† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupPulaskiVirginiaUnited States
American28.1%8.4%5.3%
English15.3%12.0%9.5%
German9.1%10.1%12.5%
Irish6.9%9.1%9.4%
Italian1.9%3.9%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.6%——
Scottish1.2%1.9%1.3%
Polish1.0%1.6%2.2%
African American†4.6%15.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.3%0.3%0.4%
Mexican1.3%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%1.4%1.8%
Peruvian0.3%0.5%—
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
Pulaski
Virginia
United States
Median age
38.5
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
6.9%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.0%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Pulaski
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$49,491
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
21.2%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.7%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Pulaski
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.6%
17.5%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Pulaski
Virginia
United States
Catholic
—
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
54.3%
51.5%
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.
Pulaski, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−20.2%
2008
−16.1%
2012
−22.1%
2016
−38.2%
2020
−39.9%
2024
−42.5%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
28.2%Harris1,089
70.7%Trump2,729
1.0%
R+42.5
R+2.6
R+41.0
3,858
R
29.3%Biden1,113
69.2%Trump2,625
1.5%
R+39.9
R+1.7
R+44.3
3,793
R
28.5%Clinton961
66.7%Trump2,248
4.7%
R+38.2
R+16.1
R+40.3
3,369
R
37.4%Obama1,220
59.5%Romney1,942
3.2%
R+22.1
R+6.0
R+26.0
3,266
R
41.0%Obama1,436
57.1%McCain1,999
1.9%
R+16.1
D+4.1
R+23.4
3,501
R
39.1%Kerry1,306
59.3%Bush1,981
1.7%
R+20.2
—
R+17.7
3,343
Pulaski anchors the New River Valley's working-class southwest, where deindustrialization has steadily shifted the electorate toward margins that now run roughly 70–30 in statewide Republican contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 42.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.5 points.
A population of 8,893, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,491 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Harrodsburg and Lewisburg.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Pulaski, Virginia voted Republican by 42.5 points (R+42.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,858 votes cast, 1,089 went Democratic and 2,729 went Republican.
How many people live in Pulaski, Virginia?
Pulaski, Virginia has a population of 8,893 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pulaski, Virginia?
Median household income in Pulaski, Virginia is $49,491 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Pulaski, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Pulaski, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
