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Portage County, OH


Metropolitan Statistical Area: Akron, OH
Designated Market Area: Cleveland, OH
USDA County Type (2025): Government
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Middle Suburbs

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2024 population: 163,839   ( 2,041 from 2020)
Land area: 487.4 square miles
Population density: 336.1 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:142,284 86.84% 1.0%
Black:8,7585.35% 13.7%
Indian:3060.19% 20.5%
Asian:4,6792.86% 35.8%
2+ races:3,8832.37% 19.2%
Hispanic:3,9292.40% 13.0%
Total non-White:21,55513.16% 18.9%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:5,759 8.9
Deaths:7,57511.7
Net Migration: 1,9493.0
Net Immigration: 1,8262.8
Change in White population:-1,379 -0.9
Change in Non-White pop.:3,420 2.1



Historical Presidential Election Results for Portage County, OH



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St)
Diff
(US)
PSV
2024 63% Donald Trump (R) 47,681 57.0% Kamala Harris (D) 34,759 41.6% 1,179 [+] 1.4% 83,619 2 7 1.44%
2020 63% Donald Trump* (R) 45,990 55.4% Joe Biden (D) 35,661 43.0% 1,371 [+] 1.7% 83,022 2 9 1.40%
2016 59% Donald Trump (R) 39,971 52.1% Hillary Clinton (D) 32,397 42.2% 4,394 [+] 5.7% 76,762 1 6 1.39%
2012 59% Barack Obama* (D) 39,453 51.7% Mitt Romney (R) 35,242 46.1% 1,689 [+] 2.2% 76,384 -1 -1 1.37%
2008 63% Barack Obama (D) 41,856 53.4% John McCain (R) 34,822 44.4% 1,724 [+] 2.2% 78,402 -2 -1 1.37%
2004 63% John Kerry (D) 40,675 53.1% George W. Bush* (R) 35,583 46.4% 389 [+] 0.5% 76,647 -4 -4 1.36%
2000 54% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 31,446 50.0% George W. Bush (R) 28,271 44.9% 3,182 [+] 5.1% 62,899 -5 -3 1.34%
1996 52% Bill Clinton* (D) 29,441 50.6% Robert Dole (R) 18,939 32.5% 9,858 [+] 16.9% 58,238 -8 -8 1.28%
1992 57% Bill Clinton (D) 26,325 42.4% George Bush* (R) 18,447 29.7% 17,363 [+] 27.9% 62,135 -9 -8 1.26%
1988 50% George Bush (R) 26,334 50.2% Michael Dukakis (D) 25,607 48.8% 539 [+] 1.0% 52,480 -5 -3 1.19%
1984 51% Ronald Reagan* (R) 29,536 57.1% Walter Mondale (D) 21,719 42.0% 432 0.8% 51,687 -2 -2 1.14%
1980 50% Ronald Reagan (R) 22,829 47.4% Jimmy Carter* (D) 20,570 42.7% 4,791 [+] 9.9% 48,190 -4 -3 1.12%
1976 50% Jimmy Carter (D) 24,417 55.7% Gerald Ford* (R) 17,927 40.9% 1,480 [+] 3.4% 43,824 -8 -7 1.07%
1972 53% Richard Nixon* (R) 23,294 51.8% George McGovern (D) 20,769 46.2% 939 [+] 2.1% 45,002 -8 -9 1.10%
1968 51% Hubert Humphrey (D) 16,348 44.8% Richard Nixon (R) 15,064 41.3% 5,093 [+] 14.0% 36,505 -4 -2 0.92%
1964 54% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 23,308 68.3% Barry Goldwater (R) 10,842 31.7% 0 0.0% 34,150 -5 -7 0.86%
1960 69% Richard Nixon (R) 19,634 51.4% John Kennedy (D) 18,528 48.6% 0 0.0% 38,162 -2 2 0.92%
1956 61% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 18,943 59.1% Adlai Stevenson (D) 13,128 40.9% 0 0.0% 32,071 -2 2 0.87%
1952 67% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 17,168 55.9% Adlai Stevenson (D) 13,553 44.1% 0 0.0% 30,721 -1 1 0.83%
1948 60% Harry Truman* (D) 11,987 50.2% Thomas Dewey (R) 11,621 48.7% 268 [+] 1.1% 23,876 -1 4 0.81%
1944 70% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 12,533 50.5% Thomas Dewey (R) 12,284 49.5% 0 0.0% 24,817 -1 4 0.79%
1940 80% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 12,687 51.9% Wendell Willkie (R) 11,777 48.1% 0 0.0% 24,464 0 3 0.74%
1936 81% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 13,798 61.4% Alf Landon (R) 8,035 35.8% 630 [+] 2.8% 22,463 -2 -1 0.75%
1932 75% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 9,662 48.4% Herbert Hoover* (R) 9,586 48.0% 733 [+] 3.7% 19,981 1 8 0.77%
1928 67% Herbert Hoover (R) 12,086 71.3% Al Smith (D) 4,756 28.1% 106 [+] 0.6% 16,948 6 13 0.68%
1924 58% Calvin Coolidge (R) 8,583 62.4% John Davis (D) 2,994 21.8% 2,172 [+] 15.8% 13,749 4 8 0.68%
1920 63% Warren Harding (R) 8,231 59.0% James Cox (D) 5,405 38.7% 317 [+] 2.3% 13,953 1 -1 0.69%
1916 38% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 4,269 55.6% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 3,142 40.9% 272 [+] 3.5% 7,683 -3 -5 0.66%
1912 39% Woodrow Wilson (D) 2,855 38.6% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 2,583 35.0% 1,949 [+] 26.4% 7,387 -11 -7 0.71%
1908 47% William Taft (R) 4,129 51.2% William J. Bryan (D) 3,625 44.9% 317 [+] 3.9% 8,071 0 0 0.72%
1904 44% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 4,712 62.5% Alton Parker (D) 2,486 33.0% 343 [+] 4.5% 7,541 3 6 0.75%
1900 49% William McKinley* (R) 4,311 52.7% William J. Bryan (D) 3,651 44.6% 222 [+] 2.7% 8,184 0 1 0.79%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote

