Norfolk city, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

48 precincts · 86,009 votes cast

Harris · D+41

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+41.3%	59,941	24,377	86,009
2020	D	+45.6%	64,440	23,443	89,881
2016	D	+42.5%	57,023	21,552	83,385
2012	D	+45.4%	62,687	23,147	87,043
2008	D	+43.0%	62,819	24,814	88,446
2004	D	+24.3%	43,518	26,401	70,570
2000	D	+26.3%	38,221	21,920	61,946
1996	D	+31.5%	37,655	18,693	60,124
1992	D	+22.1%	37,602	22,362	69,027
1988	D	+10.5%	37,778	30,538	68,891
1984	D	+3.4%	38,913	36,360	75,516
1980	D	+11.3%	35,118	27,506	67,200
1976	D	+15.9%	39,295	28,099	70,402
1972	R	−19.1%	25,737	38,385	66,217
1968	D	+9.4%	28,477	22,302	65,829
1964	D	+27.1%	32,388	18,429	51,546
1960	D	+12.3%	22,037	17,174	39,473
1956	R	−5.7%	20,597	23,208	45,445
1952	R	−3.0%	18,628	19,780	38,466
1948	D	+18.3%	14,066	9,386	25,549
1944	D	+45.8%	17,477	6,485	24,007
1940	D	+55.8%	14,604	4,124	18,779
1936	D	+57.0%	14,295	3,881	18,255
1932	D	+35.7%	11,740	5,475	17,526
1928	R	−17.1%	7,306	10,314	17,620
1924	D	+33.0%	5,061	2,447	7,924
1920	D	+42.4%	5,953	2,386	8,417
1916	D	+52.9%	3,234	963	4,292
1912	D	+79.1%	3,539	195	4,228
1908	D	+38.9%	2,271	991	3,292
1904	D	+68.3%	2,559	457	3,076
1900	D	+25.3%	3,883	2,301	6,246
1896	D	+20.5%	3,068	1,995	5,229
1892	D	+36.0%	495	219	766
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

1.3%

African American

31.7%

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: 32.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

0.8%

1.5%

75–84

2.1%

3.7%

65–74

4.5%

5.1%

55–64

5.7%

4.6%

45–54

4.9%

6.5%

35–44

6.2%

10.1%

25–34

8.7%

8.5%

18–24

6.3%

7.1%

5–17

6.9%

3.3%

3.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,109

Norfolk city ranks near the middle of US counties.

Norfolk city$66,109

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.5%

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

Other Christian

12.8%

Baptist

9.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

9.6%

Mainline Protestant

4.7%

Non-Christian

4.6%

Methodist

3.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to the largest U.S. naval installation in the world, Norfolk combines a majority-minority population with a heavy military footprint, producing lopsided Democratic margins while remaining one of the state's most economically and demographically complex independent cities.

The Democratic margin in Norfolk city peaked at seventy-nine points in 1912. By 1976 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-one points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Norfolk city's median household income of $66,109 sits well below state and national norms, and 17% 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 Portsmouth city and Dallas County.

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Norfolk city was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.