Chesterfield County, Virginia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted D+9%. Democratic peak: D+76 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+9MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 377,8692024 5-year
- Median household income
- $101,9312024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 57.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+76 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Kent County, MI · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Chesterfield CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Chesterfield 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 | +16.1% |
| 1896 | +15.0% |
| 1900 | +21.3% |
| 1904 | +58.3% |
| 1908 | +55.5% |
| 1912 | +75.6% |
| 1916 | +65.0% |
| 1920 | +51.8% |
| 1924 | +51.7% |
| 1928 | −10.1% |
| 1932 | +43.0% |
| 1936 | +59.9% |
| 1940 | +58.1% |
| 1944 | +51.9% |
| 1948 | +24.8% |
| 1952 | −11.6% |
| 1956 | −22.8% |
| 1960 | −24.0% |
| 1964 | −35.2% |
| 1968 | −41.5% |
| 1972 | −72.2% |
| 1976 | −32.3% |
| 1980 | −46.3% |
| 1984 | −59.8% |
| 1988 | −51.4% |
| 1992 | −28.1% |
| 1996 | −28.3% |
| 2000 | −28.2% |
| 2004 | −25.7% |
| 2008 | −7.5% |
| 2012 | −7.7% |
| 2016 | −2.3% |
| 2020 | +6.7% |
| 2024 | +8.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 112,869 | 94,030 | 210,628 | ||
| D | 106,935 | 93,326 | 203,884 | ||
| R | 81,074 | 85,045 | 176,362 | ||
| R | 77,694 | 90,934 | 170,988 | ||
| R | 74,310 | 86,413 | 162,088 | ||
| R | 49,346 | 83,745 | 133,814 | ||
| R | 38,638 | 69,924 | 110,951 | ||
| R | 30,220 | 56,650 | 93,305 | ||
| R | 28,028 | 56,626 | 101,933 | ||
| R | 18,723 | 58,828 | 78,083 | ||
| R | 13,739 | 54,896 | 68,811 | ||
| R | 13,060 | 37,908 | 53,613 | ||
| R | 14,126 | 27,812 | 42,436 | ||
| R | 3,823 | 24,934 | 29,253 | ||
| R | 5,715 | 22,015 | 39,292 | ||
| R | 8,376 | 17,486 | 25,871 | ||
| R | 5,982 | 9,787 | 15,859 | ||
| R | 3,306 | 5,787 | 10,894 | ||
| R | 3,546 | 4,482 | 8,046 | ||
| D | 2,600 | 1,428 | 4,730 | ||
| D | 2,860 | 901 | 3,772 | ||
| D | 3,354 | 879 | 4,261 | ||
| D | 2,522 | 621 | 3,173 | ||
| D | 1,886 | 726 | 2,698 | ||
| R | 1,082 | 1,325 | 2,407 | ||
| D | 967 | 282 | 1,324 | ||
| D | 964 | 302 | 1,279 | ||
| D | 699 | 141 | 858 | ||
| D | 702 | 61 | 848 | ||
| D | 608 | 167 | 794 | ||
| D | 597 | 151 | 765 | ||
| D | 1,368 | 884 | 2,276 | ||
| D | 1,727 | 1,273 | 3,036 | ||
| D | 1,747 | 1,241 | 3,140 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
14.2%
German
10.3%
Irish
8.6%
American
6.0%
Italian
4.4%
Scottish
1.7%
Polish
1.6%
African American
18.7%
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: 39.0 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
$101,931
Chesterfield County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Chesterfield County$101,931
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Chesterfield County ranks in the top 5% 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
7.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.9%
Working age (18–64)6.4%
Seniors (65+)7.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
86.0%
speak English only
Spanish8.9%
Other Indo-European2.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.8%
Other languages0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Chesterfield County, anchored in the Richmond metro's southern suburbs, has tracked Virginia's broader suburban realignment — once reliably red, it now returns Democratic presidential margins that would have been unthinkable a decade ago.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of seventy-two points in 1972 at its widest — Chesterfield County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was nine points.
A median household income of $101,931 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 377,869 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kent County and Frederick County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Chesterfield County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Chesterfield County, Virginia voted Democratic by 8.9 points (D+9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 210,628 votes cast, 112,869 went Democratic and 94,030 went Republican.
What is Chesterfield County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Chesterfield County, Virginia in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. 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 16 times, Republican 18 times, and other 0 times.
When did Chesterfield County, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Chesterfield County, Virginia voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in Chesterfield County, Virginia?
Chesterfield County, Virginia has a population of 377,869 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Chesterfield County, Virginia?
Median household income in Chesterfield County, Virginia is $101,931 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Chesterfield County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Chesterfield County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.