Craig County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

8 precincts · 3,135 votes cast

Trump · R+64

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−64.4%	542	2,562	3,135
2020	R	−61.5%	587	2,536	3,169
2016	R	−57.3%	541	2,140	2,791
2012	R	−34.8%	830	1,757	2,667
2008	R	−31.2%	877	1,695	2,621
2004	R	−30.7%	901	1,706	2,621
2000	R	−29.2%	851	1,580	2,493
1996	R	−3.9%	895	979	2,159
1992	R	−1.9%	965	1,008	2,297
1988	R	−12.4%	864	1,112	2,005
1984	R	−16.1%	845	1,173	2,033
1980	D	+10.0%	946	768	1,779
1976	D	+33.4%	1,103	546	1,667
1972	R	−28.6%	425	774	1,220
1968	R	−12.9%	419	581	1,258
1964	D	+23.3%	767	477	1,244
1960	D	+10.4%	534	433	967
1956	D	+1.6%	501	485	993
1952	D	+7.1%	490	425	915
1948	D	+17.5%	456	317	796
1944	D	+26.6%	564	327	892
1940	D	+37.3%	656	299	957
1936	D	+24.6%	653	395	1,049
1932	D	+35.9%	649	302	966
1928	D	+4.0%	489	451	940
1924	D	+25.5%	512	300	833
1920	D	+9.4%	381	315	699
1916	D	+29.6%	369	200	571
1912	D	+49.6%	337	62	554
1908	D	+23.6%	364	224	593
1904	D	+33.9%	335	161	513
1900	D	+20.9%	415	265	718
1896	D	+31.8%	490	249	757
1892	D	+47.1%	535	164	787
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 46.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

3.0%

85+

0.7%

2.9%

75–84

2.8%

5.2%

65–74

4.2%

9.7%

55–64

9.7%

7.0%

45–54

6.2%

5.3%

35–44

5.0%

3.6%

25–34

6.0%

1.9%

18–24

3.7%

10.7%

5–17

5.8%

3.4%

3.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$69,057

Craig County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Craig County$69,057

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.7%

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

Other Christian

21.7%

Methodist

6.8%

Baptist

5.0%

Mainline Protestant

1.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.4%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tucked in the Allegheny Highlands with no incorporated towns, Craig County posts some of Virginia's widest presidential margins — its sparse, rural electorate has backed the Republican nominee by 60-plus points in recent cycles.

The Democratic margin in Craig County peaked at fifty points in 1912. By 1984 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was sixty-four points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Craig County's median household income of $69,057 sits well below state and national norms, and 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Harrison County and Metcalfe County.

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Craig County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.