Norfolk County, Massachusetts: New American county. In 2024, voted D+29%. Republican peak: R+53 in 1924.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+29MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 730,0822024 5-year
- Median household income
- $130,7392024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 69.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+46 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Middlesex County, MA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Norfolk CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Norfolk County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | −6.7% |
| 1896 | −51.8% |
| 1900 | −29.7% |
| 1904 | −29.8% |
| 1908 | −37.5% |
| 1912 | −1.4% |
| 1916 | −20.0% |
| 1920 | −52.0% |
| 1924 | −52.7% |
| 1928 | −21.9% |
| 1932 | −20.5% |
| 1936 | −16.6% |
| 1940 | −18.0% |
| 1944 | −16.6% |
| 1948 | −15.8% |
| 1952 | −30.7% |
| 1956 | −33.1% |
| 1960 | +5.3% |
| 1964 | +46.0% |
| 1968 | +24.3% |
| 1972 | +5.7% |
| 1976 | +6.2% |
| 1980 | −6.2% |
| 1984 | −7.4% |
| 1988 | +3.2% |
| 1992 | +14.6% |
| 1996 | +29.1% |
| 2000 | +25.7% |
| 2004 | +21.6% |
| 2008 | +18.5% |
| 2012 | +15.2% |
| 2016 | +27.3% |
| 2020 | +36.0% |
| 2024 | +28.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 242,712 | 132,497 | 386,447 | ||
| D | 273,312 | 125,294 | 411,042 | ||
| D | 221,819 | 119,723 | 374,542 | ||
| D | 202,714 | 148,393 | 356,523 | ||
| D | 200,675 | 136,841 | 344,916 | ||
| D | 199,392 | 127,763 | 331,137 | ||
| D | 188,450 | 107,033 | 317,177 | ||
| D | 180,504 | 92,982 | 300,471 | ||
| D | 150,488 | 103,255 | 324,264 | ||
| D | 160,289 | 150,306 | 315,056 | ||
| R | 138,222 | 160,313 | 299,319 | ||
| R | 117,274 | 136,184 | 303,729 | ||
| D | 155,342 | 136,628 | 302,616 | ||
| D | 150,732 | 134,459 | 286,749 | ||
| D | 160,513 | 95,858 | 266,206 | ||
| D | 186,488 | 68,612 | 256,012 | ||
| D | 135,474 | 121,744 | 257,721 | ||
| R | 76,656 | 152,747 | 229,996 | ||
| R | 74,321 | 140,409 | 215,361 | ||
| R | 72,327 | 100,280 | 176,737 | ||
| R | 69,606 | 97,490 | 167,479 | ||
| R | 67,654 | 97,525 | 166,017 | ||
| R | 57,770 | 82,545 | 148,890 | ||
| R | 49,121 | 75,232 | 127,146 | ||
| R | 47,057 | 73,530 | 121,076 | ||
| R | 15,014 | 57,948 | 81,478 | ||
| R | 15,720 | 51,826 | 69,385 | ||
| R | 12,702 | 19,284 | 32,844 | ||
| O | 9,244 | 9,650 | 29,431 | ||
| R | 7,682 | 18,225 | 28,094 | ||
| R | 8,372 | 16,104 | 25,910 | ||
| R | 7,922 | 15,144 | 24,298 | ||
| R | 4,990 | 16,897 | 23,000 | ||
| R | 10,327 | 11,862 | 22,764 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
24.0%
Italian
11.7%
English
9.2%
German
5.7%
American
3.9%
Polish
3.1%
French
2.6%
African American
5.9%
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. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.9 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.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$130,739
Norfolk County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
Norfolk County$130,739
Massachusetts$103,960
United States$80,734
Norfolk County ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
6.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 185.4%
Working age (18–64)6.5%
Seniors (65+)11.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
76.7%
speak English only
Other Indo-European9.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander8.7%
Spanish3.7%
Other languages1.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Norfolk County stretches from Boston's inner suburbs through commuter-belt towns like Quincy and Braintree, producing consistent double-digit Democratic margins in presidential races. Its mix of dense urban fringe and affluent outer suburbs has held D+25 or better for over a decade.
Norfolk County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of forty-six points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved seven points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $130,739, and a population of 730,082. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Middlesex County and Essex County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Norfolk County, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Norfolk County, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 28.5 points (D+29), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 386,447 votes cast, 242,712 went Democratic and 132,497 went Republican.
What is Norfolk County, Massachusetts's political typology?
Akashic places Norfolk County, Massachusetts in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 18 times, and other 1 times.
When did Norfolk County, Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Norfolk County, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Norfolk County, Massachusetts?
Norfolk County, Massachusetts has a population of 730,082 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Norfolk County, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Norfolk County, Massachusetts is $130,739 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Norfolk County, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Norfolk County, Massachusetts from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.