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      Data: MIT Election Lab, VEST, Census Bureau
      Home›West Virginia›WV-01

      West Virginia's 1st Congressional District

      R+40.2
      ↓ R+2.3 vs 2022· West Virginia · Latest: 2024

      Safe Republican — flipped 1 time in 25 elections

      Population877K

      Current Representative

      REPCarol D MillerElected 2024

      118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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      “How has West Virginia's 1st Congressional District voted in House elections since 2000?”

      Key Insights

      • Has voted Republican in the last 5 presidential elections
      • Latest election (2024) was a Republican landslide with a 44.4% margin

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      2024 House ElectionWest Virginia Profile

      Who lives in West Virginia's 1st Congressional District? 877,069 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      WV-01 vs West Virginia vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      877K
      State: 1.8M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.26%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      77.1%
      State: 77.1% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      1.8%
      State: 2.5% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      98.2%
      State: 97.5% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $54,402
      State: $60,534 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      18.8%
      State: 16.8% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      22.1%
      State: 24.4% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      75.0%
      State: 74.9% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      43.9 yrs
      State: 42.9 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      13.6%
      State: 14.7% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      22.2%
      State: 21.0% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      1.2%
      State: 1.8% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      WV-01 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 90.8%Multiracial 3.9%Black 3.3%Hispanic 1.4%Asian 0.6%
      GroupWV-01StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      90.8%89.7%57.4%
      Multiracial / Other
      3.9%4.1%4.0%
      ▶Black(10)
      3.3%3.2%12.2%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(15)
      1.4%2.1%19.3%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(7)
      0.7%—0.9%
      ▶Asian(6)
      0.6%0.8%6.0%
      Native American / Alaska Native
      0.1%0.1%0.9%

      Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

      Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

      MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).

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