Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCharles City CountyVirginiaUnited States
American15.8%8.4%5.3%
English8.1%12.0%9.5%
Irish6.0%9.1%9.4%
German5.7%10.1%12.5%
Scottish1.7%1.9%1.3%
Italian1.2%3.9%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.0%——
Norwegian0.9%——
African American†40.4%15.6%9.9%
Mexican0.9%2.4%11.3%
Honduran0.4%0.7%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%1.4%1.8%
Salvadoran0.2%2.1%0.7%
Vietnamese0.6%0.7%0.6%
Filipino0.4%0.9%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Charles City County
Virginia
United States
Median age
52.6
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
6.7%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
26.9%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Charles City County
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$75,417
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.4%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.3%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Charles City County
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.2%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.2%
7.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Charles City County
Virginia
United States
Catholic
—
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
37.1%
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
44.1%
54.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
16.8%
8.4%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Charles City County, Virginia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
6 precincts · 4,353 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Charles City County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -101 - PRECINCT 1-1101 - PRECINCT 1-1
750
776
18
1,544
48.6%
50.3%
R+1.7
Precinct -301 - PRECINCT 3-1301 - PRECINCT 3-1
830
601
18
1,449
57.3%
41.5%
D+15.8
Precinct -201 - PRECINCT 2-1201 - PRECINCT 2-1
804
540
16
1,360
59.1%
39.7%
D+19.4
Precinct 1-151036000101
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Precinct 2-151036000201
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
Precinct 3-151036000301
0
0
0
0
—
—
Even
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
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
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
54.8%Harris2,384
44.0%Trump1,917
0.3%Stein15 +4
D+10.7
R+8.7
D+12.2
4,353
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic54.8%2,384
Donald J TrumpRepublican44.0%1,917
Jill SteinIndependent0.3%15
OtherAll other candidates0.3%12
Cornel R WestIndependent0.3%11
Chase OliverLibertarian0.2%10
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%4
D
59.1%Biden2,624
39.7%Trump1,761
1.2%Jorgensen54
D+19.4
R+5.4
D+15.0
4,441
D
60.8%Clinton2,496
35.9%Trump1,476
1.6%Johnson67
D+24.8
R+7.7
D+22.7
4,107
D
65.5%Obama2,772
33.0%Romney1,396
1.5%
D+32.5
R+4.8
D+28.7
4,232
D
68.3%Obama2,838
31.0%McCain1,288
0.7%
D+37.3
D+11.1
D+30.1
4,153
D
62.7%Kerry2,155
36.5%Bush1,254
0.9%
D+26.2
R+5.0
D+28.7
3,439
D
64.6%Gore1,981
33.4%Bush1,023
1.0%Nader31
D+31.2
R+8.7
D+30.7
3,066
D
66.1%Clinton1,842
26.2%Dole729
6.4%Perot178
D+39.9
R+2.6
D+31.4
2,787
D
66.7%Clinton2,010
24.2%Bush729
8.3%Perot251
D+42.5
D+5.0
D+36.9
3,014
D
68.1%Dukakis1,839
30.6%Bush826
1.3%
D+37.5
R+1.2
D+45.2
2,700
D
68.7%Mondale1,776
30.0%Reagan776
1.2%
D+38.7
R+10.9
D+56.9
2,584
D
73.4%Carter1,564
23.7%Reagan506
2.9%
D+49.6
R+2.4
D+59.4
2,131
D
74.6%Carter1,455
22.5%Ford439
2.9%
D+52.1
D+15.1
D+50.0
1,951
D
67.8%McGovern1,177
30.8%Nixon535
1.3%
D+37.0
R+21.0
D+60.2
1,735
D
74.3%Humphrey1,457
16.3%Nixon320
9.3%
D+58.0
D+6.1
D+58.7
1,960
D
75.9%Johnson1,023
24.0%Goldwater323
0.1%
D+51.9
D+22.3
D+29.3
1,348
D
64.6%Kennedy623
35.0%Nixon337
0.4%
D+29.7
D+82.8
D+29.5
964
R
19.0%Stevenson174
72.1%Eisenhower661
8.9%
R+53.1
R+70.8
R+37.7
917
D
57.9%Stevenson492
40.2%Eisenhower342
1.9%
D+17.6
R+0.7
D+28.4
850
D
51.9%Truman258
33.6%Dewey167
14.5%
D+18.3
R+21.9
D+13.8
497
D
70.1%Roosevelt326
29.9%Dewey139
0.0%
D+40.2
R+4.0
D+32.7
465
D
72.1%Roosevelt238
27.9%Willkie92
0.0%
D+44.2
R+5.1
D+34.3
330
D
74.7%Roosevelt233
25.3%Landon79
0.0%
D+49.4
D+1.6
D+25.1
312
D
73.1%Roosevelt245
25.4%Hoover85
1.5%
D+47.8
D+80.5
D+30.0
335
R
33.7%Smith105
66.3%Hoover207
0.0%
R+32.7
R+58.1
R+15.2
312
D
60.8%Davis141
35.3%Coolidge82
3.4%La Follette8
D+25.4
D+7.1
D+50.6
232
D
58.9%Cox119
40.6%Harding82
0.5%
D+18.3
R+23.3
D+44.5
202
D
70.6%Wilson139
28.9%Hughes57
0.5%
D+41.6
R+4.8
D+38.5
197
D
66.9%Wilson121
20.4%Taft37
12.7%
D+46.4
D+38.3
D+26.9
181
D
53.5%Bryan99
45.4%Taft84
1.1%
D+8.1
R+16.4
D+17.7
185
D
62.0%Parker129
37.5%Roosevelt78
0.5%
D+24.5
—
D+44.2
208
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
R
42.1%Bryan272
56.0%McKinley362
1.9%
R+13.9
D+9.1
R+7.9
646
R
38.0%Cleveland337
61.0%Harrison541
1.0%
R+23.0
—
R+24.7
887
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
No data
—
—
—
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
57.1%2,397
42.9%1,802
4,199
2020
D
61.3%2,700
38.7%1,704
4,404
2018
D
63.9%2,131
35.0%1,168
3,335
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Charles City County, VA
Year
Total registered
2016
5,563
2018
5,524
2020
5,649
2022
5,729
2024
5,867
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+87 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +67 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $93,985 in average income, against $81,267 for residents who stayed — 16% higher. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+5.1 on average — 5.7 points more Republican-leaning than Charles City County, VA itself (D+10.7).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Henrico County, VA42D+28.7
New Kent County, VA27R+31.7
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Henrico County, VA29
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Charles City County, VA in Charles City County, VA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−17
2012
−64
2013
−25
2014
−89
2015
+48
2016
+15
2017
+31
2018
−3
2019
+3
2021
−47
2022
+39
2023
+115
2024
−26
2025
+87
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.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 58.0 points in 1968 and a Republican high of 53.1 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 8.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.7 points.
A population of 6,627, a 45% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,417 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Surry County and Warren County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
How did Charles City County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Charles City County, Virginia voted Democratic by 10.7 points (D+10.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,353 votes cast, 2,384 went Democratic and 1,917 went Republican.
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.
