Morrow County, Ohio: Heartland Swing county. In 2024, voted R+56%. Republican peak: R+56 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+56MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Heartland SwingAkashic typology
- Population
- 35,4042024 5-year
- Median household income
- $75,2832024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 94.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+14 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Highland County, OH · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Morrow CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Morrow 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 | −7.2% |
| 1896 | +0.2% |
| 1900 | −6.5% |
| 1904 | −15.8% |
| 1908 | −5.3% |
| 1912 | +14.3% |
| 1916 | +6.2% |
| 1920 | −22.0% |
| 1924 | −21.4% |
| 1928 | −44.5% |
| 1932 | +0.5% |
| 1936 | −1.7% |
| 1940 | −25.9% |
| 1944 | −39.6% |
| 1948 | −24.6% |
| 1952 | −43.9% |
| 1956 | −43.1% |
| 1960 | −39.8% |
| 1964 | +4.3% |
| 1968 | −28.3% |
| 1972 | −44.7% |
| 1976 | −8.7% |
| 1980 | −29.5% |
| 1984 | −47.8% |
| 1988 | −33.6% |
| 1992 | −10.2% |
| 1996 | −8.4% |
| 2000 | −25.8% |
| 2004 | −28.8% |
| 2008 | −23.3% |
| 2012 | −24.1% |
| 2016 | −48.7% |
| 2020 | −54.3% |
| 2024 | −55.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,100 | 14,609 | 18,932 | ||
| R | 4,048 | 14,077 | 18,457 | ||
| R | 3,761 | 11,948 | 16,820 | ||
| R | 5,933 | 9,865 | 16,340 | ||
| R | 6,177 | 10,067 | 16,679 | ||
| R | 5,775 | 10,474 | 16,328 | ||
| R | 4,529 | 7,842 | 12,839 | ||
| R | 4,627 | 5,655 | 12,275 | ||
| R | 3,907 | 5,208 | 12,791 | ||
| R | 3,515 | 7,130 | 10,760 | ||
| R | 2,839 | 8,116 | 11,042 | ||
| R | 3,239 | 6,179 | 9,972 | ||
| R | 4,870 | 5,814 | 10,912 | ||
| R | 2,527 | 6,886 | 9,759 | ||
| R | 2,405 | 4,898 | 8,812 | ||
| D | 4,572 | 4,194 | 8,766 | ||
| R | 2,736 | 6,357 | 9,093 | ||
| R | 2,339 | 5,885 | 8,224 | ||
| R | 2,379 | 6,106 | 8,485 | ||
| R | 2,616 | 4,327 | 6,955 | ||
| R | 2,356 | 5,439 | 7,795 | ||
| R | 3,215 | 5,457 | 8,672 | ||
| R | 3,947 | 4,086 | 8,252 | ||
| D | 3,849 | 3,811 | 7,806 | ||
| R | 1,818 | 4,801 | 6,699 | ||
| R | 2,379 | 3,790 | 6,604 | ||
| R | 2,858 | 4,484 | 7,378 | ||
| D | 2,345 | 2,062 | 4,541 | ||
| D | 1,880 | 1,240 | 4,485 | ||
| R | 2,239 | 2,500 | 4,896 | ||
| R | 1,827 | 2,563 | 4,645 | ||
| R | 2,278 | 2,605 | 5,050 | ||
| D | 2,517 | 2,506 | 5,136 | ||
| R | 1,958 | 2,297 | 4,681 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
24.6%
Irish
12.5%
English
12.0%
American
10.1%
Italian
3.8%
Polish
2.0%
Scottish
1.4%
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.
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: 43.2 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
$75,283
Morrow County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Morrow County$75,283
Ohio$71,389
United States$80,734
Morrow 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
12.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.6%
Working age (18–64)11.5%
Seniors (65+)11.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.7%
speak English only
Other Indo-European5.1%
Spanish0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Morrow County's small-town and agricultural base has delivered lopsided Republican presidential margins for decades, and its 2024 result of R+55.7 ranks among the widest gaps of any county in the state.
The Democratic margin here peaked at fourteen points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-six points.
A population of 35,404, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,283 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Highland County and Crawford County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Morrow County, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Morrow County, Ohio voted Republican by 55.5 points (R+56), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 18,932 votes cast, 4,100 went Democratic and 14,609 went Republican.
What is Morrow County, Ohio's political typology?
Akashic places Morrow County, Ohio in the "Heartland Swing" typology — Industrial Midwest swing counties drifting steadily toward the Republican Party. 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 Morrow County, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Morrow County, Ohio voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Morrow County, Ohio?
Morrow County, Ohio has a population of 35,404 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Morrow County, Ohio?
Median household income in Morrow County, Ohio is $75,283 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Morrow County, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Morrow County, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The county's typology — "Heartland Swing" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.