combined metro areaParkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+23.2
2008R+23.0
2012R+26.2
2016R+45.0
2020R+42.2
2024R+44.2
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 60.7% of 116,731 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
19,326
50,661
907
70,894
116,731
60.7%
2020
20,635
51,643
1,171
73,449
118,728
61.9%
2016
16,812
47,859
4,389
69,060
120,770
57.2%
2012
23,557
40,894
1,791
66,242
120,889
54.8%
2008
25,723
41,411
1,112
68,246
119,952
56.9%
2004
27,459
44,207
431
72,097
119,015†
60.6%
† 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
3 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · 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
GroupParkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OHUnited States
German18.4%12.5%
English15.7%9.5%
Irish13.2%9.4%
American8.9%5.3%
Italian2.6%4.8%
Scottish2.4%1.3%
Polish1.2%2.2%
Scotch-Irish1.1%—
Mexican0.7%11.3%
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
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH
United States
Median age
44
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH
United States
Median household income
$59,855
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.4%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.6%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH
United States
Catholic
6.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
19.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
56.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
16.6%
5.2%
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.
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−1.9%
1896
−5.9%
1900
−10.1%
1904
−14.9%
1908
−1.8%
1912
+16.3%
1916
+4.3%
1920
−12.8%
1924
−9.3%
1928
−41.0%
1932
+5.0%
1936
+7.0%
1940
−7.6%
1944
−11.7%
1948
−5.8%
1952
−21.9%
1956
−27.9%
1960
−21.6%
1964
+15.9%
1968
−16.7%
1972
−41.8%
1976
−6.4%
1980
−21.0%
1984
−35.6%
1988
−19.3%
1992
−5.5%
1996
−5.4%
2000
−21.4%
2004
−23.2%
2008
−23.0%
2012
−26.2%
2016
−45.0%
2020
−42.2%
2024
−44.2%
DemocraticRepublican
34 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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
27.3%Harris19,326
71.5%Trump50,661
0.6%Kennedy441 +4
R+44.2
R+2.0
R+42.7
70,894
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican71.5%50,661
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic27.3%19,326
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.6%441
Chase OliverNonpartisan0.4%262
Jill SteinIndependent0.1%89
Richard DuncanNonpartisan0.1%76
Peter SonskiNonpartisan0.1%39
R
28.1%Biden20,635
70.3%Trump51,643
1.6%
R+42.2
D+2.7
R+46.7
73,449
R
24.3%Clinton16,812
69.3%Trump47,859
6.4%
R+45.0
R+18.8
R+47.0
69,060
R
35.6%Obama23,557
61.7%Romney40,894
2.7%
R+26.2
R+3.2
R+30.0
66,242
R
37.7%Obama25,723
60.7%McCain41,411
1.6%
R+23.0
D+0.2
R+30.3
68,246
R
38.1%Kerry27,459
61.3%Bush44,207
0.6%
R+23.2
R+1.8
R+20.8
72,097
R
38.0%Gore23,865
59.4%Bush37,288
2.6%
R+21.4
R+16.0
R+21.9
62,754
R
41.3%Clinton25,112
46.7%Dole28,395
12.0%
R+5.4
D+0.1
R+13.9
60,780
R
37.5%Clinton24,952
43.0%Bush28,584
19.5%
R+5.5
D+13.8
R+11.0
66,516
R
40.1%Dukakis23,855
59.4%Bush35,342
0.6%
R+19.3
D+16.3
R+11.6
59,545
R
31.7%Mondale20,145
67.3%Reagan42,800
1.0%
R+35.6
R+14.7
R+17.4
63,594
R
36.6%Carter22,616
57.6%Reagan35,566
5.8%
R+21.0
R+14.6
R+11.2
61,776
R
46.2%Carter27,171
52.6%Ford30,926
1.1%
R+6.4
D+35.4
R+8.5
58,766
R
28.6%McGovern17,391
70.4%Nixon42,780
1.0%
R+41.8
R+25.1
R+18.6
60,768
R
37.3%Humphrey22,035
54.0%Nixon31,899
8.7%
R+16.7
R+32.6
R+16.0
59,051
D
57.9%Johnson34,039
42.1%Goldwater24,719
0.0%
D+15.9
D+37.4
R+6.7
58,758
R
39.2%Kennedy24,297
60.8%Nixon37,675
0.0%
R+21.6
D+6.3
R+21.7
61,972
R
36.1%Stevenson20,572
63.9%Eisenhower36,467
0.0%
R+27.9
R+6.0
R+12.5
57,039
R
39.1%Stevenson22,580
60.9%Eisenhower35,232
0.0%
R+21.9
R+16.1
R+11.1
57,812
R
47.0%Truman22,999
52.8%Dewey25,838
0.3%
R+5.8
D+5.9
R+10.3
48,961
R
44.2%Roosevelt21,869
55.8%Dewey27,660
0.0%
R+11.7
R+4.1
R+19.2
49,529
R
46.2%Roosevelt26,100
53.8%Willkie30,381
0.0%
R+7.6
R+14.6
R+17.5
56,481
D
53.2%Roosevelt28,815
46.2%Landon25,012
0.7%
D+7.0
D+2.0
R+17.2
54,181
D
51.9%Roosevelt25,446
46.9%Hoover22,982
1.2%
D+5.0
D+46.1
R+12.8
49,025
R
29.2%Smith12,266
70.2%Hoover29,512
0.6%
R+41.0
R+31.7
R+23.6
42,037
R
43.5%Davis16,692
52.8%Coolidge20,281
3.7%
R+9.3
D+3.4
D+15.8
38,398
R
42.9%Cox16,501
55.7%Harding21,422
1.5%
R+12.8
R+17.1
D+13.4
38,483
D
50.8%Wilson11,156
46.5%Hughes10,217
2.7%
D+4.3
R+12.0
D+1.1
21,959
D
45.9%Wilson9,374
29.6%Taft6,048
24.6%
D+16.3
D+18.0
R+3.3
20,441
R
48.1%Bryan10,876
49.9%Taft11,272
2.0%
R+1.8
D+13.1
D+7.8
22,595
R
41.2%Parker9,275
56.1%Roosevelt12,625
2.7%
R+14.9
R+4.8
D+4.8
22,500
R
44.5%Bryan10,256
54.6%McKinley12,585
0.9%
R+10.1
R+4.2
R+2.6
23,044
R
46.7%Bryan9,825
52.5%McKinley11,060
0.8%
R+5.9
R+3.9
D+0.2
21,052
R
47.6%Cleveland8,619
49.5%Harrison8,972
2.9%
R+1.9
—
R+3.6
18,125
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+25.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+44.2
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 19 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2026 (partial)
58,735
12,978
27,818
16,417
1,522
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+109 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,761 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH in Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+14
2012
−168
2013
0
2014
−204
2015
+75
2016
−819
2017
−435
2018
−870
2019
−489
2021
−17
2022
+7
2023
−114
2024
+150
2025
+109
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH sits in southern Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.3 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 45.0 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.2 points.
A population of 147,438, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,855 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mansfield-Ashland-Bucyrus, OH and Altoona-Huntingdon, PA.
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How did Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH, West Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH, West Virginia voted Republican by 44.2 points (R+44.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 70,894 votes cast, 19,326 went Democratic and 50,661 went Republican.
When did Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH, West Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH, West Virginia voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH, West Virginia?
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH, West Virginia has a population of 147,438 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH, West Virginia?
Median household income in Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH, West Virginia is $59,855 — below the national median of $80,734. The West Virginia state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH, West Virginia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH, West Virginia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
