Lake County, Ohio: Industrial Catholic Metro county. In 2024, voted R+14%. Republican peak: R+62 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+14MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Industrial Catholic MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 232,2162024 5-year
- Median household income
- $80,9252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Oceana County, MI · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lake CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lake 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 | −40.0% |
| 1896 | −37.7% |
| 1900 | −38.2% |
| 1904 | −59.0% |
| 1908 | −37.4% |
| 1912 | +5.4% |
| 1916 | −5.2% |
| 1920 | −46.1% |
| 1924 | −61.8% |
| 1928 | −49.0% |
| 1932 | −26.0% |
| 1936 | +8.4% |
| 1940 | −4.1% |
| 1944 | −3.7% |
| 1948 | −8.8% |
| 1952 | −21.0% |
| 1956 | −22.3% |
| 1960 | +2.1% |
| 1964 | +24.7% |
| 1968 | −0.8% |
| 1972 | −20.7% |
| 1976 | +5.5% |
| 1980 | −9.5% |
| 1984 | −19.4% |
| 1988 | −14.2% |
| 1992 | −2.9% |
| 1996 | +2.3% |
| 2000 | −5.1% |
| 2004 | −2.6% |
| 2008 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | −0.9% |
| 2016 | −15.0% |
| 2020 | −13.6% |
| 2024 | −14.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 54,484 | 72,924 | 129,159 | ||
| R | 55,514 | 73,278 | 130,509 | ||
| R | 46,397 | 64,255 | 118,729 | ||
| R | 57,680 | 58,744 | 119,409 | ||
| D | 60,155 | 59,142 | 121,642 | ||
| R | 59,049 | 62,193 | 121,823 | ||
| R | 46,497 | 51,747 | 102,564 | ||
| D | 43,186 | 40,974 | 97,736 | ||
| R | 37,682 | 40,766 | 105,990 | ||
| R | 39,667 | 52,963 | 93,524 | ||
| R | 36,711 | 54,587 | 92,325 | ||
| R | 35,246 | 43,485 | 86,428 | ||
| D | 40,734 | 36,390 | 79,408 | ||
| R | 27,523 | 42,488 | 72,141 | ||
| R | 27,932 | 28,450 | 65,559 | ||
| D | 38,552 | 23,282 | 61,834 | ||
| D | 33,425 | 32,038 | 65,463 | ||
| R | 19,718 | 31,017 | 50,735 | ||
| R | 15,346 | 23,483 | 38,829 | ||
| R | 10,844 | 12,973 | 24,108 | ||
| R | 12,713 | 13,697 | 26,410 | ||
| R | 12,408 | 13,464 | 25,872 | ||
| D | 11,213 | 9,386 | 21,707 | ||
| R | 6,801 | 11,792 | 19,196 | ||
| R | 4,024 | 11,823 | 15,926 | ||
| R | 974 | 7,727 | 10,927 | ||
| R | 2,711 | 7,465 | 10,323 | ||
| R | 2,596 | 2,887 | 5,618 | ||
| O | 1,429 | 1,155 | 5,042 | ||
| R | 1,605 | 3,635 | 5,428 | ||
| R | 871 | 3,824 | 5,004 | ||
| R | 1,733 | 3,929 | 5,743 | ||
| R | 1,682 | 3,745 | 5,475 | ||
| R | 1,158 | 2,846 | 4,219 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
21.8%
Irish
17.3%
Italian
13.7%
English
10.8%
Polish
6.1%
American
3.3%
Scottish
2.0%
African American
3.9%
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: 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
$80,925
Lake County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Lake County$80,925
Ohio$71,389
United States$80,734
Lake County ranks in the top 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
8.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.6%
Working age (18–64)7.3%
Seniors (65+)7.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.7%
speak English only
Spanish3.7%
Other Indo-European3.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lake County sits on Lake Erie's southern shore between Cleveland and the Pennsylvania border, and its largely white working-class electorate has moved more than 20 points toward Republicans over the past four presidential cycles.
Its margins are typically close. The Democratic margin reached twenty-five points in 1964; the Republican margin reached sixty-two points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fourteen points.
Its demographics sit near national norms: a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $80,925, and a 8% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oceana County and Mecosta County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lake County, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lake County, Ohio voted Republican by 14.3 points (R+14), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 129,159 votes cast, 54,484 went Democratic and 72,924 went Republican.
What is Lake County, Ohio's political typology?
Akashic places Lake County, Ohio in the "Industrial Catholic Metro" typology — Mid-size industrial metros with Catholic ethnic roots — among the most competitive, swing-prone ground in the country. 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 6 times, Republican 27 times, and other 1 times.
When did Lake County, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lake County, Ohio voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Lake County, Ohio?
Lake County, Ohio has a population of 232,216 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lake County, Ohio?
Median household income in Lake County, Ohio is $80,925 — above the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Lake County, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lake County, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "Industrial Catholic Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.