Hancock County's oil-refinery hub anchors one of Ohio's most reliably conservative metros
Findlay's economy is shaped by Marathon Petroleum's headquarters and a dense tier-one auto-supplier base, producing a blue-collar and corporate workforce that has voted Republican at the presidential level by double-digit margins for decades.
| Group | Findlay, OH | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 90.5% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(11) | 4.5% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.8% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(5) | 1.6% | 6.0% |
▶Black / African American(8) | 1.4% | 12.2% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(5) | 0.2% | 0.9% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(1) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -7.3pp (vs national 4.5pp). A moderate religious balance between Catholic and Evangelical traditions.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.6% | 33.1% | — | — | |
| 13.5% | 32.9% | — | — | |
| 12.4% | 30.0% | — | — | |
| 1.6% | 3.8% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.6% | 1.5% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 58.8% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Findlay, OH metro area? 295,891 residents across 4 counties.
25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 8pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+3 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+38.4 | R+31.0 | 7.4pp |