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Charleston, WV Metro Area


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2022 population: 251,914   ( 24,836 from 2010 , 6,938 from 2020)
Land area: 2646.6 square miles
Population density: 95.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:227,313 90.23% 11.2%
Black:13,4875.35% 4.2%
Indian:3860.15% 12.3%
Asian:2,1890.87% 6.8%
2+ races:5,6072.23% 43.0%
Hispanic:2,9321.16% 51.0%
Total non-White:24,6019.77% 8.6%

2020-2022 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:5,629 10.9
Deaths:10,18119.7
Net Migration: -2,819-5.4
Net Immigration: 4240.8
Change in White population:22,881 10.1
Change in Non-White pop.:1,955 0.9



Historical Presidential Election Results for Charleston, WV Metro Area

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2024 vs. 2020 R -4,058 R +1,456 R + 3.8%
D -5,514
2024 vs. 2016 R +959 D +728 D + 1.5%
D +1,687
2020 vs. 2016 R +5,017 D +2,184 D + 5.3%
D +7,201
2024 vs. 2012 R +7,347 R +13,199 R + 12.4%
D -5,852
2016 vs. 2008 R +9,857 R +29,548 R + 29.3%
D -19,691
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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US) 		PUSV
2024 53% Donald Trump (R) 67,940 63.7% Kamala Harris (D) 36,430 34.2% 2,260 [+] 2.1% 106,630 14 0.07%
2020 58% Donald Trump* (R) 71,998 62.1% Joe Biden (D) 41,944 36.2% 2,026 [+] 1.7% 115,968 15 0.07%
2016 52% Donald Trump (R) 66,981 62.0% Hillary Clinton (D) 34,743 32.1% 6,379 [+] 5.9% 108,103 16 0.08%
2012 49% Mitt Romney (R) 60,593 57.6% Barack Obama* (D) 42,282 40.2% 2,369 [+] 2.3% 105,244 10 0.08%
2008 52% John McCain (R) 57,124 50.3% Barack Obama (D) 54,434 47.9% 2,035 [+] 1.8% 113,593 5 0.09%
2004 56% George W. Bush* (R) 62,623 50.6% John Kerry (D) 60,210 48.7% 835 [+] 0.7% 123,668 0 0.10%
2000 49% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 54,673 50.4% George W. Bush (R) 51,779 47.8% 1,923 [+] 1.8% 108,375 0 0.10%
1996 49% Bill Clinton* (D) 58,355 54.2% Robert Dole (R) 39,130 36.3% 10,191 [+] 9.5% 107,676 -4 0.11%
1992 52% Bill Clinton (D) 56,423 49.4% George Bush* (R) 41,463 36.3% 16,325 [+] 14.3% 114,211 -1 0.11%
1988 50% Michael Dukakis (D) 59,568 53.4% George Bush (R) 51,615 46.3% 335 [+] 0.3% 111,518 -7 0.12%
1984 56% Ronald Reagan* (R) 69,344 54.9% Walter Mondale (D) 56,684 44.9% 343 0.3% 126,371 -4 0.14%
1980 55% Jimmy Carter* (D) 61,966 48.6% Ronald Reagan (R) 58,270 45.7% 7,357 [+] 5.8% 127,593 -5 0.15%
1976 71% Jimmy Carter (D) 75,386 57.8% Gerald Ford* (R) 54,924 42.1% 180 [+] 0.1% 130,490 -6 0.16%
1972 75% Richard Nixon* (R) 85,073 62.0% George McGovern (D) 52,087 38.0% 0 0.0% 137,160 1 0.18%
1968 84% Hubert Humphrey (D) 62,805 47.5% Richard Nixon (R) 54,991 41.6% 14,329 [+] 10.8% 132,125 -2 0.18%
1964 87% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 93,176 65.1% Barry Goldwater (R) 50,011 34.9% 0 0.0% 143,187 -4 0.20%
1960 87% John Kennedy (D) 74,039 50.1% Richard Nixon (R) 73,754 49.9% 0 0.0% 147,793 0 0.21%
1956 85% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 76,551 53.1% Adlai Stevenson (D) 67,611 46.9% 0 0.0% 144,162 -4 0.23%
1952 87% Adlai Stevenson (D) 73,259 50.0% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 73,124 50.0% 0 0.0% 146,383 -5 0.24%
1948 80% Harry Truman* (D) 70,032 55.9% Thomas Dewey (R) 54,761 43.7% 388 [+] 0.3% 125,181 -1 0.26%
1944 78% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 62,216 55.1% Thomas Dewey (R) 50,712 44.9% 0 0.0% 112,928 -1 0.24%
1940 100% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 77,848 57.7% Wendell Willkie (R) 57,044 42.3% 0 0.0% 134,892 -3 0.27%
1936 104% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 70,708 58.3% Alf Landon (R) 50,470 41.6% 126 [+] 0.1% 121,304 5 0.27%
1932 100% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 56,635 53.0% Herbert Hoover* (R) 49,418 46.2% 832 [+] 0.8% 106,885 7 0.27%
1928 93% Herbert Hoover (R) 50,312 56.7% Al Smith (D) 38,165 43.0% 228 [+] 0.3% 88,705 -1 0.24%
1924 91% Calvin Coolidge (R) 37,774 48.7% John Davis (D) 34,380 44.3% 5,425 [+] 7.0% 77,579 -5 0.27%
1920 87% Warren Harding (R) 36,105 54.9% James Cox (D) 28,826 43.8% 856 [+] 1.3% 65,787 -5 0.25%
1916 52% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 17,199 49.3% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 16,865 48.4% 817 [+] 2.3% 34,881 3 0.19%
1912 53% Woodrow Wilson (D) 12,520 40.2% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 10,726 34.4% 7,922 [+] 25.4% 31,168 -9 0.21%
1908 64% William Taft (R) 16,784 54.7% William J. Bryan (D) 12,655 41.2% 1,249 [+] 4.1% 30,688 3 0.21%
1904 66% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 15,342 55.9% Alton Parker (D) 11,434 41.7% 669 [+] 2.4% 27,445 0 0.20%
1900 67% William McKinley* (R) 13,470 56.9% William J. Bryan (D) 10,091 42.6% 122 [+] 0.5% 23,683 5 0.17%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote



