Bland County, Virginia: Farm Belt county. In 2024, voted R+70%. Republican peak: R+70 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Farm BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 6,1992024 5-year
- Median household income
- $61,2162024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+36 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Putnam County, MO · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Bland CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Bland County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | +36.4% |
| 1896 | +12.4% |
| 1900 | +4.9% |
| 1904 | −9.0% |
| 1908 | −7.8% |
| 1912 | +13.5% |
| 1916 | −8.2% |
| 1920 | −8.5% |
| 1924 | −0.4% |
| 1928 | −17.9% |
| 1932 | +16.7% |
| 1936 | +9.5% |
| 1940 | +4.1% |
| 1944 | +1.2% |
| 1948 | −5.2% |
| 1952 | −14.7% |
| 1956 | −15.4% |
| 1960 | −1.6% |
| 1964 | +8.5% |
| 1968 | −20.3% |
| 1972 | −43.1% |
| 1976 | −4.3% |
| 1980 | −11.8% |
| 1984 | −35.1% |
| 1988 | −24.3% |
| 1992 | −13.0% |
| 1996 | −9.0% |
| 2000 | −33.8% |
| 2004 | −39.0% |
| 2008 | −39.4% |
| 2012 | −47.8% |
| 2016 | −67.5% |
| 2020 | −68.2% |
| 2024 | −69.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 524 | 2,998 | 3,555 | ||
| R | 532 | 2,903 | 3,479 | ||
| R | 453 | 2,573 | 3,139 | ||
| R | 735 | 2,144 | 2,948 | ||
| R | 864 | 2,031 | 2,959 | ||
| R | 846 | 1,962 | 2,865 | ||
| R | 851 | 1,759 | 2,688 | ||
| R | 939 | 1,167 | 2,537 | ||
| R | 1,001 | 1,368 | 2,832 | ||
| R | 937 | 1,556 | 2,546 | ||
| R | 867 | 1,812 | 2,693 | ||
| R | 1,002 | 1,278 | 2,345 | ||
| R | 961 | 1,047 | 2,017 | ||
| R | 527 | 1,352 | 1,914 | ||
| R | 560 | 938 | 1,862 | ||
| D | 851 | 717 | 1,570 | ||
| R | 822 | 848 | 1,671 | ||
| R | 813 | 1,113 | 1,947 | ||
| R | 743 | 1,000 | 1,748 | ||
| R | 738 | 822 | 1,628 | ||
| D | 762 | 744 | 1,506 | ||
| D | 753 | 693 | 1,449 | ||
| D | 778 | 642 | 1,425 | ||
| D | 783 | 556 | 1,356 | ||
| R | 575 | 826 | 1,401 | ||
| R | 604 | 609 | 1,219 | ||
| R | 403 | 478 | 881 | ||
| R | 356 | 420 | 780 | ||
| D | 289 | 206 | 615 | ||
| R | 339 | 397 | 740 | ||
| R | 339 | 407 | 753 | ||
| D | 513 | 465 | 981 | ||
| D | 498 | 388 | 887 | ||
| D | 501 | 159 | 939 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
17.7%
German
15.5%
English
15.0%
Irish
13.3%
Italian
1.6%
Scottish
1.1%
French
0.9%
African American
3.4%
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. 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: 48.1 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
$61,216
Bland County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Bland County$61,216
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Bland County ranks near the middle 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
13.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.5%
Working age (18–64)12.3%
Seniors (65+)11.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.4%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.0%
Spanish0.4%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
This small Appalachian county in Virginia's western ridge-and-valley terrain recorded an R+69.7 presidential margin in 2024, making it among the most one-sided counties in the state despite a population under 7,000.
The Republican margin here reached seventy points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy points.
A population of 6,199, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,216 describe an agricultural county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Putnam County and Mineral County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Bland County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Bland County, Virginia voted Republican by 69.6 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,555 votes cast, 524 went Democratic and 2,998 went Republican.
What is Bland County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Bland County, Virginia in the "Farm Belt" typology — Rural Plains and Midwest farm counties — Republican, with modest recent movement. 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 9 times, Republican 25 times, and other 0 times.
When did Bland County, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Bland County, Virginia voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Bland County, Virginia?
Bland County, Virginia has a population of 6,199 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bland County, Virginia?
Median household income in Bland County, Virginia is $61,216 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Bland County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bland County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The county's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.