Greensville County, Virginia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+9%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+9MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 11,2752024 5-year
- Median household income
- $54,6682024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 35.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 56.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+14 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lake County, IN · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Greensville CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Greensville County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +5.2% |
| 1896 | +28.6% |
| 1900 | +14.9% |
| 1904 | +55.8% |
| 1908 | +55.1% |
| 1912 | +65.6% |
| 1916 | +67.2% |
| 1920 | +58.2% |
| 1924 | +49.7% |
| 1928 | +24.0% |
| 1932 | +71.5% |
| 1936 | +100.0% |
| 1940 | +69.2% |
| 1944 | +54.6% |
| 1948 | +28.7% |
| 1952 | +11.9% |
| 1956 | +10.8% |
| 1960 | +22.4% |
| 1964 | +0.4% |
| 1968 | +26.5% |
| 1972 | −14.3% |
| 1976 | +35.0% |
| 1980 | +14.7% |
| 1984 | +1.0% |
| 1988 | +12.7% |
| 1992 | +22.6% |
| 1996 | +31.4% |
| 2000 | +19.2% |
| 2004 | +18.4% |
| 2008 | +28.5% |
| 2012 | +27.8% |
| 2016 | +18.8% |
| 2020 | +15.6% |
| 2024 | +9.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2,334 | 1,936 | 4,303 | ||
| D | 2,627 | 1,914 | 4,574 | ||
| D | 2,558 | 1,737 | 4,363 | ||
| D | 3,135 | 1,766 | 4,926 | ||
| D | 3,122 | 1,729 | 4,887 | ||
| D | 2,514 | 1,732 | 4,258 | ||
| D | 2,314 | 1,565 | 3,906 | ||
| D | 2,381 | 1,176 | 3,843 | ||
| D | 2,237 | 1,335 | 3,986 | ||
| D | 2,083 | 1,610 | 3,733 | ||
| D | 2,352 | 2,304 | 4,772 | ||
| D | 2,142 | 1,583 | 3,800 | ||
| D | 2,413 | 1,137 | 3,646 | ||
| R | 1,197 | 1,608 | 2,869 | ||
| D | 1,367 | 529 | 3,165 | ||
| D | 2,262 | 2,245 | 4,519 | ||
| D | 1,676 | 1,057 | 2,766 | ||
| D | 994 | 724 | 2,490 | ||
| D | 1,259 | 988 | 2,273 | ||
| D | 710 | 301 | 1,427 | ||
| D | 954 | 279 | 1,237 | ||
| D | 843 | 152 | 999 | ||
| D | 884 | 0 | 884 | ||
| D | 692 | 112 | 811 | ||
| D | 519 | 318 | 837 | ||
| D | 417 | 132 | 573 | ||
| D | 424 | 111 | 538 | ||
| D | 392 | 76 | 470 | ||
| D | 294 | 31 | 401 | ||
| D | 273 | 77 | 356 | ||
| D | 356 | 100 | 459 | ||
| D | 740 | 547 | 1,295 | ||
| D | 850 | 471 | 1,327 | ||
| D | 362 | 320 | 812 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
6.5%
English
4.6%
Irish
3.3%
German
2.9%
Italian
1.2%
French
0.7%
Scottish
0.6%
African American
45.0%
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: 39.8 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
$54,668
Greensville County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Greensville County$54,668
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Greensville 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
14.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.1%
Working age (18–64)15.5%
Seniors (65+)21.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.5%
speak English only
Spanish2.4%
Other languages2.3%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 78.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Greensville's electorate skews heavily Black — roughly half the population — anchoring the county's Democratic margins in a rural Southside Virginia region that otherwise leans Republican.
The Democratic margin here reached 100 points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was nine 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 $54,668 and a 14% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lake County and Mora County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Greensville County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Greensville County, Virginia voted Democratic by 9.2 points (D+9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,303 votes cast, 2,334 went Democratic and 1,936 went Republican.
What is Greensville County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Greensville 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 33 times, Republican 1 times, and other 0 times.
When did Greensville County, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Greensville County, Virginia voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Greensville County, Virginia?
Greensville County, Virginia has a population of 11,275 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Greensville County, Virginia?
Median household income in Greensville County, Virginia is $54,668 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Greensville County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Greensville County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 33 went Democratic and 1 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.