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1876–2024
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Cuyahoga County·Ohio

Cuyahoga County is one of the bluest places in America.

Cleveland's anchor county posts some of Ohio's widest Democratic margins

18762024·38 elections
Cuyahoga County, Ohio · Erik Drost · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+31
in 2024
Archetype
Urban anchor
since the recent cycles
Population
1,245,873
2024 ACS
Most similar
Berkshire County
MA · similarity 1.00
967 precincts · 581,515 votes cast
Harris · D+31
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+31.2%
376,385195,165581,515
2020D
+34.1%
416,176202,699625,670
2016D
+34.7%
398,271184,211617,350
2012D
+39.5%
447,273190,660650,437
2008D
+38.7%
458,422199,880667,299
2004D
+33.7%
448,503221,600673,777
2000D
+29.2%
359,913192,099574,782
1996D
+31.6%
341,357163,770561,892
1992D
+23.5%
337,548187,186640,241
1988D
+18.5%
353,401242,439601,117
1984D
+12.1%
362,626284,094651,633
1980D
+8.6%
307,448254,883614,682
1976D
+15.0%
349,186255,594623,222
1972R
−1.8%
317,670329,493659,751
1968D
+18.5%
363,540238,791673,839
1964D
+43.0%
492,911196,436689,347
1960D
+19.7%
429,030288,056717,086
1956R
−7.4%
304,558353,474658,032
1952R
−0.7%
324,962329,465654,427
1948D
+8.8%
257,958214,889490,628
1944D
+20.6%
330,659217,824548,483
1940D
+24.8%
347,118209,070556,188
1936D
+38.3%
311,117128,947475,418
1932D
+5.2%
185,731166,337370,578
1928R
−7.8%
166,188194,508364,108
1924R
−40.2%
24,000130,169264,066
1920R
−33.9%
70,518148,857231,279
1916D
+15.7%
71,53351,287128,900
1912D
+28.7%
43,61014,176102,624
1908R
−16.1%
39,95456,344101,729
1904R
−36.3%
24,20257,36791,256
1900R
−3.2%
42,44045,29990,288
1896R
−6.7%
37,54242,99381,490
1892D
+4.9%
29,54326,65758,414
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
0.8%
English
0.5%
African American
23.1%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
Catholic & Orthodox
28.0%
Other Christian
14.9%
Baptist
6.1%
Non-Christian
4.6%
Mainline Protestant
3.5%
Methodist
2.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Cleveland and a dense ring of inner suburbs, Cuyahoga delivers reliably lopsided Democratic presidential margins — D+31.4 in 2024 — making it the single largest vote reservoir for statewide Democratic candidates in Ohio.

The Democratic margin in Cuyahoga County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at forty-three points in 1964; the 2024 margin was thirty-one points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Cuyahoga County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $64,468, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Berkshire County and Philadelphia County.