Historical Statewide Election Results for Portage County, OH

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YearTypeTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal VotesDiff PSV
2024 S1 62% Bernie Moreno (R) 42,163 51.3% Sherrod Brown* (D) 37,082 45.1% 3,000 [+] 3.6% 82,245 1 1.44%
2022 S3 45% J.D. Vance (R) 32,274 53.4% Tim Ryan (D) 28,175 46.6% 32 [+] 0.1% 60,481 0 1.46%
2022 G 45% Mike DeWine* (R) 37,634 62.3% Nan Whaley (D) 22,665 37.5% 117 [+] 0.2% 60,416 0 1.46%
2018 S1 46% Sherrod Brown* (D) 32,303 53.3% Jim Renacci (R) 28,231 46.6% 22 [+] 0.0% 60,556 0 1.37%
2018 G 47% Mike DeWine (R) 29,563 48.7% Richard Cordray (D) 28,679 47.3% 2,427 [+] 4.0% 60,669 -2 1.37%
2016 S3 57% Rob Portman* (R) 41,313 56.2% Ted Strickland (D) 27,492 37.4% 4,736 [+] 6.4% 73,541 -2 1.37%
2014 G 32% John Kasich* (R) 25,432 62.4% Edward FitzGerald (D) 13,545 33.2% 1,806 [+] 4.4% 40,783 -1 1.33%
2012 S1 58% Sherrod Brown* (D) 37,144 50.1% Josh Mandel (R) 32,531 43.9% 4,506 [+] 6.1% 74,181 -1 1.36%
2010 S3 38% Rob Portman (R) 26,528 54.1% Lee Fisher (D) 18,891 38.5% 3,616 [+] 7.4% 49,035 -3 1.29%
2010 G 39% John Kasich (R) 24,341 48.8% Ted Strickland* (D) 23,161 46.4% 2,395 [+] 4.8% 49,897 0 1.30%
2006 S1 44% Sherrod Brown (D) 34,576 63.2% Mike DeWine* (R) 20,075 36.7% 34 [+] 0.1% 54,685 -7 1.36%
2006 G 45% Ted Strickland (D) 36,553 66.5% Kenneth Blackwell (R) 16,223 29.5% 2,194 [+] 4.0% 54,970 -7 1.37%
2004 S3 61% George Voinovich* (R) 44,185 59.6% Eric Fingerhut (D) 29,962 40.4% 0 0.0% 74,147 -4 1.37%
2002 G 35% Bob Taft III* (R) 19,887 47.9% Tim Hagan (D) 19,708 47.5% 1,935 [+] 4.7% 41,530 -10 1.29%
2000 S1 52% Mike DeWine* (R) 34,078 56.2% Ted Celeste (D) 23,218 38.3% 3,307 [+] 5.5% 60,603 -4 1.36%
1998 S3 37% Mary Boyle (D) 21,876 51.8% George Voinovich (R) 20,338 48.2% 0 0.0% 42,214 -8 1.24%
1998 G 36% Lee Fisher (D) 19,487 47.0% Bob Taft III (R) 18,913 45.6% 3,082 [+] 7.4% 41,482 -4 1.24%
1994 S1 39% Mike DeWine (R) 20,945 47.9% Joel Hyatt (D) 18,492 42.3% 4,267 [+] 9.8% 43,704 -6 1.27%
1994 G 39% George Voinovich* (R) 29,846 69.8% Robert Burch (D) 11,301 26.4% 1,582 [+] 3.7% 42,729 -2 1.28%
