Charles City County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

3 precincts · 4,353 votes cast

Harris · D+11

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+10.7%	2,384	1,917	4,353
2020	D	+19.4%	2,624	1,761	4,441
2016	D	+24.8%	2,496	1,476	4,107
2012	D	+32.5%	2,772	1,396	4,232
2008	D	+37.3%	2,838	1,288	4,153
2004	D	+26.2%	2,155	1,254	3,439
2000	D	+31.2%	1,981	1,023	3,066
1996	D	+39.9%	1,842	729	2,787
1992	D	+42.5%	2,010	729	3,014
1988	D	+37.5%	1,839	826	2,700
1984	D	+38.7%	1,776	776	2,584
1980	D	+49.6%	1,564	506	2,131
1976	D	+52.1%	1,455	439	1,951
1972	D	+37.0%	1,177	535	1,735
1968	D	+58.0%	1,457	320	1,960
1964	D	+51.9%	1,023	323	1,348
1960	D	+29.7%	623	337	964
1956	R	−53.1%	174	661	917
1952	D	+17.6%	492	342	850
1948	D	+18.3%	258	167	497
1944	D	+40.2%	326	139	465
1940	D	+44.2%	238	92	330
1936	D	+49.4%	233	79	312
1932	D	+47.8%	245	85	335
1928	R	−32.7%	105	207	312
1924	D	+25.4%	141	82	232
1920	D	+18.3%	119	82	202
1916	D	+41.6%	139	57	197
1912	D	+46.4%	121	37	181
1908	D	+8.1%	99	84	185
1904	D	+24.5%	129	78	208
1900	—	No data	0	0	0
1896	R	−13.9%	272	362	646
1892	R	−23.0%	337	541	887
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%

Irish

0.5%

African American

32.6%

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: 52.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.5%

4.2%

75–84

4.4%

7.9%

65–74

8.4%

9.6%

55–64

10.3%

6.0%

45–54

6.4%

4.6%

35–44

4.9%

5.9%

25–34

4.5%

3.4%

18–24

3.3%

5.5%

5–17

5.1%

2.0%

1.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$75,417

Charles City County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Charles City County$75,417

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.4%

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

46.3%

Methodist

2.7%

Mainline Protestant

2.5%

Other Christian

2.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Charles City County sits along the James River with a population that is roughly 55% Black, making it one of the few rural Virginia counties where Democratic presidential margins have held steady across recent cycles.

The Democratic margin in Charles City County peaked at fifty-eight points in 1968. By 1960 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was eleven points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Charles City County's median household income of $75,417 sits well below state and national norms, and 9% 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 Dimmit County and Costilla County.

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