† 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)OhioUnited States
German20.9%22.3%12.5%
Irish12.9%12.3%9.4%
English9.9%11.0%9.5%
Italian8.5%5.8%4.8%
Polish5.2%3.2%2.2%
American4.6%5.6%5.3%
Hungarian2.1%——
Scottish1.1%1.5%1.3%
African American†12.3%10.5%9.9%
African0.8%0.6%0.5%
Puerto Rican2.3%1.2%1.8%
Mexican1.4%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)
Ohio
United States
Median age
41.4
39.8
39.1
Age 18–24
8.4%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.9%
18.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cleveland-Akron (Canton)
Ohio
United States
Median household income
$70,925
$71,389
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.0%
13.3%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.4%
31.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cleveland-Akron (Canton)
Ohio
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.0%
8.0%
22.3%
Spanish
2.8%
2.7%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.8%
0.9%
0.5%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
1.2%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cleveland-Akron (Canton)
Ohio
United States
Catholic
20.3%
15.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
17.6%
19.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
49.1%
52.2%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.7%
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), Ohio
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−0.4%
1896
−6.5%
1900
−7.5%
1904
−32.9%
1908
−10.4%
1912
+22.4%
1916
+12.8%
1920
−28.5%
1924
−40.4%
1928
−26.7%
1932
+2.1%
1936
+30.5%
1940
+14.4%
1944
+10.4%
1948
+3.6%
1952
−8.0%
1956
−15.3%
1960
+4.7%
1964
+35.0%
1968
+7.1%
1972
−11.5%
1976
+9.8%
1980
−3.2%
1984
−5.4%
1988
+2.5%
1992
+10.9%
1996
+16.3%
2000
+8.6%
2004
+11.5%
2008
+16.5%
2012
+14.2%
2016
+2.6%
2020
+0.9%
2024
−2.3%
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
48.4%Harris912,006
50.7%Trump955,834
0.5%Oliver8,578 +3
R+2.3
R+3.3
R+0.9
1,884,726
All 6 candidates in 2024 · 4 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican50.7%955,834
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic48.4%912,006
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.5%8,578
Richard DuncanNonpartisan0.2%4,092
Peter SonskiNonpartisan0.2%3,178
OtherAll other candidates0.1%1,038
D
49.8%Biden972,315
48.9%Trump953,801
1.3%
D+0.9
R+1.6
R+3.5
1,952,195
D
48.1%Clinton888,979
45.5%Trump841,143
6.4%
D+2.6
R+11.6
D+0.5
1,848,727
D
55.9%Obama1,060,723
41.6%Romney790,846
2.5%
D+14.2
R+2.3
D+10.4
1,899,060
D
57.4%Obama1,113,783
40.9%McCain793,294
1.8%
D+16.5
D+5.0
D+9.2
1,941,647
D
55.5%Kerry1,072,142
44.0%Bush849,322
0.5%
D+11.5
D+3.0
D+14.0
1,931,043
D
52.3%Gore845,381
43.7%Bush706,652
4.0%
D+8.6
R+7.7
D+8.1
1,617,435
D
51.6%Clinton802,836
35.3%Dole549,187
13.2%
D+16.3
D+5.3
D+7.8
1,556,760
D
44.2%Clinton763,258
33.3%Bush574,306
22.5%
D+10.9
D+8.5
D+5.4
1,725,948
D
50.8%Dukakis791,623
48.3%Bush753,127
0.9%
D+2.5
D+7.9
D+10.2
1,558,703
R
46.8%Mondale764,971
52.2%Reagan853,285
0.9%
R+5.4
R+2.2
D+12.8
1,633,275
R
44.2%Carter678,216
47.4%Reagan726,672
8.4%
R+3.2
R+13.0
D+6.6
1,534,545
D
53.5%Carter797,100
43.7%Ford650,762
2.8%
D+9.8
D+21.3
D+7.8
1,489,735
R
43.2%McGovern655,646
54.7%Nixon830,062
2.2%
R+11.5
R+18.6
D+11.7
1,518,799
D
48.0%Humphrey708,904
40.9%Nixon603,569
11.1%
D+7.1
R+27.9
D+7.8
1,476,805
D
67.5%Johnson999,672
32.5%Goldwater481,092
0.0%
D+35.0
D+30.4
D+12.4
1,480,764
