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      Home›Ohio›OH-12

      Ohio's 12th Congressional District

      R+37.0
      ↑ D+1.5 vs 2022· Ohio · Latest: 2024

      Safe Republican — flipped 2 times in 25 elections

      Population798K

      Current Representative

      REPTroy BaldersonElected 2024

      118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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      Key Insights

      • Has voted Republican in the last 5 presidential elections
      • Latest election (2024) was a Republican landslide with a 32.7% margin
      • Shifted 20.4 points toward Republicans over the last 4 elections

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      2024 House ElectionOhio Profile

      Who lives in Ohio's 12th Congressional District? 798,482 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      OH-12 vs Ohio vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      798K
      State: 11.8M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.24%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      74.4%
      State: 75.6% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      8.0%
      State: 8.0% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      92.0%
      State: 92.0% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $76,493
      State: $72,438 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      11.6%
      State: 13.3% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      27.6%
      State: 31.6% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      73.8%
      State: 67.2% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      39.6 yrs
      State: 39.8 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      15.6%
      State: 15.4% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      17.6%
      State: 18.3% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      2.8%
      State: 5.2% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      OH-12 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 88.0%Black 3.9%Multiracial 3.8%Hispanic 2.2%Asian 2.0%
      GroupOH-12StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      88.0%75.8%57.4%
      ▶Black(10)
      3.9%12.2%12.2%
      Multiracial / Other
      3.8%4.5%4.0%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(17)
      2.2%4.8%19.3%
      ▶Asian(6)
      2.0%2.6%6.0%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(9)
      0.7%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(1)
      0.1%0.2%0.9%

      Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

      Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

      MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).

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