combined metro areaVirginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+7.0
2008D+10.6
2012D+10.4
2016D+6.9
2020D+12.3
2024D+9.1
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 64.9% of 1,414,093 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
492,731
409,474
15,328
917,533
1,414,093
64.9%
2020
505,864
392,868
18,530
917,262
1,380,596
66.4%
2016
417,829
361,013
47,024
825,866
1,356,061
60.9%
2012
449,955
364,075
11,825
825,855
1,311,019
63.0%
2008
453,047
365,287
7,600
825,934
1,287,185
64.2%
2004
319,466
367,855
4,573
691,894
1,263,351†
54.8%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupVirginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NCUnited States
English11.5%9.5%
German9.3%12.5%
Irish8.8%9.4%
American7.7%5.3%
Italian4.1%4.8%
Scottish1.9%1.3%
Polish1.7%2.2%
French1.6%1.6%
African American†25.9%9.9%
African1.2%0.5%
Jamaican0.5%0.4%
Nigerian0.2%0.2%
Mexican2.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.1%1.8%
Honduran0.3%0.3%
Cuban0.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.5%
Spaniard0.2%—
Salvadoran0.2%0.7%
Dominican0.2%0.7%
Filipino1.9%0.9%
Asian Indian0.4%1.4%
Chinese0.4%1.3%
Vietnamese0.3%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC
United States
Median age
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC
United States
Median household income
$84,553
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.3%
22.3%
Spanish
4.2%
13.6%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.2%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC
United States
Catholic
8.3%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
21.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
56.4%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.1%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+12.4%
1896
+5.0%
1900
+17.9%
1904
+48.4%
1908
+40.4%
1912
+68.2%
1916
+54.0%
1920
+41.9%
1924
+43.7%
1928
−7.5%
1932
+44.6%
1936
+63.5%
1940
+62.8%
1944
+48.6%
1948
+28.2%
1952
+5.4%
1956
−4.6%
1960
+12.0%
1964
+23.0%
1968
+3.9%
1972
−31.7%
1976
+9.0%
1980
−2.3%
1984
−21.5%
1988
−18.0%
1992
−2.4%
1996
+4.8%
2000
−2.6%
2004
−7.0%
2008
+10.6%
2012
+10.4%
2016
+6.9%
2020
+12.3%
2024
+9.1%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
53.7%Harris492,731
44.6%Trump409,474
1.7%
D+9.1
R+3.2
D+10.5
917,533
D
55.1%Biden505,864
42.8%Trump392,868
2.0%
D+12.3
D+5.4
D+7.9
917,262
D
50.6%Clinton417,829
43.7%Trump361,013
5.7%
D+6.9
R+3.5
D+4.8
825,866
D
54.5%Obama449,955
44.1%Romney364,075
1.4%
D+10.4
R+0.2
D+6.5
825,855
D
54.9%Obama453,047
44.2%McCain365,287
0.9%
D+10.6
D+17.6
D+3.4
825,934
R
46.2%Kerry319,466
53.2%Bush367,855
0.7%
R+7.0
R+4.4
R+4.5
691,894
R
47.6%Gore277,225
50.2%Bush292,313
2.2%
R+2.6
R+7.4
R+3.1
582,200
D
48.5%Clinton249,255
43.8%Dole224,813
7.7%
D+4.8
D+7.1
R+3.8
513,458
R
41.0%Clinton225,428
43.4%Bush238,375
15.6%
R+2.4
D+15.6
R+7.9
549,429
R
40.6%Dukakis191,657
58.6%Bush276,427
0.9%
R+18.0
D+3.5
R+10.2
472,098
R
39.0%Mondale180,622
60.5%Reagan279,938
0.5%
R+21.5
R+19.1
R+3.2
463,000
R
45.8%Carter179,788
48.2%Reagan188,855
6.0%
R+2.3
R+11.3
D+7.4
392,205
D
52.8%Carter189,910
43.8%Ford157,469
3.4%
D+9.0
D+40.7
D+7.0
359,455
R
32.9%McGovern87,604
64.5%Nixon172,004
2.6%
R+31.7
R+35.6
R+8.5
266,666
D
36.0%Humphrey106,797
32.0%Nixon95,070
32.0%
D+3.9
R+19.1
D+4.6
297,067
D
61.3%Johnson105,839
