A mid-sized Ohio hub where manufacturing heritage still shapes the electorate
Ashland anchors a compact metro in north-central Ohio where decades of industrial employment have kept working-class voter blocs central to local and statewide contests, even as population growth has remained modest.
| Group | Ashland, OH | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 95.9% | 57.4% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.4% | 4.0% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(4) | 1.1% | 19.3% |
▶Black / African American(3) | 0.8% | 12.2% |
▶Asian(4) | 0.6% | 6.0% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(3) | 0.5% | 0.9% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(3) | 0.2% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -65.2pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30.1% | 67.5% | — | — | |
| 10.1% | 22.7% | — | — | |
| 3.0% | 6.7% | — | — | |
| 1.4% | 3.1% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.9% | 2.0% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 55.3% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Ashland, OH metro area? 212,744 residents across 4 counties.
19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 14pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+15 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Senate | R+50.0 | R+40.5 | 9.4pp |