Halifax County, Virginia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+21%. Democratic peak: D+87 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+21MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 33,6392024 5-year
- Median household income
- $52,0132024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 59.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 34.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+39 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Williams County, OH · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Halifax CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Halifax 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 | +20.9% |
| 1896 | +22.1% |
| 1900 | +27.1% |
| 1904 | +33.2% |
| 1908 | +32.0% |
| 1912 | +45.4% |
| 1916 | +56.2% |
| 1920 | +56.2% |
| 1924 | +70.2% |
| 1928 | +43.1% |
| 1932 | +84.8% |
| 1936 | +86.8% |
| 1940 | +80.2% |
| 1944 | +73.4% |
| 1948 | +20.7% |
| 1952 | +18.3% |
| 1956 | +11.9% |
| 1960 | +19.8% |
| 1964 | −28.2% |
| 1968 | −9.5% |
| 1972 | −38.8% |
| 1976 | −0.7% |
| 1980 | −2.3% |
| 1984 | −24.4% |
| 1988 | −16.8% |
| 1992 | −5.9% |
| 1996 | −6.7% |
| 2000 | −12.6% |
| 2004 | −14.6% |
| 2008 | −2.8% |
| 2012 | −5.6% |
| 2016 | −16.5% |
| 2020 | −15.1% |
| 2024 | −21.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 6,984 | 10,741 | 17,871 | ||
| R | 7,666 | 10,418 | 18,248 | ||
| R | 6,897 | 9,704 | 16,994 | ||
| R | 7,766 | 8,694 | 16,692 | ||
| R | 8,126 | 8,600 | 16,850 | ||
| R | 6,220 | 8,363 | 14,656 | ||
| R | 5,963 | 7,732 | 14,072 | ||
| R | 5,599 | 6,490 | 13,226 | ||
| R | 5,803 | 6,634 | 14,019 | ||
| R | 5,218 | 7,365 | 12,769 | ||
| R | 5,205 | 8,625 | 13,996 | ||
| R | 5,540 | 5,804 | 11,661 | ||
| R | 5,353 | 5,434 | 11,135 | ||
| R | 2,384 | 5,469 | 7,959 | ||
| O | 2,819 | 3,932 | 11,689 | ||
| R | 2,198 | 3,928 | 6,144 | ||
| D | 2,676 | 1,784 | 4,508 | ||
| D | 2,470 | 1,782 | 5,799 | ||
| D | 3,296 | 2,274 | 5,587 | ||
| O | 1,323 | 521 | 3,870 | ||
| D | 3,351 | 512 | 3,870 | ||
| D | 3,441 | 373 | 3,826 | ||
| D | 4,331 | 302 | 4,642 | ||
| D | 3,583 | 275 | 3,901 | ||
| D | 2,742 | 1,091 | 3,833 | ||
| D | 2,245 | 374 | 2,665 | ||
| D | 2,103 | 586 | 2,697 | ||
| D | 1,781 | 493 | 2,291 | ||
| D | 1,260 | 426 | 1,836 | ||
| D | 1,268 | 650 | 1,932 | ||
| D | 1,198 | 594 | 1,822 | ||
| D | 2,864 | 1,632 | 4,546 | ||
| D | 3,231 | 2,050 | 5,334 | ||
| D | 3,133 | 1,937 | 5,730 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
24.7%
English
9.2%
Irish
5.4%
German
4.7%
Italian
1.2%
Scottish
1.0%
Polish
0.7%
African American
27.8%
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: 46.5 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
$52,013
Halifax County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Halifax County$52,013
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Halifax 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
17.3%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.1%
Working age (18–64)15.2%
Seniors (65+)11.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.1%
speak English only
Other Indo-European1.8%
Spanish1.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Halifax County sits in Virginia's Southside region, where decades of decline in tobacco farming have left a rural economy in transition. Its presidential margins have widened consistently rightward over the past two decades, reflecting demographic and economic shifts common across the rural South.
The Democratic margin here reached eighty-seven points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-one 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 $52,013 and a 17% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Williams County and Henry County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Halifax County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Halifax County, Virginia voted Republican by 21.0 points (R+21), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 17,871 votes cast, 6,984 went Democratic and 10,741 went Republican.
What is Halifax County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Halifax 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 17 times, Republican 15 times, and other 2 times.
When did Halifax County, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Halifax County, Virginia voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Halifax County, Virginia?
Halifax County, Virginia has a population of 33,639 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Halifax County, Virginia?
Median household income in Halifax County, Virginia is $52,013 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Halifax County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Halifax County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.