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Mercer County, OH


Micropolitan Statistical Area: Celina, OH
Designated Market Area: Dayton, OH-IN
USDA County Type (2025): Manufacturing
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Rural Middle America

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2024 population: 42,648   ( 120 from 2020)
Land area: 462.4 square miles
Population density: 92.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:40,050 93.91% 0.4%
Black:2270.53% 27.5%
Indian:1040.24% 0.0%
Asian:6771.59% 5.6%
2+ races:5401.27% 18.9%
Hispanic:1,0502.46% 12.9%
Total non-White:2,5986.09% 12.6%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:2,717 16.0
Deaths:1,98311.7
Net Migration: -815-4.8
Net Immigration: 2021.2
Change in White population:-171 -0.4
Change in Non-White pop.:291 0.7



Historical Presidential Election Results for Mercer County, OH



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St)
Diff
(US)
PSV
2024 75% Donald Trump (R) 19,710 82.7% Kamala Harris (D) 3,865 16.2% 251 [+] 1.1% 23,826 28 33 0.41%
2020 75% Donald Trump* (R) 19,452 81.8% Joe Biden (D) 4,030 16.9% 302 [+] 1.3% 23,784 29 35 0.40%
2016 70% Donald Trump (R) 17,506 80.2% Hillary Clinton (D) 3,384 15.5% 926 [+] 4.2% 21,816 29 34 0.39%
2012 71% Mitt Romney (R) 16,561 76.4% Barack Obama* (D) 4,745 21.9% 370 [+] 1.7% 21,676 29 29 0.39%
2008 71% John McCain (R) 15,100 70.9% Barack Obama (D) 5,853 27.5% 346 [+] 1.6% 21,299 24 25 0.37%
2004 71% George W. Bush* (R) 15,650 74.9% John Kerry (D) 5,118 24.5% 122 [+] 0.6% 20,890 24 24 0.37%
2000 64% George W. Bush (R) 12,485 68.2% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 5,212 28.5% 597 [+] 3.3% 18,294 18 20 0.39%
1996 63% Robert Dole (R) 8,832 50.0% Bill Clinton* (D) 6,300 35.7% 2,521 [+] 14.3% 17,653 9 9 0.39%
1992 67% George Bush* (R) 8,683 46.8% Ross Perot (I) 4,913 26.5% 4,949 [+] 26.7% 18,545 8 9 0.38%
1988 60% George Bush (R) 11,162 68.5% Michael Dukakis (D) 4,978 30.6% 146 [+] 0.9% 16,286 14 15 0.37%
1984 61% Ronald Reagan* (R) 11,542 71.5% Walter Mondale (D) 4,422 27.4% 180 1.1% 16,144 13 13 0.35%
1980 60% Ronald Reagan (R) 8,673 56.5% Jimmy Carter* (D) 5,506 35.9% 1,160 [+] 7.6% 15,339 5 6 0.36%
1976 64% Gerald Ford* (R) 7,678 51.7% Jimmy Carter (D) 6,724 45.3% 447 [+] 3.0% 14,849 3 4 0.36%
1972 66% Richard Nixon* (R) 8,587 57.6% George McGovern (D) 5,798 38.9% 522 [+] 3.5% 14,907 -2 -3 0.36%
1968 72% Hubert Humphrey (D) 6,801 47.9% Richard Nixon (R) 6,313 44.4% 1,095 [+] 7.7% 14,209 -1 1 0.36%
1964 76% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 10,081 69.7% Barry Goldwater (R) 4,373 30.3% 0 0.0% 14,454 -7 -8 0.36%
1960 84% Richard Nixon (R) 7,735 50.0% John Kennedy (D) 7,730 50.0% 0 0.0% 15,465 -3 0 0.37%
1956 72% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 9,456 68.9% Adlai Stevenson (D) 4,272 31.1% 0 0.0% 13,728 8 11 0.37%
1952 76% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 9,058 65.7% Adlai Stevenson (D) 4,725 34.3% 0 0.0% 13,783 9 11 0.37%
1948 65% Harry Truman* (D) 5,928 52.9% Thomas Dewey (R) 5,266 47.0% 8 [+] 0.1% 11,202 -2 2 0.38%
1944 73% Thomas Dewey (R) 7,712 63.0% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 4,522 37.0% 0 0.0% 12,234 13 17 0.39%
1940 80% Wendell Willkie (R) 7,905 60.7% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 5,114 39.3% 0 0.0% 13,019 13 16 0.39%
1936 88% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 7,217 54.7% Alf Landon (R) 3,602 27.3% 2,385 [+] 18.1% 13,204 -10 -9 0.44%
1932 81% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 8,462 70.9% Herbert Hoover* (R) 3,314 27.8% 153 [+] 1.3% 11,929 -19 -12 0.46%
1928 77% Al Smith (D) 6,155 54.3% Herbert Hoover (R) 5,129 45.3% 42 [+] 0.4% 11,326 -20 -13 0.45%
1924 69% John Davis (D) 5,135 49.2% Calvin Coolidge (R) 4,215 40.4% 1,084 [+] 10.4% 10,434 -18 -14 0.52%
1920 65% Warren Harding (R) 5,692 56.1% James Cox (D) 4,404 43.4% 44 [+] 0.4% 10,140 -2 -4 0.50%
1916 39% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 3,803 62.3% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 2,065 33.8% 239 [+] 3.9% 6,107 -10 -12 0.52%
1912 36% Woodrow Wilson (D) 3,591 63.2% William Taft* (R) 1,324 23.3% 768 [+] 13.5% 5,683 -4 0 0.55%
1908 45% William J. Bryan (D) 4,456 66.2% William Taft (R) 2,146 31.9% 125 [+] 1.9% 6,727 -19 -20 0.60%
1904 37% Alton Parker (D) 3,286 58.5% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 2,173 38.7% 156 [+] 2.8% 5,615 -21 -18 0.56%
1900 43% William J. Bryan (D) 4,460 67.9% William McKinley* (R) 2,015 30.7% 91 [+] 1.4% 6,566 -22 -21 0.63%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote

