Scioto County, Ohio: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+48%. Republican peak: R+48 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+48MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 72,6272024 5-year
- Median household income
- $50,6092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+23 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Pike County, OH · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Scioto CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Scioto 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 | −14.2% |
| 1896 | −19.8% |
| 1900 | −22.2% |
| 1904 | −35.2% |
| 1908 | −13.7% |
| 1912 | −1.0% |
| 1916 | −13.1% |
| 1920 | −20.8% |
| 1924 | −34.3% |
| 1928 | −47.6% |
| 1932 | −4.2% |
| 1936 | +10.9% |
| 1940 | +6.0% |
| 1944 | −1.0% |
| 1948 | +3.2% |
| 1952 | −5.9% |
| 1956 | −19.2% |
| 1960 | −13.3% |
| 1964 | +23.1% |
| 1968 | −4.6% |
| 1972 | −28.4% |
| 1976 | +15.9% |
| 1980 | −1.0% |
| 1984 | −14.1% |
| 1988 | −5.2% |
| 1992 | +8.3% |
| 1996 | +10.7% |
| 2000 | −3.4% |
| 2004 | −4.1% |
| 2008 | −6.3% |
| 2012 | −1.3% |
| 2016 | −36.2% |
| 2020 | −42.2% |
| 2024 | −47.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 8,021 | 22,978 | 31,225 | ||
| R | 9,080 | 22,609 | 32,047 | ||
| R | 9,132 | 20,550 | 31,513 | ||
| R | 15,077 | 15,492 | 31,971 | ||
| R | 14,926 | 16,994 | 32,723 | ||
| R | 16,827 | 18,259 | 35,203 | ||
| R | 13,997 | 15,022 | 29,945 | ||
| D | 15,041 | 11,679 | 31,328 | ||
| D | 14,715 | 11,931 | 33,624 | ||
| R | 14,442 | 16,029 | 30,760 | ||
| R | 14,120 | 18,818 | 33,219 | ||
| R | 15,552 | 15,881 | 32,568 | ||
| D | 18,019 | 13,021 | 31,488 | ||
| R | 11,008 | 19,998 | 31,679 | ||
| R | 13,836 | 15,310 | 32,317 | ||
| D | 21,559 | 13,465 | 35,024 | ||
| R | 16,647 | 21,771 | 38,418 | ||
| R | 14,985 | 22,110 | 37,095 | ||
| R | 18,145 | 20,403 | 38,548 | ||
| D | 17,923 | 16,800 | 34,852 | ||
| R | 17,134 | 17,489 | 34,623 | ||
| D | 21,926 | 19,462 | 41,388 | ||
| D | 22,243 | 17,860 | 40,380 | ||
| R | 15,817 | 17,225 | 33,590 | ||
| R | 7,425 | 20,997 | 28,530 | ||
| R | 5,532 | 12,189 | 19,401 | ||
| R | 7,682 | 11,871 | 20,135 | ||
| R | 4,808 | 6,356 | 11,809 | ||
| R | 3,508 | 3,609 | 10,547 | ||
| R | 4,310 | 5,790 | 10,818 | ||
| R | 2,420 | 5,540 | 8,855 | ||
| R | 3,629 | 5,756 | 9,570 | ||
| R | 3,658 | 5,492 | 9,240 | ||
| R | 3,181 | 4,268 | 7,639 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
14.3%
English
13.5%
Irish
12.5%
American
7.4%
French
1.7%
Scottish
1.7%
Italian
1.3%
African American
1.8%
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: 41.1 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
$50,609
Scioto County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Scioto County$50,609
Ohio$71,389
United States$80,734
Scioto 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
21.8%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1826.5%
Working age (18–64)21.2%
Seniors (65+)12.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.5%
speak English only
Spanish0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Scioto County, anchored by Portsmouth along the Ohio River, has swung decisively in successive presidential cycles, posting a 48-point Republican margin in 2024 — a pattern common to deindustrialized Appalachian Ohio counties where college-degree attainment trails state averages.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at twenty-three points in 1964 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2000 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by three points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-eight points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $50,609 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 22% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pike County and Vinton County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Scioto County, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Scioto County, Ohio voted Republican by 47.9 points (R+48), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 31,225 votes cast, 8,021 went Democratic and 22,978 went Republican.
What is Scioto County, Ohio's political typology?
Akashic places Scioto 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 7 times, Republican 27 times, and other 0 times.
When did Scioto County, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Scioto County, Ohio voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Scioto County, Ohio?
Scioto County, Ohio has a population of 72,627 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Scioto County, Ohio?
Median household income in Scioto County, Ohio is $50,609 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Scioto County, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Scioto County, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.