Brunswick County, Virginia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+9%. Democratic peak: D+92 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+9MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 15,8412024 5-year
- Median household income
- $53,0842024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 41.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 51.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+18 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lucas County, OH · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Brunswick CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Brunswick County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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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 | +4.5% |
| 1896 | +17.8% |
| 1900 | −5.0% |
| 1904 | +59.5% |
| 1908 | +60.5% |
| 1912 | +75.4% |
| 1916 | +80.8% |
| 1920 | +74.5% |
| 1924 | +83.7% |
| 1928 | +58.0% |
| 1932 | +91.9% |
| 1936 | +91.1% |
| 1940 | +77.2% |
| 1944 | +71.3% |
| 1948 | +38.1% |
| 1952 | +19.5% |
| 1956 | +17.7% |
| 1960 | +34.7% |
| 1964 | −15.2% |
| 1968 | +15.0% |
| 1972 | −17.8% |
| 1976 | +12.1% |
| 1980 | +19.1% |
| 1984 | +1.5% |
| 1988 | +5.6% |
| 1992 | +18.0% |
| 1996 | +23.4% |
| 2000 | +13.8% |
| 2004 | +17.5% |
| 2008 | +26.5% |
| 2012 | +25.2% |
| 2016 | +18.7% |
| 2020 | +14.0% |
| 2024 | +8.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 4,184 | 3,523 | 7,751 | ||
| D | 4,452 | 3,357 | 7,848 | ||
| D | 4,481 | 3,046 | 7,669 | ||
| D | 4,994 | 2,968 | 8,037 | ||
| D | 4,973 | 2,877 | 7,914 | ||
| D | 4,062 | 2,852 | 6,926 | ||
| D | 3,387 | 2,561 | 5,997 | ||
| D | 3,442 | 2,059 | 5,918 | ||
| D | 3,687 | 2,480 | 6,718 | ||
| D | 3,070 | 2,742 | 5,884 | ||
| D | 3,040 | 2,950 | 6,073 | ||
| D | 3,430 | 2,310 | 5,864 | ||
| D | 3,071 | 2,387 | 5,668 | ||
| R | 2,130 | 3,072 | 5,281 | ||
| O | 1,910 | 1,139 | 5,147 | ||
| R | 1,883 | 2,560 | 4,446 | ||
| D | 1,942 | 926 | 2,932 | ||
| D | 1,357 | 799 | 3,160 | ||
| D | 1,635 | 1,098 | 2,747 | ||
| D | 1,067 | 229 | 2,202 | ||
| D | 1,239 | 208 | 1,447 | ||
| D | 1,288 | 164 | 1,456 | ||
| D | 1,303 | 60 | 1,365 | ||
| D | 1,361 | 52 | 1,424 | ||
| D | 922 | 245 | 1,167 | ||
| D | 887 | 65 | 982 | ||
| D | 866 | 125 | 995 | ||
| D | 772 | 82 | 854 | ||
| D | 643 | 67 | 764 | ||
| D | 507 | 123 | 635 | ||
| D | 593 | 149 | 746 | ||
| R | 1,064 | 1,177 | 2,246 | ||
| D | 1,372 | 956 | 2,343 | ||
| D | 1,049 | 947 | 2,292 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
7.5%
English
6.4%
German
4.6%
Irish
3.6%
Italian
1.1%
French
0.6%
Scottish
0.5%
African American
41.4%
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: 44.7 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
$53,084
Brunswick County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Brunswick County$53,084
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Brunswick County ranks in the bottom 25% 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
14.9%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1828.7%
Working age (18–64)12.1%
Seniors (65+)11.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.8%
speak English only
Spanish2.8%
Other languages0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Brunswick's majority-Black population anchors a durable Democratic lean unusual for rural Virginia, with the 2024 presidential margin landing at 8.5 points — a pattern that has held across multiple election cycles.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-two points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was nine points. The recent movement, modest against a deep Democratic baseline, mirrors a broader rightward drift across the Black Belt.
The economic context is part of the story: a median household income of $53,084 and a 15% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lucas County and Bamberg County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Brunswick County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Brunswick County, Virginia voted Democratic by 8.5 points (D+9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 7,751 votes cast, 4,184 went Democratic and 3,523 went Republican.
What is Brunswick County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Brunswick County, Virginia in the "Black Belt" typology — Black-majority counties of the rural South — long the most Democratic ground in the region, now trending Republican at the margins. 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 30 times, Republican 3 times, and other 1 times.
When did Brunswick County, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Brunswick County, Virginia voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Brunswick County, Virginia?
Brunswick County, Virginia has a population of 15,841 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brunswick County, Virginia?
Median household income in Brunswick County, Virginia is $53,084 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Brunswick County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Brunswick County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 30 went Democratic and 3 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.