Nelson County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

9 precincts · 9,431 votes cast

Trump · R+7

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−7.5%	4,298	5,004	9,431
2020	R	−5.2%	4,327	4,812	9,316
2016	R	−5.6%	3,689	4,154	8,311
2012	D	+2.7%	4,171	3,947	8,250
2008	D	+9.1%	4,391	3,647	8,133
2004	D	+0.1%	3,543	3,539	7,139
2000	R	−0.1%	2,907	2,913	6,145
1996	D	+15.1%	2,782	1,988	5,264
1992	D	+7.7%	2,586	2,159	5,538
1988	R	−4.7%	2,272	2,502	4,849
1984	R	−15.6%	2,021	2,777	4,853
1980	D	+12.1%	2,410	1,866	4,496
1976	D	+22.6%	2,426	1,516	4,027
1972	R	−39.7%	724	1,697	2,449
1968	R	−0.3%	1,120	1,130	3,426
1964	R	−8.6%	3,872	4,604	8,489
1960	D	+31.1%	1,480	775	2,268
1956	D	+22.0%	1,215	764	2,054
1952	D	+24.5%	1,222	740	1,970
1948	D	+47.8%	1,204	371	1,741
1944	D	+52.9%	1,390	427	1,819
1940	D	+59.1%	1,291	330	1,626
1936	D	+52.9%	1,204	370	1,577
1932	D	+71.6%	1,457	238	1,702
1928	D	+32.6%	1,216	618	1,834
1924	D	+48.4%	1,042	350	1,431
1920	D	+42.5%	973	392	1,367
1916	D	+62.0%	1,063	249	1,312
1912	D	+55.9%	706	163	971
1908	D	+41.1%	742	308	1,056
1904	D	+51.3%	847	269	1,127
1900	D	+13.6%	1,530	1,163	2,707
1896	D	+11.4%	1,492	1,183	2,718
1892	D	+15.2%	1,409	1,020	2,551
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%

African American

8.8%

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: 51.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.4%

4.5%

75–84

4.6%

8.6%

65–74

9.6%

8.0%

55–64

8.3%

5.8%

45–54

5.0%

4.4%

35–44

5.3%

5.0%

25–34

5.0%

3.5%

18–24

2.9%

6.9%

5–17

5.0%

3.2%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$72,589

Nelson County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Nelson County$72,589

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.5%

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

Baptist

21.8%

Non-Christian

13.6%

Methodist

7.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.3%

Mainline Protestant

3.6%

Other Christian

2.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Nelson County's small, rural population clusters along the Rockfish Valley corridor, and its modest R+7.5 presidential margin in 2024 reflects a gradual rightward drift from the competitive results it posted a decade ago.

The Democratic margin in Nelson County has rarely exceeded seventy-two points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded forty points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by seven points.

Nelson County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 81% non-Hispanic-white share, a 13% poverty rate, and a median household income of $72,589 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Penobscot County and Oxford County.

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