Scott County, Virginia: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+70%. Republican peak: R+70 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+70MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 21,4792024 5-year
- Median household income
- $46,3492024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 95.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Itawamba County, MS · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Scott CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Scott 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 | +8.9% |
| 1896 | −10.3% |
| 1900 | +4.4% |
| 1904 | −20.6% |
| 1908 | −21.7% |
| 1912 | +25.5% |
| 1916 | −13.8% |
| 1920 | −18.9% |
| 1924 | −10.0% |
| 1928 | −10.6% |
| 1932 | +12.1% |
| 1936 | +1.8% |
| 1940 | −9.3% |
| 1944 | −3.4% |
| 1948 | −13.5% |
| 1952 | −22.3% |
| 1956 | −17.4% |
| 1960 | −13.1% |
| 1964 | +0.6% |
| 1968 | −22.0% |
| 1972 | −65.2% |
| 1976 | +1.9% |
| 1980 | −4.6% |
| 1984 | −19.3% |
| 1988 | −15.6% |
| 1992 | −5.5% |
| 1996 | −7.4% |
| 2000 | −21.2% |
| 2004 | −31.7% |
| 2008 | −43.1% |
| 2012 | −50.5% |
| 2016 | −66.0% |
| 2020 | −67.8% |
| 2024 | −70.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,607 | 9,392 | 11,077 | ||
| R | 1,692 | 9,063 | 10,869 | ||
| R | 1,581 | 8,247 | 10,100 | ||
| R | 2,395 | 7,439 | 9,992 | ||
| R | 2,725 | 6,980 | 9,875 | ||
| R | 3,324 | 6,479 | 9,967 | ||
| R | 3,552 | 5,535 | 9,335 | ||
| R | 3,449 | 4,086 | 8,573 | ||
| R | 3,979 | 4,515 | 9,690 | ||
| R | 3,616 | 4,986 | 8,785 | ||
| R | 3,904 | 5,804 | 9,821 | ||
| R | 4,314 | 4,744 | 9,387 | ||
| D | 4,496 | 4,313 | 9,494 | ||
| R | 2,026 | 10,025 | 12,275 | ||
| R | 3,144 | 5,345 | 9,984 | ||
| D | 4,205 | 4,155 | 8,363 | ||
| R | 3,789 | 4,936 | 8,744 | ||
| R | 3,595 | 5,116 | 8,754 | ||
| R | 2,990 | 4,703 | 7,693 | ||
| R | 2,676 | 3,520 | 6,272 | ||
| R | 2,888 | 3,089 | 5,983 | ||
| R | 2,474 | 2,982 | 5,464 | ||
| D | 2,122 | 2,046 | 4,168 | ||
| D | 2,137 | 1,673 | 3,841 | ||
| R | 2,355 | 2,916 | 5,271 | ||
| R | 2,177 | 2,666 | 4,912 | ||
| R | 1,671 | 2,449 | 4,127 | ||
| R | 1,319 | 1,743 | 3,077 | ||
| D | 1,311 | 557 | 2,962 | ||
| R | 1,145 | 1,781 | 2,929 | ||
| R | 1,164 | 1,773 | 2,956 | ||
| D | 1,813 | 1,659 | 3,475 | ||
| R | 1,793 | 2,206 | 4,014 | ||
| D | 1,746 | 1,433 | 3,531 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
36.5%
English
14.5%
Irish
6.6%
German
4.7%
Scottish
1.2%
Italian
0.5%
African American
1.0%
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: 47.7 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
$46,349
Scott County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Scott County$46,349
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Scott County ranks in the bottom 10% 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
20.2%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.8%
Working age (18–64)19.1%
Seniors (65+)18.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.6%
speak English only
Spanish0.8%
Other Indo-European0.2%
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 58.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Tucked into Virginia's coalfield corner where three states meet, Scott County delivered a 70-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the sharp rightward realignment that has reshaped Appalachian Virginia over the past two decades.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at seventy points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy points.
A median household income of $46,349, a 20% poverty rate, and a 96% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Itawamba County and Linn County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Scott County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Scott County, Virginia voted Republican by 70.3 points (R+70), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 11,077 votes cast, 1,607 went Democratic and 9,392 went Republican.
What is Scott County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Scott County, Virginia in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 7 times, Republican 27 times, and other 0 times.
When did Scott County, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Scott County, Virginia voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Scott County, Virginia?
Scott County, Virginia has a population of 21,479 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Scott County, Virginia?
Median household income in Scott County, Virginia is $46,349 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Scott County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Scott County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.