38.2%Goldwater66,074
0.5%
D+23.0
D+11.0
D+0.4
172,782
D
55.7%Kennedy85,639
43.7%Nixon67,155
0.6%
D+12.0
D+16.6
D+11.9
153,695
R
45.9%Stevenson60,873
50.4%Eisenhower66,951
3.7%
R+4.6
R+10.0
D+10.8
132,712
D
52.6%Stevenson59,549
47.2%Eisenhower53,439
0.3%
D+5.4
R+22.8
D+16.2
113,293
D
59.6%Truman42,875
31.4%Dewey22,576
9.0%
D+28.2
R+20.4
D+23.8
71,895
D
74.2%Roosevelt49,527
25.6%Dewey17,077
0.2%
D+48.6
R+14.2
D+41.1
66,742
D
81.3%Roosevelt46,367
18.4%Willkie10,521
0.3%
D+62.8
R+0.6
D+52.9
57,047
D
81.5%Roosevelt46,811
18.1%Landon10,372
0.4%
D+63.5
D+18.9
D+39.2
57,403
D
71.6%Roosevelt37,163
27.0%Hoover13,998
1.5%
D+44.6
D+52.1
D+26.8
51,927
R
46.3%Smith24,007
53.7%Hoover27,886
0.0%
R+7.5
R+51.2
D+10.0
51,893
D
68.9%Davis20,157
25.2%Coolidge7,364
5.9%
D+43.7
D+1.8
D+68.9
29,262
D
70.5%Cox24,205
28.6%Harding9,805
0.9%
D+41.9
R+12.0
D+68.1
34,336
D
76.2%Wilson16,123
22.2%Hughes4,707
1.5%
D+54.0
R+14.2
D+50.8
21,156
D
77.5%Wilson14,829
9.3%Taft1,780
13.2%
D+68.2
D+27.8
D+48.6
19,135
D
69.8%Bryan12,542
29.5%Taft5,291
0.7%
D+40.4
R+8.0
D+49.9
17,956
D
73.5%Parker12,811
25.1%Roosevelt4,377
1.5%
D+48.4
D+30.4
D+68.0
17,441
D
58.7%Bryan22,125
40.7%McKinley15,356
0.6%
D+17.9
D+13.0
D+25.5
37,723
D
51.8%Bryan18,853
46.8%McKinley17,039
1.3%
D+5.0
R+7.4
D+11.1
36,377
D
53.7%Cleveland21,731
41.3%Harrison16,729
4.9%
D+12.4
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D+10.7
40,461
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2012D+16.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+9.1
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 7.3 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008 (partial)
83,955
38,823
21,872
23,196
64
2012 (partial)
91,617
38,869
23,891
28,558
299
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−1,535 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −73,407 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−6,433
2012
−6,700
2013
−6,247
2014
−4,653
2015
−8,983
2016
−10,436
2017
−8,291
2018
−4,425
2019
−1,561
2021
+815
2022
−6,075
2023
−3,755
2024
−5,128
2025
−1,535
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC sits in the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachia. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 68.2 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 31.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 3.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.1 points.
A population of 1,865,944, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $84,553 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC and Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA.
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How did Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC vote in 2024?
In 2024, Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC voted Democratic by 9.1 points (D+9.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 917,533 votes cast, 492,731 went Democratic and 409,474 went Republican.
When did Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC?
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC has a population of 1,865,944 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC?
Median household income in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC is $84,553 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 9 went Republican.
