Wetzel County, West Virginia

2024 results by precinct

21 precincts · 6,168 votes cast

Trump · R+56

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−55.5%	1,294	4,718	6,168
2020	R	−51.8%	1,539	4,993	6,669
2016	R	−50.1%	1,359	4,519	6,312
2012	R	−21.4%	2,217	3,473	5,875
2008	R	−6.2%	2,942	3,342	6,452
2004	R	−4.6%	3,330	3,656	7,038
2000	R	−6.2%	2,849	3,239	6,288
1996	D	+18.7%	3,209	2,037	6,277
1992	D	+19.5%	3,753	2,271	7,597
1988	D	+7.4%	3,928	3,381	7,350
1984	R	−13.1%	3,549	4,626	8,207
1980	D	+5.6%	4,035	3,588	8,015
1976	D	+14.1%	5,042	3,793	8,835
1972	R	−29.7%	3,276	6,046	9,322
1968	R	−0.9%	4,038	4,122	8,949
1964	D	+32.0%	6,239	3,215	9,454
1960	R	−8.5%	4,338	5,149	9,487
1956	R	−13.8%	3,809	5,024	8,833
1952	R	−1.1%	4,375	4,476	8,851
1948	D	+14.7%	4,477	3,326	7,829
1944	D	+9.2%	4,335	3,604	7,939
1940	D	+11.4%	5,590	4,443	10,033
1936	D	+26.2%	6,463	3,770	10,262
1932	D	+29.0%	6,118	3,351	9,547
1928	R	−4.4%	4,052	4,428	8,539
1924	D	+17.6%	4,998	3,458	8,732
1920	D	+6.2%	4,103	3,619	7,804
1916	D	+18.5%	2,797	1,910	4,784
1912	D	+34.4%	2,710	1,092	4,698
1908	D	+12.1%	2,874	2,235	5,292
1904	D	+6.2%	2,833	2,493	5,497
1900	R	−12.1%	2,083	2,664	4,796
1896	D	+19.8%	2,524	1,685	4,231
1892	D	+17.6%	1,810	1,183	3,557
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: 45.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

0.9%

3.6%

75–84

4.9%

6.1%

65–74

6.6%

7.4%

55–64

7.4%

6.0%

45–54

6.4%

5.2%

35–44

5.3%

5.6%

25–34

5.4%

3.8%

18–24

3.3%

8.1%

5–17

7.2%

3.3%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$56,836

Wetzel County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Wetzel County$56,836

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

16.0%

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

Other Christian

17.5%

Methodist

9.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.5%

Mainline Protestant

3.6%

Baptist

3.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wetzel County, tucked along the Ohio River in the Northern Panhandle, has shifted from a historically Democratic coal-and-gas community to one of the state's most lopsided Republican counties, with the 2024 presidential margin exceeding 55 points.

The Republican margin in Wetzel County reached its widest at fifty-six points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was fifty-six points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Wetzel County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $56,836, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 14,078 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Francois County and Harrison County.

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Wetzel County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.