Paulding County, Ohio

2024 results by precinct

16 precincts · 9,328 votes cast

Trump · R+56

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−55.9%	1,987	7,203	9,328
2020	R	−51.5%	2,213	7,086	9,467
2016	R	−47.8%	2,093	6,500	9,220
2012	R	−19.6%	3,538	5,354	9,256
2008	R	−11.8%	4,165	5,317	9,785
2004	R	−26.3%	3,610	6,206	9,879
2000	R	−20.4%	3,384	5,210	8,946
1996	R	−3.6%	3,449	3,760	8,596
1992	R	−3.8%	3,293	3,652	9,510
1988	R	−26.4%	3,114	5,381	8,571
1984	R	−32.4%	2,811	5,545	8,439
1980	R	−25.8%	2,778	4,971	8,494
1976	R	−5.2%	3,229	3,593	6,987
1972	R	−32.3%	2,283	4,553	7,025
1968	R	−17.8%	2,703	4,074	7,685
1964	D	+15.7%	4,465	3,254	7,719
1960	R	−27.4%	2,825	4,961	7,786
1956	R	−38.5%	2,170	4,885	7,055
1952	R	−33.9%	2,386	4,837	7,223
1948	R	−17.5%	2,512	3,579	6,110
1944	R	−31.4%	2,355	4,515	6,870
1940	R	−22.1%	3,155	4,949	8,104
1936	D	+4.0%	4,179	3,853	8,251
1932	D	+12.9%	4,165	3,201	7,485
1928	R	−24.5%	2,473	4,093	6,624
1924	R	−22.3%	2,242	3,648	6,312
1920	R	−24.6%	2,739	4,549	7,366
1916	R	−6.6%	2,313	2,647	5,068
1912	D	+14.3%	2,296	1,542	5,269
1908	R	−4.8%	2,767	3,049	5,907
1904	R	−16.1%	2,505	3,496	6,152
1900	R	−4.5%	3,284	3,597	6,966
1896	D	+1.0%	3,656	3,580	7,262
1892	D	+1.6%	2,997	2,900	6,101
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%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 41.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.5%

2.5%

75–84

2.7%

6.1%

65–74

5.7%

6.9%

55–64

7.4%

6.2%

45–54

5.8%

6.2%

35–44

5.9%

25–34

5.9%

3.6%

18–24

3.5%

9.1%

5–17

8.9%

2.8%

2.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,731

Paulding County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Paulding County$67,731

Ohio$71,389

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.9%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

Pentecostal & Holiness

10.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

9.8%

Other Christian

8.9%

Methodist

6.6%

Mainline Protestant

4.4%

Baptist

1.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Paulding County, tucked in Ohio's northwestern corner near the Indiana line, has trended toward supermajority Republican margins as its small farming communities have realigned over the past decade, with the 2024 presidential result reflecting a 56-point gap.

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

Paulding County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,731, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 18,791 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 Stark County and Jay County.

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