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1876–2024
Prince George County, Virginia
Prince George County·Virginia

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

A fast-growing exurb anchored by Fort Gregg-Adams and its surrounding economy

18762024·38 elections
Prince George County, Virginia · Taber Andrew Bain · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+21
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
43,146
2024 ACS
Most similar
Mobile County
AL · similarity 0.99
10 precincts · 17,633 votes cast
Trump · R+21
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−21.3%
6,84210,59017,633
2020R
−17.2%
7,10310,10317,432
2016R
−16.9%
6,4199,15716,184
2012R
−11.8%
6,9918,87916,046
2008R
−10.1%
7,1308,75216,006
2004R
−23.1%
5,0668,13113,254
2000R
−22.0%
4,1826,57910,900
1996R
−18.1%
3,4985,2169,507
1992R
−18.2%
3,0874,7999,412
1988R
−33.4%
2,4694,9827,515
1984R
−39.9%
2,1364,9997,178
1980R
−18.3%
2,3103,3895,888
1976D
+7.6%
2,6302,2544,960
1972R
−35.7%
8101,7512,636
1968R
−6.0%
1,2721,5594,761
1964R
−9.9%
9691,1822,152
1960D
+14.8%
9837271,725
1956R
−3.2%
6426891,490
1952D
+6.1%
6125411,166
1948D
+35.4%
7453171,210
1944D
+45.1%
7963011,098
1940D
+65.9%
766156925
1936D
+69.3%
713128844
1932D
+67.0%
597115719
1928D
+29.1%
428235663
1924D
+49.6%
27990381
1920D
+49.0%
375127506
1916D
+56.2%
25872331
1912D
+54.9%
20442295
1908D
+32.0%
17188259
1904D
+34.4%
18992282
1900D
+9.9%
367301669
1896D
+13.5%
518394918
1892R
−31.8%
270545865
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
1.4%
African American
25.1%
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.
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
Pentecostal & Holiness
7.4%
Other Christian
4.7%
Methodist
3.9%
Baptist
3.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.5%
Mainline Protestant
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 76.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Prince George County sits southeast of Richmond along the Appomattox River, where a large military installation shapes both its demographic profile and its economy. Despite steady population growth, it has voted Republican by wide margins in recent presidential cycles.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Prince George County, by a eighteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty points in 1984. The 2024 margin was twenty-one points.

The political shift has tracked, in Prince George County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 54% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $84,897, and a 9% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mobile County and Culpeper County.