Marshall County, West Virginia: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+50%. Republican peak: R+51 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+50MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 29,8652024 5-year
- Median household income
- $59,1692024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+31 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Greenbrier County, WV · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Marshall CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Marshall County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −15.5% |
| 1896 | −25.1% |
| 1900 | +27.0% |
| 1904 | −28.0% |
| 1908 | −17.8% |
| 1912 | +12.5% |
| 1916 | −10.1% |
| 1920 | −19.3% |
| 1924 | −20.3% |
| 1928 | −31.3% |
| 1932 | +3.7% |
| 1936 | +7.1% |
| 1940 | −2.3% |
| 1944 | −4.2% |
| 1948 | +6.6% |
| 1952 | −3.2% |
| 1956 | −15.6% |
| 1960 | +0.3% |
| 1964 | +31.1% |
| 1968 | +7.0% |
| 1972 | −26.5% |
| 1976 | +12.6% |
| 1980 | +3.6% |
| 1984 | −4.0% |
| 1988 | +7.5% |
| 1992 | +18.6% |
| 1996 | +18.8% |
| 2000 | −6.4% |
| 2004 | −13.8% |
| 2008 | −12.6% |
| 2012 | −28.2% |
| 2016 | −50.5% |
| 2020 | −49.6% |
| 2024 | −50.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,186 | 9,808 | 13,233 | ||
| R | 3,455 | 10,435 | 14,080 | ||
| R | 2,918 | 9,666 | 13,353 | ||
| R | 4,484 | 8,135 | 12,960 | ||
| R | 5,996 | 7,759 | 14,000 | ||
| R | 6,435 | 8,516 | 15,072 | ||
| R | 6,000 | 6,859 | 13,498 | ||
| D | 7,045 | 4,460 | 13,785 | ||
| D | 7,298 | 4,463 | 15,219 | ||
| D | 7,903 | 6,793 | 14,779 | ||
| R | 7,947 | 8,615 | 16,616 | ||
| D | 7,832 | 7,252 | 15,916 | ||
| D | 8,641 | 6,705 | 15,346 | ||
| R | 6,378 | 10,966 | 17,344 | ||
| D | 8,449 | 7,252 | 17,080 | ||
| D | 11,757 | 6,175 | 17,932 | ||
| D | 9,197 | 9,147 | 18,344 | ||
| R | 7,463 | 10,223 | 17,686 | ||
| R | 8,689 | 9,271 | 17,960 | ||
| D | 7,989 | 6,986 | 15,122 | ||
| R | 7,174 | 7,800 | 14,974 | ||
| R | 8,900 | 9,324 | 18,224 | ||
| D | 9,198 | 7,967 | 17,241 | ||
| D | 7,994 | 7,416 | 15,647 | ||
| R | 4,785 | 9,204 | 14,112 | ||
| R | 4,710 | 7,413 | 13,342 | ||
| R | 4,814 | 7,208 | 12,380 | ||
| R | 2,997 | 3,699 | 6,925 | ||
| D | 2,405 | 1,610 | 6,378 | ||
| R | 2,498 | 3,680 | 6,636 | ||
| R | 2,115 | 3,924 | 6,458 | ||
| D | 3,790 | 2,132 | 6,147 | ||
| R | 2,108 | 3,561 | 5,798 | ||
| R | 1,808 | 2,567 | 4,887 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.4%
Irish
16.7%
English
13.1%
American
10.0%
Polish
5.8%
Italian
4.5%
Scottish
2.2%
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. 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.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 46.3 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.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$59,169
Marshall County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Marshall County$59,169
West Virginia$59,608
United States$80,734
Marshall County ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.8%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.8%
Working age (18–64)14.4%
Seniors (65+)13.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.0%
speak English only
Spanish1.2%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Marshall County sits along the Ohio River in West Virginia's northern panhandle, and its 2024 presidential margin of R+50 reflects a two-decade realignment driven largely by shifts among working-class voters in legacy energy and manufacturing communities.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-one points in 2016. The 2024 margin was fifty points.
A population of 29,865, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,169 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greenbrier County and McLean County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Marshall County, West Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Marshall County, West Virginia voted Republican by 50.0 points (R+50), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 13,233 votes cast, 3,186 went Democratic and 9,808 went Republican.
What is Marshall County, West Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Marshall County, West Virginia in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 13 times, Republican 21 times, and other 0 times.
When did Marshall County, West Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Marshall County, West Virginia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Marshall County, West Virginia?
Marshall County, West Virginia has a population of 29,865 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Marshall County, West Virginia?
Median household income in Marshall County, West Virginia is $59,169 — below the national median of $80,734. The West Virginia state median is $59,608.
What is the political history of Marshall County, West Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Marshall County, West Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 21 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.