Mingo County, West Virginia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
28 precincts · 8,490 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -2222 | 79 | 574 | 8 | 661 | 12.0% | 86.8% | R+74.9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -5959 | 44 | 583 | 12 | 639 | 6.9% | 91.2% | R+84.4 |
| Precinct -4747 | 56 | 529 | 5 | 590 | 9.5% | 89.7% | R+80.2 |
| Precinct -4444 | 43 | 414 | 7 | 464 | 9.3% | 89.2% | R+80.0 |
| Precinct -7676 | 42 | 365 | 6 | 413 | 10.2% | 88.4% | R+78.2 |
| Precinct -2828 | 46 | 344 | 8 | 398 | 11.6% | 86.4% | R+74.9 |
| Precinct -4646 | 36 | 358 | 4 | 398 | 9.0% | 89.9% | R+80.9 |
| Precinct -99 | 76 | 269 | 4 | 349 | 21.8% | 77.1% | R+55.3 |
| Precinct -7575 | 22 | 317 | 1 | 340 | 6.5% | 93.2% | R+86.8 |
| Precinct -7474 | 38 | 287 | 1 | 326 | 11.7% | 88.0% | R+76.4 |
| Precinct -3030 | 29 | 270 | 3 | 302 | 9.6% | 89.4% | R+79.8 |
| Precinct -5757 | 31 | 264 | 6 | 301 | 10.3% | 87.7% | R+77.4 |
| Precinct -2727 | 45 | 247 | 6 | 298 | 15.1% | 82.9% | R+67.8 |
| Precinct -4949 | 44 | 229 | 1 | 274 | 16.1% | 83.6% | R+67.5 |
| Precinct -4848 | 21 | 246 | 3 | 270 | 7.8% | 91.1% | R+83.3 |
| Precinct -5151 | 37 | 225 | 4 | 266 | 13.9% | 84.6% | R+70.7 |
| Precinct -4343 | 25 | 233 | 5 | 263 | 9.5% | 88.6% | R+79.1 |
| Precinct -7373 | 23 | 228 | 0 | 251 | 9.2% | 90.8% | R+81.7 |
| Precinct -77 | 79 | 162 | 5 | 246 | 32.1% | 65.9% | R+33.7 |
| Precinct -5555 | 24 | 178 | 1 | 203 | 11.8% | 87.7% | R+75.9 |
| Precinct -2626 | 21 | 179 | 0 | 200 | 10.5% | 89.5% | R+79.0 |
| Precinct -11 | 28 | 148 | 3 | 179 | 15.6% | 82.7% | R+67.0 |
| Precinct -33 | 87 | 88 | 3 | 178 | 48.9% | 49.4% | R+0.6 |
| Precinct -4141 | 25 | 146 | 4 | 175 | 14.3% | 83.4% | R+69.1 |
| Precinct -7272 | 22 | 137 | 2 | 161 | 13.7% | 85.1% | R+71.4 |
| Precinct -4545 | 5 | 139 | 0 | 144 | 3.5% | 96.5% | R+93.1 |
| Precinct -5656 | 21 | 93 | 1 | 115 | 18.3% | 80.9% | R+62.6 |
| Precinct -5050 | 12 | 73 | 1 | 86 | 14.0% | 84.9% | R+70.9 |
Presidential margin, 1896–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 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% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Mingo County, WV registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 78-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
17,125 registered voters · 2026
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−86 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −4,146 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $39,977 in average income, against $52,953 for residents who stayed — 25% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+63.9 on average — 9.8 points more Democratic-leaning than Mingo County, WV itself (R+73.8).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Pike County, KY60R+65.4
- Logan County, WV45R+66.7
- Wayne County, WV20R+53.4
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Logan County, WV73
- Pike County, KY65
- Wyoming County, WV22
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −221 |
| 2012 | −431 |
| 2013 | −163 |
| 2014 | −215 |
| 2015 | −412 |
| 2016 | −544 |
| 2017 | −490 |
| 2018 | −239 |
| 2019 | −359 |
| 2021 | −241 |
| 2022 | −351 |
| 2023 | −238 |
| 2024 | −156 |
| 2025 | −86 |
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.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 59.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 73.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 73.8 points.
A population of 22,542, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $38,119 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Logan County and Floyd County.
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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Mingo County, West Virginia. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/54059/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.