† 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
GroupLima, OHOhioUnited States
German28.9%22.3%12.5%
Irish11.5%12.3%9.4%
English9.6%11.0%9.5%
American6.0%5.6%5.3%
Italian3.0%5.8%4.8%
French1.3%1.2%1.6%
Scottish1.3%1.5%1.3%
Polish0.9%3.2%2.2%
African American†7.4%10.5%9.9%
African1.1%0.6%0.5%
Ethiopian0.3%——
Haitian0.3%—0.3%
Nigerian0.2%—0.2%
Jamaican0.2%—0.4%
Mexican2.1%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%1.2%1.8%
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Spaniard0.2%——
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
Lima, OH
Ohio
United States
Median age
39.7
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.2%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lima, OH
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$64,038
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.3%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.1%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lima, OH
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.4%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
1.6%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lima, OH
Ohio
United States
Catholic
14.4%
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
23.9%
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
42.6%
52.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
11.6%
7.0%
5.2%
Black Protestant
5.2%
2.3%
2.2%
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.
Lima, OH
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+14.7%
1896
+12.4%
1900
+10.5%
1904
−9.6%
1908
+10.0%
1912
+25.9%
1916
+15.5%
1920
−8.9%
1924
−32.8%
1928
−37.0%
1932
+6.3%
1936
+4.2%
1940
−17.7%
1944
−25.2%
1948
−13.8%
1952
−30.2%
1956
−40.4%
1960
−31.1%
1964
−2.3%
1968
−31.6%
1972
−43.5%
1976
−23.2%
1980
−36.1%
1984
−46.5%
1988
−38.5%
1992
−24.4%
1996
−20.0%
2000
−33.5%
2004
−32.7%
2008
−20.6%
2012
−23.8%
2016
−36.8%
2020
−39.5%
2024
−44.1%
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
27.5%Harris12,754
71.6%Trump33,201
0.5%Oliver211 +3
R+44.1
R+4.6
R+42.6
46,369
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican71.6%33,201
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic27.5%12,754
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.5%211
Richard DuncanNonpartisan0.3%116
Peter SonskiNonpartisan0.2%79
OtherAll other candidates0.0%8
R
29.5%Biden14,149
69.0%Trump33,116
1.5%
R+39.5
R+2.7
R+44.0
48,006
R
28.4%Clinton13,294
65.2%Trump30,487
6.3%
R+36.8
R+13.0
R+38.9
46,735
R
36.8%Obama17,914
60.6%Romney29,502
2.7%
R+23.8
R+3.2
R+27.6
48,708
R
38.7%Obama19,522
59.3%McCain29,940
2.0%
R+20.6
D+12.1
R+27.9
50,495
R
33.4%Kerry16,470
66.1%Bush32,580
0.4%
R+32.7
D+0.7
R+30.2
49,256
R
32.0%Gore13,996
65.4%Bush28,647
2.6%
R+33.5
R+13.4
R+34.0
43,795
R
35.3%Clinton15,529
55.3%Dole24,325
9.3%
R+20.0
D+4.4
R+28.5
43,948
R
29.1%Clinton13,777
53.5%Bush25,322
17.4%
R+24.4
D+14.1
R+29.9
47,350
R
30.5%Dukakis13,727
69.0%Bush31,021
0.5%
R+38.5
D+8.0
R+30.7
44,975
R
26.5%Mondale12,176
73.0%Reagan33,506
0.5%
R+46.5
R+10.4
R+28.2
45,911
R
29.8%Carter13,140
65.8%Reagan29,070
4.4%
R+36.1
R+12.9
R+26.3
44,154
R
37.3%Carter14,627
60.6%Ford23,721
2.1%
R+23.2
D+20.3
R+25.3
39,167
R
26.4%McGovern10,184
70.0%Nixon26,966
3.6%
R+43.5
R+11.9
R+20.4
38,543
R
28.7%Humphrey10,994
60.3%Nixon23,124
11.0%
R+31.6
R+29.3
R+30.9
