Zanesville, OH, Ohio: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+44%. Republican peak: R+54 in 1928.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+44MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 86,4112024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,7802024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+28 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 1928MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Zanesville, OH, OHOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 10,874 | 28,147 | 39,394 | ||
| R | 11,971 | 27,867 | 40,465 | ||
| R | 11,123 | 24,056 | 37,708 | ||
| R | 17,002 | 19,264 | 37,603 | ||
| R | 17,730 | 20,549 | 39,225 | ||
| R | 16,421 | 22,254 | 38,866 | ||
| R | 13,415 | 17,995 | 32,624 | ||
| R | 13,813 | 13,861 | 32,972 | ||
| R | 11,670 | 14,168 | 34,720 | ||
| R | 11,691 | 19,736 | 31,674 | ||
| R | 10,037 | 21,821 | 32,101 | ||
| R | 12,584 | 17,921 | 32,688 | ||
| R | 14,178 | 15,358 | 30,070 | ||
| R | 10,313 | 19,897 | 31,094 | ||
| R | 13,089 | 15,260 | 31,705 | ||
| D | 20,792 | 11,635 | 32,427 | ||
| R | 13,254 | 21,518 | 34,772 | ||
| R | 10,110 | 22,788 | 32,898 | ||
| R | 12,490 | 21,244 | 33,734 | ||
| R | 12,765 | 16,049 | 28,895 | ||
| R | 12,729 | 17,577 | 30,306 | ||
| R | 15,753 | 19,395 | 35,148 | ||
| D | 16,265 | 15,454 | 32,573 | ||
| R | 13,378 | 16,366 | 30,285 | ||
| R | 6,507 | 22,120 | 28,798 | ||
| R | 6,709 | 15,571 | 23,697 | ||
| R | 9,437 | 13,862 | 23,671 | ||
| R | 6,328 | 7,597 | 14,502 | ||
| D | 5,376 | 4,134 | 13,973 | ||
| R | 6,576 | 8,080 | 15,431 | ||
| R | 5,511 | 7,597 | 13,928 | ||
| R | 6,667 | 7,365 | 14,414 | ||
| R | 6,871 | 7,245 | 14,299 | ||
| D | 6,230 | 6,123 | 12,814 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.9%
English
14.0%
Irish
11.3%
American
6.5%
Italian
2.5%
Scottish
1.9%
Polish
1.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$60,780
Zanesville, OH ranks near the middle of US counties.
Zanesville, OH$60,780
Ohio$71,389
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.5%
Working age (18–64)13.7%
Seniors (65+)11.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.5%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.2%
Spanish0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Zanesville anchors a post-industrial stretch of southeast Ohio where manufacturing decline reshuffled long-standing Democratic loyalties, producing some of the sharpest partisan swings in the state over the past two decades.
The Democratic margin in Zanesville, OH peaked at twenty-eight points in 1964. By 1968 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-four points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $60,780 sits well below state and national norms, and 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Zanesville, OH, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Zanesville, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 43.8 points (R+44), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 39,394 votes cast, 10,874 went Democratic and 28,147 went Republican.
What is Zanesville, OH, Ohio's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Zanesville, OH, Ohio as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 4 times, Republican 30 times, and other 0 times.
When did Zanesville, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Zanesville, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Zanesville, OH, Ohio?
Zanesville, OH, Ohio has a population of 86,411 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Zanesville, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Zanesville, OH, Ohio is $60,780 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Zanesville, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Zanesville, OH, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 30 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.