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1876–2024
Portsmouth, OH·Ohio

Portsmouth, OH has voted Republican in seven straight presidential elections — R+47.9 in 2024.

2008 — 2024·5 elections
OH
2024 presidential election
Portsmouth, OH
TrumpR+47.9
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican73.6%22,978
Kamala HarrisDemocratic25.7%8,021
OtherAll other candidates0.7%226
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
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: −47.9% in 2024.flipped R · 2000−47.9%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−14.2%
1896−19.8%
1900−22.2%
1904−35.2%
1908−13.7%
1912−1.0%
1916−13.1%
1920−20.8%
1924−34.3%
1928−47.6%
1932−4.2%
1936+10.9%
1940+6.0%
1944−1.0%
1948+3.2%
1952−5.9%
1956−19.2%
1960−13.3%
1964+23.1%
1968−4.6%
1972−28.4%
1976+15.9%
1980−1.0%
1984−14.1%
1988−5.2%
1992+8.3%
1996+10.7%
2000−3.4%
2004−4.1%
2008−6.3%
2012−1.3%
2016−36.2%
2020−42.2%
2024−47.9%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
25.7%Harris8,021
73.6%Trump22,978
0.7%
−47.9%
31,225
R
28.3%Biden9,080
70.5%Trump22,609
1.1%incl. Jorgensen
−42.2%
32,047
R
29.0%Clinton9,132
65.2%Trump20,550
5.8%incl. Johnson
−36.2%
31,513
R
47.2%Obama15,077
48.5%Romney15,492
4.4%
−1.3%
31,971
R
45.6%Obama14,926
51.9%McCain16,994
2.5%
−6.3%
32,723
R
47.8%Kerry16,827
51.9%Bush18,259
0.3%
−4.1%
35,203
R
46.7%Gore13,997
50.2%Bush15,022
3.1%incl. Nader
−3.4%
29,945
D
48.0%Clinton15,041
37.3%Dole11,679
14.7%incl. Perot
+10.7%
31,328
D
43.8%Clinton14,715
35.5%Bush11,931
20.8%incl. Perot
+8.3%
33,624
R
47.0%Dukakis14,442
52.1%Bush16,029
0.9%
−5.2%
30,760
R
42.5%Mondale14,120
56.6%Reagan18,818
0.8%
−14.1%
33,219
R
47.8%Carter15,552
48.8%Reagan15,881
3.5%incl. Anderson
−1.0%
32,568
D
57.2%Carter18,019
41.4%Ford13,021
1.4%
+15.9%
31,488
R
34.7%McGovern11,008
63.1%Nixon19,998
2.1%
−28.4%
31,679
R
42.8%Humphrey13,836
47.4%Nixon15,310
9.8%incl. Wallace
−4.6%
32,317
D
61.6%Johnson21,559
38.4%Goldwater13,465
0.0%
+23.1%
35,024
R
43.3%Kennedy16,647
56.7%Nixon21,771
0.0%
−13.3%
38,418
R
40.4%Stevenson14,985
59.6%Eisenhower22,110
0.0%
−19.2%
37,095
R
47.1%Stevenson18,145
52.9%Eisenhower20,403
0.0%
−5.9%
38,548
D
51.4%Truman17,923
48.2%Dewey16,800
0.4%incl. Thurmond
+3.2%
34,852
R
49.5%Roosevelt17,134
50.5%Dewey17,489
0.0%
−1.0%
34,623
D
53.0%Roosevelt21,926
47.0%Willkie19,462
0.0%
+6.0%
41,388
D
55.1%Roosevelt22,243
44.2%Landon17,860
0.7%
+10.9%
40,380
R
47.1%Roosevelt15,817
51.3%Hoover17,225
1.6%
−4.2%
33,590
R
26.0%Smith7,425
73.6%Hoover20,997
0.4%
−47.6%
28,530
R
28.5%Davis5,532
62.8%Coolidge12,189
8.7%incl. La Follette
−34.3%
19,401
R
38.2%Cox7,682
59.0%Harding11,871
2.9%
−20.8%
20,135
R
40.7%Wilson4,808
53.8%Hughes6,356
5.5%
−13.1%
11,809
R
33.3%Wilson3,508
34.2%Taft3,609
32.5%incl. Roosevelt
−1.0%
10,547
R
39.8%Bryan4,310
53.5%Taft5,790
6.6%
−13.7%
10,818
R
27.3%Parker2,420
62.6%Roosevelt5,540
10.1%
−35.2%
8,855
R
37.9%Bryan3,629
60.1%McKinley5,756
1.9%
−22.2%
9,570
R
39.6%Bryan3,658
59.4%McKinley5,492
1.0%
−19.8%
9,240
R
41.6%Cleveland3,181
55.9%Harrison4,268
2.5%incl. Weaver
−14.2%
7,639
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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.
IndicatorPortsmouth, OHMetro areaOhioStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White92.9%76.8%61.0%
Black2.3%12.2%12.2%
Asian0.5%2.6%6.0%
Two or more races3.6%6.5%12.6%
Other race0.6%2.0%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino1.6%4.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$50,609$71,389$84,427
Poverty rate21.8%13.3%12.5%
Median age41.139.839.1
Age 18–248.6%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older18.8%18.3%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)18.2%31.6%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home1.5%8.0%22.3%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 14.3%German 22.3%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryEnglish 13.5%Irish 12.3%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 12.5%English 11.0%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic4.6%15.4%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant21.2%19.5%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed67.4%52.2%51.5%

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
14.3%
English
13.5%
Irish
12.5%
American
7.4%
French
1.7%
Scottish
1.7%
Italian
1.3%
Scotch-Irish
1.1%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries, none of which clears the display floor here.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
0.8%
Puerto Rican
0.3%
Guatemalan
0.2%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
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: 41.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.6%
2.5%
75–84
2.9%
5.2%
65–74
6.0%
6.3%
55–64
6.9%
6.3%
45–54
6.4%
6.3%
35–44
6.1%
6.8%
25–34
5.9%
4.7%
18–24
3.9%
8.2%
5–17
8.2%
2.7%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$50,609
Portsmouth, OH$50,609
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
21.8%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1826.5%
Working age (18–64)21.2%
Seniors (65+)12.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.5%
speak English only
Spanish0.8%
German or other West Germanic0.2%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.2%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.2%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
21.2%
Mainline Protestant
4.7%
Catholic
4.6%
Black Protestant
1.2%
Latter-day Saints
0.6%
Other Christian
0.3%
Unaffiliated or not counted67.4%
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.

Portsmouth, OH sits in the Industrial Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 47.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.9 points.

A population of 72,627, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,609 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Portsmouth, OH, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Portsmouth, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 47.9 points (R+47.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 31,225 votes cast, 8,021 went Democratic and 22,978 went Republican.
What is Portsmouth, OH, Ohio's political typology?
Akashic places Portsmouth, OH, Ohio in the "Appalachian Realigners" 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 7 times, Republican 27 times, and other 0 times.
When did Portsmouth, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Portsmouth, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Portsmouth, OH, Ohio?
Portsmouth, OH, Ohio has a population of 72,627 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Portsmouth, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Portsmouth, OH, Ohio is $50,609 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Portsmouth, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Portsmouth, OH, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.