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2024StatewideR+41.9

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

County55 areas · 2024 presidential vote

Monongalia19,26521,084R+4.441,452 Jefferson11,96716,573R+15.829,156 Kanawha30,23143,352R+17.475,239 Cabell13,47421,229R+21.935,429 Ohio6,72711,593R+26.018,689 Marion8,18515,881R+31.224,634 Berkeley17,50037,580R+35.856,102 Harrison8,40220,480R+40.929,495 Fayette4,38710,910R+41.815,620 Greenbrier4,19610,517R+42.214,996 Wood10,31726,380R+43.037,313 Brooke2,6216,986R+44.69,782 Randolph3,0088,356R+46.111,594 Putnam7,12419,868R+46.327,507 Hancock3,3609,462R+46.813,030 Tucker8902,669R+48.93,636 Marshall3,1869,808R+50.013,233 Pocahontas9272,889R+50.33,901 Taylor1,6945,422R+51.37,265 Summers1,2263,931R+51.45,264 Braxton1,2333,991R+51.95,313 Wayne3,53211,934R+53.415,747 Roane1,2184,189R+53.85,521 Raleigh6,81623,644R+54.330,966 Wetzel1,2944,718R+55.56,168 Morgan1,9477,009R+55.69,097 Jackson2,6999,907R+56.212,822 Upshur2,0337,633R+56.89,859 Gilmer4861,822R+57.02,344 Preston2,95311,176R+57.014,426 Mercer4,85118,372R+57.323,584 Boone1,6416,314R+57.48,142 Hardy1,2974,997R+57.76,411 Mason2,1118,232R+58.010,547 Pendleton6802,687R+58.63,425 Pleasants6562,632R+59.03,348 Lewis1,3725,550R+59.37,048 Mineral2,48310,247R+60.212,904 Nicholas1,9197,960R+60.210,037 McDowell1,0364,310R+60.45,425 Barbour1,1995,071R+60.56,395 Monroe1,1555,089R+61.86,367 Clay5802,597R+62.33,240 Lincoln1,2795,770R+62.57,187 Hampshire1,8908,464R+62.610,500 Calhoun4882,391R+64.82,936 Wirt4092,120R+66.32,581 Webster4792,478R+66.72,998 Logan1,8489,500R+66.711,469 Tyler5542,991R+67.43,617 Ritchie5173,473R+73.04,050 Wyoming9806,503R+73.07,565 Doddridge3742,541R+73.32,956 Mingo1,0617,325R+73.88,490 Grant5524,949R+79.05,568

West Virginia held a bachelor's degree or higher among 24 percent of its residents in the 2024 ACS five-year estimate, a share that ranks in the first percentile among US states. Median household income was $60,500 in the same estimate, in the second percentile within its tier. The poverty rate stood at 17 percent in the 2024 ACS five-year estimate. Both the educational-attainment figure and the income figure place the state at the bottom of its tier on those measures. West Virginia's presidential margin was D+36 in 1964, its strongest Democratic margin in the elections covered. In 2024 the margin was R+42, its strongest Republican margin in the same span. That 2024 figure was the largest Republican margin in a presidential record running from 1892 to 2024. The figures reported here represent the area-wide total aggregated across the state's constituent counties rather than a single community. West Virginia had a population of 1,778,373 in the 2024 ACS five-year estimate. The median age was 42.9 in the same estimate. The presidential margins reported here represent the statewide total across all constituent counties rather than a single community, and the demographic figures are drawn from the 2024 ACS five-year estimate.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 41.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the state moved 2.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.9 points.

A population of 1,778,373, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,608 describe the state.

presidential margin

2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican

2004R+12.9

2008R+13.1

2012R+26.7

2016R+41.7

2020R+38.9

2024R+41.9

full record · 1892 → 2024

presidential returns

2024 turnout 54.1% of 1,409,277 citizens 18+

Year	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	CVAP	Turnout
2024	214,309	533,556	14,719	762,584	1,409,277	54.1%
2020	235,984	545,382	13,365	794,731	1,428,525	55.6%
2016	188,794	489,371	43,096	721,261	1,453,212	49.6%
2012	238,269	417,655	16,195	672,119	1,451,004	46.3%
2008	303,857	397,466	12,039	713,362	1,414,322	50.4%
2004	326,541	423,778	5,568	755,887	1,377,640^†	54.9%

^† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

English15.7%9.5%

German14.7%12.5%

Irish12.3%9.4%

American9.5%5.3%

Italian4.1%4.8%

Scottish2.1%1.3%

Polish1.4%2.2%

Scotch-Irish1.3%—

African American†2.6%9.9%

Mexican0.7%11.3%

Puerto Rican0.3%1.8%

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	West Virginia	United States
Median age	42.9	39.1
Age 18–24	8.8%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	21.1%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	West Virginia	United States
Median household income	$59,608	$84,427
Poverty rate	16.7%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	24.4%	35.6%

Languages at home

Measure	West Virginia	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	2.5%	22.3%
Spanish	1.2%	13.6%

Religious landscape

Measure	West Virginia	United States
Catholic	5.6%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	16.4%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	62.3%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	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.

current representation

Current officeholders

RPatrick MorriseyGovernor

RKris WarnerSecretary of State

RJohn McCuskeyAttorney General

RMark HuntState Auditor

RLarry PackState Treasurer

RKent LeonhardtCommissioner of Agriculture

RShelley CapitoU.S. Senate+0.28

RJim Justice IIU.S. Senate+0.57

U.S. House2 seats · R 2

RWV-01Carol Miller

RWV-02Riley Moore

Statewide officers curated as of 2026-06-27 (Ballotpedia / WV SoS); U.S. delegation from Voteview HSall_members.csv.

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