Zanesville, Ohio: Heartland Swing market. In 2024, voted R+44%. Republican peak: R+54 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+44MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Heartland SwingAkashic typology
- Population
- 86,4112024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,7802024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+28 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 1928MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Zanesville
TrumpR+44
Constituent county margins for Zanesville, OHOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 71.4% | 28,147 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 27.6% | 10,874 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.9% | 373 |
D+60R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +0.8% |
| 1896 | −2.6% |
| 1900 | −4.8% |
| 1904 | −15.0% |
| 1908 | −9.7% |
| 1912 | +8.9% |
| 1916 | −8.8% |
| 1920 | −18.7% |
| 1924 | −37.4% |
| 1928 | −54.2% |
| 1932 | −9.9% |
| 1936 | +2.5% |
| 1940 | −10.4% |
| 1944 | −16.0% |
| 1948 | −11.4% |
| 1952 | −26.0% |
| 1956 | −38.5% |
| 1960 | −23.8% |
| 1964 | +28.2% |
| 1968 | −6.8% |
| 1972 | −30.8% |
| 1976 | −3.9% |
| 1980 | −16.3% |
| 1984 | −36.7% |
| 1988 | −25.4% |
| 1992 | −7.2% |
| 1996 | −0.1% |
| 2000 | −14.0% |
| 2004 | −15.0% |
| 2008 | −7.2% |
| 2012 | −6.0% |
| 2016 | −34.3% |
| 2020 | −39.3% |
| 2024 | −43.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 10,874 | 28,147 | 39,394 | ||
| R | 11,971 | 27,867 | 40,465 | ||
| R | 11,123 | 24,056 | 37,708 | ||
| R | 17,002 | 19,264 | 37,603 | ||
| R | 17,730 | 20,549 | 39,225 | ||
| R | 16,421 | 22,254 | 38,866 | ||
| R | 13,415 | 17,995 | 32,624 | ||
| R | 13,813 | 13,861 | 32,972 | ||
| R | 11,670 | 14,168 | 34,720 | ||
| R | 11,691 | 19,736 | 31,674 | ||
| R | 10,037 | 21,821 | 32,101 | ||
| R | 12,584 | 17,921 | 32,688 | ||
| R | 14,178 | 15,358 | 30,070 | ||
| R | 10,313 | 19,897 | 31,094 | ||
| R | 13,089 | 15,260 | 31,705 | ||
| D | 20,792 | 11,635 | 32,427 | ||
| R | 13,254 | 21,518 | 34,772 | ||
| R | 10,110 | 22,788 | 32,898 | ||
| R | 12,490 | 21,244 | 33,734 | ||
| R | 12,765 | 16,049 | 28,895 | ||
| R | 12,729 | 17,577 | 30,306 | ||
| R | 15,753 | 19,395 | 35,148 | ||
| D | 16,265 | 15,454 | 32,573 | ||
| R | 13,378 | 16,366 | 30,285 | ||
| R | 6,507 | 22,120 | 28,798 | ||
| R | 6,709 | 15,571 | 23,697 | ||
| R | 9,437 | 13,862 | 23,671 | ||
| R | 6,328 | 7,597 | 14,502 | ||
| D | 5,376 | 4,134 | 13,973 | ||
| R | 6,576 | 8,080 | 15,431 | ||
| R | 5,511 | 7,597 | 13,928 | ||
| R | 6,667 | 7,365 | 14,414 | ||
| R | 6,871 | 7,245 | 14,299 | ||
| D | 6,230 | 6,123 | 12,814 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.9%
English
14.0%
Irish
11.3%
American
6.5%
Italian
2.5%
Scottish
1.9%
Polish
1.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$60,780
Zanesville ranks near the middle of US counties.
Zanesville$60,780
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
15.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.5%
Working age (18–64)13.7%
Seniors (65+)11.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.5%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.2%
Spanish0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Zanesville anchors a media market where blue-collar manufacturing heritage and rural Appalachian demographics have shifted the region's presidential margins rightward by double digits over the past two election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of twenty-eight points in 1964 and a Republican high of fifty-four points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-four points.
A population of 86,411, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,780 describe the market.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Zanesville, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Zanesville, Ohio voted Republican by 43.8 points (R+44), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 39,394 votes cast, 10,874 went Democratic and 28,147 went Republican.
What is Zanesville, Ohio's political typology?
Akashic places Zanesville, Ohio in the "Heartland Swing" 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 market has voted Democratic 4 times, Republican 30 times, and other 0 times.
When did Zanesville, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Zanesville, Ohio voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Zanesville, Ohio?
Zanesville, Ohio has a population of 86,411 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Zanesville, Ohio?
Median household income in Zanesville, Ohio is $60,780 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Zanesville, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Zanesville, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 30 went Republican. The market's typology — "Heartland Swing" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.