Muskingum County seat where blue-collar tradition meets a shifting electoral map
Zanesville anchors a post-industrial stretch of southeast Ohio where manufacturing decline reshuffled long-standing Democratic loyalties, producing some of the sharpest partisan swings in the state over the past two decades.
| Group | Zanesville, OH | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 92.3% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(6) | 3.4% | 12.2% |
Multiracial / Other | 2.9% | 4.0% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(10) | 0.9% | 19.3% |
▶Asian(3) | 0.4% | 6.0% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(5) | 0.2% | 0.9% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(2) | 0.2% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -43.1pp (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.2% | 53.2% | — | — | |
| 10.4% | 28.8% | — | — | |
| 5.3% | 14.7% | — | — | |
| 0.9% | 2.4% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.5% | 1.5% | — | — |
| 0.3% | 1.0% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 63.9% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Zanesville, OH metro area? 342,086 residents across 4 counties.
16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 17pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+22 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+43.9 | R+34.8 | 9.1pp |