† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupTazewellVirginiaUnited States
American23.8%8.4%5.3%
English11.2%12.0%9.5%
Irish7.9%9.1%9.4%
German6.1%10.1%12.5%
Scottish1.2%1.9%1.3%
Italian1.1%3.9%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.8%——
Dutch0.5%——
African American†8.4%15.6%9.9%
Haitian1.0%—0.3%
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
Tazewell
Virginia
United States
Median age
44.5
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
4.5%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.2%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Tazewell
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$34,618
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
25.1%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.3%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Tazewell
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.6%
17.5%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Tazewell
Virginia
United States
Catholic
—
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
54.3%
51.5%
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.
Tazewell, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−9.8%
2008
−26.8%
2012
−46.1%
2016
−57.0%
2020
−56.1%
2024
−56.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. 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. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
21.3%Harris476
77.9%Trump1,743
0.8%
R+56.6
R+0.5
R+55.2
2,237
R
21.4%Biden475
77.6%Trump1,718
1.0%
R+56.1
D+0.9
R+60.6
2,215
R
20.1%Clinton393
77.1%Trump1,507
2.8%
R+57.0
R+10.9
R+59.1
1,954
R
26.3%Obama496
72.4%Romney1,364
1.3%
R+46.1
R+19.3
R+49.9
1,884
R
35.6%Obama660
62.3%McCain1,157
2.1%
R+26.8
R+17.0
R+34.1
1,856
R
44.6%Kerry849
54.4%Bush1,036
1.0%
R+9.8
—
R+7.4
1,905
Tazewell sits in the heart of Virginia's southwestern coalfields, where decades of deindustrialization have produced some of the state's most lopsided rural voting patterns and a population that has contracted steadily since the 1980s.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 57.0 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 56.6 points.
A population of 4,390, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $34,618 describe the city.
In 2024, Tazewell, Virginia voted Republican by 56.6 points (R+56.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,237 votes cast, 476 went Democratic and 1,743 went Republican.
How many people live in Tazewell, Virginia?
Tazewell, Virginia has a population of 4,390 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Tazewell, Virginia?
Median household income in Tazewell, Virginia is $34,618 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Tazewell, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Tazewell, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
