King William County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 11,583 votes cast

Trump · R+41

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−40.5%	3,388	8,080	11,583
2020	R	−37.8%	3,260	7,320	10,736
2016	R	−35.2%	2,760	5,975	9,146
2012	R	−23.8%	3,344	5,466	8,923
2008	R	−19.3%	3,344	4,966	8,388
2004	R	−28.5%	2,436	4,397	6,872
2000	R	−24.6%	2,125	3,547	5,769
1996	R	−13.0%	1,765	2,346	4,469
1992	R	−14.7%	1,822	2,591	5,230
1988	R	−27.0%	1,561	2,735	4,349
1984	R	−31.6%	1,448	2,803	4,284
1980	R	−16.4%	1,446	2,036	3,601
1976	R	−3.0%	1,501	1,597	3,156
1972	R	−18.3%	708	1,033	1,772
1968	R	−11.6%	764	1,046	2,431
1964	D	+25.5%	1,085	644	1,729
1960	R	−3.1%	745	793	1,549
1956	R	−37.1%	357	887	1,427
1952	R	−15.5%	533	730	1,272
1948	D	+13.2%	476	348	971
1944	D	+43.9%	718	280	998
1940	D	+49.6%	697	235	932
1936	D	+53.3%	696	211	910
1932	D	+54.1%	612	177	804
1928	D	+13.4%	431	329	760
1924	D	+42.0%	372	148	533
1920	D	+33.1%	353	176	535
1916	D	+48.4%	342	119	461
1912	D	+53.8%	305	69	439
1908	D	+9.4%	276	228	508
1904	D	+21.7%	304	195	503
1900	R	−30.4%	462	871	1,344
1896	R	−25.0%	592	990	1,593
1892	R	−11.0%	672	844	1,560
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

12.0%

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: 40.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.4%

1.7%

75–84

2.0%

5.0%

65–74

5.9%

6.9%

55–64

7.5%

6.0%

45–54

5.9%

6.1%

35–44

6.9%

6.7%

25–34

7.5%

3.9%

18–24

3.0%

8.2%

5–17

8.0%

3.6%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$86,056

King William County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

King William County$86,056

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

5.9%

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

14.3%

Other Christian

6.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

4.7%

Methodist

3.4%

Mainline Protestant

2.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

King William sits along the Pamunkey River northeast of Richmond, with a population under 14,000 and presidential margins that have exceeded 35 points Republican in each of the last three cycles, reflecting its deeply rural, low-density character.

The shift began with civil rights. 1968 marked the realignment in King William County, by a twelve points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-one points in 2024. The 2024 margin was forty-one points.

The political shift has tracked, in King William County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 78% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $86,056, and a 6% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Van Wert County and Clinton County.

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