Columbus, OH, Ohio: Diversifying Metro metro. In 2024, voted D+5%. Republican peak: R+36 in 1984.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+5MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Diversifying MetroAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,175,7882024 5-year
- Median household income
- $84,3002024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 69.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 16.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+15 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+36 in 1984MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Columbus, OH
HarrisD+5
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 51.6% | 544,350 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 46.6% | 492,312 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.8% | 19,134 |
D+60R+60
10 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +3.8% |
| 1896 | +0.7% |
| 1900 | −2.0% |
| 1904 | −17.7% |
| 1908 | −3.9% |
| 1912 | +15.2% |
| 1916 | +13.1% |
| 1920 | −9.9% |
| 1924 | −27.8% |
| 1928 | −34.3% |
| 1932 | −1.6% |
| 1936 | +14.9% |
| 1940 | −2.0% |
| 1944 | −11.0% |
| 1948 | −8.6% |
| 1952 | −23.3% |
| 1956 | −32.6% |
| 1960 | −22.6% |
| 1964 | +10.3% |
| 1968 | −17.4% |
| 1972 | −33.8% |
| 1976 | −13.7% |
| 1980 | −19.0% |
| 1984 | −36.0% |
| 1988 | −26.2% |
| 1992 | −7.0% |
| 1996 | −2.5% |
| 2000 | −9.4% |
| 2004 | −4.7% |
| 2008 | +5.7% |
| 2012 | +6.9% |
| 2016 | +4.6% |
| 2020 | +8.2% |
| 2024 | +4.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 544,350 | 492,312 | 1,055,796 | ||
| D | 567,327 | 480,172 | 1,064,695 | ||
| D | 475,027 | 429,930 | 975,446 | ||
| D | 492,213 | 427,173 | 940,802 | ||
| D | 478,611 | 426,492 | 920,474 | ||
| R | 408,339 | 448,541 | 861,182 | ||
| R | 293,236 | 356,299 | 671,891 | ||
| R | 279,898 | 295,766 | 631,584 | ||
| R | 245,108 | 292,646 | 677,587 | ||
| R | 208,160 | 357,809 | 571,089 | ||
| R | 180,812 | 389,805 | 580,722 | ||
| R | 203,743 | 308,732 | 551,335 | ||
| R | 212,723 | 282,344 | 508,072 | ||
| R | 159,258 | 328,131 | 499,674 | ||
| R | 149,514 | 225,012 | 433,024 | ||
| D | 237,480 | 193,029 | 430,509 | ||
| R | 161,727 | 256,157 | 417,884 | ||
| R | 121,600 | 239,177 | 360,777 | ||
| R | 139,438 | 224,138 | 363,576 | ||
| R | 135,059 | 160,566 | 297,402 | ||
| R | 138,036 | 172,192 | 310,228 | ||
| R | 161,032 | 167,745 | 328,777 | ||
| D | 165,087 | 121,522 | 292,516 | ||
| R | 120,978 | 124,980 | 252,078 | ||
| R | 81,447 | 167,388 | 250,210 | ||
| R | 62,090 | 120,536 | 210,564 | ||
| R | 98,539 | 120,605 | 222,259 | ||
| D | 70,558 | 53,875 | 127,601 | ||
| D | 50,019 | 32,471 | 115,120 | ||
| R | 58,143 | 62,990 | 125,245 | ||
| R | 43,256 | 62,695 | 109,930 | ||
| R | 53,076 | 55,261 | 110,144 | ||
| D | 53,251 | 52,467 | 106,927 | ||
| D | 44,909 | 41,469 | 90,629 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
19.7%
Irish
12.0%
English
11.5%
American
5.3%
Italian
5.0%
Scottish
2.1%
Polish
2.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$84,300
Columbus, OH ranks near the middle of US counties.
Columbus, OH$84,300
Ohio$71,389
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
12.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.3%
Working age (18–64)11.1%
Seniors (65+)9.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
87.0%
speak English only
Spanish3.8%
Other Indo-European3.6%
Other languages3.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Columbus anchors Ohio's fastest-growing metro, where Franklin County's leftward shift since 2016 has made the area a genuine swing zone — driven largely by demographic change around Ohio State and a booming professional class.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of fifteen points in 1912 and a Republican high of thirty-six points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was five points.
A population of 2,175,788, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $84,300 describe the metro.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Columbus, OH, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Columbus, OH, Ohio voted Democratic by 4.9 points (D+5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,055,796 votes cast, 544,350 went Democratic and 492,312 went Republican.
What is Columbus, OH, Ohio's political typology?
Akashic places Columbus, OH, Ohio in the "Diversifying Metro" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 11 times, Republican 23 times, and other 0 times.
When did Columbus, OH, Ohio last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Columbus, OH, Ohio voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Columbus, OH, Ohio?
Columbus, OH, Ohio has a population of 2,175,788 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Columbus, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Columbus, OH, Ohio is $84,300 — above the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Columbus, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Columbus, OH, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Diversifying Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.