D
52.3%Kennedy814,868
47.7%Nixon742,275
0.0%
D+4.7
D+20.0
D+4.5
1,557,143
R
42.4%Stevenson584,562
57.6%Eisenhower795,689
0.0%
R+15.3
R+7.3
D+0.1
1,380,251
R
46.0%Stevenson619,900
54.0%Eisenhower727,828
0.0%
R+8.0
R+11.6
D+2.7
1,347,728
D
50.6%Truman513,135
47.0%Dewey476,438
2.4%
D+3.6
R+6.8
R+0.9
1,013,730
D
55.2%Roosevelt618,249
44.8%Dewey501,852
0.0%
D+10.4
R+4.0
D+2.9
1,120,101
D
57.2%Roosevelt650,754
42.8%Willkie486,867
0.0%
D+14.4
R+16.1
D+4.5
1,137,621
D
62.5%Roosevelt625,875
32.0%Landon320,782
5.4%
D+30.5
D+28.4
D+6.2
1,000,943
D
49.0%Roosevelt406,795
46.9%Hoover389,252
4.1%
D+2.1
D+28.8
R+15.7
829,672
R
36.3%Smith291,269
62.9%Hoover505,422
0.8%
R+26.7
D+13.7
R+9.2
803,081
R
16.2%Davis99,101
56.7%Coolidge345,584
27.1%
R+40.4
R+11.9
R+15.2
609,966
R
33.8%Cox190,349
62.3%Harding350,840
3.9%
R+28.5
R+41.3
R+2.3
563,089
D
54.2%Wilson168,679
41.4%Hughes128,863
4.4%
D+12.8
R+9.6
D+9.6
311,296
O
40.0%Wilson105,164
17.6%Taft46,192
42.5%
Roosevelt +2.5
D+32.8
D+2.9
263,061
R
42.3%Bryan116,142
52.7%Taft144,795
5.0%
R+10.4
D+22.5
R+0.9
274,757
R
29.7%Parker73,085
62.6%Roosevelt154,084
7.7%
R+32.9
R+25.4
R+13.2
246,181
R
45.1%Bryan114,759
52.6%McKinley133,855
2.3%
R+7.5
R+1.0
±0.0
254,577
R
46.2%Bryan111,187
52.7%McKinley126,933
1.1%
R+6.5
R+6.1
R+0.5
240,814
R
47.3%Cleveland91,175
47.7%Harrison91,945
5.0%
R+0.4
—
R+2.1
192,823
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Cleveland-Akron (Canton)
Year
Total registered
2016
2,592,326
2018
2,646,918
2020
2,651,529
2022
2,627,611
2024
2,651,516
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,577 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −142,899 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Cleveland-Akron (Canton) in Cleveland-Akron (Canton): net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−17,946
2012
−15,307
2013
−7,186
2014
−10,653
2015
−16,569
2016
−15,981
2017
−13,065
2018
−10,396
2019
−10,773
2021
−16,273
2022
−4,981
2023
−3,053
2024
−2,293
2025
+1,577
Anchored by Cuyahoga County's dense Democratic base and offset by more competitive Summit and Stark counties, this market's internal vote split makes it one of Ohio's most closely watched swing-state bellwethers.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 40.4 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.3 points.
A population of 3,835,364, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,925 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Louis and Philadelphia.
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How did Cleveland-Akron (Canton), Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cleveland-Akron (Canton), Ohio voted Republican by 2.3 points (R+2.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,884,726 votes cast, 912,006 went Democratic and 955,834 went Republican.
When did Cleveland-Akron (Canton), Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cleveland-Akron (Canton), Ohio voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Cleveland-Akron (Canton), Ohio?
Cleveland-Akron (Canton), Ohio has a population of 3,835,364 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), Ohio?
Median household income in Cleveland-Akron (Canton), Ohio is $70,925 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Cleveland-Akron (Canton), Ohio?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Cleveland-Akron (Canton), Ohio from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
