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1876–2024
Knox County, Ohio
Knox County·Ohio

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

One of Ohio's most reliably Republican rural counties, by wide margins

18762024·38 elections
Knox County, Ohio · Mark Spearman from Newark, Ohio, USA · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+45
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
63,142
2024 ACS
Most similar
Wayne County
OH · similarity 1.00
54 precincts · 32,277 votes cast
Trump · R+45
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−44.7%
8,69823,11232,277
2020R
−43.8%
8,58922,34031,398
2016R
−37.4%
8,17119,13129,278
2012R
−23.7%
10,47017,26628,692
2008R
−19.9%
11,01416,64028,285
2004R
−26.8%
9,82017,06827,045
2000R
−29.4%
7,13313,39321,260
1996R
−12.9%
7,56210,15920,068
1992R
−8.2%
7,2599,04421,745
1988R
−27.6%
6,88212,18019,200
1984R
−41.9%
5,73014,06219,901
1980R
−20.9%
6,58610,38418,195
1976R
−11.3%
7,3619,29017,081
1972R
−31.9%
5,37010,70516,739
1968R
−20.3%
5,7259,07216,492
1964D
+21.5%
11,2227,25818,480
1960R
−31.9%
6,56512,71119,276
1956R
−42.7%
4,95812,34717,305
1952R
−38.1%
5,69412,70518,399
1948R
−16.9%
6,1208,60714,755
1944R
−28.3%
5,5739,96315,536
1940R
−18.5%
7,08110,30317,384
1936D
+2.2%
8,3157,95616,641
1932R
−8.2%
7,0088,27215,486
1928R
−46.8%
3,60110,02813,724
1924R
−21.4%
4,7217,51913,093
1920R
−12.4%
6,3618,17814,610
1916D
+11.1%
4,5783,6468,383
1912D
+14.0%
3,6322,5307,894
1908R
−1.0%
4,2334,3188,796
1904R
−15.9%
3,0364,2357,540
1900R
−2.7%
3,7974,0117,933
1896D
+3.8%
4,0623,7627,884
1892D
+2.0%
3,4893,3477,280
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
0.8%
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
18.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.2%
Methodist
4.2%
Baptist
3.0%
Mainline Protestant
2.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Knox County's rolling farmland and small-town core around Mount Vernon have produced Republican presidential margins exceeding 40 points in recent cycles, reflecting a broader rural realignment that has deepened steadily since 2008.

The Republican margin in Knox County reached its widest at forty-seven points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was forty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Knox County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $73,878, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 63,142 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 Wayne County and Missaukee County.