Cumberland County, Virginia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+22%. Democratic peak: D+87 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+22MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 9,8182024 5-year
- Median household income
- $55,3252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 64.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 29.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+27 in 1988MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Mecklenburg County, VA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Cumberland CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Cumberland 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 | −18.1% |
| 1896 | −3.0% |
| 1900 | +44.3% |
| 1904 | +72.4% |
| 1908 | +69.2% |
| 1912 | +87.1% |
| 1916 | +71.9% |
| 1920 | +56.3% |
| 1924 | +69.2% |
| 1928 | +35.0% |
| 1932 | +70.2% |
| 1936 | +55.2% |
| 1940 | +42.8% |
| 1944 | +35.8% |
| 1948 | +25.2% |
| 1952 | −9.5% |
| 1956 | −17.8% |
| 1960 | −10.5% |
| 1964 | −11.5% |
| 1968 | +5.5% |
| 1972 | −16.9% |
| 1976 | +0.7% |
| 1980 | −5.3% |
| 1984 | −23.7% |
| 1988 | −26.8% |
| 1992 | −10.6% |
| 1996 | −7.6% |
| 2000 | −16.2% |
| 2004 | −15.9% |
| 2008 | −3.5% |
| 2012 | −2.3% |
| 2016 | −13.5% |
| 2020 | −14.9% |
| 2024 | −22.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,117 | 3,335 | 5,501 | ||
| R | 2,227 | 3,019 | 5,310 | ||
| R | 2,036 | 2,697 | 4,906 | ||
| R | 2,422 | 2,538 | 5,048 | ||
| R | 2,255 | 2,418 | 4,724 | ||
| R | 1,721 | 2,377 | 4,126 | ||
| R | 1,405 | 1,974 | 3,507 | ||
| R | 1,303 | 1,544 | 3,190 | ||
| R | 1,284 | 1,643 | 3,384 | ||
| R | 1,132 | 1,978 | 3,159 | ||
| R | 1,237 | 2,027 | 3,329 | ||
| R | 1,355 | 1,515 | 3,024 | ||
| D | 1,302 | 1,284 | 2,757 | ||
| R | 969 | 1,371 | 2,374 | ||
| D | 978 | 844 | 2,432 | ||
| R | 871 | 1,099 | 1,977 | ||
| R | 559 | 691 | 1,262 | ||
| R | 331 | 566 | 1,319 | ||
| R | 574 | 695 | 1,277 | ||
| D | 424 | 219 | 813 | ||
| D | 463 | 218 | 685 | ||
| D | 396 | 157 | 559 | ||
| D | 476 | 136 | 616 | ||
| D | 511 | 84 | 608 | ||
| D | 442 | 213 | 655 | ||
| D | 398 | 61 | 487 | ||
| D | 413 | 114 | 531 | ||
| D | 446 | 73 | 519 | ||
| D | 362 | 10 | 404 | ||
| D | 374 | 68 | 442 | ||
| D | 334 | 51 | 391 | ||
| D | 537 | 205 | 749 | ||
| R | 618 | 657 | 1,284 | ||
| R | 560 | 838 | 1,534 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
14.7%
German
10.3%
Irish
10.2%
American
6.4%
French
1.4%
Polish
1.2%
Scottish
1.2%
African American
23.5%
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: 43.5 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
$55,325
Cumberland County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Cumberland County$55,325
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Cumberland 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
8.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 184.0%
Working age (18–64)8.9%
Seniors (65+)14.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.5%
speak English only
Spanish1.8%
Other Indo-European0.5%
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 54.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Cumberland sits in Virginia's rural Piedmont with fewer than 10,000 residents, and its 2024 presidential margin of R+22.2 reflects a long-running pattern of lopsided results in low-density counties west of Richmond.
The Democratic margin here reached eighty-seven points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved seven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-two 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 $55,325 and a 9% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mecklenburg County and Lee County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Cumberland County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cumberland County, Virginia voted Republican by 22.1 points (R+22), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,501 votes cast, 2,117 went Democratic and 3,335 went Republican.
What is Cumberland County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Cumberland 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 15 times, Republican 19 times, and other 0 times.
When did Cumberland County, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cumberland County, Virginia voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Cumberland County, Virginia?
Cumberland County, Virginia has a population of 9,818 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cumberland County, Virginia?
Median household income in Cumberland County, Virginia is $55,325 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Cumberland County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cumberland County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.