Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupPleasants CountyWest VirginiaUnited States
German20.0%14.7%12.5%
Irish13.0%12.3%9.4%
English12.0%15.7%9.5%
American11.5%9.5%5.3%
Scottish2.0%2.1%1.3%
French1.1%—1.6%
Italian1.0%4.1%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.0%1.3%—
Peruvian1.2%——
Mexican0.9%0.7%11.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Pleasants County
West Virginia
United States
Median age
44
42.9
39.1
Age 18–24
7.5%
8.8%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.0%
21.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Pleasants County
West Virginia
United States
Median household income
$60,932
$59,608
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.6%
16.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
14.1%
24.4%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Pleasants County
West Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.5%
2.5%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Pleasants County
West Virginia
United States
Catholic
3.2%
5.6%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
13.3%
16.4%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
73.4%
62.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
10.1%
12.5%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Pleasants County, West Virginia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
10 precincts · 3,348 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Pleasants County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -99
233
786
24
1,043
22.3%
75.4%
R+53.0
Precinct -11
72
327
9
408
17.6%
80.1%
R+62.5
Precinct -22
94
297
9
400
23.5%
74.3%
R+50.7
Precinct -66
38
248
4
290
13.1%
85.5%
R+72.4
Precinct -55
57
205
0
262
21.8%
78.2%
R+56.5
Precinct -1111
63
183
3
249
25.3%
73.5%
R+48.2
Precinct -33
29
148
4
181
16.0%
81.8%
R+65.7
Precinct -77
32
144
5
181
17.7%
79.6%
R+61.9
Precinct -44
15
158
2
175
8.6%
90.3%
R+81.7
Precinct -88
23
136
0
159
14.5%
85.5%
R+71.1
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+8.9%
1896
+1.9%
1900
−5.2%
1904
−8.8%
1908
−3.4%
1912
+18.1%
1916
+1.3%
1920
−6.6%
1924
+1.7%
1928
−20.2%
1932
+9.7%
1936
+2.3%
1940
−3.2%
1944
−3.7%
1948
−0.4%
1952
−7.6%
1956
−15.1%
1960
−6.4%
1964
+26.1%
1968
−0.4%
1972
−25.3%
1976
+2.8%
1980
−10.4%
1984
−21.4%
1988
−10.7%
1992
+4.1%
1996
+6.7%
2000
−19.2%
2004
−20.7%
2008
−21.2%
2012
−30.6%
2016
−54.6%
2020
−58.5%
2024
−59.0%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
19.6%Harris656
78.6%Trump2,632
1.3%Kennedy42 +2
R+59.0
R+0.5
R+57.5
3,348
All 5 candidates in 2024 · 3 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican78.6%2,632
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic19.6%656
Robert F KennedyIndependent1.3%42
Chase OliverLibertarian0.3%9
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%9
R
20.0%Biden699
78.5%Trump2,742
1.0%Jorgensen35
R+58.5
R+3.9
R+63.0
3,491
R
19.5%Clinton621
74.2%Trump2,358
3.9%Johnson123
R+54.6
R+24.0
R+56.7
3,179
R
33.6%Obama955
64.2%Romney1,825
2.1%
R+30.6
R+9.4
R+34.5
2,841
R
38.4%Obama1,142
59.6%McCain1,772
2.0%
R+21.2
R+0.5
R+28.5
2,974
R
39.3%Kerry1,349
60.0%Bush2,061
0.7%
R+20.7
R+1.5
R+18.3
3,435
R
39.5%Gore1,267
58.7%Bush1,884
0.8%Nader26
R+19.2
R+26.0
R+19.8
3,208
D
46.6%Clinton1,478
39.9%Dole1,265
13.1%Perot416
D+6.7
D+2.6
R+1.8
3,171
D
41.1%Clinton1,387
37.0%Bush1,248
21.7%Perot731
D+4.1
D+14.8
R+1.4
3,376
R
44.6%Dukakis1,421
55.3%Bush1,761
0.2%
R+10.7
D+10.7
R+2.9
3,187
R
39.1%Mondale1,458
60.5%Reagan2,255
0.3%
R+21.4
R+11.0
R+3.2
3,725
R
43.3%Carter1,494
53.7%Reagan1,852
2.9%
R+10.4
R+13.1
R+0.6
3,447
D
51.4%Carter1,699
48.6%Ford1,608
0.0%
D+2.8
D+28.1
D+0.7
3,307
R
37.3%McGovern1,207
62.7%Nixon2,025
0.0%
R+25.3
R+24.9
R+2.2
3,232
R
46.7%Humphrey1,522
47.1%Nixon1,534
6.3%
R+0.4
R+26.5
D+0.3
3,260
D
63.1%Johnson2,287
36.9%Goldwater1,339
0.0%
D+26.1
D+32.6
D+3.6
3,626
R
46.8%Kennedy1,742
53.2%Nixon1,982
0.0%
R+6.4
D+8.7
R+6.6
