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1876–2024
Fairfield County, Ohio
Fairfield County·Ohio

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

A Columbus-area county where suburban growth hasn't dented a deep red baseline

18762024·38 elections
Fairfield County, Ohio · Jm0371 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+24
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
163,453
2024 ACS
Most similar
Northumberland County
VA · similarity 1.00
111 precincts · 84,457 votes cast
Trump · R+24
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−24.0%
31,69551,99984,457
2020R
−23.5%
31,22450,79783,311
2016R
−26.2%
24,88144,31474,225
2012R
−15.4%
29,89041,03472,547
2008R
−17.1%
29,25041,58072,147
2004R
−26.4%
24,78342,71567,882
2000R
−26.7%
19,06533,52354,094
1996R
−15.8%
18,82126,85050,684
1992R
−19.4%
14,24924,12550,789
1988R
−39.7%
12,50429,20842,051
1984R
−51.2%
9,81730,84341,033
1980R
−27.7%
13,14424,09639,515
1976R
−17.3%
13,36119,09833,079
1972R
−46.3%
7,74621,90930,568
1968R
−18.5%
9,53314,81028,467
1964D
+15.2%
15,61111,48027,091
1960R
−32.1%
9,12817,74326,871
1956R
−30.5%
8,33715,64723,984
1952R
−24.4%
9,14015,02724,167
1948R
−0.5%
9,3759,47118,907
1944R
−13.8%
8,43911,13519,574
1940D
+2.2%
11,29810,81322,111
1936D
+20.5%
12,3228,06220,830
1932D
+12.6%
10,4108,05018,704
1928R
−36.3%
5,61912,07217,788
1924R
−15.5%
5,8908,28115,393
1920D
+6.4%
8,6107,57216,298
1916D
+28.7%
6,1723,3809,744
1912D
+38.6%
5,1011,6728,879
1908D
+18.0%
5,8214,0239,998
1904D
+6.1%
4,6324,0849,024
1900D
+18.2%
5,4313,7389,313
1896D
+20.8%
5,2503,4328,756
1892D
+20.7%
4,6503,0047,941
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
7.4%
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
Other Christian
14.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
13.6%
Mainline Protestant
4.8%
Methodist
4.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.6%
Baptist
1.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Fairfield County sits on Columbus's southeastern fringe, and despite steady residential expansion from the metro, it has returned Republican presidential margins above 20 points in every cycle since 2000.

The Republican margin in Fairfield County reached its widest at fifty-one points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was twenty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Fairfield County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $90,966, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 163,453 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 Northumberland County and Mobile County.