Historical Statewide Election Results for Mercer County, OH

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YearTypeTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal VotesDiff PSV
2024 S1 74% Bernie Moreno (R) 18,432 78.5% Sherrod Brown* (D) 4,337 18.5% 700 [+] 3.0% 23,469 28 0.41%
2022 S3 56% J.D. Vance (R) 14,390 80.9% Tim Ryan (D) 3,389 19.1% 3 [+] 0.0% 17,782 28 0.43%
2022 G 56% Mike DeWine* (R) 15,403 87.1% Nan Whaley (D) 2,230 12.6% 42 [+] 0.2% 17,675 25 0.43%
2018 S1 55% Jim Renacci (R) 12,637 73.7% Sherrod Brown* (D) 4,504 26.3% 2 [+] 0.0% 17,143 27 0.39%
2018 G 55% Mike DeWine (R) 13,697 79.0% Richard Cordray (D) 3,161 18.2% 476 [+] 2.7% 17,334 29 0.39%
2016 S3 69% Rob Portman* (R) 17,812 83.1% Ted Strickland (D) 2,919 13.6% 711 [+] 3.3% 21,442 25 0.40%
2014 G 40% John Kasich* (R) 10,155 82.9% Edward FitzGerald (D) 1,914 15.6% 184 [+] 1.5% 12,253 19 0.40%
2012 S1 70% Josh Mandel (R) 15,743 73.8% Sherrod Brown* (D) 4,736 22.2% 849 [+] 4.0% 21,328 29 0.39%
2010 S3 52% Rob Portman (R) 12,000 76.4% Lee Fisher (D) 3,073 19.6% 644 [+] 4.1% 15,717 20 0.41%
2010 G 53% John Kasich (R) 10,852 68.0% Ted Strickland* (D) 4,396 27.5% 710 [+] 4.4% 15,958 19 0.41%
2006 S1 53% Mike DeWine* (R) 10,118 65.1% Sherrod Brown (D) 5,413 34.9% 1 [+] 0.0% 15,532 21 0.39%
2006 G 53% Kenneth Blackwell (R) 9,429 60.3% Ted Strickland (D) 5,692 36.4% 525 [+] 3.4% 15,646 24 0.39%
2004 S3 71% George Voinovich* (R) 16,334 78.9% Eric Fingerhut (D) 4,379 21.1% 0 0.0% 20,713 15 0.38%
2002 G 51% Bob Taft III* (R) 11,001 74.2% Tim Hagan (D) 3,237 21.8% 596 [+] 4.0% 14,834 16 0.46%
2000 S1 63% Mike DeWine* (R) 13,239 73.6% Ted Celeste (D) 4,259 23.7% 500 [+] 2.8% 17,998 14 0.40%
1998 S3 47% George Voinovich (R) 8,342 62.9% Mary Boyle (D) 4,927 37.1% 0 0.0% 13,269 6 0.39%
1998 G 45% Bob Taft III (R) 7,730 60.3% Lee Fisher (D) 4,337 33.8% 748 [+] 5.8% 12,815 10 0.38%
1994 S1 49% Mike DeWine (R) 8,913 65.0% Joel Hyatt (D) 3,964 28.9% 843 [+] 6.1% 13,720 12 0.40%
1994 G 47% George Voinovich* (R) 9,308 70.4% Robert Burch (D) 3,382 25.6% 530 [+] 4.0% 13,220 -1 0.40%
