Tucker County, West Virginia: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+49%. Republican peak: R+52 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+49MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 6,6542024 5-year
- Median household income
- $53,3582024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 96.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Trinity County, TX · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Tucker CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Tucker 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 | +2.1% |
| 1896 | −6.2% |
| 1900 | +17.1% |
| 1904 | −21.9% |
| 1908 | −18.9% |
| 1912 | +20.5% |
| 1916 | −4.6% |
| 1920 | −11.5% |
| 1924 | −3.0% |
| 1928 | −5.4% |
| 1932 | +18.7% |
| 1936 | +23.8% |
| 1940 | +11.3% |
| 1944 | +9.3% |
| 1948 | +9.7% |
| 1952 | +7.1% |
| 1956 | −4.4% |
| 1960 | +5.1% |
| 1964 | +33.9% |
| 1968 | +6.9% |
| 1972 | −19.5% |
| 1976 | +24.9% |
| 1980 | +1.7% |
| 1984 | −11.8% |
| 1988 | +4.8% |
| 1992 | +15.0% |
| 1996 | +13.0% |
| 2000 | −18.4% |
| 2004 | −21.6% |
| 2008 | −23.8% |
| 2012 | −41.3% |
| 2016 | −51.8% |
| 2020 | −49.5% |
| 2024 | −48.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 890 | 2,669 | 3,636 | ||
| R | 938 | 2,841 | 3,845 | ||
| R | 751 | 2,565 | 3,501 | ||
| R | 880 | 2,176 | 3,138 | ||
| R | 1,288 | 2,123 | 3,507 | ||
| R | 1,400 | 2,179 | 3,600 | ||
| R | 1,319 | 1,935 | 3,346 | ||
| D | 1,649 | 1,217 | 3,312 | ||
| D | 1,805 | 1,261 | 3,625 | ||
| D | 1,869 | 1,699 | 3,577 | ||
| R | 1,766 | 2,240 | 4,014 | ||
| D | 1,862 | 1,798 | 3,855 | ||
| D | 2,323 | 1,396 | 3,719 | ||
| R | 1,457 | 2,163 | 3,620 | ||
| D | 1,758 | 1,511 | 3,601 | ||
| D | 2,664 | 1,314 | 3,978 | ||
| D | 2,090 | 1,887 | 3,977 | ||
| R | 2,129 | 2,326 | 4,455 | ||
| D | 2,577 | 2,235 | 4,812 | ||
| D | 2,557 | 2,102 | 4,693 | ||
| D | 2,673 | 2,220 | 4,893 | ||
| D | 3,332 | 2,654 | 5,986 | ||
| D | 3,801 | 2,335 | 6,169 | ||
| D | 3,244 | 2,204 | 5,550 | ||
| R | 2,263 | 2,525 | 4,872 | ||
| R | 2,127 | 2,277 | 4,992 | ||
| R | 1,961 | 2,498 | 4,683 | ||
| R | 1,388 | 1,531 | 3,077 | ||
| O | 1,221 | 548 | 3,287 | ||
| R | 1,265 | 1,886 | 3,291 | ||
| R | 1,134 | 1,800 | 3,036 | ||
| D | 1,694 | 1,199 | 2,897 | ||
| R | 1,111 | 1,259 | 2,370 | ||
| D | 867 | 830 | 1,735 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
22.1%
American
20.7%
English
13.6%
Irish
10.1%
Italian
5.0%
Scottish
3.8%
Polish
1.9%
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.
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: 51.3 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
$53,358
Tucker County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Tucker County$53,358
West Virginia$59,608
United States$80,734
Tucker 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
15.3%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1826.9%
Working age (18–64)13.8%
Seniors (65+)11.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.2%
speak English only
Spanish1.2%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Tucker County's rugged Allegheny highlands and shrinking population mirror a broader Appalachian shift: its 2024 presidential margin of R+48.9 reflects decades of realignment in coal-country communities with fewer than 7,500 residents.
The Republican margin here reached fifty-two points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-nine points.
A population of 6,654, a 97% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,358 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Trinity County and Graves County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Tucker County, West Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Tucker County, West Virginia voted Republican by 48.9 points (R+49), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,636 votes cast, 890 went Democratic and 2,669 went Republican.
What is Tucker County, West Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Tucker County, West Virginia in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. 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 Tucker County, West Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Tucker County, West Virginia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Tucker County, West Virginia?
Tucker County, West Virginia has a population of 6,654 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tucker County, West Virginia?
Median household income in Tucker County, West Virginia is $53,358 — below the national median of $80,734. The West Virginia state median is $59,608.
What is the political history of Tucker County, West Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Tucker County, West Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.