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1876–2024
Salem, OH·Ohio

Salem, OH has voted Republican in seven straight presidential elections — R+48.8 in 2024.

A small Ohio metro where manufacturing heritage shapes the ballot

2008 — 2024·5 elections
OH
2024 presidential election
Salem, OH
TrumpR+48.8
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2024 presidential margin by county for Salem, OH, OHA map of the single county of Salem, 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.Columbiana County, OH · R+48.8
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican73.8%35,607
Kamala HarrisDemocratic25.0%12,064
OtherAll other candidates1.2%575
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: −48.8% in 2024.flipped R · 2000−48.8%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−11.9%
1896−17.6%
1900−25.1%
1904−42.8%
1908−16.0%
1912+1.3%
1916−1.9%
1920−25.2%
1924−54.0%
1928−55.5%
1932−15.3%
1936+14.1%
1940+2.6%
1944−3.0%
1948−3.3%
1952−16.7%
1956−32.9%
1960−17.3%
1964+28.9%
1968−1.3%
1972−26.7%
1976+1.7%
1980−8.1%
1984−9.7%
1988+0.9%
1992+10.0%
1996+12.2%
2000−2.6%
2004−4.7%
2008−7.6%
2012−11.6%
2016−40.9%
2020−44.9%
2024−48.8%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
25.0%Harris12,064
73.8%Trump35,607
1.2%
−48.8%
48,246
R
26.8%Biden13,359
71.7%Trump35,726
1.6%incl. Jorgensen
−44.9%
49,860
R
26.4%Clinton12,432
67.4%Trump31,676
6.2%incl. Johnson
−40.9%
47,025
R
42.4%Obama19,821
54.0%Romney25,251
3.6%
−11.6%
46,740
R
44.9%Obama21,882
52.5%McCain25,585
2.5%
−7.6%
48,699
R
47.4%Kerry23,429
52.1%Bush25,753
0.6%
−4.7%
49,465
R
46.5%Gore20,657
49.1%Bush21,804
4.4%incl. Nader
−2.6%
44,427
D
47.5%Clinton20,716
35.3%Dole15,386
17.3%incl. Perot
+12.2%
43,629
D
41.6%Clinton19,765
31.6%Bush15,016
26.9%incl. Perot
+10.0%
47,554
D
50.0%Dukakis21,581
49.1%Bush21,175
0.9%
+0.9%
43,140
R
44.7%Mondale20,155
54.4%Reagan24,552
0.9%
−9.7%
45,110
R
42.4%Carter17,459
50.6%Reagan20,798
7.0%incl. Anderson
−8.1%
41,143
D
49.8%Carter23,096
48.1%Ford22,318
2.1%
+1.7%
46,367
R
36.0%McGovern15,683
62.6%Nixon27,308
1.4%
−26.7%
43,602
R
44.9%Humphrey19,382
46.2%Nixon19,947
8.9%incl. Wallace
−1.3%
43,170
D
64.5%Johnson28,706
35.5%Goldwater15,827
0.0%
+28.9%
44,533
R
41.4%Kennedy20,037
58.6%Nixon28,414
0.0%
−17.3%
48,451
R
33.5%Stevenson14,516
66.5%Eisenhower28,783
0.0%
−32.9%
43,299
R
41.6%Stevenson19,057
58.4%Eisenhower26,707
0.0%
−16.7%
45,764
R
48.0%Truman16,588
51.3%Dewey17,724
0.7%incl. Thurmond
−3.3%
34,538
R
48.5%Roosevelt18,796
51.5%Dewey19,976
0.0%
−3.0%
38,772
D
51.3%Roosevelt22,349
48.7%Willkie21,221
0.0%
+2.6%
43,570
D
56.4%Roosevelt22,664
42.3%Landon16,986
1.4%
+14.1%
40,198
R
40.3%Roosevelt14,284
55.6%Hoover19,707
4.1%
−15.3%
35,430
R
21.8%Smith7,461
77.3%Hoover26,405
0.9%
−55.5%
34,158
R
16.0%Davis4,685
70.0%Coolidge20,483
14.0%incl. La Follette
−54.0%
29,272
R
34.9%Cox9,774
60.1%Harding16,846
5.0%
−25.2%
28,023
R
44.9%Wilson7,788
46.9%Hughes8,118
8.2%
−1.9%
17,326
O
29.9%Wilson4,816
28.6%Taft4,601
41.5%incl. Roosevelt
+1.3%
16,091
R
37.3%Bryan6,736
53.3%Taft9,626
9.5%
−16.0%
18,072
R
24.4%Parker4,203
67.2%Roosevelt11,571
8.4%
−42.8%
17,213
R
35.4%Bryan5,997
60.5%McKinley10,255
4.1%
−25.1%
16,942
R
40.2%Bryan6,598
57.8%McKinley9,487
2.0%
−17.6%
16,414
R
40.0%Cleveland5,573
52.0%Harrison7,232
8.0%incl. Weaver
−11.9%
13,916
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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.
IndicatorSalem, OHMetro areaOhioStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White92.6%76.8%61.0%
Black2.0%12.2%12.2%
Asian0.3%2.6%6.0%
Two or more races4.1%6.5%12.6%
Other race1.1%2.0%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino1.9%4.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$58,180$71,389$84,427
Poverty rate15.2%13.3%12.5%
Median age44.639.839.1
Age 18–247.3%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older22.0%18.3%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)17.1%31.6%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home1.6%8.0%22.3%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 22.9%German 22.3%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryIrish 16.8%Irish 12.3%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryEnglish 14.0%English 11.0%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic6.9%15.4%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant15.1%19.5%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed66.9%52.2%51.5%
Mainline Protestant8.7%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
22.9%
Irish
16.8%
English
14.0%
Italian
8.0%
American
6.9%
Scottish
2.5%
Polish
2.4%
French
1.6%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
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
0.2%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
1.0%
Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Maya
0.2%
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: 44.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.0%
85+
1.8%
2.7%
75–84
3.3%
6.4%
65–74
6.8%
7.5%
55–64
7.4%
6.8%
45–54
5.9%
6.3%
35–44
5.4%
6.0%
25–34
5.2%
3.9%
18–24
3.4%
7.6%
5–17
7.6%
2.4%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$58,180
Salem, OH$58,180
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
15.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.0%
Working age (18–64)13.6%
Seniors (65+)11.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.4%
speak English only
Spanish0.8%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.1%
German or other West Germanic0.1%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Vietnamese0.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.1%
Arabic0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
15.1%
Mainline Protestant
8.7%
Catholic
6.9%
Other Christian
1.0%
Black Protestant
0.9%
Latter-day Saints
0.5%
Unaffiliated or not counted66.9%
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.

Salem anchors a compact industrial corridor in Columbiana County, a consistently Republican-leaning corner of eastern Ohio where deindustrialization and blue-collar identity have driven some of the state's sharpest partisan swings over the past two decades.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 55.5 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 48.8 points.

A population of 100,704, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,180 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Salem, OH, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Salem, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 48.8 points (R+48.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 48,246 votes cast, 12,064 went Democratic and 35,607 went Republican.
When did Salem, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Salem, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Salem, OH, Ohio?
Salem, OH, Ohio has a population of 100,704 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Salem, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Salem, OH, Ohio is $58,180 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Salem, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Salem, OH, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.