Prince Edward County, Virginia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+3%. Democratic peak: D+73 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+3MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 21,9962024 5-year
- Median household income
- $56,3152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 29.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+73 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Sumter County, SC · similarity 0.94
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Prince Edward CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Prince Edward 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 | −1.4% |
| 1896 | +0.6% |
| 1900 | +19.0% |
| 1904 | +69.6% |
| 1908 | +65.2% |
| 1912 | +72.8% |
| 1916 | +72.2% |
| 1920 | +60.6% |
| 1924 | +66.5% |
| 1928 | +17.2% |
| 1932 | +64.7% |
| 1936 | +63.8% |
| 1940 | +55.5% |
| 1944 | +42.8% |
| 1948 | +16.4% |
| 1952 | −18.9% |
| 1956 | −16.7% |
| 1960 | −8.2% |
| 1964 | −15.3% |
| 1968 | −6.2% |
| 1972 | −45.9% |
| 1976 | −5.3% |
| 1980 | −3.9% |
| 1984 | −14.1% |
| 1988 | −12.5% |
| 1992 | −1.3% |
| 1996 | +2.6% |
| 2000 | −4.6% |
| 2004 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | +9.9% |
| 2012 | +12.8% |
| 2016 | +5.4% |
| 2020 | +5.6% |
| 2024 | −2.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,539 | 4,782 | 9,460 | ||
| D | 4,973 | 4,434 | 9,574 | ||
| D | 4,591 | 4,101 | 9,143 | ||
| D | 5,132 | 3,952 | 9,239 | ||
| D | 5,101 | 4,174 | 9,388 | ||
| D | 3,632 | 3,571 | 7,316 | ||
| R | 2,922 | 3,214 | 6,363 | ||
| D | 2,678 | 2,530 | 5,678 | ||
| R | 2,775 | 2,858 | 6,383 | ||
| R | 2,434 | 3,147 | 5,720 | ||
| R | 2,589 | 3,454 | 6,156 | ||
| R | 2,553 | 2,774 | 5,598 | ||
| R | 2,448 | 2,734 | 5,429 | ||
| R | 4,429 | 12,108 | 16,737 | ||
| R | 1,567 | 1,857 | 4,666 | ||
| R | 5,228 | 7,120 | 12,373 | ||
| R | 1,459 | 1,721 | 3,214 | ||
| O | 437 | 932 | 2,965 | ||
| R | 926 | 1,359 | 2,290 | ||
| D | 740 | 459 | 1,718 | ||
| D | 1,063 | 425 | 1,492 | ||
| D | 1,110 | 313 | 1,435 | ||
| D | 1,153 | 253 | 1,410 | ||
| D | 970 | 196 | 1,197 | ||
| D | 699 | 494 | 1,193 | ||
| D | 714 | 140 | 863 | ||
| D | 774 | 189 | 965 | ||
| D | 668 | 108 | 776 | ||
| D | 584 | 72 | 703 | ||
| D | 561 | 117 | 681 | ||
| D | 576 | 101 | 682 | ||
| D | 843 | 574 | 1,417 | ||
| D | 991 | 979 | 1,998 | ||
| R | 766 | 788 | 1,568 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
23.8%
English
8.9%
German
6.5%
Irish
6.2%
Italian
3.7%
Polish
1.6%
Scottish
1.2%
African American
23.8%
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: 32.6 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
$56,315
Prince Edward County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Prince Edward County$56,315
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Prince Edward County ranks near the middle 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
20.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1824.6%
Working age (18–64)20.4%
Seniors (65+)17.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.6%
speak English only
Spanish3.4%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Prince Edward County, home to Longwood University, has shifted from reliably Republican territory to a near-tossup, with its mix of college-town voters and rural Southside demographics producing one of Virginia's more closely contested small counties.
The Democratic margin here reached seventy-three points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved eight points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 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 $56,315 and a 21% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sumter County and Osceola County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Prince Edward County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Prince Edward County, Virginia voted Republican by 2.6 points (R+3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,460 votes cast, 4,539 went Democratic and 4,782 went Republican.
What is Prince Edward County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Prince Edward 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 20 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.
When did Prince Edward County, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Prince Edward County, Virginia voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Prince Edward County, Virginia?
Prince Edward County, Virginia has a population of 21,996 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Prince Edward County, Virginia?
Median household income in Prince Edward County, Virginia is $56,315 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Prince Edward County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Prince Edward County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.