Lunenburg County, Virginia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+23%. Democratic peak: D+89 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+23MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 12,0162024 5-year
- Median household income
- $54,8422024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 57.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 32.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+89 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Huron County, OH · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Lunenburg CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lunenburg County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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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 | +35.5% |
| 1896 | +37.3% |
| 1900 | +29.8% |
| 1904 | +62.3% |
| 1908 | +59.3% |
| 1912 | +70.4% |
| 1916 | +75.1% |
| 1920 | +58.9% |
| 1924 | +53.7% |
| 1928 | +58.5% |
| 1932 | +84.1% |
| 1936 | +88.6% |
| 1940 | +78.7% |
| 1944 | +73.3% |
| 1948 | +50.9% |
| 1952 | +29.1% |
| 1956 | +22.7% |
| 1960 | +25.8% |
| 1964 | +11.7% |
| 1968 | −0.0% |
| 1972 | −40.4% |
| 1976 | −2.1% |
| 1980 | −2.1% |
| 1984 | −21.2% |
| 1988 | −14.7% |
| 1992 | −3.0% |
| 1996 | −1.5% |
| 2000 | −10.5% |
| 2004 | −9.5% |
| 2008 | −3.5% |
| 2012 | −5.0% |
| 2016 | −17.5% |
| 2020 | −18.6% |
| 2024 | −22.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,253 | 3,594 | 5,885 | ||
| R | 2,418 | 3,537 | 6,000 | ||
| R | 2,227 | 3,204 | 5,586 | ||
| R | 2,684 | 2,969 | 5,734 | ||
| R | 2,703 | 2,900 | 5,650 | ||
| R | 2,362 | 2,858 | 5,245 | ||
| R | 2,026 | 2,510 | 4,591 | ||
| R | 1,995 | 2,063 | 4,460 | ||
| R | 2,082 | 2,227 | 4,912 | ||
| R | 1,870 | 2,530 | 4,496 | ||
| R | 1,754 | 2,713 | 4,526 | ||
| R | 1,958 | 2,045 | 4,136 | ||
| R | 1,739 | 1,816 | 3,652 | ||
| R | 3,941 | 9,417 | 13,557 | ||
| O | 1,180 | 1,181 | 4,012 | ||
| D | 1,731 | 1,369 | 3,103 | ||
| D | 1,451 | 838 | 2,379 | ||
| D | 1,111 | 580 | 2,339 | ||
| D | 1,528 | 837 | 2,373 | ||
| D | 1,126 | 251 | 1,718 | ||
| D | 1,205 | 184 | 1,393 | ||
| D | 1,213 | 144 | 1,359 | ||
| D | 1,291 | 77 | 1,370 | ||
| D | 1,141 | 92 | 1,247 | ||
| D | 1,199 | 314 | 1,513 | ||
| D | 686 | 130 | 1,036 | ||
| D | 818 | 208 | 1,036 | ||
| D | 814 | 110 | 937 | ||
| D | 508 | 66 | 628 | ||
| D | 414 | 105 | 521 | ||
| D | 433 | 96 | 541 | ||
| D | 634 | 343 | 978 | ||
| D | 1,045 | 475 | 1,530 | ||
| D | 819 | 363 | 1,285 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
24.6%
English
6.3%
German
3.8%
Irish
3.2%
Italian
1.1%
Scottish
0.7%
French
0.5%
African American
26.0%
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: 44.6 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
$54,842
Lunenburg County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Lunenburg County$54,842
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Lunenburg 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
15.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.0%
Working age (18–64)13.4%
Seniors (65+)25.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.1%
speak English only
Spanish4.2%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Lunenburg sits in Virginia's Southside tobacco belt, where a shrinking but stable population has shifted steadily toward Republican presidential candidates over the past two decades, reaching a 22.8-point margin in 2024.
The Democratic margin here reached eighty-nine points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-three 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 $54,842 and a 16% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Huron County and Newaygo County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Lunenburg County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lunenburg County, Virginia voted Republican by 22.8 points (R+23), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,885 votes cast, 2,253 went Democratic and 3,594 went Republican.
What is Lunenburg County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Lunenburg 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 19 times, Republican 14 times, and other 1 times.
When did Lunenburg County, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lunenburg County, Virginia voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Lunenburg County, Virginia?
Lunenburg County, Virginia has a population of 12,016 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lunenburg County, Virginia?
Median household income in Lunenburg County, Virginia is $54,842 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Lunenburg County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lunenburg County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.