2024 results by precinct
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38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 5,734 | 14,918 | 20,914 | |
| 2020 | R | 5,320 | 14,055 | 19,730 | |
| 2016 | R | 4,060 | 11,885 | 16,888 | |
| 2012 | R | 4,088 | 11,200 | 15,525 | |
| 2008 | R | 4,237 | 10,088 | 14,456 | |
| 2004 | R | 3,112 | 8,955 | 12,163 | |
| 2000 | R | 2,708 | 6,820 | 9,711 | |
| 1996 | R | 2,254 | 4,679 | 7,643 | |
| 1992 | R | 1,950 | 3,832 | 7,086 | |
| 1988 | R | 1,467 | 4,040 | 5,541 | |
| 1984 | R | 1,381 | 3,921 | 5,327 | |
| 1980 | R | 1,484 | 2,933 | 4,570 | |
| 1976 | R | 1,528 | 2,010 | 3,636 | |
| 1972 | R | 942 | 2,951 | 4,023 | |
| 1968 | D | 1,004 | 722 | 2,663 | |
| 1964 | D | 2,306 | 1,468 | 3,776 | |
| 1960 | R | 528 | 779 | 1,328 | |
| 1956 | R | 297 | 729 | 1,348 | |
| 1952 | R | 498 | 558 | 1,063 | |
| 1948 | D | 338 | 238 | 663 | |
| 1944 | D | 461 | 230 | 694 | |
| 1940 | D | 510 | 157 | 669 | |
| 1936 | D | 438 | 158 | 596 | |
| 1932 | D | 433 | 108 | 555 | |
| 1928 | D | 287 | 189 | 476 | |
| 1924 | D | 247 | 110 | 368 | |
| 1920 | D | 263 | 140 | 406 | |
| 1916 | D | 233 | 112 | 346 | |
| 1912 | D | 230 | 109 | 404 | |
| 1908 | D | 255 | 146 | 402 | |
| 1904 | D | 240 | 156 | 398 | |
| 1900 | R | 458 | 582 | 1,041 | |
| 1896 | R | 528 | 637 | 1,169 | |
| 1892 | R | 396 | 642 | 1,221 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Irish
0.7%
African American
5.8%
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: 45.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$110,537
Powhatan County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
Powhatan County$110,537
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
4.6%
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
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Powhatan County, a largely rural exurb southwest of Richmond, delivered an R+44.1 presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest in a state where statewide races remain closely contested.
The shift began with civil rights. 1972 marked the realignment in Powhatan County, by a fifty points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty points in 1972. The 2024 margin was forty-four points.
The political shift has tracked, in Powhatan County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 85% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $110,537, and a 5% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Santa Rosa County and Boone County.
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