%
1980
−27.3%
1984
−36.9%
1988
−27.2%
1992
−8.5%
1996
−7.1%
2000
−20.7%
2004
−23.9%
2008
−10.4%
2012
−13.2%
2016
−34.0%
2020
−36.4%
2024
−39.9%
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
29.6%Harris5,667
69.4%Trump13,302
0.5%Oliver89 +3
R+39.9
R+3.4
R+38.4
19,156
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican69.4%13,302
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic29.6%5,667
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.5%89
Richard DuncanNonpartisan0.3%55
Peter SonskiNonpartisan0.2%40
OtherAll other candidates0.0%3
R
30.9%Biden5,981
67.3%Trump13,038
1.9%
R+36.4
R+2.4
R+40.9
19,381
R
28.9%Clinton5,368
62.8%Trump11,688
8.3%
R+34.0
R+20.7
R+36.1
18,603
R
41.9%Obama7,732
55.1%Romney10,176
3.0%
R+13.2
R+2.8
R+17.1
18,461
R
43.7%Obama8,399
54.1%McCain10,407
2.2%
R+10.4
D+13.4
R+17.7
19,232
R
37.7%Kerry6,975
61.6%Bush11,397
0.8%
R+23.9
R+3.2
R+21.4
18,516
R
38.0%Gore6,175
58.7%Bush9,540
3.2%
R+20.7
R+13.6
R+21.2
16,242
R
39.9%Clinton6,343
47.0%Dole7,469
13.1%
R+7.1
D+1.4
R+15.6
15,893
R
33.3%Clinton5,735
41.8%Bush7,195
24.9%
R+8.5
D+18.7
R+14.0
17,211
R
36.0%Dukakis5,448
63.1%Bush9,566
0.9%
R+27.2
D+9.7
R+19.4
15,153
R
31.0%Mondale5,004
67.9%Reagan10,951
1.1%
R+36.9
R+9.6
R+18.6
16,130
R
32.6%Carter5,096
59.8%Reagan9,358
7.6%
R+27.3
R+15.0
R+17.5
15,639
R
42.8%Carter5,850
55.0%Ford7,526
2.2%
R+12.3
D+21.0
R+14.3
13,679
R
32.1%McGovern4,377
65.4%Nixon8,914
2.5%
R+33.3
R+21.4
R+10.1
13,630
R
40.7%Humphrey5,686
52.6%Nixon7,348
6.6%
R+11.9
R+38.5
R+11.2
13,959
D
63.3%Johnson8,707
36.7%Goldwater5,048
0.0%
D+26.6
D+52.8
D+4.0
13,755
R
36.9%Kennedy5,207
63.1%Nixon8,912
0.0%
R+26.2
D+11.8
R+26.4
14,119
R
31.0%Stevenson3,941
69.0%Eisenhower8,786
0.0%
R+38.1
R+2.1
R+22.7
12,727
R
32.0%Stevenson4,161
68.0%Eisenhower8,834
0.0%
R+36.0
R+21.8
R+25.2
12,995
R
42.8%Truman4,454
56.9%Dewey5,927
0.3%
R+14.2
D+20.3
R+18.6
10,409
R
32.8%Roosevelt3,634
67.2%Dewey7,450
0.0%
R+34.4
R+4.4
R+41.9
11,084
R
35.0%Roosevelt4,313
65.0%Willkie8,010
0.0%
R+30.0
R+35.2
R+39.9
12,323
D
48.1%Roosevelt5,608
42.8%Landon5,000
9.1%
D+5.2
R+19.9
R+19.1
11,670
D
61.7%Roosevelt6,532
36.5%Hoover3,871
1.8%
D+25.1
D+53.8
D+7.3
10,595
R
35.7%Smith3,487
64.3%Hoover6,289
0.0%
R+28.7
R+11.1
R+11.2
9,776
R
35.0%Davis3,227
52.5%Coolidge4,841
12.4%
R+17.5
D+5.4
D+7.7
9,213
R
37.6%Cox3,723
60.5%Harding5,987
1.8%
R+22.9
R+36.0
D+3.3
9,890
D
55.5%Wilson3,359
42.4%Hughes2,565
2.2%
D+13.1
R+21.6
D+10.0
6,055
D
50.6%Wilson2,784
15.8%Taft872
33.6%
D+34.7
D+15.9
D+15.2
5,504
D
57.9%Bryan3,754
39.0%Taft2,531
3.0%
D+18.9
D+16.0
D+28.4
6,482
D
50.3%Parker3,216
47.4%Roosevelt3,032
2.3%
D+2.9
R+13.6
D+22.5
6,392
D
57.3%Bryan3,766
40.8%McKinley2,684
1.9%
D+16.4
R+10.8
D+24.0
6,578
D
63.2%Bryan4,239
36.0%McKinley2,414
0.7%
D+27.2
D+6.0
D+33.3
6,703
D
56.3%Cleveland3,311
35.1%Harrison2,062
8.6%
D+21.3
—
D+19.6
5,876
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
31.4%5,880
64.2%12,028
18,730
2022
R
33.8%4,513
66.0%8,821
13,359
2018
R
42.1%5,812
57.9%8,003
13,820
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Defiance, OH
Year
Total registered
2016
25,629
2018
26,283
2020
26,411
2022
26,370
2024
22,248
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−19 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,628 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Defiance, OH in Defiance, OH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−222
2012
−287
2013
−373
2014
−109
2015
−258
2016
−250
2017
−26
2018
−129
2019
−46
2021
−15
2022
−39
2023
+107
2024
+38
2025
−19
Defiance anchors a rural northwest Ohio labor market built around auto-parts and industrial production, a demographic profile that has tracked closely with working-class realignment trends visible across the Great Lakes region over the past two election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 39.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.9 points.
A population of 38,343, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,064 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Decatur, IN and Quincy, IL-MO.
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In 2024, Defiance, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 39.9 points (R+39.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,156 votes cast, 5,667 went Democratic and 13,302 went Republican.
When did Defiance, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Defiance, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Defiance, OH, Ohio?
Defiance, OH, Ohio has a population of 38,343 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Defiance, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Defiance, OH, Ohio is $73,064 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Defiance, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Defiance, OH, Ohio from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
