Rappahannock County, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 5,065 votes cast

Trump · R+18

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−17.8%	2,041	2,943	5,065
2020	R	−14.4%	2,096	2,812	4,978
2016	R	−17.7%	1,747	2,539	4,483
2012	R	−7.6%	1,980	2,311	4,357
2008	R	−2.8%	2,105	2,227	4,405
2004	R	−8.3%	1,837	2,172	4,050
2000	R	−11.0%	1,462	1,850	3,513
1996	R	−3.1%	1,405	1,505	3,181
1992	R	−4.3%	1,273	1,410	3,181
1988	R	−24.3%	1,003	1,657	2,686
1984	R	−25.7%	999	1,696	2,707
1980	R	−5.2%	1,055	1,179	2,367
1976	D	+9.6%	1,071	881	1,981
1972	R	−46.2%	7,266	20,149	27,884
1968	R	−14.7%	394	594	1,363
1964	D	+25.3%	5,611	3,343	8,963
1960	D	+12.1%	544	426	975
1956	D	+0.8%	523	514	1,075
1952	R	−8.9%	518	619	1,139
1948	D	+29.6%	617	311	1,034
1944	D	+25.1%	497	297	797
1940	D	+44.5%	588	225	816
1936	D	+48.0%	686	241	928
1932	D	+64.7%	590	124	720
1928	D	+21.9%	513	329	842
1924	D	+60.6%	395	89	505
1920	D	+33.0%	418	210	630
1916	D	+64.4%	401	84	492
1912	D	+55.3%	356	94	474
1908	D	+46.4%	433	158	593
1904	D	+44.9%	400	151	555
1900	D	+23.1%	813	507	1,327
1896	D	+30.7%	1,076	569	1,654
1892	D	+45.8%	1,056	384	1,468
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%

Polish

0.6%

African American

2.9%

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: 50.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.1%

5.4%

75–84

5.2%

7.6%

65–74

8.1%

7.9%

55–64

9.8%

5.8%

45–54

3.7%

4.3%

35–44

6.4%

6.5%

25–34

5.0%

2.7%

18–24

3.0%

8.0%

5–17

6.1%

1.1%

1.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$83,380

Rappahannock County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Rappahannock County$83,380

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.3%

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

15.6%

Methodist

8.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

5.2%

Other Christian

4.4%

Mainline Protestant

3.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.4%

Non-Christian

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rappahannock sits entirely within Virginia's Blue Ridge foothills, with over half its land under conservation easement. Its small, affluent rural electorate has delivered Republican presidential margins in the mid-to-high teens across recent cycles.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Rappahannock County, by a five points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-six points in 1972. The 2024 margin was eighteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Rappahannock County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 83% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $83,380, and a 10% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lee County and Pike County.

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