38,349
R
48.8%Johnson18,990
51.2%Goldwater19,897
0.0%
R+2.3
D+28.7
R+24.9
38,887
R
34.5%Kennedy14,725
65.5%Nixon28,007
0.0%
R+31.1
D+9.3
R+31.2
42,732
R
29.8%Stevenson12,042
70.2%Eisenhower28,388
0.0%
R+40.4
R+10.2
R+25.0
40,430
R
34.9%Stevenson14,139
65.1%Eisenhower26,396
0.0%
R+30.2
R+16.5
R+19.5
40,535
R
42.9%Truman13,161
56.7%Dewey17,380
0.4%
R+13.8
D+11.4
R+18.2
30,668
R
37.4%Roosevelt12,564
62.6%Dewey21,024
0.0%
R+25.2
R+7.5
R+32.7
33,588
R
41.2%Roosevelt14,469
58.8%Willkie20,675
0.0%
R+17.7
R+21.9
R+27.6
35,144
D
49.1%Roosevelt16,500
44.9%Landon15,079
6.0%
D+4.2
R+2.0
R+20.0
33,592
D
52.2%Roosevelt16,676
46.0%Hoover14,678
1.8%
D+6.3
D+43.3
R+11.5
31,930
R
31.2%Smith9,462
68.2%Hoover20,693
0.6%
R+37.0
R+4.3
R+19.6
30,337
R
29.0%Davis7,378
61.8%Coolidge15,711
9.2%
R+32.8
R+23.9
R+7.6
25,437
R
44.7%Cox11,658
53.6%Harding13,978
1.7%
R+8.9
R+24.4
D+17.3
26,082
D
55.9%Wilson7,905
40.4%Hughes5,713
3.7%
D+15.5
R+10.4
D+12.4
14,140
D
48.2%Wilson5,696
22.3%Taft2,638
29.5%
D+25.9
D+15.9
D+6.3
11,815
D
53.1%Bryan7,195
43.1%Taft5,841
3.8%
D+10.0
D+19.6
D+19.5
13,557
R
42.9%Parker4,980
52.5%Roosevelt6,091
4.6%
R+9.6
R+20.1
D+10.1
11,603
D
54.4%Bryan6,540
43.9%McKinley5,281
1.6%
D+10.5
R+2.0
D+18.0
12,018
D
55.5%Bryan6,394
43.0%McKinley4,959
1.5%
D+12.4
R+2.3
D+18.5
11,529
D
53.3%Cleveland4,945
38.5%Harrison3,579
8.2%
D+14.7
—
D+13.1
9,285
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
30.7%14,120
65.7%30,208
45,988
2022
R
28.8%9,428
71.0%23,229
32,706
2018
R
40.2%14,429
59.8%21,492
35,929
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Lima, OH
Year
Total registered
2016
68,054
2018
69,338
2020
67,374
2022
66,650
2024
66,201
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−209 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −7,104 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Lima, OH in Lima, OH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−662
2012
−951
2013
−356
2014
−452
2015
−920
2016
−636
2017
−620
2018
−523
2019
−501
2021
−284
2022
−529
2023
−336
2024
−125
2025
−209
Lima's economy traces its roots to oil refining and heavy industry, and the metro has voted Republican in presidential races by double-digit margins for decades, reflecting its working-class, small-city demographic profile.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 46.5 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.1 points.
A population of 101,348, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,038 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sidney, OH and Bucyrus, OH.
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In 2024, Lima, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 44.1 points (R+44.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 46,369 votes cast, 12,754 went Democratic and 33,201 went Republican.
When did Lima, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lima, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Lima, OH, Ohio?
Lima, OH, Ohio has a population of 101,348 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lima, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Lima, OH, Ohio is $64,038 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Lima, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Lima, OH, Ohio from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
