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1876–2024
Loudoun County, Virginia
Loudoun County·Virginia

Loudoun County changed direction in the last decade.

Once reliably red, now one of Virginia's most decisive blue-leaning suburbs

18762024·38 elections
Loudoun County, Virginia · General George Marshall · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+16
in 2024
Archetype
Recent convert
since the recent cycles
Population
432,998
2024 ACS
Most similar
Hamilton County
OH · similarity 0.98
107 precincts · 229,692 votes cast
Harris · D+16
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+16.2%
129,28092,107229,692
2020D
+25.0%
138,37282,088224,862
2016D
+16.9%
100,79569,949183,050
2012D
+4.5%
82,47975,292160,060
2008D
+8.3%
74,84563,336139,459
2004R
−12.1%
47,27160,382108,430
2000R
−15.2%
30,93842,45375,653
1996R
−11.7%
19,94225,71549,330
1992R
−11.6%
14,46219,29041,574
1988R
−33.5%
10,10120,44830,862
1984R
−36.5%
8,22717,76526,128
1980R
−26.3%
6,69412,07620,492
1976R
−6.7%
7,9959,19217,748
1972R
−44.7%
1,0092,6833,745
1968R
−13.2%
3,2624,5779,970
1964D
+19.6%
5,1513,4638,626
1960R
−2.6%
2,3992,5264,954
1956R
−11.4%
1,9602,4894,660
1952R
−10.0%
2,0752,5404,630
1948D
+3.5%
1,5451,4303,245
1944D
+9.6%
1,8021,4853,294
1940D
+33.9%
2,1561,0613,231
1936D
+44.9%
2,2878673,162
1932D
+59.9%
2,4406003,071
1928D
+18.2%
1,9151,3253,240
1924D
+80.8%
1,7941522,031
1920D
+38.4%
1,7207572,506
1916D
+56.5%
1,4904041,922
1912D
+63.9%
1,3862561,768
1908D
+53.7%
1,5704472,092
1904D
+53.9%
1,5584422,072
1900D
+22.4%
2,6901,6844,499
1896D
+15.5%
2,7411,9914,837
1892D
+21.1%
2,7191,7384,657
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
6.2%
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.
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
Catholic & Orthodox
13.1%
Other Christian
5.1%
Non-Christian
4.0%
Methodist
3.2%
Mainline Protestant
1.8%
Baptist
1.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Loudoun's rapid growth, driven by data-center corridor jobs and an influx of highly educated transplants, has shifted its presidential margins from R+20 in 2004 to D+16 in 2024 — a swing that tracks closely with national suburban realignment.

The 2008 election was the turning point, when the Democratic candidate carried the county by eight points. The 2024 margin was sixteen points, in line with the county's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 432,998, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $181,765 situate the county in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hamilton County and Manassas city.