2024 results by precinct
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38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 818 | 1,642 | 2,480 | |
| 2020 | R | 964 | 1,580 | 2,603 | |
| 2016 | R | 914 | 1,349 | 2,382 | |
| 2012 | D | 1,319 | 975 | 2,330 | |
| 2008 | D | 1,304 | 1,020 | 2,354 | |
| 2004 | D | 1,179 | 1,104 | 2,301 | |
| 2000 | D | 1,168 | 966 | 2,214 | |
| 1996 | D | 1,394 | 763 | 2,453 | |
| 1992 | D | 1,442 | 995 | 2,869 | |
| 1988 | D | 1,567 | 1,274 | 2,915 | |
| 1984 | R | 1,391 | 1,722 | 3,162 | |
| 1980 | D | 1,813 | 1,187 | 3,150 | |
| 1976 | D | 1,820 | 1,173 | 3,165 | |
| 1972 | R | 7,289 | 17,722 | 26,080 | |
| 1968 | R | 1,195 | 1,551 | 3,595 | |
| 1964 | D | 9,532 | 9,038 | 18,621 | |
| 1960 | D | 1,558 | 1,436 | 3,001 | |
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
0.6%
African American
10.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 38.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$41,944
Covington city ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Covington city$41,944
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
25.7%
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
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 18.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Covington, one of Virginia's smallest independent cities, sits in the Allegheny Highlands and has voted Republican by double-digit margins in every recent presidential cycle, reaching R+33.3 in 2024.
The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached twenty-six points in 1996; the Republican margin reached forty points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.
Covington city's demographics — a population of 5,680, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $41,944 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mercer County and Ashtabula County.
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