Adams County, Ohio: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+66%. Republican peak: R+66 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+66MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 27,5402024 5-year
- Median household income
- $50,2642024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 96.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+15 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Brown County, OH · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Adams CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Adams County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −1.2% |
| 1896 | −1.4% |
| 1900 | −5.4% |
| 1904 | −7.3% |
| 1908 | −5.8% |
| 1912 | +8.5% |
| 1916 | +1.2% |
| 1920 | −8.5% |
| 1924 | −6.7% |
| 1928 | −30.7% |
| 1932 | +9.6% |
| 1936 | −0.7% |
| 1940 | −10.5% |
| 1944 | −16.6% |
| 1948 | −8.6% |
| 1952 | −17.9% |
| 1956 | −18.3% |
| 1960 | −21.2% |
| 1964 | +15.0% |
| 1968 | −16.7% |
| 1972 | −28.8% |
| 1976 | +2.9% |
| 1980 | −11.8% |
| 1984 | −26.5% |
| 1988 | −22.3% |
| 1992 | −6.7% |
| 1996 | −4.3% |
| 2000 | −27.3% |
| 2004 | −28.1% |
| 2008 | −24.0% |
| 2012 | −25.6% |
| 2016 | −54.7% |
| 2020 | −63.5% |
| 2024 | −65.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,098 | 10,269 | 12,429 | ||
| R | 2,156 | 9,870 | 12,145 | ||
| R | 2,326 | 8,659 | 11,583 | ||
| R | 3,976 | 6,865 | 11,304 | ||
| R | 4,170 | 6,914 | 11,414 | ||
| R | 4,281 | 7,653 | 12,000 | ||
| R | 3,581 | 6,380 | 10,235 | ||
| R | 4,317 | 4,763 | 10,381 | ||
| R | 3,998 | 4,722 | 10,758 | ||
| R | 3,740 | 5,916 | 9,744 | ||
| R | 3,534 | 6,113 | 9,729 | ||
| R | 4,161 | 5,336 | 9,928 | ||
| D | 4,450 | 4,197 | 8,780 | ||
| R | 2,709 | 4,980 | 7,882 | ||
| R | 2,685 | 3,973 | 7,708 | ||
| D | 5,005 | 3,702 | 8,707 | ||
| R | 3,900 | 5,996 | 9,896 | ||
| R | 3,894 | 5,637 | 9,531 | ||
| R | 3,937 | 5,648 | 9,585 | ||
| R | 4,293 | 5,103 | 9,408 | ||
| R | 3,998 | 5,590 | 9,588 | ||
| R | 5,007 | 6,180 | 11,187 | ||
| R | 5,832 | 5,910 | 11,770 | ||
| D | 5,909 | 4,857 | 10,931 | ||
| R | 3,000 | 5,665 | 8,685 | ||
| R | 3,762 | 4,315 | 8,226 | ||
| R | 4,194 | 4,974 | 9,199 | ||
| D | 2,887 | 2,819 | 5,847 | ||
| D | 2,279 | 1,863 | 4,899 | ||
| R | 3,048 | 3,432 | 6,586 | ||
| R | 2,796 | 3,252 | 6,256 | ||
| R | 3,169 | 3,535 | 6,823 | ||
| R | 3,248 | 3,338 | 6,659 | ||
| R | 2,832 | 2,903 | 5,993 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
15.6%
Irish
14.0%
English
13.0%
American
9.0%
Italian
2.5%
Scottish
2.4%
French
2.2%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$50,264
Adams County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Adams County$50,264
Ohio$71,389
United States$80,734
Adams County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
20.2%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1828.8%
Working age (18–64)17.8%
Seniors (65+)15.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.8%
speak English only
Other Indo-European0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Spanish0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 79.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Adams County's R+65.7 margin in 2024 places it among the most heavily one-sided counties in Ohio. Its sparse Appalachian hill-country terrain and shrinking population have tracked a decades-long shift toward overwhelming Republican dominance at the federal level.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at fifteen points in 1964 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 1980 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by twelve points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-six points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $50,264 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 20% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Brown County and Wadena County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Adams County, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Adams County, Ohio voted Republican by 65.7 points (R+66), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 12,429 votes cast, 2,098 went Democratic and 10,269 went Republican.
What is Adams County, Ohio's political typology?
Akashic places Adams County, Ohio in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to Republican. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 29 times, and other 0 times.
When did Adams County, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Adams County, Ohio voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Adams County, Ohio?
Adams County, Ohio has a population of 27,540 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Adams County, Ohio?
Median household income in Adams County, Ohio is $50,264 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Adams County, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Adams County, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.