Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Kentucky: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+43%. Republican peak: R+43 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+43MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic 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
Constituent county margins for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, KYOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
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
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.
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.
Median household income
2024 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.
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.
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.
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.
The Democratic margin in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH peaked at twenty-six points in 1964. By 2000 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-three points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $60,617 sits well below state and national norms, and 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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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 archetype?
Akashic classifies Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Kentucky as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. 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 archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.