Newport News city, Virginia

2024 results by precinct

43 precincts · 75,909 votes cast

Harris · D+29

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+28.7%	48,169	26,385	75,909
2020	D	+32.9%	53,099	26,377	81,203
2016	D	+26.6%	45,618	25,468	75,637
2012	D	+30.0%	51,100	27,230	79,444
2008	D	+28.7%	51,972	28,667	81,295
2004	D	+4.6%	35,319	32,208	67,952
2000	D	+4.8%	29,779	27,006	57,825
1996	D	+8.5%	27,678	23,072	54,288
1992	R	−1.7%	25,743	26,779	61,091
1988	R	−20.5%	21,413	32,570	54,395
1984	R	−21.1%	21,834	33,614	55,698
1980	R	−0.8%	22,066	22,423	46,982
1976	D	+4.8%	23,058	20,914	44,492
1972	R	−37.1%	12,233	27,169	40,312
1968	D	+1.6%	13,370	12,774	37,069
1964	D	+18.2%	15,296	10,584	25,894
1960	R	−7.5%	8,678	10,098	18,855
1956	R	−13.8%	6,475	8,651	15,735
1952	D	+6.0%	6,857	6,076	12,967
1948	D	+33.0%	5,242	2,467	8,404
1944	D	+48.4%	5,900	2,044	7,970
1940	D	+61.6%	4,972	1,168	6,172
1936	D	+62.5%	4,891	1,119	6,037
1932	D	+30.6%	3,348	1,757	5,204
1928	R	−22.9%	2,249	3,583	5,832
1924	D	+27.3%	1,822	975	3,106
1920	D	+8.5%	1,855	1,559	3,470
1916	D	+32.1%	1,036	518	1,615
1912	D	+62.9%	1,061	117	1,501
1908	D	+22.5%	889	556	1,478
1904	D	+33.8%	852	406	1,321
1900	D	+25.0%	2,422	1,444	3,909
1896	R	−20.5%	914	1,392	2,334
1892	D	+42.1%	5,467	2,192	7,775
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

1.3%

African American

33.0%

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: 34.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

1.0%

1.6%

75–84

2.6%

3.8%

65–74

4.6%

5.4%

55–64

6.2%

4.7%

45–54

5.4%

6.4%

35–44

6.8%

8.2%

25–34

8.1%

6.1%

18–24

5.5%

8.4%

5–17

8.0%

3.5%

3.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$69,634

Newport News city ranks near the middle of US counties.

Newport News city$69,634

Virginia$93,170

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.5%

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

Other Christian

14.5%

Baptist

9.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

9.3%

Non-Christian

3.6%

Methodist

3.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.4%

Mainline Protestant

2.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to one of the world's largest private shipyards, Newport News combines a majority-minority population with a heavy federal-contractor workforce, producing consistent double-digit Democratic margins in every recent presidential cycle.

The Democratic margin in Newport News city peaked at sixty-three points in 1912. By 1996 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-nine points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Newport News city's median household income of $69,634 sits well below state and national norms, and 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Emporia city and Franklin County.

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Newport News city was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.