† 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
GroupFindlay, OHOhioUnited States
German33.3%22.3%12.5%
English12.2%11.0%9.5%
Irish9.0%12.3%9.4%
American9.0%5.6%5.3%
Italian2.7%5.8%4.8%
Polish2.3%3.2%2.2%
Scottish2.0%1.5%1.3%
French1.9%1.2%1.6%
Mexican5.0%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.2%1.8%
Spanish0.2%——
Laotian0.6%——
Asian Indian0.4%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.4%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
African American†1.1%10.5%9.9%
Liberian0.4%——
African0.3%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
Findlay, OH
Ohio
United States
Median age
39.5
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
9.4%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.7%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Findlay, OH
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$73,141
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.9%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.3%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Findlay, OH
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.1%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
2.6%
2.7%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.0%
0.6%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Findlay, OH
Ohio
United States
Catholic
12.4%
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
12.5%
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
58.8%
52.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
13.6%
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.
Findlay, OH
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+1.5%
1896
−0.4%
1900
−2.1%
1904
−15.5%
1908
+4.8%
1912
+22.9%
1916
+11.5%
1920
−20.5%
1924
−25.2%
1928
−51.7%
1932
+0.6%
1936
+0.5%
1940
−29.3%
1944
−36.5%
1948
−26.7%
1952
−47.3%
1956
−49.6%
1960
−43.5%
1964
−0.3%
1968
−33.0%
1972
−46.9%
1976
−29.3%
1980
−42.3%
1984
−58.0%
1988
−45.1%
1992
−27.8%
1996
−26.5%
2000
−39.8%
2004
−41.4%
2008
−23.1%
2012
−27.5%
2016
−39.9%
2020
−37.5%
2024
−38.4%
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
30.2%Harris11,467
68.7%Trump26,052
0.6%Oliver218 +3
R+38.4
R+0.9
R+37.0
37,943
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican68.7%26,052
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic30.2%11,467
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.6%218
Richard DuncanNonpartisan0.3%119
Peter SonskiNonpartisan0.2%81
OtherAll other candidates0.0%6
R
30.3%Biden11,757
67.9%Trump26,310
1.8%
R+37.5
D+2.3
R+42.0
38,771
R
26.3%Clinton9,609
66.1%Trump24,183
7.6%
R+39.9
R+12.4
R+41.9
36,571
R
35.0%Obama12,564
62.4%Romney22,443
2.6%
R+27.5
R+4.4
R+31.3
35,944
R
37.4%Obama13,870
60.5%McCain22,420
2.1%
R+23.1
D+18.3
R+30.3
37,055
R
29.1%Kerry10,352
70.5%Bush25,105
0.5%
R+41.4
R+1.6
R+39.0
35,619
R
28.7%Gore8,798
68.5%Bush20,985
2.7%
R+39.8
R+13.3
R+40.3
30,617
R
31.2%Clinton9,334
57.7%Dole17,252
11.1%
R+26.5
D+1.3
R+35.0
29,908
R
24.9%Clinton7,944
52.6%Bush16,821
22.5%
R+27.8
D+17.3
R+33.3
31,963
R
26.9%Dukakis7,435
72.0%Bush19,896
1.1%
R+45.1
D+12.9
R+37.4
27,643
R
20.3%Mondale5,758
78.3%Reagan22,169
1.3%
R+58.0
R+15.7
R+39.8
28,297
R
25.3%Carter6,843
67.6%Reagan18,264
7.0%
R+42.3
R+12.9
R+32.5
27,010
R
33.7%Carter8,548
63.1%Ford15,983
3.2%
R+29.3
D+17.6
R+31.4
25,333
R
23.7%McGovern6,084
70.7%Nixon18,111
5.6%
R+46.9
R+14.0
R+23.8
25,624
R
28.1%Humphrey6,918
61.1%Nixon15,032
10.8%
R+33.0
R+32.7
R+32.3
24,609
R
49.9%Johnson11,547
50.1%Goldwater11,610
0.0%
R+0.3
D+43.3
R+22.9
23,157
R
28.2%Kennedy6,712
71.8%Nixon17,059
0.0%
R+43.5
D+6.1
R+43.7
23,771
R
25.2%Stevenson5,289
74.8%Eisenhower15,713
0.0%
R+49.6
R+2.3
R+34.2
21,002
R
26.3%Stevenson5,366
73.7%Eisenhower14,999
0.0%
R+47.3
R+20.6
R+36.5
20,365
R
36.5%Truman6,598
63.2%Dewey11,427
0.3%
R+26.7
D+9.8
R+31.2
18,079
R
31.7%Roosevelt6,252
68.3%Dewey13,450
0.0%
R+36.5
R+7.3
R+44.0
19,702
R
35.4%Roosevelt7,755
64.6%Willkie14,174
0.0%
R+29.3
R+29.8
R+39.2
21,929
D
47.8%Roosevelt9,929
47.2%Landon9,816
5.0%
D+0.5
±0.0
R+23.7
20,784
D
49.2%Roosevelt9,370
48.6%Hoover9,260
2.3%
D+0.6
D+52.2
R+17.2
19,061
R
23.9%Smith4,158
75.5%Hoover13,151
0.6%
R+51.7
R+26.4
R+34.2
17,410
R
31.8%Davis5,111
57.0%Coolidge9,167
11.2%
R+25.2
R+4.7
R+0.1
16,074
R
39.0%Cox6,386
59.5%Harding9,746
1.6%
R+20.5
R+32.0
D+5.7
16,390
D
54.3%Wilson5,416
42.8%Hughes4,268
2.9%
D+11.5
R+11.4
D+8.4
9,976
D
47.7%Wilson4,309
24.8%Taft2,241
27.6%
D+22.9
D+18.0
D+3.3
9,041
D
50.3%Bryan5,420
45.4%Taft4,899
4.3%
D+4.8
D+20.4
D+14.4
10,781
R
39.8%Parker4,148
55.3%Roosevelt5,766
4.9%
R+15.5
R+13.4
D+4.1
10,426
R
48.0%Bryan5,322
50.1%McKinley5,559
1.8%
R+2.1
R+1.7
D+5.4
11,086
R
49.3%Bryan5,546
49.7%McKinley5,591
1.1%
R+0.4
R+1.9
D+5.7
11,258
D
47.9%Cleveland4,931
46.4%Harrison4,780
5.7%
D+1.5
—
R+0.2
10,293
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
32.4%12,170
63.4%23,803
37,520
2022
R
32.2%8,717
67.8%18,357
27,088
2018
R
38.9%10,929
61.0%17,123
28,061
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Findlay, OH
Year
Total registered
2016
50,411
2018
51,652
2020
51,714
2022
51,571
2024
51,936
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+123 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,311 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Findlay, OH in Findlay, OH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+34
2012
+244
2013
−210
2014
−723
2015
0
2016
−192
2017
−158
2018
−241
2019
−394
2021
−232
2022
−42
2023
−250
2024
−270
2025
+123
Findlay's economy is shaped by Marathon Petroleum's headquarters and a dense tier-one auto-supplier base, producing a blue-collar and corporate workforce that has voted Republican at the presidential level by double-digit margins for decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 58.0 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.4 points.
A population of 74,866, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,141 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Huntington, IN and Warsaw, IN.
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In 2024, Findlay, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 38.4 points (R+38.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 37,943 votes cast, 11,467 went Democratic and 26,052 went Republican.
When did Findlay, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Findlay, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Findlay, OH, Ohio?
Findlay, OH, Ohio has a population of 74,866 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Findlay, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Findlay, OH, Ohio is $73,141 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Findlay, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Findlay, OH, Ohio from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.