1992 S3 56% John Glenn* (D) 32,328 52.8% Mike DeWine (R) 23,150 37.8% 5,799 [+] 9.5% 61,277 -4 1.28%
1990 G 40% George Voinovich (R) 23,631 54.7% Anthony Celebrezze (D) 19,586 45.3% 8 [+] 0.0% 43,225 -1 1.24%
1988 S1 50% Howard Metzenbaum* (D) 31,762 60.6% George Voinovich (R) 20,610 39.4% 0 0.0% 52,372 -4 1.20%
1986 S3 36% John Glenn* (D) 24,671 66.0% Thomas Kindness (R) 12,730 34.0% 1 [+] 0.0% 37,402 -4 1.20%
1986 G 35% Richard Celeste* (D) 25,178 68.9% James Rhodes (R) 11,333 31.0% 6 [+] 0.0% 36,517 -8 1.19%
1982 S1 39% Howard Metzenbaum* (D) 22,687 58.4% Paul Pfeifer (R) 15,425 39.7% 705 [+] 1.8% 38,817 -1 1.14%
1982 G 38% Richard Celeste (D) 24,922 65.6% Clarence Brown, Jr. (R) 12,334 32.5% 719 [+] 1.9% 37,975 -6 1.13%
1980 S3 49% John Glenn* (D) 34,935 74.1% James Betts (R) 11,032 23.4% 1,201 [+] 2.5% 47,168 -5 1.17%
1978 G 36% Richard Celeste (D) 19,434 60.7% James Rhodes* (R) 11,769 36.7% 825 [+] 2.6% 32,028 -13 1.13%
1976 S1 50% Howard Metzenbaum (D) 24,773 56.6% Robert Taft, Jr.* (R) 17,849 40.8% 1,151 [+] 2.6% 43,773 -6 1.12%
1974 S3 38% John Glenn (D) 22,919 70.6% Ralph Perk (R) 7,991 24.6% 1,561 [+] 4.8% 32,471 -6 1.09%
1974 G 38% John Gilligan* (D) 18,334 56.4% James Rhodes (R) 12,526 38.5% 1,668 [+] 5.1% 32,528 -10 1.06%
1970 S1 40% Howard Metzenbaum (D) 15,635 50.6% Robert Taft, Jr. (R) 14,323 46.4% 920 [+] 3.0% 30,878 -3 0.98%
1970 G 40% John Gilligan (D) 18,769 60.5% Roger Cloud (R) 11,409 36.8% 854 [+] 2.8% 31,032 -7 0.97%
1968 S3 50% John Gilligan (D) 19,066 53.3% William Saxbe (R) 16,719 46.7% 0 0.0% 35,785 -5 0.96%
1966 G 38% James Rhodes* (R) 15,044 59.0% Frazier Reams, Jr. (D) 10,467 41.0% 0 0.0% 25,511 -3 0.88%
1964 S1 53% Stephen Young* (D) 17,414 51.5% Robert Taft, Jr. (R) 16,393 48.5% 0 0.0% 33,807 -1 0.88%
1962 S3 43% Frank Lausche* (D) 15,575 61.5% John Briley (R) 9,749 38.5% 0 0.0% 25,324 0 0.85%
1962 G 43% James Rhodes (R) 14,285 55.5% Michael DiSalle* (D) 11,475 44.5% 0 0.0% 25,760 -3 0.83%
*: 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 Portage County, OH

