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1876–2024
Champaign County, Ohio
Champaign County·Ohio

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

One of Ohio's most lopsided rural counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Champaign County, Ohio · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+51
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
38,804
2024 ACS
Most similar
Crawford County
OH · similarity 1.00
28 precincts · 20,564 votes cast
Trump · R+51
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−50.5%
4,94415,33420,564
2020R
−47.7%
5,06214,58919,972
2016R
−43.3%
4,59412,63118,548
2012R
−21.4%
7,04411,04518,669
2008R
−19.8%
7,38511,14118,936
2004R
−25.3%
6,96811,71818,776
2000R
−20.8%
5,9559,22015,680
1996R
−3.9%
5,9906,56814,893
1992R
−11.1%
5,2017,00416,252
1988R
−35.3%
4,2728,99513,368
1984R
−47.0%
3,5449,93513,600
1980R
−26.6%
4,1097,35612,225
1976R
−15.5%
4,7486,52611,502
1972R
−40.7%
3,6268,75612,603
1968R
−20.4%
4,2646,86312,750
1964D
+12.2%
7,1385,58812,726
1960R
−33.4%
4,5609,14113,701
1956R
−39.0%
3,8518,76712,618
1952R
−32.1%
4,5638,88013,443
1948R
−17.2%
4,5856,49211,100
1944R
−23.8%
4,8007,79512,595
1940R
−13.9%
5,9297,84113,770
1936R
−2.8%
6,4856,87213,719
1932D
+1.6%
6,3966,19112,712
1928R
−39.6%
3,2967,65111,006
1924R
−25.4%
3,5756,18110,245
1920R
−20.7%
4,7757,28512,128
1916R
−5.0%
3,3383,6957,133
1912D
+5.4%
2,7632,3926,818
1908R
−13.3%
3,1604,1537,457
1904R
−27.4%
2,3364,1926,763
1900R
−14.6%
3,1924,3067,646
1896R
−11.3%
3,4324,3147,825
1892R
−13.3%
2,7913,7086,871
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%
African American
1.3%
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
10.9%
Methodist
6.0%
Baptist
5.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.5%
Mainline Protestant
2.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 70.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Champaign County's small-city core of Urbana anchors a largely agricultural landscape where the 2024 presidential margin exceeded 50 points, placing it among Ohio's most one-sided counties in recent cycles.

The Republican margin in Champaign County reached its widest at fifty-one points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was fifty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Champaign County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $75,556, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 38,804 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 Crawford County and Morrow County.