Belmont County, Ohio: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+47%. Democratic peak: D+49 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+47MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 65,4732024 5-year
- Median household income
- $57,0172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Jefferson County, OH · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Belmont CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Belmont County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | −1.6% |
| 1896 | −9.0% |
| 1900 | −13.2% |
| 1904 | −23.4% |
| 1908 | −2.6% |
| 1912 | +0.9% |
| 1916 | +2.3% |
| 1920 | −4.8% |
| 1924 | −27.6% |
| 1928 | −23.7% |
| 1932 | +14.3% |
| 1936 | +35.3% |
| 1940 | +23.6% |
| 1944 | +21.7% |
| 1948 | +26.7% |
| 1952 | +16.6% |
| 1956 | −0.6% |
| 1960 | +13.5% |
| 1964 | +48.8% |
| 1968 | +29.3% |
| 1972 | −8.6% |
| 1976 | +21.6% |
| 1980 | +9.5% |
| 1984 | +12.3% |
| 1988 | +22.8% |
| 1992 | +29.7% |
| 1996 | +31.0% |
| 2000 | +11.1% |
| 2004 | +6.0% |
| 2008 | +2.7% |
| 2012 | −8.1% |
| 2016 | −38.7% |
| 2020 | −43.6% |
| 2024 | −47.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 8,080 | 22,758 | 31,049 | ||
| R | 9,138 | 23,560 | 33,088 | ||
| R | 8,785 | 21,108 | 31,848 | ||
| R | 14,156 | 16,758 | 32,181 | ||
| D | 16,302 | 15,422 | 32,536 | ||
| D | 17,576 | 15,589 | 33,322 | ||
| D | 15,980 | 12,625 | 30,141 | ||
| D | 17,705 | 8,213 | 30,639 | ||
| D | 18,527 | 8,614 | 33,421 | ||
| D | 19,515 | 12,214 | 31,973 | ||
| D | 19,458 | 15,170 | 34,856 | ||
| D | 16,653 | 13,601 | 32,024 | ||
| D | 21,162 | 13,550 | 35,219 | ||
| R | 14,800 | 17,628 | 32,878 | ||
| D | 22,056 | 11,512 | 36,046 | ||
| D | 28,180 | 9,693 | 37,873 | ||
| D | 23,805 | 18,146 | 41,951 | ||
| R | 18,991 | 19,230 | 38,221 | ||
| D | 24,759 | 17,693 | 42,452 | ||
| D | 23,217 | 13,283 | 37,143 | ||
| D | 24,093 | 15,485 | 39,578 | ||
| D | 28,618 | 17,705 | 46,323 | ||
| D | 30,545 | 14,511 | 45,481 | ||
| D | 20,291 | 15,029 | 36,885 | ||
| R | 12,807 | 20,969 | 34,468 | ||
| R | 8,074 | 16,378 | 30,035 | ||
| R | 13,347 | 14,761 | 29,201 | ||
| D | 7,911 | 7,526 | 17,046 | ||
| D | 5,412 | 5,267 | 15,491 | ||
| R | 7,750 | 8,193 | 17,063 | ||
| R | 4,801 | 8,170 | 14,396 | ||
| R | 6,251 | 8,217 | 14,852 | ||
| R | 6,413 | 7,699 | 14,348 | ||
| R | 6,123 | 6,329 | 13,109 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
17.7%
Irish
13.6%
English
10.1%
Italian
8.8%
Polish
6.3%
American
3.8%
Scottish
1.8%
African American
2.5%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 44.1 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
$57,017
Belmont County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Belmont County$57,017
Ohio$71,389
United States$80,734
Belmont County ranks near the middle 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
15.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1824.6%
Working age (18–64)14.2%
Seniors (65+)9.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.4%
speak English only
Spanish0.8%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Belmont County, anchored by the Ohio Valley's legacy coal and gas economy, recorded an R+47.3 presidential margin in 2024 — a striking shift from a county that voted measurably more competitively just a decade ago.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at forty-nine points in 1964 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2012 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by eight points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-seven points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $57,017 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 16% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jefferson County and Brooke County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Belmont County, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Belmont County, Ohio voted Republican by 47.3 points (R+47), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 31,049 votes cast, 8,080 went Democratic and 22,758 went Republican.
What is Belmont County, Ohio's political typology?
Akashic places Belmont 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 20 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did Belmont County, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Belmont County, Ohio voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Belmont County, Ohio?
Belmont County, Ohio has a population of 65,473 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Belmont County, Ohio?
Median household income in Belmont County, Ohio is $57,017 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Belmont County, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Belmont County, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.