† 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
GroupSalem, OHOhioUnited States
German22.9%22.3%12.5%
Irish16.8%12.3%9.4%
English14.0%11.0%9.5%
Italian8.0%5.8%4.8%
American6.9%5.6%5.3%
Scottish2.5%1.5%1.3%
Polish2.4%3.2%2.2%
French1.6%1.2%1.6%
African American†1.6%10.5%9.9%
African0.2%0.6%0.5%
Mexican1.0%2.0%11.3%
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
Salem, OH
Ohio
United States
Median age
44.6
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
7.3%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.0%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Salem, OH
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$58,180
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.2%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.1%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Salem, OH
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.6%
8.0%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Salem, OH
Ohio
United States
Catholic
6.9%
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
15.1%
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
66.9%
52.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.7%
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.
Salem, OH
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−11.9%
1896
−17.6%
1900
−25.1%
1904
−42.8%
1908
−16.0%
1912
+1.3%
1916
−1.9%
1920
−25.2%
1924
−54.0%
1928
−55.5%
1932
−15.3%
1936
+14.1%
1940
+2.6%
1944
−3.0%
1948
−3.3%
1952
−16.7%
1956
−32.9%
1960
−17.3%
1964
+28.9%
1968
−1.3%
1972
−26.7%
1976
+1.7%
1980
−8.1%
1984
−9.7%
1988
+0.9%
1992
+10.0%
1996
+12.2%
2000
−2.6%
2004
−4.7%
2008
−7.6%
2012
−11.6%
2016
−40.9%
2020
−44.9%
2024
−49.0%
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
25.1%Harris12,064
74.1%Trump35,607
0.4%Oliver189 +3
R+49.0
R+4.1
R+47.5
48,053
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican74.1%35,607
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic25.1%12,064
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.4%189
Richard DuncanNonpartisan0.2%117
Peter SonskiNonpartisan0.1%69
OtherAll other candidates0.0%7
R
26.8%Biden13,359
71.7%Trump35,726
1.6%
R+44.9
R+3.9
R+49.3
49,860
R
26.4%Clinton12,432
67.4%Trump31,676
6.2%
R+40.9
R+29.3
R+43.0
47,025
R
42.4%Obama19,821
54.0%Romney25,251
3.6%
R+11.6
R+4.0
R+15.5
46,740
R
44.9%Obama21,882
52.5%McCain25,585
2.5%
R+7.6
R+2.9
R+14.9
48,699
R
47.4%Kerry23,429
52.1%Bush25,753
0.6%
R+4.7
R+2.1
R+2.2
49,465
R
46.5%Gore20,657
49.1%Bush21,804
4.4%
R+2.6
R+14.8
R+3.1
44,427
D
47.5%Clinton20,716
35.3%Dole15,386
17.3%
D+12.2
D+2.2
D+3.7
43,629
D
41.6%Clinton19,765
31.6%Bush15,016
26.9%
D+10.0
D+9.0
D+4.4
47,554
D
50.0%Dukakis21,581
49.1%Bush21,175
0.9%
D+0.9
D+10.7
D+8.7
43,140
R
44.7%Mondale20,155
54.4%Reagan24,552
0.9%
R+9.7
R+1.6
D+8.5
45,110
R
42.4%Carter17,459
50.6%Reagan20,798
7.0%
R+8.1
R+9.8
D+1.6
41,143
D
49.8%Carter23,096
48.1%Ford22,318
2.1%
D+1.7
D+28.3
R+0.4
46,367
R
36.0%McGovern15,683
62.6%Nixon27,308
1.4%
R+26.7
R+25.4
R+3.5
43,602
R
44.9%Humphrey19,382
46.2%Nixon19,947
8.9%
R+1.3
R+30.2
R+0.6
43,170
D
64.5%Johnson28,706
35.5%Goldwater15,827
0.0%
D+28.9
D+46.2
D+6.3
44,533
R
41.4%Kennedy20,037
58.6%Nixon28,414
0.0%
R+17.3
D+15.7
R+17.5
48,451
R
33.5%Stevenson14,516
66.5%Eisenhower28,783
0.0%
R+32.9
R+16.2
R+17.5
43,299
R
41.6%Stevenson19,057
58.4%Eisenhower26,707
0.0%
R+16.7
R+13.4
R+6.0
45,764
R
48.0%Truman16,588
51.3%Dewey17,724
0.7%
R+3.3
R+0.2
R+7.8
34,538
R
48.5%Roosevelt18,796
51.5%Dewey19,976
0.0%
R+3.0
R+5.6
R+10.5
38,772
D
51.3%Roosevelt22,349
48.7%Willkie21,221
0.0%
D+2.6
R+11.5
R+7.4
43,570
D
56.4%Roosevelt22,664
42.3%Landon16,986
1.4%
D+14.1
D+29.4
R+10.1
40,198
R
40.3%Roosevelt14,284
55.6%Hoover19,707
4.1%
R+15.3
D+40.2
R+33.1
35,430
R
21.8%Smith7,461
77.3%Hoover26,405
0.9%
R+55.5
R+1.5
R+38.0
34,158
R
16.0%Davis4,685
70.0%Coolidge20,483
14.0%
R+54.0
R+28.7
R+28.8
29,272
R
34.9%Cox9,774
60.1%Harding16,846
5.0%
R+25.2
R+23.3
D+1.0
28,023
R
44.9%Wilson7,788
46.9%Hughes8,118
8.2%
R+1.9
R+3.2
R+5.0
17,326
O
29.9%Wilson4,816
28.6%Taft4,601
41.5%
Roosevelt +11.5
D+17.3
R+18.2
16,091
R
37.3%Bryan6,736
53.3%Taft9,626
9.5%
R+16.0
D+26.8
R+6.4
18,072
R
24.4%Parker4,203
67.2%Roosevelt11,571
8.4%
R+42.8
R+17.7
R+23.1
17,213
R
35.4%Bryan5,997
60.5%McKinley10,255
4.1%
R+25.1
R+7.5
R+17.6
16,942
R
40.2%Bryan6,598
57.8%McKinley9,487
2.0%
R+17.6
R+5.7
R+11.5
16,414
R
40.0%Cleveland5,573
52.0%Harrison7,232
8.0%
R+11.9
—
R+13.6
13,916
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
29.2%13,902
66.7%31,757
47,594
2022
R
30.1%10,705
69.8%24,829
35,585
2018
R
39.0%13,995
61.0%21,849
35,847
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Salem, OH
Year
Total registered
2016
65,637
2018
66,688
2020
66,293
2022
65,493
2024
65,979
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+206 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −4,108 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Salem, OH in Salem, OH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−402
2012
−765
2013
−518
2014
−207
2015
−642
2016
−740
2017
−533
2018
−332
2019
−382
2021
+96
2022
−82
2023
+107
2024
+86
2025
+206
Salem anchors a compact industrial corridor in Columbiana County, a consistently Republican-leaning corner of eastern Ohio where deindustrialization and blue-collar identity have driven some of the state's sharpest partisan swings over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 55.5 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.0 points.
A population of 100,704, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,180 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cambridge, OH and Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH.
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In 2024, Salem, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 49.0 points (R+49.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 48,053 votes cast, 12,064 went Democratic and 35,607 went Republican.
When did Salem, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Salem, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Salem, OH, Ohio?
Salem, OH, Ohio has a population of 100,704 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Salem, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Salem, OH, Ohio is $58,180 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Salem, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Salem, OH, Ohio from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
