Hanover County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

36 precincts · 73,404 votes cast

Trump · R+26

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−25.7%	26,733	45,569	73,404
2020	R	−26.8%	25,307	44,318	70,967
2016	R	−32.3%	19,382	39,630	62,723
2012	R	−36.7%	18,294	39,940	59,058
2008	R	−33.6%	18,447	37,344	56,248
2004	R	−43.3%	13,941	35,404	49,611
2000	R	−39.8%	12,044	28,614	41,585
1996	R	−35.2%	9,880	22,086	34,724
1992	R	−35.9%	8,021	20,336	34,261
1988	R	−54.6%	5,985	20,570	26,718
1984	R	−58.9%	4,831	18,800	23,718
1980	R	−43.6%	5,383	14,262	20,368
1976	R	−30.7%	6,069	11,559	17,859
1972	R	−44.4%	709	1,865	2,605
1968	R	−30.8%	2,079	5,425	10,847
1964	R	−28.8%	2,834	5,134	7,987
1960	R	−19.6%	2,023	3,020	5,085
1956	R	−27.7%	1,109	2,272	4,202
1952	R	−19.6%	1,518	2,257	3,777
1948	D	+9.5%	1,048	838	2,202
1944	D	+43.7%	1,471	575	2,051
1940	D	+57.2%	1,347	364	1,719
1936	D	+61.6%	1,397	327	1,736
1932	D	+62.7%	1,073	238	1,332
1928	D	+16.8%	831	592	1,423
1924	D	+66.0%	732	135	905
1920	D	+59.9%	903	224	1,133
1916	D	+75.3%	760	102	874
1912	D	+74.4%	609	87	702
1908	D	+43.2%	522	204	736
1904	D	+33.3%	527	261	798
1900	D	+0.1%	1,203	1,201	2,418
1896	D	+5.6%	1,499	1,337	2,899
1892	D	+16.4%	1,536	1,064	2,872
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%

English

0.5%

African American

6.7%

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: 42.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.1%

2.5%

75–84

3.5%

5.5%

65–74

5.9%

7.1%

55–64

7.6%

6.5%

45–54

6.6%

6.4%

35–44

6.5%

5.3%

25–34

5.1%

4.2%

18–24

4.0%

8.6%

5–17

8.0%

2.7%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$112,805

Hanover County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.

Hanover County$112,805

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

5.7%

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

15.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

11.5%

Other Christian

9.8%

Methodist

6.4%

Mainline Protestant

3.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.7%

Non-Christian

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hanover sits at the northern edge of the Richmond metro and has delivered double-digit Republican presidential margins for decades, with the 2024 gap widening past 25 points as population growth has not softened its conservative lean.

The shift began with civil rights. 1952 marked the realignment in Hanover County, by a twenty points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 1984. The 2024 margin was twenty-six points.

The political shift has tracked, in Hanover County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 82% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $112,805, and a 6% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Colonial Heights city and Greenville County.

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