1992 S3 66% Mike DeWine (R) 11,161 61.0% John Glenn* (D) 6,015 32.9% 1,122 [+] 6.1% 18,298 19 0.38%
1990 G 51% George Voinovich (R) 9,122 66.0% Anthony Celebrezze (D) 4,704 34.0% 0 0.0% 13,826 10 0.40%
1988 S1 60% George Voinovich (R) 9,435 58.0% Howard Metzenbaum* (D) 6,821 42.0% 0 0.0% 16,256 15 0.37%
1986 S3 47% Thomas Kindness (R) 7,127 56.4% John Glenn* (D) 5,514 43.6% 0 0.0% 12,641 19 0.41%
1986 G 46% Richard Celeste* (D) 7,217 58.9% James Rhodes (R) 5,043 41.1% 2 [+] 0.0% 12,262 2 0.40%
1982 S1 46% Howard Metzenbaum* (D) 6,145 51.9% Paul Pfeifer (R) 5,484 46.3% 206 [+] 1.7% 11,835 5 0.35%
1982 G 44% Clarence Brown, Jr. (R) 5,652 49.2% Richard Celeste (D) 5,625 49.0% 208 [+] 1.8% 11,485 10 0.34%
1980 S3 58% John Glenn* (D) 8,948 59.8% James Betts (R) 5,627 37.6% 390 [+] 2.6% 14,965 9 0.37%
1978 G 37% Richard Celeste (D) 4,438 50.4% James Rhodes* (R) 3,983 45.3% 379 [+] 4.3% 8,800 -4 0.31%
1976 S1 62% Robert Taft, Jr.* (R) 7,025 48.3% Howard Metzenbaum (D) 6,560 45.1% 951 [+] 6.5% 14,536 2 0.37%
1974 S3 46% John Glenn (D) 5,391 51.5% Ralph Perk (R) 4,629 44.2% 451 [+] 4.3% 10,471 13 0.35%
1974 G 47% John Gilligan* (D) 6,173 57.6% James Rhodes (R) 4,132 38.6% 410 [+] 3.8% 10,715 -10 0.35%
1970 S1 54% Howard Metzenbaum (D) 5,442 48.7% Robert Taft, Jr. (R) 5,285 47.3% 446 [+] 4.0% 11,173 -2 0.35%
1970 G 55% John Gilligan (D) 6,581 58.0% Roger Cloud (R) 4,484 39.5% 288 [+] 2.5% 11,353 -4 0.36%
1968 S3 68% John Gilligan (D) 7,323 54.2% William Saxbe (R) 6,177 45.8% 0 0.0% 13,500 -6 0.36%
1966 G 52% James Rhodes* (R) 5,125 51.1% Frazier Reams, Jr. (D) 4,904 48.9% 0 0.0% 10,029 -11 0.35%
1964 S1 73% Robert Taft, Jr. (R) 6,955 50.1% Stephen Young* (D) 6,932 49.9% 0 0.0% 13,887 0 0.36%
1962 S3 59% Frank Lausche* (D) 7,454 67.2% John Briley (R) 3,636 32.8% 0 0.0% 11,090 -6 0.37%
1962 G 61% James Rhodes (R) 6,138 53.6% Michael DiSalle* (D) 5,313 46.4% 0 0.0% 11,451 -5 0.37%
*: incumbent               +: ran on additional party lines               Type: G: Governor; S1,S2,S3: Senate Class 1, 2 or 3
italics: special election           RO: runoff election           PSV: percent of state vote