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DateDistrictWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
2024-11-05 OH13Kevin Coughlin (R) 1,021 63.4% Emilia Sykes* (D) 589 36.6% 0 0.0% 1,610
2024-11-05 OH14David Joyce* (R) 46,449 60.3% Brian Kenderes (D) 30,593 39.7% 0 0.0% 77,042
County Total for 2024-11-05:   78,652
2022-11-08 OH13Madison Gesiotto (R) 718 59.1% Emilia Sykes (D) 497 40.9% 0 0.0% 1,215
2022-11-08 OH14David Joyce* (R) 34,359 58.6% Matt Kilboy (D) 24,295 41.4% 0 0.0% 58,654
County Total for 2022-11-08:   59,869
2020-11-03 OH13Tim Ryan* (D) 20,424 49.9% Christina Hagan (R) 19,324 47.2% 1,189 2.9% 40,937
2020-11-03 OH14David Joyce* (R) 13,521 65.1% Hillary Mueri (D) 7,254 34.9% 0 0.0% 20,775
2020-11-03 OH16Anthony Gonzalez* (R) 12,010 66.5% Aaron Godfrey (D) 6,054 33.5% 0 0.0% 18,064
County Total for 2020-11-03:   79,776
2018-11-06 OH13Tim Ryan* (D) 18,195 59.8% Chris DePizzo (R) 12,223 40.2% 0 0.0% 30,418
2018-11-06 OH14David Joyce* (R) 9,384 60.2% Betsy Rader (D) 6,214 39.8% 0 0.0% 15,598
2018-11-06 OH16Anthony Gonzalez (R) 8,205 58.7% Susan Palmer (D) 5,773 41.3% 0 0.0% 13,978
County Total for 2018-11-06:   59,994
2016-11-08 OH13Tim Ryan* (D) 24,326 63.9% Richard Morckel (R) 13,772 36.1% 0 0.0% 38,098
2016-11-08 OH14David Joyce* (R) 11,916 67.3% Michael Wager (D) 5,774 32.6% 26 0.1% 17,716
2016-11-08 OH16Jim Renacci* (R) 10,269 63.8% Keith Mundy (D) 5,817 36.2% 0 0.0% 16,086
County Total for 2016-11-08:   71,900
2014-11-04 OH13Tim Ryan* (D) 12,992 64.2% Thomas Pekarek (R) 7,235 35.8% 9 0.0% 20,236
2014-11-04 OH14David Joyce* (R) 6,836 67.6% Michael Wager (D) 2,884 28.5% 387 3.8% 10,107
2014-11-04 OH16Jim Renacci* (R) 6,010 60.2% Pete Crossland (D) 3,966 39.8% 0 0.0% 9,976
County Total for 2014-11-04:   40,319
2012-11-06 OH13Tim Ryan* (D) 25,783 68.1% Marisha Agana (R) 12,062 31.9% 0 0.0% 37,845
2012-11-06 OH14David Joyce (R) 9,871 57.2% Dale Blanchard (D) 5,966 34.6% 1,421 8.2% 17,258
2012-11-06 OH16Jim Renacci* (R) 8,243 50.7% Betty Sutton* (D) 8,019 49.3% 0 0.0% 16,262
County Total for 2012-11-06:   71,365
2010-11-02 OH14Steven LaTourette* (R) 7,249 66.8% William O'Neill (D) 3,177 29.3% 427 3.9% 10,853
2010-11-02 OH17Tim Ryan* (D) 18,708 48.9% Jim Graham (R) 15,214 39.8% 4,336 11.3% 38,258
County Total for 2010-11-02:   49,111
2008-11-04 OH14Steven LaTourette* (R) 9,072 58.4% William O'Neill (D) 5,869 37.8% 589 3.8% 15,530
2008-11-04 OH17Tim Ryan* (D) 39,717 70.1% Duane Grassell (R) 16,959 29.9% 0 0.0% 56,676
County Total for 2008-11-04:   72,206
2006-11-07 OH14Steven LaTourette* (R) 6,543 54.6% Lewis Katz (D) 4,857 40.6% 574 4.8% 11,974
2006-11-07 OH17Tim Ryan* (D) 30,582 73.6% Don Manning (R) 10,979 26.4% 0 0.0% 41,561
County Total for 2006-11-07:   53,535
