Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Kentucky: Evangelical Deep South metro. In 2024, voted R+43%. Republican peak: R+43 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+43MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 370,7292024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,6172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+26 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+43 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
TrumpR+43
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 70.9% | 114,813 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 27.5% | 44,465 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.6% | 2,562 |
D+60R+60
8 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
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −0.5% |
| 1896 | −11.7% |
| 1900 | −10.3% |
| 1904 | −19.9% |
| 1908 | −14.9% |
| 1912 | +14.5% |
| 1916 | −2.5% |
| 1920 | −9.2% |
| 1924 | −6.9% |
| 1928 | −24.3% |
| 1932 | +11.6% |
| 1936 | +14.4% |
| 1940 | +10.6% |
| 1944 | +3.1% |
| 1948 | +11.8% |
| 1952 | −5.5% |
| 1956 | −16.7% |
| 1960 | −10.7% |
| 1964 | +25.8% |
| 1968 | −1.0% |
| 1972 | −30.2% |
| 1976 | +9.8% |
| 1980 | −2.7% |
| 1984 | −11.9% |
| 1988 | −1.8% |
| 1992 | +8.8% |
| 1996 | +9.5% |
| 2000 | −5.7% |
| 2004 | −11.6% |
| 2008 | −15.2% |
| 2012 | −21.5% |
| 2016 | −41.4% |
| 2020 | −39.0% |
| 2024 | −43.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 44,465 | 114,813 | 161,840 | ||
| R | 50,285 | 116,413 | 169,403 | ||
| R | 41,150 | 105,019 | 154,439 | ||
| R | 55,205 | 86,369 | 145,002 | ||
| R | 63,884 | 87,351 | 154,115 | ||
| R | 72,459 | 91,650 | 165,262 | ||
| R | 65,179 | 73,203 | 141,446 | ||
| D | 66,675 | 53,782 | 135,894 | ||
| D | 66,979 | 54,380 | 143,691 | ||
| R | 65,533 | 67,977 | 134,044 | ||
| R | 63,262 | 80,402 | 144,327 | ||
| R | 68,166 | 72,105 | 145,976 | ||
| D | 75,414 | 61,846 | 137,866 | ||
| R | 47,491 | 88,861 | 137,079 | ||
| R | 57,697 | 58,966 | 132,461 | ||
| D | 84,515 | 49,771 | 134,422 | ||
| R | 64,003 | 79,369 | 143,372 | ||
| R | 57,507 | 80,503 | 138,103 | ||
| R | 65,553 | 73,123 | 138,764 | ||
| D | 63,865 | 50,292 | 114,637 | ||
| D | 58,623 | 55,132 | 113,822 | ||
| D | 74,491 | 60,226 | 134,858 | ||
| D | 73,526 | 54,981 | 128,872 | ||
| D | 65,945 | 52,107 | 119,224 | ||
| R | 38,048 | 62,560 | 100,963 | ||
| R | 38,764 | 44,831 | 88,535 | ||
| R | 37,040 | 44,652 | 82,517 | ||
| R | 22,515 | 23,681 | 47,134 | ||
| D | 17,107 | 11,092 | 41,602 | ||
| R | 18,301 | 24,870 | 44,205 | ||
| R | 15,135 | 22,870 | 38,907 | ||
| R | 17,529 | 21,567 | 39,375 | ||
| R | 16,366 | 20,737 | 37,502 | ||
| R | 14,923 | 15,080 | 30,762 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
19.4%
Irish
11.5%
American
11.3%
German
10.5%
Scottish
2.4%
Italian
2.0%
French
0.9%
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: 41.9 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
$60,617
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH ranks near the middle of US counties.
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$60,617
Kentucky$63,726
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.5%
Working age (18–64)16.0%
Seniors (65+)11.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.1%
speak English only
Spanish0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Huntington-Ashland spans three states along the upper Ohio River valley, a region whose deindustrialization and opioid crisis have accelerated a sharp rightward shift in presidential margins over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of twenty-six points in 1964 and a Republican high of forty-three points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-three points.
A population of 370,729, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,617 describe the metro.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Kentucky vote in 2024?
In 2024, Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Kentucky voted Republican by 43.5 points (R+43), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 161,840 votes cast, 44,465 went Democratic and 114,813 went Republican.
What is Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Kentucky's political typology?
Akashic places Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Kentucky 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 10 times, Republican 24 times, and other 0 times.
When did Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Kentucky voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Kentucky?
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Kentucky has a population of 370,729 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Kentucky?
Median household income in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Kentucky is $60,617 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Kentucky from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.