† 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
4 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
GroupYoungstownUnited States
German18.4%12.5%
Irish13.6%9.4%
Italian12.3%4.8%
English10.1%9.5%
American9.6%5.3%
Polish3.5%2.2%
Slovak3.1%—
Hungarian1.4%—
African American†8.0%9.9%
African0.3%0.5%
Puerto Rican1.9%1.8%
Mexican0.9%11.3%
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
Youngstown
United States
Median age
43.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Youngstown
United States
Median household income
$57,498
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Youngstown
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.6%
22.3%
Spanish
1.7%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.3%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Youngstown
United States
Catholic
16.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
14.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
54.6%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.9%
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.
Youngstown, Ohio
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−9.7%
1896
−18.4%
1900
−20.5%
1904
−39.2%
1908
−12.1%
1912
+6.7%
1916
+2.7%
1920
−32.9%
1924
−53.6%
1928
−41.8%
1932
−11.2%
1936
+28.7%
1940
+17.8%
1944
+16.6%
1948
+14.0%
1952
+0.9%
1956
−13.4%
1960
+7.2%
1964
+37.0%
1968
+10.7%
1972
−11.7%
1976
+16.1%
1980
+3.5%
1984
+9.2%
1988
+17.9%
1992
+22.5%
1996
+27.5%
2000
+16.9%
2004
+16.5%
2008
+16.0%
2012
+15.7%
2016
−10.9%
2020
−15.4%
2024
−21.5%
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
38.8%Harris122,603
60.4%Trump190,600
0.4%Oliver1,316 +4
R+21.5
R+6.2
R+20.1
315,700
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican60.4%190,600
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic38.8%122,603
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%1,316
Richard DuncanNonpartisan0.2%620
Peter SonskiNonpartisan0.1%317
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%192
OtherAll other candidates0.0%52
R
41.7%Biden136,586
57.0%Trump186,966
1.3%
R+15.4
R+4.5
R+19.8
327,781
R
41.7%Clinton131,560
52.6%Trump165,860
5.6%
R+10.9
R+26.6
R+13.0
315,200
D
56.5%Obama182,784
40.9%Romney132,096
2.6%
D+15.7
R+0.3
D+11.8
323,303
D
56.8%Obama191,611
40.8%McCain137,633
2.4%
D+16.0
R+0.5
D+8.7
337,450
D
57.9%Kerry198,127
41.5%Bush141,802
0.6%
D+16.5
R+0.4
D+18.9
342,078
D
56.4%Gore171,329
39.6%Bush120,050
4.0%
D+16.9
R+10.6
D+16.4
303,517
D
56.9%Clinton172,039
29.4%Dole88,807
13.7%
D+27.5
D+5.1
D+19.0
302,331
D
49.1%Clinton162,351
26.7%Bush88,119
24.2%
D+22.5
D+4.5
D+16.9
330,646
D
58.6%Dukakis180,057
40.7%Bush125,013
0.8%
D+17.9
D+8.7
D+25.6
307,396
D
54.2%Mondale178,229
44.9%Reagan147,810
0.9%
D+9.2
D+5.7
D+27.5
329,110
D
47.6%Carter145,218
44.0%Reagan134,379
8.4%
D+3.5
R+12.5
D+13.3
305,396
D
56.9%Carter177,802
40.8%Ford127,570
2.3%
D+16.1
D+27.8
D+14.0
312,440
R
43.1%McGovern131,476
54.8%Nixon167,093
2.1%
R+11.7
R+22.4
D+11.5
305,056
D
50.6%Humphrey150,994
39.9%Nixon119,102
9.5%
D+10.7
R+26.3
D+11.4
298,613
D
68.5%Johnson206,181
31.5%Goldwater94,814
0.1%
D+37.0
D+29.8
D+14.4
301,206
D
53.6%Kennedy173,351
46.4%Nixon150,174
0.0%
D+7.2
D+20.6
D+7.0
323,653
R
43.3%Stevenson126,324
56.7%Eisenhower165,496
0.0%
R+13.4
R+14.3
D+2.0
291,940
D
50.4%Stevenson146,611
49.5%Eisenhower144,088
0.1%
D+0.9
R+13.2
D+11.6
291,042
D
56.3%Truman132,261
42.3%Dewey99,302
1.4%
D+14.0
R+2.6
D+9.5
234,962
D
58.3%Roosevelt139,799
41.6%Dewey99,916
0.1%
D+16.6
R+1.2
D+9.1
239,927
D
58.9%Roosevelt150,373
41.0%Willkie104,801
0.1%
D+17.8
R+10.9
D+7.9
255,363
D
63.5%Roosevelt140,813
34.8%Landon77,191
1.7%
D+28.7
D+39.9
D+4.4
221,696
R
42.3%Roosevelt76,255
53.5%Hoover96,506
4.3%
R+11.2
D+30.6
R+29.0
180,462
R
28.7%Smith51,703
70.5%Hoover127,055
0.8%
R+41.8
D+11.8
R+24.4
180,183
R
15.8%Davis21,715
69.4%Coolidge95,110
14.7%
R+53.6
R+20.7
R+28.4
137,005
R
30.5%Cox36,353
63.4%Harding75,500
6.0%
R+32.9
R+35.6
R+6.7
119,051
D
48.0%Wilson33,282
45.3%Hughes31,407
6.8%
D+2.7
R+4.0
R+0.4
69,382
O
31.3%Wilson19,040
24.5%Taft14,946
44.2%
Roosevelt +12.9
D+18.8
R+12.8
60,887
R
40.1%Bryan25,997
52.2%Taft33,861
7.7%
R+12.1
D+27.1
R+2.6
64,870
R
24.5%Parker14,594
63.8%Roosevelt37,932
11.7%
R+39.2
R+18.7
R+19.6
59,495
R
38.1%Bryan22,001
58.6%McKinley33,867
3.4%
R+20.5
R+2.1
R+13.0
57,806
R
40.0%Bryan22,699
58.4%McKinley33,145
1.7%
R+18.4
R+8.7
R+12.3
56,801
R
41.8%Cleveland20,079
51.5%Harrison24,731
6.7%
R+9.7
—
R+11.3
48,016
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+21.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+21.5
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.4 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Youngstown
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2026 (partial)
71,800
23,109
38,261
8,404
2,026
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+967 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −19,184 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Youngstown in Youngstown: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,812
2012
−3,359
2013
−2,096
2014
−2,176
2015
−3,584
2016
−4,060
2017
−2,416
2018
−2,540
2019
−1,133
2021
+368
2022
+1,078
2023
+909
2024
+670
2025
+967
Once a union-Democratic stronghold anchored by the steel industry, the Youngstown media market has swung sharply toward Republican margins over the past decade as deindustrialization and demographic change reshaped voter allegiances across Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 53.6 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 6.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.5 points.
A population of 637,381, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,498 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Erie and Davenport-Rock Island-Moline.
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In 2024, Youngstown, Ohio voted Republican by 21.5 points (R+21.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 315,700 votes cast, 122,603 went Democratic and 190,600 went Republican.
When did Youngstown, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Youngstown, Ohio voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Youngstown, Ohio?
Youngstown, Ohio has a population of 637,381 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Youngstown, Ohio?
Median household income in Youngstown, Ohio is $57,498 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Youngstown, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Youngstown, Ohio from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
