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1876–2024
Allen County, Ohio
Allen County·Ohio

Allen County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

Lima anchors a deeply Republican county in Ohio's western flatlands

18762024·38 elections
Allen County, Ohio · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+44
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
101,348
2024 ACS
Most similar
Shenandoah County
VA · similarity 1.00
88 precincts · 46,576 votes cast
Trump · R+44
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−43.9%
12,75433,20146,576
2020R
−39.5%
14,14933,11648,006
2016R
−36.8%
13,29430,48746,735
2012R
−23.8%
17,91429,50248,708
2008R
−20.6%
19,52229,94050,495
2004R
−32.7%
16,47032,58049,256
2000R
−33.5%
13,99628,64743,795
1996R
−20.0%
15,52924,32543,948
1992R
−24.4%
13,77725,32247,350
1988R
−38.5%
13,72731,02144,975
1984R
−46.5%
12,17633,50645,911
1980R
−36.1%
13,14029,07044,154
1976R
−23.2%
14,62723,72139,167
1972R
−43.5%
10,18426,96638,543
1968R
−31.6%
10,99423,12438,349
1964R
−2.3%
18,99019,89738,887
1960R
−31.1%
14,72528,00742,732
1956R
−40.4%
12,04228,38840,430
1952R
−30.2%
14,13926,39640,535
1948R
−13.8%
13,16117,38030,668
1944R
−25.2%
12,56421,02433,588
1940R
−17.7%
14,46920,67535,144
1936D
+4.2%
16,50015,07933,592
1932D
+6.3%
16,67614,67831,930
1928R
−37.0%
9,46220,69330,337
1924R
−32.8%
7,37815,71125,437
1920R
−8.9%
11,65813,97826,082
1916D
+15.5%
7,9055,71314,140
1912D
+25.9%
5,6962,63811,815
1908D
+10.0%
7,1955,84113,557
1904R
−9.6%
4,9806,09111,603
1900D
+10.5%
6,5405,28112,018
1896D
+12.4%
6,3944,95911,529
1892D
+14.7%
4,9453,5799,285
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
1.1%
African American
7.7%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
15.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
14.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
8.2%
Baptist
6.6%
Mainline Protestant
5.6%
Methodist
5.4%
Non-Christian
1.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Allen County's Republican presidential margins have exceeded 40 points in recent cycles, reflecting a rural and small-city electorate where manufacturing heritage and evangelical church density track closely with statewide GOP overperformance.

The Republican margin in Allen County reached its widest at forty-six points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was forty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Allen County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $64,038, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 101,348 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Shenandoah County and McIntosh County.