Historical U.S. House Election Results for Mercer County, OH

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DateDistrictWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
2024-11-05 OH05Bob Latta* (R) 19,351 85.7% Keith Mundy (D) 3,226 14.3% 0 0.0% 22,577
County Total for 2024-11-05:   22,577
2022-11-08 OH05Bob Latta* (R) 15,108 85.1% Craig Swartz (D) 2,639 14.9% 0 0.0% 17,747
County Total for 2022-11-08:   17,747
2020-11-03 OH04Jim Jordan* (R) 1,588 80.0% Shannon Freshour (D) 355 17.9% 42 2.1% 1,985
2020-11-03 OH05Bob Latta* (R) 8,821 80.6% Nick Rubando (D) 2,126 19.4% 0 0.0% 10,947
2020-11-03 OH08Warren Davidson* (R) 9,303 89.2% Vanessa Enoch (D) 1,128 10.8% 1 0.0% 10,432
County Total for 2020-11-03:   23,364
2018-11-06 OH04Jim Jordan* (R) 1,161 79.5% Janet Garrett (D) 300 20.5% 0 0.0% 1,461
2018-11-06 OH05Bob Latta* (R) 5,822 75.3% Michael Galbraith (D) 1,706 22.1% 203 2.6% 7,731
2018-11-06 OH08Warren Davidson* (R) 6,899 87.2% Vanessa Enoch (D) 1,013 12.8% 0 0.0% 7,912
County Total for 2018-11-06:   17,104
2016-11-08 OH04Jim Jordan* (R) 1,371 80.9% Janet Garrett (D) 323 19.1% 0 0.0% 1,694
2016-11-08 OH05Bob Latta* (R) 7,747 80.6% James Neu (D) 1,859 19.4% 0 0.0% 9,606
2016-11-08 OH08Warren Davidson* (R) 8,018 86.2% Steven Fought (D) 989 10.6% 291 3.1% 9,298
County Total for 2016-11-08:   20,598
2016-06-07 sp OH08Warren Davidson (R) 536 86.6% Corey Foister (D) 72 11.6% 11 1.8% 619
County Total for 2016-06-07:   619
2014-11-04 OH04Jim Jordan* (R) 775 78.4% Janet Garrett (D) 213 21.6% 0 0.0% 988
2014-11-04 OH05Bob Latta* (R) 4,070 74.7% Robert Fry (D) 1,156 21.2% 222 4.1% 5,448
2014-11-04 OH08John Boehner* (R) 4,816 83.3% Tom Poetter (D) 721 12.5% 245 4.2% 5,782
County Total for 2014-11-04:   12,218
2012-11-06 OH04Jim Jordan* (R) 1,216 74.0% Jim Slone (D) 361 22.0% 66 4.0% 1,643
2012-11-06 OH05Bob Latta* (R) 6,716 68.4% Angela Zimmann (D) 2,700 27.5% 409 4.2% 9,825
2012-11-06 OH08John Boehner* (R) 8,436 100.0% 2 0.0% 8,438
County Total for 2012-11-06:   19,906
2010-11-02 OH05Bob Latta* (R) 2,715 77.1% Caleb Finkenbiner (D) 649 18.4% 156 4.4% 3,520
2010-11-02 OH08John Boehner* (R) 9,159 73.9% Justin Coussoule (D) 2,756 22.3% 471 3.8% 12,386
County Total for 2010-11-02:   15,906
2008-11-04 OH05Bob Latta* (R) 3,422 72.2% George Mays (D) 1,315 27.8% 0 0.0% 4,737
2008-11-04 OH08John Boehner* (R) 12,669 79.6% Nicholas Von Stein (D) 3,241 20.4% 0 0.0% 15,910
County Total for 2008-11-04:   20,647
2007-12-11 sp OH05Bob Latta (R) 675 66.9% Robin Weirauch (D) 329 32.6% 5 0.5% 1,009
County Total for 2007-12-11:   1,009
2006-11-07 OH05Paul Gillmor* (R) 2,406 68.3% Robin Weirauch (D) 1,117 31.7% 0 0.0% 3,523
2006-11-07 OH08John Boehner* (R) 8,759 73.5% Mort Meier (D) 3,163 26.5% 0 0.0% 11,922
County Total for 2006-11-07:   15,445
2004-11-02 OH05Paul Gillmor* (R) 3,605 75.1% Robin Weirauch (D) 1,194 24.9% 0 0.0% 4,799
2004-11-02 OH08John Boehner* (R) 12,261 78.4% Jeff Hardenbrook (D) 3,378 21.6% 0 0.0% 15,639
County Total for 2004-11-02:   20,438
2002-11-05 OH05Paul Gillmor* (R) 2,536 69.6% Roger Anderson (D) 884 24.3% 222 6.1% 3,642
2002-11-05 OH08John Boehner* (R) 8,969 78.7% Jeff Hardenbrook (D) 2,422 21.3% 0 0.0% 11,391
County Total for 2002-11-05:   15,033
2000-11-07 OH05Paul Gillmor* (R) 1,559 70.4% Dannie Edmon (D) 541 24.4% 115 5.2% 2,215
2000-11-07 OH08John Boehner* (R) 11,970 76.3% John Parks (D) 3,369 21.5% 359 2.3% 15,698
County Total for 2000-11-07:   17,913
1996-11-05 OH05Paul Gillmor* (R) 1,454 62.0% Annie Saunders (D) 787 33.5% 106 4.5% 2,347
1996-11-05 OH08John Boehner* (R) 10,959 72.9% Jeffrey Kitchen (D) 3,570 23.7% 513 3.4% 15,042
County Total for 1996-11-05:   17,389
1994-11-08 OH05Paul Gillmor* (R) 1,364 70.1% Jarrod Tudor (D) 583 29.9% 0 0.0% 1,947
1994-11-08 OH08John Boehner* (R) 9,102 99.9% Roger Campbell (I) 7 0.1% 0 0.0% 9,109
County Total for 1994-11-08:   11,056
*: incumbent           sp: special election           RO: runoff election

