Richmond County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

5 precincts · 4,168 votes cast

Trump · R+30

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−30.2%	1,439	2,697	4,168
2020	R	−25.2%	1,513	2,547	4,102
2016	R	−23.7%	1,347	2,213	3,661
2012	R	−15.5%	1,574	2,160	3,770
2008	R	−12.7%	1,618	2,092	3,745
2004	R	−25.0%	1,243	2,082	3,361
2000	R	−24.0%	1,076	1,784	2,949
1996	R	−11.5%	1,101	1,424	2,797
1992	R	−18.9%	1,034	1,609	3,050
1988	R	−33.4%	924	1,862	2,811
1984	R	−38.1%	830	1,869	2,730
1980	R	−28.6%	854	1,567	2,495
1976	R	−23.0%	864	1,391	2,288
1972	R	−45.5%	2,311	6,281	8,722
1968	R	−25.2%	490	1,011	2,069
1964	D	+7.7%	3,620	3,101	6,726
1960	R	−30.5%	425	801	1,233
1956	R	−43.4%	274	761	1,121
1952	R	−38.0%	326	727	1,055
1948	R	−9.1%	240	296	615
1944	D	+4.0%	364	336	701
1940	D	+29.4%	475	257	741
1936	D	+35.0%	451	217	668
1932	D	+40.8%	461	192	659
1928	R	−23.1%	292	467	759
1924	D	+45.6%	340	125	471
1920	D	+21.8%	321	206	527
1916	D	+29.3%	329	180	509
1912	D	+47.2%	342	110	492
1908	D	+24.4%	338	205	544
1904	D	+34.0%	377	185	565
1900	D	+9.3%	692	574	1,270
1896	D	+0.0%	667	667	1,344
1892	R	−0.6%	644	652	1,335
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

21.4%

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: 43.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

2.2%

3.1%

75–84

4.0%

4.9%

65–74

6.3%

7.5%

55–64

6.1%

8.8%

45–54

4.8%

11.3%

35–44

5.0%

7.6%

25–34

3.9%

3.6%

18–24

2.7%

6.9%

5–17

5.8%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,304

Richmond County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Richmond County$66,304

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.7%

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

Baptist

26.4%

Other Christian

14.5%

Methodist

5.5%

Mainline Protestant

2.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Richmond County sits in Virginia's agricultural Southside, where a small, dispersed population and deep rural roots have produced consistent double-digit Republican presidential margins for over two decades.

The Democratic margin in Richmond County peaked at forty-seven points in 1912. By 1968 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Richmond County's median household income of $66,304 sits well below state and national norms, and 8% 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 Allen County and Licking County.

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