† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupHamptonVirginiaUnited States
African American†46.1%15.6%9.9%
African1.1%0.9%0.5%
Jamaican0.6%0.3%0.4%
Ethiopian0.4%0.5%—
Nigerian0.3%0.2%0.2%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.3%——
Haitian0.2%—0.3%
English8.8%12.0%9.5%
German6.8%10.1%12.5%
Irish5.9%9.1%9.4%
American4.8%8.4%5.3%
Italian3.1%3.9%4.8%
Scottish1.1%1.9%1.3%
Polish1.0%1.6%2.2%
French1.0%1.3%1.6%
Puerto Rican2.1%1.4%1.8%
Mexican1.8%2.4%11.3%
Dominican0.7%—0.7%
Panamanian0.6%——
Cuban0.4%—0.7%
Honduran0.2%0.7%0.3%
Filipino0.7%0.9%0.9%
Vietnamese0.6%0.7%0.6%
Korean0.2%0.8%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Hampton
Virginia
United States
Median age
36.8
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
10.6%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.7%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Hampton
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$69,621
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.7%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.5%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Hampton
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.3%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.7%
7.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Hampton
Virginia
United States
Catholic
—
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
54.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Hampton, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+15.5%
2008
+38.9%
2012
+42.6%
2016
+37.6%
2020
+42.2%
2024
+39.8%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
69.0%Harris43,356
29.3%Trump18,383
1.7%
D+39.8
R+2.4
D+41.2
62,801
D
70.1%Biden46,220
28.0%Trump18,430
1.9%
D+42.2
D+4.6
D+37.7
65,901
D
66.3%Clinton41,312
28.7%Trump17,902
4.9%
D+37.6
R+5.0
D+35.5
62,277
D
70.6%Obama46,964
28.0%Romney18,630
1.3%
D+42.6
D+3.7
D+38.8
66,478
D
69.1%Obama46,903
30.1%McCain20,467
0.8%
D+38.9
D+23.5
D+31.7
67,898
D
57.4%Kerry32,016
42.0%Bush23,399
0.6%
D+15.5
—
D+17.9
55,741
Hampton's electorate reflects its large African American population and heavy military-civilian workforce at Langley Air Force Base, producing consistent double-digit Democratic margins in federal races while local contests remain more competitive.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.6 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.8 points.
A population of 137,557, a 36% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,621 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Portsmouth and Memphis.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Hampton, Virginia voted Democratic by 39.8 points (D+39.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 62,801 votes cast, 43,356 went Democratic and 18,383 went Republican.
How many people live in Hampton, Virginia?
Hampton, Virginia has a population of 137,557 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hampton, Virginia?
Median household income in Hampton, Virginia is $69,621 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Hampton, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hampton, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
