Culpeper County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

15 precincts · 28,679 votes cast

Trump · R+25

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−24.9%	10,557	17,685	28,679
2020	R	−19.9%	10,617	16,012	27,116
2016	R	−25.2%	7,759	13,349	22,218
2012	R	−16.3%	8,285	11,580	20,211
2008	R	−9.7%	8,802	10,711	19,741
2004	R	−29.2%	5,476	10,026	15,605
2000	R	−25.1%	4,364	7,440	12,244
1996	R	−16.9%	3,907	5,688	10,553
1992	R	−17.0%	3,444	5,226	10,466
1988	R	−38.9%	2,555	5,896	8,599
1984	R	−42.2%	2,255	5,596	7,926
1980	R	−24.7%	2,519	4,312	7,255
1976	R	−11.5%	2,892	3,659	6,696
1972	R	−47.0%	1,316	3,707	5,092
1968	R	−21.1%	1,239	2,229	4,694
1964	D	+3.0%	1,886	1,775	3,665
1960	R	−10.0%	1,332	1,630	2,971
1956	R	−20.1%	966	1,502	2,661
1952	R	−20.8%	987	1,507	2,498
1948	D	+7.2%	804	682	1,699
1944	D	+15.3%	1,022	750	1,773
1940	D	+35.1%	1,208	579	1,794
1936	D	+39.2%	1,266	551	1,824
1932	D	+52.3%	1,349	417	1,782
1928	D	+5.2%	836	753	1,589
1924	D	+61.9%	876	190	1,108
1920	D	+49.2%	973	330	1,306
1916	D	+64.1%	849	184	1,038
1912	D	+70.4%	752	108	915
1908	D	+60.9%	962	233	1,197
1904	D	+58.3%	798	209	1,010
1900	D	+28.2%	1,512	847	2,360
1896	D	+20.8%	1,704	1,113	2,841
1892	D	+22.2%	1,561	991	2,564
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%

English

0.6%

African American

10.3%

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: 39.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

0.8%

2.6%

75–84

3.2%

4.4%

65–74

5.0%

6.7%

55–64

6.5%

45–54

6.1%

7.1%

35–44

6.4%

5.3%

25–34

5.5%

4.3%

18–24

3.7%

9.2%

5–17

9.7%

3.1%

3.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$100,049

Culpeper County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.

Culpeper County$100,049

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.9%

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

15.6%

Baptist

8.8%

Methodist

7.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.7%

Non-Christian

4.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.5%

Mainline Protestant

2.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Culpeper has absorbed steady population growth from the Washington exurban corridor yet maintained presidential margins above R+20 for over a decade, suggesting newcomers are largely reinforcing rather than diluting the existing partisan composition.

The shift began with civil rights. 1968 marked the realignment in Culpeper County, by a twenty-one points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-seven points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-five points.

The political shift has tracked, in Culpeper County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 67% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $100,049, and a 8% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Northumberland County and Mobile County.

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Culpeper County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.