Wayne County, Ohio: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+39%. Republican peak: R+49 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+39MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 116,5882024 5-year
- Median household income
- $73,5742024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+33 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Knox County, OH · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Wayne CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Wayne 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 | +10.5% |
| 1896 | +12.0% |
| 1900 | +10.4% |
| 1904 | −6.2% |
| 1908 | +9.7% |
| 1912 | +33.1% |
| 1916 | +22.9% |
| 1920 | −7.0% |
| 1924 | −17.5% |
| 1928 | −49.2% |
| 1932 | +0.4% |
| 1936 | +10.0% |
| 1940 | −11.4% |
| 1944 | −17.8% |
| 1948 | −15.6% |
| 1952 | −36.5% |
| 1956 | −47.2% |
| 1960 | −38.2% |
| 1964 | +19.9% |
| 1968 | −24.1% |
| 1972 | −36.9% |
| 1976 | −12.6% |
| 1980 | −20.1% |
| 1984 | −36.4% |
| 1988 | −24.2% |
| 1992 | −10.5% |
| 1996 | −11.8% |
| 2000 | −26.2% |
| 2004 | −23.3% |
| 2008 | −14.6% |
| 2012 | −20.3% |
| 2016 | −33.9% |
| 2020 | −37.0% |
| 2024 | −39.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 15,898 | 36,764 | 53,150 | ||
| R | 16,660 | 36,759 | 54,283 | ||
| R | 15,031 | 32,270 | 50,845 | ||
| R | 19,808 | 30,251 | 51,562 | ||
| R | 21,712 | 29,342 | 52,276 | ||
| R | 19,786 | 31,879 | 51,848 | ||
| R | 14,779 | 25,901 | 42,436 | ||
| R | 14,850 | 19,628 | 40,548 | ||
| R | 13,953 | 18,350 | 41,982 | ||
| R | 13,571 | 22,320 | 36,208 | ||
| R | 11,323 | 24,475 | 36,103 | ||
| R | 12,129 | 18,962 | 33,942 | ||
| R | 13,087 | 16,976 | 30,754 | ||
| R | 9,260 | 20,368 | 30,076 | ||
| R | 8,891 | 15,151 | 25,970 | ||
| D | 14,806 | 9,890 | 24,696 | ||
| R | 9,511 | 21,273 | 30,784 | ||
| R | 6,984 | 19,469 | 26,453 | ||
| R | 8,414 | 18,074 | 26,488 | ||
| R | 8,868 | 12,152 | 21,090 | ||
| R | 9,506 | 13,616 | 23,122 | ||
| R | 10,748 | 13,525 | 24,273 | ||
| D | 12,666 | 10,331 | 23,423 | ||
| D | 10,870 | 10,787 | 22,097 | ||
| R | 4,825 | 14,192 | 19,024 | ||
| R | 6,023 | 8,928 | 16,594 | ||
| R | 7,751 | 8,932 | 16,890 | ||
| D | 5,930 | 3,676 | 9,847 | ||
| D | 4,737 | 1,674 | 9,263 | ||
| D | 5,368 | 4,388 | 10,084 | ||
| R | 4,165 | 4,748 | 9,346 | ||
| D | 5,263 | 4,244 | 9,845 | ||
| D | 5,588 | 4,369 | 10,139 | ||
| D | 4,702 | 3,752 | 9,039 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
25.5%
English
11.7%
Irish
10.0%
American
6.3%
Italian
4.6%
Polish
2.2%
French
2.1%
African American
1.0%
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: 38.9 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
$73,574
Wayne County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Wayne County$73,574
Ohio$71,389
United States$80,734
Wayne 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
9.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.9%
Working age (18–64)8.7%
Seniors (65+)10.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.9%
speak English only
Other Indo-European11.9%
Spanish1.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Wayne County's agricultural economy and large Amish population anchor a conservative voting pattern that has produced Republican presidential margins above 35 points in each of the last three cycles.
The Republican margin here reached forty-nine points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-nine points.
A median household income of $73,574, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 116,588 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Knox County and Page County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Wayne County, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wayne County, Ohio voted Republican by 39.3 points (R+39), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 53,150 votes cast, 15,898 went Democratic and 36,764 went Republican.
What is Wayne County, Ohio's political typology?
Akashic places Wayne County, Ohio in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably 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 9 times, Republican 25 times, and other 0 times.
When did Wayne County, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wayne County, Ohio voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Wayne County, Ohio?
Wayne County, Ohio has a population of 116,588 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wayne County, Ohio?
Median household income in Wayne County, Ohio is $73,574 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Wayne County, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wayne County, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.