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1876–2024
Van Wert, OH·Ohio

Van Wert, OH has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+58.2 in 2024.

2008 — 2024·5 elections
OH
2024 presidential election
Van Wert, OH
TrumpR+58.2
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2024 presidential margin by county for Van Wert, OH, OHA map of the single county of Van Wert, 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.Van Wert County, OH · R+58.2
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican78.5%11,616
Kamala HarrisDemocratic20.3%3,000
OtherAll other candidates1.3%190
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: −58.2% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−58.2%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+3.5%
1896+0.3%
1900−5.5%
1904−10.4%
1908−0.3%
1912+11.2%
1916−0.6%
1920−20.8%
1924−16.2%
1928−19.3%
1932+14.6%
1936+10.0%
1940−16.1%
1944−25.7%
1948−13.9%
1952−29.4%
1956−40.1%
1960−31.4%
1964+10.8%
1968−25.7%
1972−44.1%
1976−18.6%
1980−29.5%
1984−48.0%
1988−41.7%
1992−24.0%
1996−19.5%
2000−33.8%
2004−44.4%
2008−27.1%
2012−39.4%
2016−55.3%
2020−57.4%
2024−58.2%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
20.3%Harris3,000
78.5%Trump11,616
1.3%
−58.2%
14,806
R
20.5%Biden3,067
77.8%Trump11,650
1.7%incl. Jorgensen
−57.4%
14,965
R
19.2%Clinton2,697
74.4%Trump10,469
6.4%incl. Johnson
−55.3%
14,062
R
28.6%Obama4,029
67.9%Romney9,585
3.5%
−39.4%
14,108
R
35.2%Obama5,178
62.4%McCain9,168
2.4%
−27.1%
14,701
R
27.6%Kerry4,095
72.0%Bush10,678
0.4%
−44.4%
14,827
R
31.8%Gore4,209
65.7%Bush8,679
2.5%incl. Nader
−33.8%
13,219
R
34.1%Clinton4,453
53.7%Dole6,999
12.2%incl. Perot
−19.5%
13,041
R
26.9%Clinton3,822
50.8%Bush7,227
22.3%incl. Perot
−24.0%
14,217
R
28.9%Dukakis3,848
70.6%Bush9,410
0.6%
−41.7%
13,336
R
25.7%Mondale3,338
73.7%Reagan9,570
0.6%
−48.0%
12,988
R
31.6%Carter4,070
61.1%Reagan7,866
7.3%incl. Anderson
−29.5%
12,872
R
39.8%Carter5,689
58.4%Ford8,344
1.8%
−18.6%
14,284
R
27.2%McGovern3,644
71.3%Nixon9,545
1.5%
−44.1%
13,391
R
32.2%Humphrey4,360
57.9%Nixon7,835
9.8%incl. Wallace
−25.7%
13,527
D
55.4%Johnson7,695
44.6%Goldwater6,194
0.0%
+10.8%
13,889
R
34.3%Kennedy5,050
65.7%Nixon9,666
0.0%
−31.4%
14,716
R
30.0%Stevenson4,208
70.0%Eisenhower9,834
0.0%
−40.1%
14,042
R
35.3%Stevenson5,108
64.7%Eisenhower9,355
0.0%
−29.4%
14,463
R
43.0%Truman5,127
56.8%Dewey6,785
0.2%incl. Thurmond
−13.9%
11,936
R
37.2%Roosevelt5,046
62.8%Dewey8,529
0.0%
−25.7%
13,575
R
41.9%Roosevelt6,254
58.1%Willkie8,656
0.0%
−16.1%
14,910
D
52.6%Roosevelt7,744
42.6%Landon6,275
4.8%
+10.0%
14,733
D
56.7%Roosevelt7,977
42.0%Hoover5,918
1.3%
+14.6%
14,078
R
40.1%Smith5,089
59.4%Hoover7,540
0.5%
−19.3%
12,696
R
37.0%Davis4,318
53.1%Coolidge6,206
9.9%incl. La Follette
−16.2%
11,678
R
39.2%Cox4,899
60.0%Harding7,495
0.8%
−20.8%
12,493
R
48.6%Wilson3,753
49.2%Hughes3,802
2.3%
−0.6%
7,729
D
46.3%Wilson3,287
35.0%Taft2,490
18.7%incl. Roosevelt
+11.2%
7,106
R
48.9%Bryan3,783
49.3%Taft3,809
1.8%
−0.3%
7,729
R
43.6%Parker3,325
54.1%Roosevelt4,120
2.3%
−10.4%
7,618
R
46.7%Bryan3,582
52.2%McKinley4,006
1.2%
−5.5%
7,678
D
49.6%Bryan3,984
49.3%McKinley3,957
1.1%
+0.3%
8,033
D
50.1%Cleveland3,629
46.5%Harrison3,373
3.4%incl. Weaver
+3.5%
7,250
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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.
IndicatorVan Wert, OHMetro areaOhioStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White93.0%76.8%61.0%
Black0.5%12.2%12.2%
Asian0.3%2.6%6.0%
Two or more races4.7%6.5%12.6%
Other race1.5%2.0%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino4.2%4.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$67,917$71,389$84,427
Poverty rate9.0%13.3%12.5%
Median age41.639.839.1
Age 18–247.4%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older20.1%18.3%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)17.1%31.6%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home2.9%8.0%22.3%
Spanish1.4%2.7%13.6%
German or other West Germanic1.1%0.9%0.5%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 36.1%German 22.3%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryEnglish 9.9%Irish 12.3%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 6.9%English 11.0%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic7.6%15.4%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant14.9%19.5%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed64.5%52.2%51.5%
Mainline Protestant11.5%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
36.1%
English
9.9%
Irish
6.9%
American
6.3%
Italian
1.8%
Polish
1.5%
French
1.5%
Scottish
1.5%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
3.2%
Venezuelan
0.3%
Spaniard
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.
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: 41.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.5%
2.8%
75–84
3.5%
5.7%
65–74
5.9%
6.6%
55–64
7.2%
6.1%
45–54
5.8%
6.3%
35–44
5.7%
6.1%
25–34
5.9%
3.8%
18–24
3.6%
8.9%
5–17
8.0%
2.9%
<5
3.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$67,917
Van Wert, OH$67,917
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
9.0%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.2%
Working age (18–64)8.8%
Seniors (65+)9.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.1%
speak English only
Spanish1.4%
German or other West Germanic1.1%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%
Korean0.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
14.9%
Mainline Protestant
11.5%
Catholic
7.6%
Other Christian
1.5%
Unaffiliated or not counted64.5%
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.

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

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 14.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 58.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 58.2 points.

A population of 28,826, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,917 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Van Wert, OH, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Van Wert, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 58.2 points (R+58.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,806 votes cast, 3,000 went Democratic and 11,616 went Republican.
When did Van Wert, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Van Wert, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Van Wert, OH, Ohio?
Van Wert, OH, Ohio has a population of 28,826 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Van Wert, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Van Wert, OH, Ohio is $67,917 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Van Wert, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Van Wert, OH, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.