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Bluefield, WV-VA·Virginia

Bluefield, WV-VA has voted Republican in seven straight presidential elections — R+63 in 2024.

A coalfield metro split by a state line and shifting voting patterns

1876 — 2024·38 elections
VA
LatestR+63in 2024
TypologyEvangelical Deep Southcluster typology
Population98,1872024 ACS

Bluefield, WV-VA, Virginia: Evangelical Deep South metro. In 2024, voted R+63%. Republican peak: R+63 in 2024.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+63MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
Population
98,1872024 5-year
Median household income
$50,8302024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
90.6%2024 5-year
Black
3.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
1.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+32 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+63 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Bluefield, WV-VA
TrumpR+63
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2024 presidential margin by county for Bluefield, WV-VA, VAA map of the constituent counties of Bluefield, WV-VA, VA, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic).Tazewell County, VA · R+69Mercer County, WV · R+57
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican80.7%35,083
Kamala HarrisDemocratic18.1%7,881
OtherAll other candidates1.2%526
D+60
R+60
2 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −62.5% in 2024.flipped R · 2000−62.5%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−0.5%
1896−14.0%
1900−8.7%
1904−23.7%
1908−19.0%
1912+22.5%
1916−3.5%
1920−6.1%
1924+3.1%
1928−13.1%
1932+17.3%
1936+25.3%
1940+21.5%
1944+17.9%
1948+17.0%
1952+4.7%
1956−5.3%
1960+18.7%
1964+32.4%
1968+8.2%
1972−36.3%
1976+15.3%
1980−1.2%
1984−15.5%
1988+2.4%
1992+10.3%
1996+6.8%
2000−9.3%
2004−16.9%
2008−29.9%
2012−51.7%
2016−59.8%
2020−60.1%
2024−62.5%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−62.5%
7,88135,08343,490
R
−60.1%
8,76135,96845,269
R
−59.8%
7,59932,57241,763
R
−51.7%
9,09329,29339,045
R
−29.9%
13,04624,44738,083
R
−16.9%
16,36223,09639,859
R
−9.3%
15,57418,86135,219
D
+6.8%
16,22113,89934,140
D
+10.3%
18,09714,26337,346
D
+2.4%
18,25017,38635,883
R
−15.5%
17,17823,55541,051
R
−1.2%
18,80719,29439,166
D
+15.3%
22,32616,35638,991
R
−36.3%
8,81418,91327,789
D
+8.2%
17,47314,41937,425
D
+32.4%
19,4299,90929,343
D
+18.7%
21,70514,85836,582
R
−5.3%
16,73118,60835,419
D
+4.7%
19,22117,49936,750
D
+17.0%
17,45912,34330,054
D
+17.9%
17,69312,30530,023
D
+21.5%
21,27113,75135,030
D
+25.3%
21,38312,74334,178
D
+17.3%
18,61313,09331,855
R
−13.1%
12,25215,95928,261
D
+3.1%
12,62611,79026,847
R
−6.1%
9,75111,02120,837
R
−3.5%
5,9446,37912,399
D
+22.5%
4,4762,09310,582
R
−19.0%
3,8155,6279,520
R
−23.7%
3,1305,1028,325
R
−8.7%
4,0114,7758,825
R
−14.0%
3,7054,9138,652
R
−0.5%
3,4003,4357,002
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
17.0%
English
13.5%
Irish
10.8%
German
8.8%
Italian
2.0%
Scottish
1.4%
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: 44.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.6%
3.2%
75–84
3.9%
6.2%
65–74
7.4%
6.3%
55–64
6.8%
6.3%
45–54
6.4%
5.6%
35–44
5.8%
5.7%
25–34
5.5%
4.3%
18–24
3.7%
8.3%
5–17
7.4%
2.5%
<5
2.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$50,830
Bluefield, WV-VA ranks near the middle of US counties.
Bluefield, WV-VA$50,830
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
17.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.1%
Working age (18–64)16.2%
Seniors (65+)12.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.9%
speak English only
Spanish1.2%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
17.6%
Baptist
7.6%
Methodist
7.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
7.3%
Mainline Protestant
1.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.6%
Non-Christian
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Straddling the West Virginia–Virginia border in the heart of Appalachian coal country, the Bluefield metro has moved toward lopsided Republican margins over the past two decades as energy-sector employment declined and cultural realignment accelerated.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of thirty-two points in 1964 and a Republican high of sixty-three points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was sixty-three points.

A population of 98,187, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,830 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Bluefield, WV-VA, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Bluefield, WV-VA, Virginia voted Republican by 62.5 points (R+63), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 43,490 votes cast, 7,881 went Democratic and 35,083 went Republican.
What is Bluefield, WV-VA, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Bluefield, WV-VA, Virginia in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology. 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 metro has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 19 times, and other 0 times.
When did Bluefield, WV-VA, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Bluefield, WV-VA, Virginia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Bluefield, WV-VA, Virginia?
Bluefield, WV-VA, Virginia has a population of 98,187 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bluefield, WV-VA, Virginia?
Median household income in Bluefield, WV-VA, Virginia is $50,830 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Bluefield, WV-VA, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bluefield, WV-VA, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.