3,724
R
42.4%Stevenson1,581
57.6%Eisenhower2,144
0.0%
R+15.1
R+7.5
D+0.3
3,725
R
46.2%Stevenson1,632
53.8%Eisenhower1,900
0.0%
R+7.6
R+7.2
D+3.2
3,532
R
49.6%Truman1,536
50.0%Dewey1,548
0.5%
R+0.4
D+3.3
R+4.9
3,099
R
48.2%Roosevelt1,507
51.8%Dewey1,622
0.0%
R+3.7
R+0.5
R+11.2
3,129
R
48.4%Roosevelt1,779
51.6%Willkie1,896
0.0%
R+3.2
R+5.5
R+13.1
3,675
D
51.1%Roosevelt1,907
48.7%Landon1,820
0.2%
D+2.3
R+7.3
R+21.9
3,735
D
54.5%Roosevelt1,921
44.8%Hoover1,580
0.7%
D+9.7
D+29.8
R+8.1
3,525
R
39.9%Smith1,210
60.1%Hoover1,821
0.0%
R+20.2
R+21.8
R+2.7
3,032
D
50.4%Davis1,675
48.7%Coolidge1,619
0.9%
D+1.7
D+8.3
D+26.9
3,323
R
46.3%Cox1,449
52.9%Harding1,657
0.8%
R+6.6
R+7.9
D+19.5
3,132
D
50.4%Wilson899
49.2%Hughes876
0.4%
D+1.3
R+16.8
R+1.9
1,782
D
47.5%Wilson796
29.4%Taft493
23.0%
D+18.1
D+21.5
R+1.5
1,675
R
47.2%Bryan921
50.5%Taft987
2.3%
R+3.4
D+5.4
D+6.2
1,953
R
44.9%Parker945
53.7%Roosevelt1,130
1.5%
R+8.8
R+3.6
D+10.9
2,106
R
47.4%Bryan1,085
52.6%McKinley1,203
0.0%
R+5.2
R+7.0
D+2.4
2,288
D
50.7%Bryan921
48.9%McKinley887
0.4%
D+1.9
R+7.0
D+8.0
1,815
D
53.6%Cleveland855
44.7%Harrison713
1.6%
D+8.9
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D+7.2
1,594
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Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
19.4%641
77.8%2,569
3,304
2020
R
18.8%634
77.7%2,628
3,381
2018
R
45.9%1,157
50.2%1,266
2,522
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+24.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+59.0
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 34 points more Democratic.
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+42 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +37 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $50,940 in average income, against $76,902 for residents who stayed — 34% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+43.0 on average — 16 points more Democratic-leaning than Pleasants County, WV itself (R+59.0).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Wood County, WV31R+43.0
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Wood County, WV64
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.
Domestic migration in Pleasants County, WV in Pleasants County, WV: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+40
2012
+3
2013
+8
2014
+72
2015
−59
2016
+4
2017
−7
2018
+77
2019
−37
2021
−7
2022
+28
2023
−100
2024
−27
2025
+42
Pleasants County sits along the Ohio River with a population under 8,000, yet it has become emblematic of the broader realignment in rural West Virginia — delivering presidential margins above 50 points in consecutive cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 59.0 points in 2024. The 2024 margin was 59.0 points.
A population of 7,521, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,932 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cherokee County and Ralls County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
How did Pleasants County, West Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pleasants County, West Virginia voted Republican by 59.0 points (R+59.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,348 votes cast, 656 went Democratic and 2,632 went Republican.
When did Pleasants County, West Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pleasants County, West Virginia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Pleasants County, West Virginia?
Pleasants County, West Virginia has a population of 7,521 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pleasants County, West Virginia?
Median household income in Pleasants County, West Virginia is $60,932 — below the national median of $80,734. The West Virginia state median is $59,608.
What is the political history of Pleasants County, West Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Pleasants County, West Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
