Appalachia, VA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+17.0 |
| 2012 | R+30.0 |
| 2016 | R+53.5 |
| 2020 | R+57.1 |
| 2024 | R+64.6 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,391 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+64.6 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $43,068 |
| County | Wise County |
| State | VA |
Place narrative
Appalachia sits in Wise County in the heart of Virginia's southwestern coalfields, where decades of mining-industry decline have reoriented the local economy and driven consistent double-digit population loss since the 1980s.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −64.6% | 102 | 481 | 4 | 587 |
| 2020 | R | −57.1% | 130 | 481 | 4 | 615 |
| 2016 | R | −53.5% | 131 | 452 | 17 | 600 |
| 2012 | R | −30.0% | 205 | 384 | 7 | 596 |
| 2008 | R | −17.0% | 243 | 345 | 12 | 600 |
| 2004† | R | −6.1% | 286 | 324 | 10 | 620 |
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.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 87.8% |
| Black | 4.0% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.9% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $43,068 |
| Poverty rate | 28.3% |
| Median age | 43.3 |
| Age 18–29 | 15.4% |
| Age 65 and older | 17.0% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 18.1% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.3% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Wise County county page and the VA state page.