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1876–2024
Springfield, OH·Ohio

Springfield, OH has voted Republican in six straight presidential elections — R+29.4 in 2024.

Clark County bellwether that has mirrored Ohio's statewide swing for decades

2008 — 2024·5 elections
OH
2024 presidential election
Springfield, OH
TrumpR+29.4
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2024 presidential margin by county for Springfield, OH, OHA map of the single county of Springfield, 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.Clark County, OH · R+29.4
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican63.9%40,403
Kamala HarrisDemocratic34.6%21,847
OtherAll other candidates1.5%956
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: −29.4% in 2024.flipped R · 2004−29.4%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−7.7%
1896−9.0%
1900−16.7%
1904−31.8%
1908−14.2%
1912−4.9%
1916+0.7%
1920−16.7%
1924−39.0%
1928−44.0%
1932−4.6%
1936+25.0%
1940+11.2%
1944+0.3%
1948−3.7%
1952−13.8%
1956−23.9%
1960−15.3%
1964+28.4%
1968+0.5%
1972−26.4%
1976−1.1%
1980−8.5%
1984−25.4%
1988−16.8%
1992+4.2%
1996+9.7%
2000+0.6%
2004−2.0%
2008−2.5%
2012−0.8%
2016−18.9%
2020−23.3%
2024−29.4%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
34.6%Harris21,847
63.9%Trump40,403
1.5%
−29.4%
63,206
R
37.5%Biden24,076
60.8%Trump39,032
1.7%incl. Jorgensen
−23.3%
64,212
R
37.2%Clinton23,328
56.1%Trump35,205
6.7%incl. Johnson
−18.9%
62,756
R
48.1%Obama31,297
48.9%Romney31,820
3.1%
−0.8%
65,104
R
47.7%Obama31,958
50.2%McCain33,634
2.1%
−2.5%
66,987
R
48.7%Kerry33,535
50.8%Bush34,941
0.5%
−2.0%
68,807
D
48.6%Gore27,984
48.1%Bush27,660
3.3%incl. Nader
+0.6%
57,559
D
48.3%Clinton27,890
38.6%Dole22,297
13.2%incl. Perot
+9.7%
57,802
D
42.0%Clinton26,692
37.8%Bush24,011
20.2%incl. Perot
+4.2%
63,538
R
41.1%Dukakis23,247
57.9%Bush32,729
0.9%
−16.8%
56,503
R
36.6%Mondale21,154
62.1%Reagan35,831
1.3%
−25.4%
57,744
R
41.9%Carter22,630
50.4%Reagan27,237
7.7%incl. Anderson
−8.5%
54,015
R
47.8%Carter26,135
48.9%Ford26,745
3.3%
−1.1%
54,660
R
35.4%McGovern19,725
61.8%Nixon34,447
2.8%
−26.4%
55,750
D
44.1%Humphrey24,029
43.6%Nixon23,748
12.3%incl. Wallace
+0.5%
54,491
D
64.2%Johnson34,275
35.8%Goldwater19,112
0.0%
+28.4%
53,387
R
42.3%Kennedy22,456
57.7%Nixon30,588
0.0%
−15.3%
53,044
R
38.1%Stevenson17,680
61.9%Eisenhower28,767
0.0%
−23.9%
46,447
R
43.1%Stevenson20,786
56.9%Eisenhower27,464
0.0%
−13.8%
48,250
R
48.0%Truman17,236
51.6%Dewey18,548
0.4%incl. Thurmond
−3.7%
35,917
D
50.2%Roosevelt22,362
49.8%Dewey22,207
0.0%
+0.3%
44,569
D
55.6%Roosevelt25,888
44.4%Willkie20,681
0.0%
+11.2%
46,569
D
61.4%Roosevelt26,138
36.4%Landon15,483
2.2%
+25.0%
42,540
R
46.9%Roosevelt17,314
51.5%Hoover19,028
1.7%
−4.6%
36,952
R
27.7%Smith10,316
71.7%Hoover26,666
0.5%
−44.0%
37,183
R
27.5%Davis8,415
66.4%Coolidge20,340
6.1%incl. La Follette
−39.0%
30,615
R
40.8%Cox14,097
57.5%Harding19,869
1.7%
−16.7%
34,540
D
48.4%Wilson8,848
47.6%Hughes8,715
4.0%
+0.7%
18,293
R
31.3%Wilson5,217
36.2%Taft6,036
32.6%incl. Roosevelt
−4.9%
16,693
R
38.8%Bryan6,529
53.0%Taft8,917
8.2%
−14.2%
16,834
R
30.3%Parker4,565
62.0%Roosevelt9,355
7.7%
−31.8%
15,084
R
40.6%Bryan6,243
57.3%McKinley8,806
2.0%
−16.7%
15,361
R
44.9%Bryan6,382
53.9%McKinley7,667
1.3%
−9.0%
14,228
R
42.4%Cleveland5,255
50.1%Harrison6,214
7.5%incl. Weaver
−7.7%
12,402
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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.
IndicatorSpringfield, OHMetro areaOhioStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White82.4%76.8%61.0%
Black8.0%12.2%12.2%
Asian0.6%2.6%6.0%
Two or more races6.6%6.5%12.6%
Other race2.3%2.0%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino4.2%4.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$63,132$71,389$84,427
Poverty rate15.2%13.3%12.5%
Median age41.239.839.1
Age 18–248.1%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older20.4%18.3%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)20.2%31.6%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home4.2%8.0%22.3%
Spanish2.2%2.7%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 18.8%German 22.3%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryIrish 12.9%Irish 12.3%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryEnglish 12.5%English 11.0%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic5.6%15.4%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant16.5%19.5%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed66.0%52.2%51.5%
Mainline Protestant7.4%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
18.8%
Irish
12.9%
English
12.5%
American
7.7%
Italian
2.8%
Scottish
1.9%
French
1.5%
Dutch
1.2%
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
Haitian
0.8%
African
0.2%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
2.5%
Puerto Rican
0.6%
Salvadoran
0.5%
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: 41.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.5%
2.8%
75–84
3.4%
5.6%
65–74
6.3%
6.6%
55–64
6.9%
6.0%
45–54
6.0%
5.6%
35–44
5.9%
6.0%
25–34
6.0%
4.1%
18–24
4.0%
8.7%
5–17
8.1%
3.0%
<5
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$63,132
Springfield, OH$63,132
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 1821.5%
Working age (18–64)13.7%
Seniors (65+)10.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.8%
speak English only
Spanish2.2%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.9%
German or other West Germanic0.3%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.1%
Arabic0.1%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
16.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.4%
Catholic
5.6%
Black Protestant
2.8%
Muslim
0.7%
Other Christian
0.4%
Latter-day Saints
0.4%
Orthodox Christian
0.1%
Jewish
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted66.0%
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.

Springfield anchors a small metro that shifted sharply rightward between 2008 and 2020, tracking Ohio's broader realignment among white working-class voters in mid-sized manufacturing cities.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 44.0 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.4 points.

A population of 135,158, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,132 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Springfield, OH, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Springfield, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 29.4 points (R+29.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 63,206 votes cast, 21,847 went Democratic and 40,403 went Republican.
When did Springfield, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Springfield, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Springfield, OH, Ohio?
Springfield, OH, Ohio has a population of 135,158 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Springfield, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Springfield, OH, Ohio is $63,132 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Springfield, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Springfield, OH, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican.