Defiance, OH, Ohio: Heartland Swing metro. In 2024, voted R+40%. Republican peak: R+40 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Heartland SwingAkashic typology
- Population
- 38,3432024 5-year
- Median household income
- $73,0642024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+35 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Defiance, OH
TrumpR+40
Constituent county margins for Defiance, OH, OHOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 69.1% | 13,302 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 29.4% | 5,667 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.5% | 291 |
D+60R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
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 | +21.3% |
| 1896 | +27.2% |
| 1900 | +16.4% |
| 1904 | +2.9% |
| 1908 | +18.9% |
| 1912 | +34.7% |
| 1916 | +13.1% |
| 1920 | −22.9% |
| 1924 | −17.5% |
| 1928 | −28.7% |
| 1932 | +25.1% |
| 1936 | +5.2% |
| 1940 | −30.0% |
| 1944 | −34.4% |
| 1948 | −14.2% |
| 1952 | −36.0% |
| 1956 | −38.1% |
| 1960 | −26.2% |
| 1964 | +26.6% |
| 1968 | −11.9% |
| 1972 | −33.3% |
| 1976 | −12.3% |
| 1980 | −27.3% |
| 1984 | −36.9% |
| 1988 | −27.2% |
| 1992 | −8.5% |
| 1996 | −7.1% |
| 2000 | −20.7% |
| 2004 | −23.9% |
| 2008 | −10.4% |
| 2012 | −13.2% |
| 2016 | −34.0% |
| 2020 | −36.4% |
| 2024 | −39.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 5,667 | 13,302 | 19,260 | ||
| R | 5,981 | 13,038 | 19,381 | ||
| R | 5,368 | 11,688 | 18,603 | ||
| R | 7,732 | 10,176 | 18,461 | ||
| R | 8,399 | 10,407 | 19,232 | ||
| R | 6,975 | 11,397 | 18,516 | ||
| R | 6,175 | 9,540 | 16,242 | ||
| R | 6,343 | 7,469 | 15,893 | ||
| R | 5,735 | 7,195 | 17,211 | ||
| R | 5,448 | 9,566 | 15,153 | ||
| R | 5,004 | 10,951 | 16,130 | ||
| R | 5,096 | 9,358 | 15,639 | ||
| R | 5,850 | 7,526 | 13,679 | ||
| R | 4,377 | 8,914 | 13,630 | ||
| R | 5,686 | 7,348 | 13,959 | ||
| D | 8,707 | 5,048 | 13,755 | ||
| R | 5,207 | 8,912 | 14,119 | ||
| R | 3,941 | 8,786 | 12,727 | ||
| R | 4,161 | 8,834 | 12,995 | ||
| R | 4,454 | 5,927 | 10,409 | ||
| R | 3,634 | 7,450 | 11,084 | ||
| R | 4,313 | 8,010 | 12,323 | ||
| D | 5,608 | 5,000 | 11,670 | ||
| D | 6,532 | 3,871 | 10,595 | ||
| R | 3,487 | 6,289 | 9,776 | ||
| R | 3,227 | 4,841 | 9,213 | ||
| R | 3,723 | 5,987 | 9,890 | ||
| D | 3,359 | 2,565 | 6,055 | ||
| D | 2,784 | 872 | 5,504 | ||
| D | 3,754 | 2,531 | 6,482 | ||
| D | 3,216 | 3,032 | 6,392 | ||
| D | 3,766 | 2,684 | 6,578 | ||
| D | 4,239 | 2,414 | 6,703 | ||
| D | 3,311 | 2,062 | 5,876 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
34.9%
Irish
9.1%
English
8.9%
American
6.1%
Italian
2.5%
French
2.3%
Polish
1.7%
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: 41.1 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
$73,064
Defiance, OH ranks near the middle of US counties.
Defiance, OH$73,064
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
10.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.4%
Working age (18–64)10.7%
Seniors (65+)6.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.8%
speak English only
Spanish3.4%
Other Indo-European1.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 17.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Defiance anchors a rural northwest Ohio labor market built around auto-parts and industrial production, a demographic profile that has tracked closely with working-class realignment trends visible across the Great Lakes region over the past two election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of thirty-five points in 1912 and a Republican high of forty points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty points.
A population of 38,343, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,064 describe the metro.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Defiance, OH, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Defiance, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 39.6 points (R+40), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,260 votes cast, 5,667 went Democratic and 13,302 went Republican.
What is Defiance, OH, Ohio's political typology?
Akashic places Defiance, OH, Ohio in the "Heartland Swing" 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 10 times, Republican 24 times, and other 0 times.
When did Defiance, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Defiance, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Defiance, OH, Ohio?
Defiance, OH, Ohio has a population of 38,343 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Defiance, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Defiance, OH, Ohio is $73,064 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Defiance, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Defiance, OH, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Heartland Swing" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.