† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
17 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCleveland-Akron-Canton, OHOhioUnited States
German21.1%22.3%12.5%
Irish13.1%12.3%9.4%
English9.8%11.0%9.5%
Italian8.6%5.8%4.8%
Polish5.3%3.2%2.2%
American4.5%5.6%5.3%
Hungarian2.2%——
Scottish1.1%1.5%1.3%
African American†12.4%10.5%9.9%
African0.8%0.6%0.5%
Puerto Rican2.3%1.2%1.8%
Mexican1.6%2.0%11.3%
Asian Indian0.7%0.8%1.4%
Chinese0.4%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH
Ohio
United States
Median age
41.6
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.1%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$71,028
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.1%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.8%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.6%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
2.9%
2.7%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.2%
0.9%
0.5%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
1.2%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH
Ohio
United States
Catholic
21.0%
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
16.4%
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
49.2%
52.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.0%
7.0%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−1.0%
1896
−7.1%
1900
−8.2%
1904
−33.6%
1908
−10.9%
1912
+22.1%
1916
+12.6%
1920
−29.6%
1924
−40.9%
1928
−26.2%
1932
+2.3%
1936
+29.9%
1940
+13.6%
1944
+10.0%
1948
+3.6%
1952
−7.8%
1956
−15.1%
1960
+5.0%
1964
+35.6%
1968
+7.8%
1972
−10.7%
1976
+10.2%
1980
−2.6%
1984
−4.6%
1988
+3.3%
1992
+11.8%
1996
+17.4%
2000
+9.7%
2004
+12.7%
2008
+17.8%
2012
+15.7%
2016
+3.8%
2020
+2.2%
2024
−1.1%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
49.0%Harris909,857
50.1%Trump930,834
0.5%Oliver8,468 +3
R+1.1
R+3.3
D+0.3
1,857,379
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican50.1%930,834
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic49.0%909,857
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.5%8,468
Richard DuncanNonpartisan0.2%4,070
Peter SonskiNonpartisan0.2%3,106
OtherAll other candidates0.1%1,044
D
50.4%Biden969,869
48.2%Trump927,975
1.3%
D+2.2
R+1.6
R+2.3
1,923,688
D
48.7%Clinton887,593
44.9%Trump818,094
6.4%
D+3.8
R+11.9
D+1.7
1,823,094
D
56.6%Obama1,060,131
40.9%Romney765,441
2.5%
D+15.7
R+2.1
D+11.9
1,872,346
D
58.0%Obama1,110,970
40.2%McCain769,873
1.8%
D+17.8
D+5.1
D+10.5
1,914,494
D
56.1%Kerry1,067,413
43.4%Bush825,909
0.5%
D+12.7
D+3.0
D+15.2
1,902,580
D
52.8%Gore842,283
43.2%Bush688,086
4.0%
D+9.7
R+7.7
D+9.2
1,594,233
D
52.1%Clinton799,773
34.7%Dole532,917
13.2%
D+17.4
D+5.6
D+8.9
1,535,083
D
44.6%Clinton759,916
32.8%Bush559,090
22.5%
D+11.8
D+8.5
D+6.2
1,702,780
D
51.2%Dukakis787,522
47.9%Bush737,127
0.9%
D+3.3
D+7.9
D+11.0
1,538,656
R
47.2%Mondale762,316
51.8%Reagan836,477
0.9%
R+4.6
R+2.0
D+13.6
1,613,641
R
44.4%Carter672,687
47.1%Reagan712,328
8.5%
R+2.6
R+12.8
D+7.1
1,513,543
D
53.7%Carter791,263
43.5%Ford641,497
2.8%
D+10.2
D+20.9
D+8.1
1,473,493
R
43.5%McGovern654,932
54.3%Nixon816,066
2.2%
R+10.7
R+18.5
D+12.4
1,504,160
D
48.4%Humphrey707,405
40.6%Nixon593,091
11.1%
D+7.8
R+27.7
D+8.5
1,462,374
D
67.8%Johnson994,302
32.2%Goldwater472,703
0.0%
D+35.6
D+30.6
D+13.0
1,467,005
D
52.5%Kennedy807,749
47.5%Nixon731,153
0.0%
D+5.0
D+20.1
D+4.8
1,538,902
R
42.5%Stevenson580,207
57.5%Eisenhower786,208
0.0%
R+15.1
R+7.3
D+0.3
1,366,415
R
46.1%Stevenson615,442
53.9%Eisenhower719,128
0.0%
R+7.8
R+11.4
D+3.0
1,334,570
D
50.6%Truman509,678
47.0%Dewey473,555
2.4%
D+3.6
R+6.4
R+0.9
1,007,187
D
55.0%Roosevelt611,346
45.0%Dewey500,302
0.0%
D+10.0
R+3.7
D+2.5
1,111,648
D
56.8%Roosevelt641,486
43.2%Willkie487,434
0.0%
D+13.6
R+16.3
D+3.7
1,128,920
D
62.2%Roosevelt617,712
32.2%Landon320,308
5.6%
D+29.9
D+27.7
D+5.7
993,671
D
49.1%Roosevelt405,476
46.8%Hoover386,774
4.1%
D+2.3
D+28.5
R+15.5
825,734
R
36.5%Smith292,101
62.7%Hoover501,878
0.8%
R+26.2
D+14.7
R+8.7
800,266
R
15.9%Davis96,856
56.8%Coolidge345,325
27.2%
R+40.9
R+11.3
R+15.7
607,715
R
33.2%Cox185,863
62.8%Harding351,307
3.9%
R+29.6
R+42.2
R+3.4
559,091
D
54.1%Wilson167,728
41.5%Hughes128,669
4.5%
D+12.6
R+9.5
D+9.4
310,243
O
39.8%Wilson104,696
17.8%Taft46,672
42.4%
Roosevelt +2.6
D+32.9
D+2.5
262,856
R
42.0%Bryan115,447
52.9%Taft145,325
5.1%
R+10.9
D+22.7
R+1.3
274,732
R
29.4%Parker72,234
63.0%Roosevelt154,733
7.6%
R+33.6
R+25.4
R+13.9
245,730
R
44.7%Bryan113,425
52.9%McKinley134,210
2.4%
R+8.2
R+1.1
R+0.6
253,649
R
45.9%Bryan110,231
53.0%McKinley127,315
1.1%
R+7.1
R+6.1
R+1.0
240,268
R
47.0%Cleveland89,830
48.0%Harrison91,796
5.0%
R+1.0
—
R+2.7
191,266
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
51.9%952,407
44.8%822,132
1,833,734
2022
D
52.4%701,349
47.4%635,137
1,338,818
2018
D
59.2%850,916
40.8%586,630
1,437,876
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH
Year
Total registered
2016
2,549,196
2018
2,603,886
2020
2,609,294
2022
2,586,142
2024
2,611,726
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,987 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −137,536 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH in Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−16,899
2012
−14,751
2013
−7,178
2014
−10,057
2015
−16,405
2016
−15,527
2017
−12,213
2018
−10,550
2019
−10,603
2021
−16,220
2022
−4,571
2023
−2,236
2024
−2,313
2025
+1,987
Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH sits in the Industrial Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.6 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 40.9 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.1 points.
A population of 3,749,107, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,028 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI and Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
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How did Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 1.1 points (R+1.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,857,379 votes cast, 909,857 went Democratic and 930,834 went Republican.
When did Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH, Ohio?
Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH, Ohio has a population of 3,749,107 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH, Ohio is $71,028 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH, Ohio from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
