Lincoln County, West Virginia

2024 results by precinct

14 precincts · 7,187 votes cast

Trump · R+62

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−62.5%	1,279	5,770	7,187
2020	R	−54.9%	1,711	6,012	7,831
2016	R	−53.9%	1,459	5,307	7,137
2012	R	−31.6%	2,227	4,383	6,818
2008	R	−8.9%	3,029	3,637	6,835
2004	R	−0.6%	4,048	4,102	8,312
2000	D	+7.4%	3,939	3,389	7,464
1996	D	+29.9%	4,994	2,530	8,235
1992	D	+23.4%	4,502	2,637	7,984
1988	D	+18.7%	5,049	3,457	8,529
1984	D	+10.7%	5,467	4,405	9,902
1980	D	+13.8%	5,317	4,009	9,490
1976	D	+27.4%	5,260	2,997	8,257
1972	R	−9.3%	3,876	4,673	8,549
1968	D	+8.4%	4,386	3,662	8,631
1964	D	+26.0%	5,852	3,436	9,288
1960	D	+4.6%	5,023	4,579	9,602
1956	D	+0.2%	4,972	4,954	9,926
1952	D	+3.2%	5,099	4,784	9,883
1948	D	+4.3%	4,433	4,065	8,514
1944	R	−6.7%	3,654	4,175	7,829
1940	D	+4.1%	5,228	4,818	10,046
1936	D	+10.1%	5,370	4,382	9,752
1932	D	+11.4%	4,876	3,881	8,757
1928	R	−5.6%	3,416	3,823	7,239
1924	D	+2.9%	3,355	3,164	6,690
1920	R	−11.5%	2,649	3,339	6,008
1916	D	+0.2%	2,113	2,104	4,276
1912	D	+29.8%	1,876	631	4,181
1908	R	−11.8%	1,732	2,202	3,998
1904	R	−13.3%	1,586	2,080	3,719
1900	D	+7.0%	1,712	1,487	3,199
1896	D	+1.1%	1,364	1,334	2,706
1892	D	+10.7%	1,081	840	2,257
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 44.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.4%

2.8%

75–84

3.1%

6.2%

65–74

6.6%

7.3%

55–64

7.0%

6.9%

45–54

6.7%

5.4%

35–44

6.0%

5.2%

25–34

5.2%

3.5%

18–24

3.2%

8.7%

5–17

8.8%

2.6%

2.5%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$46,205

Lincoln County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

Lincoln County$46,205

West Virginia$59,608

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

23.2%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

10.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.6%

Other Christian

2.3%

Methodist

2.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 82.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lincoln County's R+62.5 margin in 2024 reflects a broader Appalachian shift that has made once-competitive coalfield counties among the most reliably Republican in the state. Its population of roughly 22,000 has declined steadily as the regional economy contracted.

The 2004 election was the turning point, when the Republican candidate carried the county by one points. The 2024 margin was sixty-two points, in line with the county's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 19,902, a 97% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $46,205 situate the county in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dickenson County and Summers County.

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Lincoln County changed direction in the last decade.