Buckingham County, Virginia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+23%. Democratic peak: D+62 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+23MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 16,9762024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,8282024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 61.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 30.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+62 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+27 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Sandusky County, OH · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Buckingham CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Buckingham 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 | +8.7% |
| 1896 | +1.9% |
| 1900 | +1.1% |
| 1904 | +18.8% |
| 1908 | +33.9% |
| 1912 | +62.5% |
| 1916 | +54.5% |
| 1920 | +41.2% |
| 1924 | +48.2% |
| 1928 | +1.7% |
| 1932 | +61.1% |
| 1936 | +55.1% |
| 1940 | +48.1% |
| 1944 | +43.2% |
| 1948 | +29.5% |
| 1952 | +6.2% |
| 1956 | −6.0% |
| 1960 | +10.6% |
| 1964 | −13.4% |
| 1968 | −1.3% |
| 1972 | −27.5% |
| 1976 | +18.4% |
| 1980 | +1.8% |
| 1984 | −16.3% |
| 1988 | −12.1% |
| 1992 | −3.4% |
| 1996 | +8.2% |
| 2000 | −3.2% |
| 2004 | −6.6% |
| 2008 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | +2.4% |
| 2016 | −11.3% |
| 2020 | −13.2% |
| 2024 | −23.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,988 | 4,847 | 7,925 | ||
| R | 3,471 | 4,544 | 8,126 | ||
| R | 3,128 | 3,950 | 7,289 | ||
| D | 3,750 | 3,569 | 7,457 | ||
| D | 3,489 | 3,428 | 6,994 | ||
| R | 2,789 | 3,185 | 6,027 | ||
| R | 2,561 | 2,738 | 5,454 | ||
| D | 2,374 | 1,974 | 4,850 | ||
| R | 2,193 | 2,368 | 5,103 | ||
| R | 1,941 | 2,481 | 4,471 | ||
| R | 1,879 | 2,627 | 4,580 | ||
| D | 1,933 | 1,864 | 3,923 | ||
| D | 2,179 | 1,487 | 3,758 | ||
| R | 1,186 | 2,107 | 3,352 | ||
| O | 984 | 1,027 | 3,204 | ||
| R | 1,182 | 1,547 | 2,733 | ||
| D | 947 | 765 | 1,724 | ||
| R | 648 | 751 | 1,721 | ||
| D | 919 | 811 | 1,741 | ||
| D | 728 | 354 | 1,267 | ||
| D | 723 | 286 | 1,012 | ||
| D | 829 | 289 | 1,123 | ||
| D | 945 | 273 | 1,220 | ||
| D | 870 | 204 | 1,090 | ||
| D | 599 | 579 | 1,178 | ||
| D | 623 | 213 | 851 | ||
| D | 749 | 311 | 1,062 | ||
| D | 625 | 181 | 814 | ||
| D | 603 | 97 | 810 | ||
| D | 676 | 333 | 1,011 | ||
| D | 595 | 405 | 1,008 | ||
| D | 942 | 922 | 1,878 | ||
| D | 1,247 | 1,199 | 2,478 | ||
| D | 1,269 | 1,052 | 2,495 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.5%
German
9.3%
American
9.0%
Irish
8.1%
Italian
2.8%
French
1.9%
Scottish
1.1%
African American
24.5%
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: 44.1 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
$60,828
Buckingham County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Buckingham County$60,828
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Buckingham 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
12.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.0%
Working age (18–64)11.8%
Seniors (65+)5.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.3%
speak English only
Other Indo-European2.4%
Spanish2.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 79.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Buckingham sits in Virginia's Southside Piedmont, where a declining population and an economy still tied to timber and agriculture correlate with some of the state's most consistent Republican presidential margins over the past decade.
The Democratic margin here reached sixty-two points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved ten points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-three 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 $60,828 and a 13% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sandusky County and Ross County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Buckingham County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Buckingham County, Virginia voted Republican by 23.5 points (R+23), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,925 votes cast, 2,988 went Democratic and 4,847 went Republican.
What is Buckingham County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Buckingham 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 22 times, Republican 11 times, and other 1 times.
When did Buckingham County, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Buckingham County, Virginia voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Buckingham County, Virginia?
Buckingham County, Virginia has a population of 16,976 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Buckingham County, Virginia?
Median household income in Buckingham County, Virginia is $60,828 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Buckingham County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Buckingham County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.