2020 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Joe Biden (D) 41,944 36.2%
Donald Trump* (R) 71,998 62.1%
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 1,639 1.4%
Other 387 0.3%
TOTAL 115,968
Turnout: 58% Diff (US): 15


2016 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Hillary Clinton (D) 34,743 32.1%
Donald Trump (R) 66,981 62.0%
Gary Johnson (Lbt) 3,296 3.0%
Jill Stein (Grn) 1,077 1.0%
Other 2,006 1.9%
TOTAL 108,103
Turnout: 52% Diff (US): 16


2012 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Barack Obama* (D) 42,282 40.2%
Mitt Romney (R) 60,593 57.6%
Gary Johnson (Lbt) 860 0.8%
Other 1,509 1.4%
TOTAL 105,244
Turnout: 49% Diff (US): 10


2008 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Barack Obama (D) 54,434 47.9%
John McCain (R) 57,124 50.3%
Ralph Nader (I) 1,014 0.9%
Other 1,021 0.9%
TOTAL 113,593
Turnout: 52% Diff (US): 5


2004 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
George W. Bush* (R) 62,623 50.6%
John Kerry (D) 60,210 48.7%
Ralph Nader (I) 626 0.5%
Other 209 0.2%
TOTAL 123,668
Turnout: 56% Diff (US): 0


2000 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
George W. Bush (R) 51,779 47.8%
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 54,673 50.4%
Ralph Nader (Grn) 1,332 1.2%
Pat Buchanan (Ref) 274 0.3%
Other 317 0.3%
TOTAL 108,375
Turnout: 49% Diff (US): 0


1996 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Bill Clinton* (D) 58,355 54.2%
Robert Dole (R) 39,130 36.3%
Ross Perot (Ref) 9,685 9.0%
Harry Browne (Lbt) 506 0.5%
TOTAL 107,676
Turnout: 49% Diff (US): -4


1992 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Bill Clinton (D) 56,423 49.4%
George Bush* (R) 41,463 36.3%
Ross Perot (I) 15,972 14.0%
Other 353 0.3%
TOTAL 114,211
Turnout: 52% Diff (US): -1


1988 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
George Bush (R) 51,615 46.3%
Michael Dukakis (D) 59,568 53.4%
Other 335 0.3%
TOTAL 111,518
Turnout: 50% Diff (US): -7


1984 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Ronald Reagan* (R) 69,344 54.9%
Walter Mondale (D) 56,684 44.9%
Other 343 0.3%
TOTAL 126,371
Turnout: 56% Diff (US): -4


