Greene County, Ohio: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+20%. Republican peak: R+52 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+20MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 169,6882024 5-year
- Median household income
- $87,3092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+19 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Harrison County, MS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Greene CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Greene 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 | −24.8% |
| 1896 | −27.1% |
| 1900 | −29.1% |
| 1904 | −40.6% |
| 1908 | −24.8% |
| 1912 | −16.1% |
| 1916 | −20.1% |
| 1920 | −35.8% |
| 1924 | −51.5% |
| 1928 | −49.1% |
| 1932 | −12.0% |
| 1936 | +9.0% |
| 1940 | −2.2% |
| 1944 | −9.9% |
| 1948 | −1.2% |
| 1952 | −17.2% |
| 1956 | −22.1% |
| 1960 | −16.2% |
| 1964 | +18.7% |
| 1968 | −6.2% |
| 1972 | −32.4% |
| 1976 | −5.3% |
| 1980 | −9.9% |
| 1984 | −33.1% |
| 1988 | −31.0% |
| 1992 | −12.6% |
| 1996 | −9.1% |
| 2000 | −19.8% |
| 2004 | −22.5% |
| 2008 | −18.4% |
| 2012 | −20.9% |
| 2016 | −23.4% |
| 2020 | −19.5% |
| 2024 | −19.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 35,575 | 53,399 | 90,707 | ||
| R | 34,798 | 52,072 | 88,643 | ||
| R | 28,943 | 48,540 | 83,701 | ||
| R | 32,256 | 49,819 | 84,109 | ||
| R | 33,540 | 48,936 | 83,729 | ||
| R | 30,531 | 48,388 | 79,282 | ||
| R | 25,059 | 37,946 | 65,204 | ||
| R | 25,082 | 30,677 | 61,782 | ||
| R | 20,139 | 27,651 | 59,502 | ||
| R | 18,025 | 34,432 | 52,856 | ||
| R | 17,129 | 34,267 | 51,712 | ||
| R | 20,068 | 24,922 | 48,842 | ||
| R | 20,245 | 22,598 | 44,077 | ||
| R | 12,736 | 25,349 | 38,909 | ||
| R | 15,178 | 17,589 | 38,775 | ||
| D | 21,276 | 14,571 | 35,847 | ||
| R | 14,155 | 19,642 | 33,797 | ||
| R | 9,861 | 15,471 | 25,332 | ||
| R | 9,123 | 12,900 | 22,023 | ||
| R | 8,970 | 9,186 | 18,300 | ||
| R | 7,937 | 9,680 | 17,617 | ||
| R | 8,881 | 9,273 | 18,154 | ||
| D | 8,946 | 7,449 | 16,712 | ||
| R | 6,600 | 8,455 | 15,481 | ||
| R | 3,385 | 10,030 | 13,528 | ||
| R | 2,471 | 8,410 | 11,523 | ||
| R | 4,016 | 8,600 | 12,788 | ||
| R | 2,913 | 4,458 | 7,695 | ||
| R | 2,107 | 3,242 | 7,043 | ||
| R | 2,882 | 4,902 | 8,151 | ||
| R | 2,004 | 5,043 | 7,484 | ||
| R | 2,743 | 5,100 | 8,102 | ||
| R | 3,003 | 5,296 | 8,472 | ||
| R | 2,442 | 4,210 | 7,127 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
23.4%
English
16.4%
Irish
13.1%
American
6.8%
Italian
4.2%
Scottish
2.7%
Polish
2.0%
African American
4.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 38.7 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
$87,309
Greene County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Greene County$87,309
Ohio$71,389
United States$80,734
Greene County ranks in the top 10% 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
9.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.6%
Working age (18–64)10.0%
Seniors (65+)6.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.3%
speak English only
Other Indo-European2.2%
Spanish1.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.4%
Other languages0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Home to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Cedarville University, Greene County pairs a substantial federal-civilian workforce with a conservative-leaning electorate that has backed Republican presidential candidates by double digits for over two decades.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-two points in 1924. The 2024 margin was twenty points.
A population of 169,688, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,309 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Harrison County and Butler County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Greene County, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Greene County, Ohio voted Republican by 19.7 points (R+20), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 90,707 votes cast, 35,575 went Democratic and 53,399 went Republican.
What is Greene County, Ohio's political typology?
Akashic places Greene County, Ohio in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 2 times, Republican 32 times, and other 0 times.
When did Greene County, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Greene County, Ohio voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Greene County, Ohio?
Greene County, Ohio has a population of 169,688 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Greene County, Ohio?
Median household income in Greene County, Ohio is $87,309 — above the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Greene County, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Greene County, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 32 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.