New Kent County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

10 precincts · 16,807 votes cast

Trump · R+32

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−31.7%	5,641	10,974	16,807
2020	R	−34.6%	4,621	9,631	14,463
2016	R	−37.4%	3,546	8,118	12,233
2012	R	−33.7%	3,555	7,246	10,953
2008	R	−28.9%	3,493	6,385	9,991
2004	R	−37.4%	2,443	5,414	7,946
2000	R	−30.7%	2,055	3,934	6,114
1996	R	−18.9%	1,859	2,852	5,267
1992	R	−17.7%	1,738	2,708	5,483
1988	R	−34.0%	1,427	2,917	4,384
1984	R	−37.8%	1,204	2,679	3,899
1980	R	−17.6%	1,204	1,739	3,035
1976	D	+3.0%	1,338	1,259	2,644
1972	R	−42.7%	3,692	9,348	13,248
1968	D	+12.6%	765	526	1,904
1964	D	+29.9%	4,804	2,590	7,415
1960	R	−4.4%	481	526	1,018
1956	R	−37.7%	178	510	880
1952	R	−6.4%	400	455	862
1948	D	+26.7%	277	140	514
1944	D	+35.1%	329	158	487
1940	D	+36.5%	286	133	419
1936	D	+43.8%	307	120	427
1932	D	+42.1%	286	115	406
1928	R	−9.9%	178	217	395
1924	D	+33.0%	178	86	279
1920	D	+27.1%	190	109	299
1916	D	+46.6%	192	69	264
1912	D	+54.9%	160	30	237
1908	D	+9.6%	193	159	354
1904	D	+25.6%	127	75	203
1900	R	−22.5%	282	447	734
1896	R	−9.4%	369	446	823
1892	R	−16.2%	366	513	906
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

10.6%

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: 42.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.7%

2.4%

75–84

2.9%

6.2%

65–74

5.8%

7.5%

55–64

7.9%

7.0%

45–54

7.3%

7.2%

35–44

5.5%

7.1%

25–34

6.1%

4.0%

18–24

2.6%

8.1%

5–17

6.4%

2.3%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$123,314

New Kent County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.

New Kent County$123,314

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

4.7%

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

11.2%

Other Christian

4.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

4.5%

Methodist

3.5%

Mainline Protestant

2.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 72.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wedged between Richmond and Williamsburg along I-64, New Kent has seen steady population growth as commuters arrive, yet its presidential margins have widened rather than narrowed over the past decade, bucking the suburban-shift trend visible in neighboring localities.

The Republican margin in New Kent County reached its widest at forty-three points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was thirty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

New Kent County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $123,314, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 25,105 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Franklin County and Clermont County.

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New Kent County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.