1980 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Ronald Reagan (R) 58,270 45.7%
Jimmy Carter* (D) 61,966 48.6%
John Anderson (I) 6,688 5.2%
Edward Clark (Lbt) 669 0.5%
TOTAL 127,593
Turnout: 55% Diff (US): -5


1976 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Jimmy Carter (D) 75,386 57.8%
Gerald Ford* (R) 54,924 42.1%
Other 180 0.1%
TOTAL 130,490
Turnout: 71% Diff (US): -6


1972 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Richard Nixon* (R) 85,073 62.0%
George McGovern (D) 52,087 38.0%
TOTAL 137,160
Turnout: 75% Diff (US): 1


1968 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Richard Nixon (R) 54,991 41.6%
Hubert Humphrey (D) 62,805 47.5%
George Wallace (AIP) 14,329 10.8%
TOTAL 132,125
Turnout: 84% Diff (US): -2


1964 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Lyndon Johnson* (D) 93,176 65.1%
Barry Goldwater (R) 50,011 34.9%
TOTAL 143,187
Turnout: 87% Diff (US): -4


1960 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
John Kennedy (D) 74,039 50.1%
Richard Nixon (R) 73,754 49.9%
TOTAL 147,793
Turnout: 87% Diff (US): 0


1956 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 76,551 53.1%
Adlai Stevenson (D) 67,611 46.9%
TOTAL 144,162
Turnout: 85% Diff (US): -4


1948 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Harry Truman* (D) 70,032 55.9%
Thomas Dewey (R) 54,761 43.7%
Henry Wallace (Prog) 388 0.3%
TOTAL 125,181
Turnout: 80% Diff (US): -1


1944 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 62,216 55.1%
Thomas Dewey (R) 50,712 44.9%
TOTAL 112,928
Turnout: 78% Diff (US): -1


1940 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 77,848 57.7%
Wendell Willkie (R) 57,044 42.3%
TOTAL 134,892
Turnout: 100% Diff (US): -3


1936 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 70,708 58.3%
Alf Landon (R) 50,470 41.6%
Norman Thomas (Soc) 64 0.1%
Other 62 0.1%
TOTAL 121,304
Turnout: 104% Diff (US): 5


1932 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Franklin Roosevelt (D) 56,635 53.0%
Herbert Hoover* (R) 49,418 46.2%
Norman Thomas (Soc) 651 0.6%
Other 181 0.2%
TOTAL 106,885
Turnout: 100% Diff (US): 7


1928 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Herbert Hoover (R) 50,312 56.7%
Al Smith (D) 38,165 43.0%
Norman Thomas (Soc) 88 0.1%
Other 140 0.2%
TOTAL 88,705
Turnout: 93% Diff (US): -1


1924 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Calvin Coolidge (R) 37,774 48.7%
John Davis (D) 34,380 44.3%
Robert LaFollette (Prog) 5,272 6.8%
Other 153 0.2%
TOTAL 77,579
Turnout: 91% Diff (US): -5


1920 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Warren Harding (R) 36,105 54.9%
James Cox (D) 28,826 43.8%
Eugene Debs (Soc) 772 1.2%
Aaron Watkins (Proh) 84 0.1%
TOTAL 65,787
Turnout: 87% Diff (US): -5


1916 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Woodrow Wilson* (D) 16,865 48.4%
Charles Evans Hughes (R) 17,199 49.3%
Allan Benson (Soc) 817 2.3%
TOTAL 34,881
Turnout: 52% Diff (US): 3


1912 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Woodrow Wilson (D) 12,520 40.2%
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 10,726 34.4%
William Taft* (R) 4,378 14.0%
Eugene Debs (Soc) 3,544 11.4%
TOTAL 31,168
Turnout: 53% Diff (US): -9


1908 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
William Taft (R) 16,784 54.7%
William J. Bryan (D) 12,655 41.2%
Other 1,249 4.1%
TOTAL 30,688
Turnout: 64% Diff (US): 3


1904 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
Theodore Roosevelt (R) 15,342 55.9%
Alton Parker (D) 11,434 41.7%
Other 669 2.4%
TOTAL 27,445
Turnout: 66% Diff (US): 0


1900 President, Charleston, WV Metro Area
CandidateVotesPct
William McKinley* (R) 13,470 56.9%
William J. Bryan (D) 10,091 42.6%
Other 122 0.5%
TOTAL 23,683
Turnout: 67% Diff (US): 5
* incumbent