2004-11-02 OH14Steven LaTourette* (R) 9,627 62.8% Capri Cafaro (D) 5,709 37.2% 0 0.0% 15,336
2004-11-02 OH17Tim Ryan* (D) 37,279 70.3% Frank Cusimano (R) 15,763 29.7% 0 0.0% 53,042
County Total for 2004-11-02:   68,378
2002-11-05 OH14Steven LaTourette* (R) 6,227 68.2% Dale Blanchard (D) 2,906 31.8% 0 0.0% 9,133
2002-11-05 OH17Ann Womer Benjamin (R) 14,956 45.8% Tim Ryan (D) 14,379 44.0% 3,308 10.1% 32,643
County Total for 2002-11-05:   41,776
2000-11-07 OH13Sherrod Brown* (D) 15,726 60.7% Rick Jeric (R) 8,962 34.6% 1,208 4.7% 25,896
2000-11-07 OH14Thomas Sawyer* (D) 22,129 66.6% Rick Wood (R) 9,314 28.0% 1,769 5.3% 33,212
County Total for 2000-11-07:   59,108
1996-11-05 OH13Sherrod Brown* (D) 14,029 58.7% Kenneth Blair (R) 8,607 36.0% 1,258 5.3% 23,894
1996-11-05 OH14Thomas Sawyer* (D) 18,160 56.3% Joyce George (R) 12,393 38.4% 1,686 5.2% 32,239
County Total for 1996-11-05:   56,133
1994-11-08 OH13Sherrod Brown* (D) 9,446 50.9% Gregory White (R) 7,814 42.1% 1,308 7.0% 18,568
1994-11-08 OH14Thomas Sawyer* (D) 14,298 58.2% Lynn Slaby (R) 10,256 41.8% 0 0.0% 24,554
County Total for 1994-11-08:   43,122
*: incumbent           sp: special election           RO: runoff election

Voter Registration Data for Portage County, OH

Party registration is not used in this state, however as of 2022 registrations in Portage County, OH were estimated to be 30% Republican and 30% Democrat.

YearTotalRepublicanDemocratOtherR/D EdgeR/D Edge %VAPOP %
2024 111,132 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 111,132 100.0% n/a n/a 83%
2022 108,228 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 108,228 100.0% n/a n/a 81%
2020 108,884 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 108,884 100.0% n/a n/a 81%
2018 109,364 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 109,364 100.0% n/a n/a 83%
2016 107,183 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 107,183 100.0% n/a n/a 82%
2014 104,937 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 104,937 100.0% n/a n/a 81%
2012 108,154 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 108,154 100.0% n/a n/a 84%
2010 110,446 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 110,446 100.0% n/a n/a 86%
2008 109,626 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 109,626 100.0% n/a n/a 87%
2006 103,718 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 103,718 100.0% n/a n/a 84%
2004 109,565 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 109,565 100.0% n/a n/a 91%
2002 94,711 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 94,711 100.0% n/a n/a 80%
2000 100,554 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 100,554 100.0% n/a n/a 87%
1998 93,071 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 93,071 100.0% n/a n/a 81%
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.