Mingo County, West Virginia: Appalachian Realigners county. In 2024, voted R+74%. Republican peak: R+74 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+74MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Appalachian RealignersAkashic typology
- Population
- 22,5422024 5-year
- Median household income
- $38,1192024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 95.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- County seat
- Williamson
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+59 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+74 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Logan County, WV · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Mingo CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Mingo 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 | No data |
| 1896 | +31.1% |
| 1900 | −23.9% |
| 1904 | +1.4% |
| 1908 | −15.0% |
| 1912 | +6.0% |
| 1916 | +5.3% |
| 1920 | +10.8% |
| 1924 | +5.9% |
| 1928 | −0.8% |
| 1932 | +5.2% |
| 1936 | +32.3% |
| 1940 | +33.6% |
| 1944 | +33.9% |
| 1948 | +35.7% |
| 1952 | +30.5% |
| 1956 | +11.7% |
| 1960 | +39.3% |
| 1964 | +59.1% |
| 1968 | +34.0% |
| 1972 | −14.5% |
| 1976 | +48.4% |
| 1980 | +42.3% |
| 1984 | +32.7% |
| 1988 | +43.8% |
| 1992 | +43.8% |
| 1996 | +49.2% |
| 2000 | +21.7% |
| 2004 | +12.9% |
| 2008 | −12.1% |
| 2012 | −42.5% |
| 2016 | −68.8% |
| 2020 | −71.3% |
| 2024 | −73.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,061 | 7,325 | 8,490 | ||
| R | 1,397 | 8,544 | 10,026 | ||
| R | 1,370 | 7,911 | 9,512 | ||
| R | 2,428 | 6,191 | 8,855 | ||
| R | 3,582 | 4,587 | 8,338 | ||
| D | 5,983 | 4,612 | 10,655 | ||
| D | 6,049 | 3,866 | 10,043 | ||
| D | 7,584 | 2,229 | 10,875 | ||
| D | 7,342 | 2,584 | 10,873 | ||
| D | 7,429 | 2,896 | 10,350 | ||
| D | 8,434 | 4,275 | 12,726 | ||
| D | 9,328 | 3,716 | 13,280 | ||
| D | 8,655 | 3,010 | 11,665 | ||
| R | 5,585 | 7,484 | 13,069 | ||
| D | 8,677 | 3,988 | 13,798 | ||
| D | 12,266 | 3,154 | 15,420 | ||
| D | 11,259 | 4,903 | 16,162 | ||
| D | 10,014 | 7,916 | 17,930 | ||
| D | 12,856 | 6,852 | 19,708 | ||
| D | 10,362 | 4,896 | 15,292 | ||
| D | 9,550 | 4,711 | 14,261 | ||
| D | 11,619 | 5,776 | 17,395 | ||
| D | 11,278 | 5,771 | 17,064 | ||
| D | 8,657 | 7,801 | 16,501 | ||
| R | 6,801 | 6,904 | 13,732 | ||
| D | 5,313 | 4,656 | 11,070 | ||
| D | 4,934 | 3,972 | 8,906 | ||
| D | 2,472 | 2,223 | 4,705 | ||
| D | 1,832 | 1,569 | 4,357 | ||
| R | 1,520 | 2,058 | 3,596 | ||
| D | 1,652 | 1,607 | 3,274 | ||
| R | 838 | 1,363 | 2,201 | ||
| D | 1,204 | 632 | 1,841 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
9.6%
English
8.9%
American
4.7%
German
3.0%
Italian
1.4%
Scottish
0.8%
African American
1.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 44.5 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
$38,119
Mingo County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Mingo County$38,119
West Virginia$59,608
United States$80,734
Mingo County ranks in the bottom 5% 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
32.4%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1844.6%
Working age (18–64)30.5%
Seniors (65+)13.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
99.3%
speak English only
Spanish0.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 70.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Mingo County, once a stronghold of union-driven Democratic loyalty rooted in its coal-mining heritage, has shifted so decisively that the 2024 presidential margin of R+73.8 ranks among the widest in West Virginia.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin peaked at fifty-nine points in 1964 and narrowed across the late twentieth century. The 2008 election carried the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by twelve points. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-four points.
The economic context is severe: a median household income of $38,119 — among the lowest at this geographic scale — and a 32% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Logan County and Buchanan County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Mingo County, West Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mingo County, West Virginia voted Republican by 73.8 points (R+74), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,490 votes cast, 1,061 went Democratic and 7,325 went Republican.
What is Mingo County, West Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Mingo County, West Virginia in the "Appalachian Realigners" typology — Lower-income counties of Greater Appalachia — a long, deep arc from Democratic to Republican. 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 24 times, Republican 9 times, and other 0 times.
When did Mingo County, West Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mingo County, West Virginia voted Democratic was 2004.
How many people live in Mingo County, West Virginia?
Mingo County, West Virginia has a population of 22,542 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mingo County, West Virginia?
Median household income in Mingo County, West Virginia is $38,119 — below the national median of $80,734. The West Virginia state median is $59,608.
What is the political history of Mingo County, West Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mingo County, West Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The county's typology — "Appalachian Realigners" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.