Raleigh County, West Virginia: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+54%. Democratic peak: D+54 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+54MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 73,1952024 5-year
- Median household income
- $52,1502024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+54 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Bryan County, OK · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Raleigh CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Raleigh County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +5.1% |
| 1896 | −2.1% |
| 1900 | +10.3% |
| 1904 | −13.6% |
| 1908 | −13.9% |
| 1912 | +22.2% |
| 1916 | −6.5% |
| 1920 | −12.8% |
| 1924 | −5.0% |
| 1928 | −5.5% |
| 1932 | +14.8% |
| 1936 | +43.4% |
| 1940 | +32.6% |
| 1944 | +27.1% |
| 1948 | +30.7% |
| 1952 | +23.7% |
| 1956 | −0.2% |
| 1960 | +25.7% |
| 1964 | +54.5% |
| 1968 | +30.4% |
| 1972 | −28.8% |
| 1976 | +30.0% |
| 1980 | +21.7% |
| 1984 | −0.4% |
| 1988 | +15.8% |
| 1992 | +17.7% |
| 1996 | +16.6% |
| 2000 | −6.4% |
| 2004 | −22.0% |
| 2008 | −25.9% |
| 2012 | −44.6% |
| 2016 | −52.2% |
| 2020 | −50.4% |
| 2024 | −54.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 6,816 | 23,644 | 30,966 | ||
| R | 7,982 | 24,673 | 33,114 | ||
| R | 6,443 | 22,048 | 29,892 | ||
| R | 7,739 | 20,614 | 28,837 | ||
| R | 10,237 | 17,548 | 28,257 | ||
| R | 11,815 | 18,519 | 30,525 | ||
| R | 11,047 | 12,587 | 24,061 | ||
| D | 12,547 | 8,628 | 23,622 | ||
| D | 13,171 | 8,700 | 25,214 | ||
| D | 14,302 | 10,395 | 24,782 | ||
| R | 14,442 | 14,571 | 29,122 | ||
| D | 16,955 | 10,713 | 28,831 | ||
| D | 19,768 | 10,637 | 30,405 | ||
| R | 10,586 | 19,150 | 29,736 | ||
| D | 17,744 | 8,775 | 29,506 | ||
| D | 23,606 | 6,952 | 30,558 | ||
| D | 20,448 | 12,088 | 32,536 | ||
| R | 16,264 | 16,318 | 32,582 | ||
| D | 22,704 | 14,005 | 36,709 | ||
| D | 19,697 | 10,414 | 30,259 | ||
| D | 17,988 | 10,323 | 28,311 | ||
| D | 23,105 | 11,752 | 34,857 | ||
| D | 22,840 | 9,001 | 31,885 | ||
| D | 15,456 | 11,441 | 27,078 | ||
| R | 10,366 | 11,581 | 21,947 | ||
| R | 7,776 | 8,643 | 17,486 | ||
| R | 5,916 | 7,668 | 13,646 | ||
| R | 3,319 | 3,791 | 7,261 | ||
| O | 2,343 | 897 | 6,528 | ||
| R | 1,891 | 2,530 | 4,587 | ||
| R | 1,394 | 1,849 | 3,356 | ||
| D | 1,385 | 1,126 | 2,515 | ||
| R | 1,103 | 1,150 | 2,259 | ||
| D | 965 | 871 | 1,858 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
36.5%
Irish
9.1%
German
8.4%
American
8.3%
Italian
2.8%
Scottish
1.5%
French
1.1%
African American
5.5%
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: 42.9 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
$52,150
Raleigh County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Raleigh County$52,150
West Virginia$59,608
United States$80,734
Raleigh County ranks in the bottom 25% 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
22.8%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1831.8%
Working age (18–64)21.1%
Seniors (65+)14.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.3%
speak English only
Spanish1.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.5%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Raleigh County sits in the heart of southern West Virginia's former coal belt, and its electorate has shifted sharply rightward over the past two decades — posting R+54.3 in 2024 in a county that once backed Democrats reliably.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at fifty-four points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-four points.
A median household income of $52,150, a 23% poverty rate, and a 87% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bryan County and Marshall County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Raleigh County, West Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Raleigh County, West Virginia voted Republican by 54.3 points (R+54), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 30,966 votes cast, 6,816 went Democratic and 23,644 went Republican.
What is Raleigh County, West Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Raleigh County, West Virginia in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 16 times, Republican 17 times, and other 1 times.
When did Raleigh County, West Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Raleigh County, West Virginia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Raleigh County, West Virginia?
Raleigh County, West Virginia has a population of 73,195 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Raleigh County, West Virginia?
Median household income in Raleigh County, West Virginia is $52,150 — below the national median of $80,734. The West Virginia state median is $59,608.
What is the political history of Raleigh County, West Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Raleigh County, West Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.