Northumberland County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

5 precincts · 8,232 votes cast

Trump · R+21

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−21.1%	3,202	4,938	8,232
2020	R	−15.8%	3,252	4,485	7,815
2016	R	−19.6%	2,852	4,302	7,397
2012	R	−14.8%	3,191	4,310	7,558
2008	R	−9.8%	3,312	4,041	7,406
2004	R	−20.0%	2,548	3,832	6,409
2000	R	−22.2%	2,118	3,362	5,605
1996	R	−12.9%	1,957	2,605	5,028
1992	R	−15.1%	1,862	2,667	5,334
1988	R	−32.3%	1,506	2,984	4,581
1984	R	−38.0%	1,407	3,166	4,628
1980	R	−24.2%	1,551	2,598	4,330
1976	R	−8.6%	1,814	2,167	4,126
1972	R	−36.3%	633	1,370	2,029
1968	R	−10.3%	1,077	1,438	3,492
1964	D	+0.5%	684	677	1,365
1960	R	−21.8%	858	1,340	2,211
1956	R	−40.2%	428	1,191	1,900
1952	R	−36.4%	573	1,230	1,806
1948	R	−9.2%	429	535	1,146
1944	D	+13.9%	695	525	1,221
1940	D	+29.6%	712	386	1,102
1936	D	+40.8%	618	260	878
1932	D	+43.6%	630	245	884
1928	R	−44.5%	286	744	1,030
1924	D	+63.0%	589	130	729
1920	D	+41.3%	536	221	763
1916	D	+63.5%	503	111	617
1912	D	+59.0%	470	102	624
1908	D	+37.7%	410	185	597
1904	D	+40.4%	532	225	760
1900	D	+0.1%	809	807	1,623
1896	D	+2.6%	953	904	1,873
1892	D	+8.8%	953	792	1,823
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%

Polish

1.7%

African American

15.3%

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: 59.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

2.1%

85+

2.1%

6.9%

75–84

6.4%

9.8%

65–74

10.7%

8.5%

55–64

9.9%

3.7%

45–54

4.2%

4.5%

35–44

4.9%

3.0%

25–34

3.2%

3.3%

18–24

3.0%

4.4%

5–17

5.4%

1.4%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,480

Northumberland County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Northumberland County$66,480

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.5%

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

Methodist

13.8%

Baptist

11.3%

Other Christian

7.8%

Mainline Protestant

3.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Northumberland sits at the tip of Virginia's Northern Neck peninsula, isolated by the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers. Its small, older, majority-white population has shifted steadily rightward over two decades, producing a 21-point Republican margin in 2024.

The shift began with civil rights. 1968 marked the realignment in Northumberland County, by a ten points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-four points in 1928. The 2024 margin was twenty-one points.

The political shift has tracked, in Northumberland County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 69% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $66,480, and a 12% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Culpeper County and Fairfield County.

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