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1876–2024
Mount Vernon, OH·Ohio

Mount Vernon, OH has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+44.7 in 2024.

Knox County's small-city core, where manufacturing heritage shapes the ballot

2008 — 2024·5 elections
OH
2024 presidential election
Mount Vernon, OH
TrumpR+44.7
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2024 presidential margin by county for Mount Vernon, OH, OHA map of the single county of Mount Vernon, OH, OH, outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Knox County, OH · R+44.7
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican71.6%23,112
Kamala HarrisDemocratic26.9%8,698
OtherAll other candidates1.4%467
D+60
R+60
A single county, filled by its 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover it for the full result.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −44.7% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−44.7%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+2.0%
1896+3.8%
1900−2.7%
1904−15.9%
1908−1.0%
1912+14.0%
1916+11.1%
1920−12.4%
1924−21.4%
1928−46.8%
1932−8.2%
1936+2.2%
1940−18.5%
1944−28.3%
1948−16.9%
1952−38.1%
1956−42.7%
1960−31.9%
1964+21.5%
1968−20.3%
1972−31.9%
1976−11.3%
1980−20.9%
1984−41.9%
1988−27.6%
1992−8.2%
1996−12.9%
2000−29.4%
2004−26.8%
2008−19.9%
2012−23.7%
2016−37.4%
2020−43.8%
2024−44.7%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
26.9%Harris8,698
71.6%Trump23,112
1.4%
−44.7%
32,277
R
27.4%Biden8,589
71.2%Trump22,340
1.5%incl. Jorgensen
−43.8%
31,398
R
27.9%Clinton8,171
65.3%Trump19,131
6.7%incl. Johnson
−37.4%
29,278
R
36.5%Obama10,470
60.2%Romney17,266
3.3%
−23.7%
28,692
R
38.9%Obama11,014
58.8%McCain16,640
2.2%
−19.9%
28,285
R
36.3%Kerry9,820
63.1%Bush17,068
0.6%
−26.8%
27,045
R
33.6%Gore7,133
63.0%Bush13,393
3.5%incl. Nader
−29.4%
21,260
R
37.7%Clinton7,562
50.6%Dole10,159
11.7%incl. Perot
−12.9%
20,068
R
33.4%Clinton7,259
41.6%Bush9,044
25.0%incl. Perot
−8.2%
21,745
R
35.8%Dukakis6,882
63.4%Bush12,180
0.7%
−27.6%
19,200
R
28.8%Mondale5,730
70.7%Reagan14,062
0.5%
−41.9%
19,901
R
36.2%Carter6,586
57.1%Reagan10,384
6.7%incl. Anderson
−20.9%
18,195
R
43.1%Carter7,361
54.4%Ford9,290
2.5%
−11.3%
17,081
R
32.1%McGovern5,370
64.0%Nixon10,705
4.0%
−31.9%
16,739
R
34.7%Humphrey5,725
55.0%Nixon9,072
10.3%incl. Wallace
−20.3%
16,492
D
60.7%Johnson11,222
39.3%Goldwater7,258
0.0%
+21.5%
18,480
R
34.1%Kennedy6,565
65.9%Nixon12,711
0.0%
−31.9%
19,276
R
28.7%Stevenson4,958
71.3%Eisenhower12,347
0.0%
−42.7%
17,305
R
30.9%Stevenson5,694
69.1%Eisenhower12,705
0.0%
−38.1%
18,399
R
41.5%Truman6,120
58.3%Dewey8,607
0.2%incl. Thurmond
−16.9%
14,755
R
35.9%Roosevelt5,573
64.1%Dewey9,963
0.0%
−28.3%
15,536
R
40.7%Roosevelt7,081
59.3%Willkie10,303
0.0%
−18.5%
17,384
D
50.0%Roosevelt8,315
47.8%Landon7,956
2.2%
+2.2%
16,641
R
45.3%Roosevelt7,008
53.4%Hoover8,272
1.3%
−8.2%
15,486
R
26.2%Smith3,601
73.1%Hoover10,028
0.7%
−46.8%
13,724
R
36.1%Davis4,721
57.4%Coolidge7,519
6.5%incl. La Follette
−21.4%
13,093
R
43.5%Cox6,361
56.0%Harding8,178
0.5%
−12.4%
14,610
D
54.6%Wilson4,578
43.5%Hughes3,646
1.9%
+11.1%
8,383
D
46.0%Wilson3,632
32.0%Taft2,530
21.9%incl. Roosevelt
+14.0%
7,894
R
48.1%Bryan4,233
49.1%Taft4,318
2.8%
−1.0%
8,796
R
40.3%Parker3,036
56.2%Roosevelt4,235
3.6%
−15.9%
7,540
R
47.9%Bryan3,797
50.6%McKinley4,011
1.6%
−2.7%
7,933
D
51.5%Bryan4,062
47.7%McKinley3,762
0.8%
+3.8%
7,884
D
47.9%Cleveland3,489
46.0%Harrison3,347
6.1%incl. Weaver
+2.0%
7,280
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Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
IndicatorMount Vernon, OHMetro areaOhioStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White93.6%76.8%61.0%
Black1.0%12.2%12.2%
Asian0.8%2.6%6.0%
Two or more races3.5%6.5%12.6%
Other race1.1%2.0%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino2.0%4.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$73,878$71,389$84,427
Poverty rate11.6%13.3%12.5%
Median age39.439.839.1
Age 18–2411.1%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older19.2%18.3%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)24.7%31.6%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home6.3%8.0%22.3%
German or other West Germanic4.5%0.9%0.5%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 23.1%German 22.3%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryEnglish 14.5%Irish 12.3%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 12.5%English 11.0%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic6.0%15.4%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant23.5%19.5%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed60.1%52.2%51.5%
Mainline Protestant8.5%7.0%5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
German
23.1%
English
14.5%
Irish
12.5%
American
7.2%
Italian
3.6%
Scottish
2.2%
French
1.6%
Dutch
1.5%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
0.9%
Puerto Rican
0.5%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
African
0.1%
Below 1% of the population here; subgroup estimates are within the survey's margin of error.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 39.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.9%
85+
1.3%
2.4%
75–84
3.1%
5.5%
65–74
6.0%
6.6%
55–64
7.0%
5.6%
45–54
5.6%
5.9%
35–44
5.5%
5.4%
25–34
5.4%
5.5%
18–24
5.6%
8.6%
5–17
8.4%
3.0%
<5
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$73,878
Mount Vernon, OH$73,878
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
11.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.9%
Working age (18–64)10.6%
Seniors (65+)11.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.7%
speak English only
German or other West Germanic4.5%
Spanish0.8%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.3%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.1%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
23.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.5%
Catholic
6.0%
Other Christian
0.8%
Latter-day Saints
0.8%
Black Protestant
0.3%
Unaffiliated or not counted60.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Mount Vernon anchors a compact Ohio metro where durable goods employment remains above state norms and presidential margins have widened toward Republicans by double digits over the past two cycles.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 21.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 46.8 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.7 points.

A population of 63,142, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,878 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Mount Vernon, OH, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mount Vernon, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 44.7 points (R+44.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 32,277 votes cast, 8,698 went Democratic and 23,112 went Republican.
When did Mount Vernon, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mount Vernon, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Mount Vernon, OH, Ohio?
Mount Vernon, OH, Ohio has a population of 63,142 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mount Vernon, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Mount Vernon, OH, Ohio is $73,878 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Mount Vernon, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mount Vernon, OH, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.