2024 results by precinct
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38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 2,498 | 2,289 | 4,826 | |
| 2020 | D | 2,827 | 2,219 | 5,088 | |
| 2016 | D | 2,879 | 2,055 | 5,044 | |
| 2012 | D | 3,358 | 2,021 | 5,440 | |
| 2008 | D | 3,301 | 2,026 | 5,363 | |
| 2004 | D | 2,420 | 1,890 | 4,345 | |
| 2000 | D | 2,006 | 1,745 | 3,906 | |
| 1996 | D | 2,089 | 1,378 | 3,792 | |
| 1992 | D | 2,193 | 1,527 | 4,253 | |
| 1988 | D | 1,958 | 1,822 | 3,896 | |
| 1984 | D | 2,408 | 2,183 | 4,731 | |
| 1980 | D | 2,447 | 1,664 | 4,273 | |
| 1976 | D | 2,497 | 1,360 | 4,094 | |
| 1972 | R | 1,901 | 5,222 | 7,214 | |
| 1968 | D | 1,541 | 1,105 | 3,794 | |
| 1964 | D | 2,469 | 1,888 | 4,364 | |
| 1960 | D | 1,253 | 713 | 1,993 | |
| 1956 | D | 851 | 785 | 1,997 | |
| 1952 | D | 956 | 888 | 1,851 | |
| 1948 | D | 614 | 244 | 1,220 | |
| 1944 | D | 773 | 201 | 980 | |
| 1940 | D | 737 | 164 | 903 | |
| 1936 | D | 880 | 126 | 1,006 | |
| 1932 | D | 688 | 122 | 825 | |
| 1928 | D | 547 | 385 | 932 | |
| 1924 | D | 607 | 132 | 747 | |
| 1920 | D | 548 | 166 | 717 | |
| 1916 | D | 486 | 96 | 587 | |
| 1912 | D | 435 | 59 | 561 | |
| 1908 | D | 412 | 115 | 527 | |
| 1904 | D | 253 | 93 | 348 | |
| 1900 | D | 733 | 430 | 1,169 | |
| 1896 | D | 769 | 418 | 1,193 | |
| 1892 | R | 291 | 638 | 1,022 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
14.4%
African American
43.3%
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: 40.8 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
$63,530
Sussex County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Sussex County$63,530
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.6%
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 63.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sussex is one of Virginia's least populous counties, yet its majority-Black electorate has made it a consistent Democratic-leaning outlier in a Southside region that otherwise tilts sharply Republican, with 2024's D+4.4 margin continuing that pattern.
The Democratic margin in Sussex County reached its widest at seventy-five points in 1936. The margin in 2024 was four points — still decisive.
Sussex County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,530, a 41% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 10,765 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 Brunswick County and Athens County.
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