Voter Registration Data for Mercer County, OH

Party registration is not used in this state, however as of 2022 registrations in Mercer County, OH were estimated to be 50% Republican and 11% Democrat.

YearTotalRepublicanDemocratOtherR/D EdgeR/D Edge %VAPOP %
2024 29,692 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 29,692 100.0% n/a n/a 94%
2022 29,555 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 29,555 100.0% n/a n/a 94%
2020 29,398 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 29,398 100.0% n/a n/a 93%
2018 29,411 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 29,411 100.0% n/a n/a 94%
2016 28,731 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 28,731 100.0% n/a n/a 93%
2014 29,404 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 29,404 100.0% n/a n/a 96%
2012 29,507 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 29,507 100.0% n/a n/a 97%
2010 28,609 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 28,609 100.0% n/a n/a 95%
2008 27,589 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 27,589 100.0% n/a n/a 93%
2006 30,705 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 30,705 100.0% n/a n/a 104%
2004 31,306 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 31,306 100.0% n/a n/a 107%
2002 26,848 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 26,848 100.0% n/a n/a 92%
2000 25,079 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 25,079 100.0% n/a n/a 87%
1998 23,746 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 23,746 100.0% n/a n/a 83%
VAPOP% is the estimated percentage of voting age population that is registered.
Registration data may include "inactive" voters.   Data for each year pertains to the November elections.