Surry County, Virginia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+1%. Democratic peak: D+79 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+1MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 6,5492024 5-year
- Median household income
- $78,0412024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 39.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+79 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+33 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Issaquena County, MS · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Surry CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Surry 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 | −7.9% |
| 1896 | +7.5% |
| 1900 | +27.4% |
| 1904 | +34.6% |
| 1908 | +52.8% |
| 1912 | +65.2% |
| 1916 | +64.5% |
| 1920 | +62.0% |
| 1924 | +62.9% |
| 1928 | +55.0% |
| 1932 | +78.8% |
| 1936 | +78.1% |
| 1940 | +69.2% |
| 1944 | +66.0% |
| 1948 | +42.1% |
| 1952 | +15.7% |
| 1956 | +14.6% |
| 1960 | +42.0% |
| 1964 | +24.8% |
| 1968 | +25.5% |
| 1972 | −33.1% |
| 1976 | +31.8% |
| 1980 | +28.1% |
| 1984 | +12.3% |
| 1988 | +12.3% |
| 1992 | +23.7% |
| 1996 | +27.5% |
| 2000 | +16.5% |
| 2004 | +11.7% |
| 2008 | +22.3% |
| 2012 | +21.0% |
| 2016 | +10.7% |
| 2020 | +8.3% |
| 2024 | −0.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,176 | 2,205 | 4,441 | ||
| D | 2,397 | 2,025 | 4,471 | ||
| D | 2,272 | 1,819 | 4,228 | ||
| D | 2,576 | 1,671 | 4,308 | ||
| D | 2,626 | 1,663 | 4,325 | ||
| D | 1,954 | 1,543 | 3,522 | ||
| D | 1,845 | 1,313 | 3,230 | ||
| D | 1,753 | 944 | 2,938 | ||
| D | 1,823 | 1,046 | 3,275 | ||
| D | 1,602 | 1,246 | 2,899 | ||
| D | 1,875 | 1,462 | 3,370 | ||
| D | 1,756 | 962 | 2,821 | ||
| D | 1,829 | 929 | 2,833 | ||
| R | 1,775 | 3,577 | 5,442 | ||
| D | 1,126 | 523 | 2,366 | ||
| D | 2,097 | 1,261 | 3,367 | ||
| D | 1,003 | 397 | 1,443 | ||
| D | 616 | 425 | 1,307 | ||
| D | 572 | 414 | 1,006 | ||
| D | 460 | 134 | 774 | ||
| D | 602 | 123 | 726 | ||
| D | 658 | 120 | 778 | ||
| D | 715 | 87 | 804 | ||
| D | 653 | 73 | 736 | ||
| D | 541 | 157 | 698 | ||
| D | 388 | 72 | 502 | ||
| D | 397 | 92 | 492 | ||
| D | 430 | 90 | 527 | ||
| D | 360 | 57 | 465 | ||
| D | 269 | 82 | 354 | ||
| D | 323 | 154 | 488 | ||
| D | 839 | 473 | 1,335 | ||
| D | 709 | 609 | 1,328 | ||
| R | 562 | 671 | 1,377 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
14.9%
American
6.3%
German
4.6%
Irish
4.5%
Scottish
1.4%
Italian
1.1%
African American
31.2%
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: 50.4 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
$78,041
Surry County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Surry County$78,041
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Surry County ranks in the top 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
10.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.9%
Working age (18–64)8.8%
Seniors (65+)7.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.5%
speak English only
Spanish1.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Surry County, tucked along the south bank of the James River, has trended toward razor-thin margins after decades of lopsided Democratic results, reflecting broader rural Virginia realignment in one of the state's least-populous jurisdictions.
The Democratic margin here reached seventy-nine points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved nine points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was one point. 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 $78,041 and a 11% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Issaquena County and Marlboro County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Surry County, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Surry County, Virginia voted Republican by 0.7 points (R+1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,441 votes cast, 2,176 went Democratic and 2,205 went Republican.
What is Surry County, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Surry 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 31 times, Republican 3 times, and other 0 times.
When did Surry County, Virginia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Surry County, Virginia voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Surry County, Virginia?
Surry County, Virginia has a population of 6,549 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Surry County, Virginia?
Median household income in Surry County, Virginia is $78,041 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Surry County, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Surry County, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 31 went Democratic and 3 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.