Charles City County, Virginia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+11%. Democratic peak: D+58 in 1968.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+11MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 6,6272024 5-year
- Median household income
- $75,4172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 44.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 40.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+58 in 1968MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Dimmit County, TX · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Charles City CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Charles City 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 | −23.0% |
| 1896 | −13.9% |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | +24.5% |
| 1908 | +8.1% |
| 1912 | +46.4% |
| 1916 | +41.6% |
| 1920 | +18.3% |
| 1924 | +25.4% |
| 1928 | −32.7% |
| 1932 | +47.8% |
| 1936 | +49.4% |
| 1940 | +44.2% |
| 1944 | +40.2% |
| 1948 | +18.3% |
| 1952 | +17.6% |
| 1956 | −53.1% |
| 1960 | +29.7% |
| 1964 | +51.9% |
| 1968 | +58.0% |
| 1972 | +37.0% |
| 1976 | +52.1% |
| 1980 | +49.6% |
| 1984 | +38.7% |
| 1988 | +37.5% |
| 1992 | +42.5% |
| 1996 | +39.9% |
| 2000 | +31.2% |
| 2004 | +26.2% |
| 2008 | +37.3% |
| 2012 | +32.5% |
| 2016 | +24.8% |
| 2020 | +19.4% |
| 2024 | +10.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2,384 | 1,917 | 4,353 | ||
| D | 2,624 | 1,761 | 4,441 | ||
| D | 2,496 | 1,476 | 4,107 | ||
| D | 2,772 | 1,396 | 4,232 | ||
| D | 2,838 | 1,288 | 4,153 | ||
| D | 2,155 | 1,254 | 3,439 | ||
| D | 1,981 | 1,023 | 3,066 | ||
| D | 1,842 | 729 | 2,787 | ||
| D | 2,010 | 729 | 3,014 | ||
| D | 1,839 | 826 | 2,700 | ||
| D | 1,776 | 776 | 2,584 | ||
| D | 1,564 | 506 | 2,131 | ||
| D | 1,455 | 439 | 1,951 | ||
| D | 1,177 | 535 | 1,735 | ||
| D | 1,457 | 320 | 1,960 | ||
| D | 1,023 | 323 | 1,348 | ||
| D | 623 | 337 | 964 | ||
| R | 174 | 661 | 917 | ||
| D | 492 | 342 | 850 | ||
| D | 258 | 167 | 497 | ||
| D | 326 | 139 | 465 | ||
| D | 238 | 92 | 330 | ||
| D | 233 | 79 | 312 | ||
| D | 245 | 85 | 335 | ||
| R | 105 | 207 | 312 | ||
| D | 141 | 82 | 232 | ||
| D | 119 | 82 | 202 | ||
| D | 139 | 57 | 197 | ||
| D | 121 | 37 | 181 | ||
| D | 99 | 84 | 185 | ||
| D | 129 | 78 | 208 | ||
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| R | 272 | 362 | 646 | ||
| R | 337 | 541 | 887 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
15.8%
English
8.1%
Irish
6.0%
German
5.7%
Scottish
1.7%
Italian
1.2%
African American
32.6%
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: 52.6 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
$75,417
Charles City County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Charles City County$75,417
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Charles City County ranks in the top 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
9.4%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.5%
Working age (18–64)8.9%
Seniors (65+)13.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.8%
speak English only
Spanish1.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other Indo-European0.3%
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 44.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Charles City County sits along the James River with a population that is roughly 55% Black, making it one of the few rural Virginia counties where Democratic presidential margins have held steady across recent cycles.
The Democratic margin here reached fifty-eight points in 1968. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved nine points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eleven 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 $75,417 and a 9% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dimmit County and Costilla County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Charles City County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Charles City County, Virginia voted Democratic by 10.7 points (D+11), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,353 votes cast, 2,384 went Democratic and 1,917 went Republican.
What is Charles City County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Charles City 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 29 times, Republican 4 times, and other 0 times.
When did Charles City County, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Charles City County, Virginia voted Republican was 1956.
How many people live in Charles City County, Virginia?
Charles City County, Virginia has a population of 6,627 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Charles City County, Virginia?
Median household income in Charles City County, Virginia is $75,417 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Charles City County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Charles City County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 29 went Democratic and 4 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.