Alexandria city, Virginia: New American county. In 2024, voted D+57%. Democratic peak: D+68 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+57MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 156,9762024 5-year
- Median household income
- $119,6812024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 51.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 21.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 18.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+68 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Arlington County, VA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Alexandria cityPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Alexandria city, 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 | +25.9% |
| 1896 | +17.3% |
| 1900 | +36.3% |
| 1904 | +59.1% |
| 1908 | +65.9% |
| 1912 | +68.2% |
| 1916 | +47.7% |
| 1920 | +20.8% |
| 1924 | +29.6% |
| 1928 | −10.6% |
| 1932 | +41.6% |
| 1936 | +46.4% |
| 1940 | +37.8% |
| 1944 | +12.6% |
| 1948 | +0.2% |
| 1952 | −14.0% |
| 1956 | −7.2% |
| 1960 | +4.5% |
| 1964 | −1.3% |
| 1968 | +3.4% |
| 1972 | −50.7% |
| 1976 | +7.9% |
| 1980 | −1.8% |
| 1984 | +5.3% |
| 1988 | +7.5% |
| 1992 | +26.7% |
| 1996 | +27.3% |
| 2000 | +26.4% |
| 2004 | +34.6% |
| 2008 | +44.5% |
| 2012 | +43.5% |
| 2016 | +58.0% |
| 2020 | +62.7% |
| 2024 | +57.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 62,326 | 16,112 | 80,904 | ||
| D | 66,240 | 14,544 | 82,508 | ||
| D | 57,242 | 13,285 | 75,762 | ||
| D | 52,199 | 20,249 | 73,411 | ||
| D | 50,473 | 19,181 | 70,364 | ||
| D | 41,116 | 19,844 | 61,515 | ||
| D | 33,633 | 19,043 | 55,199 | ||
| D | 27,968 | 15,554 | 45,399 | ||
| D | 30,784 | 16,700 | 52,675 | ||
| D | 24,358 | 20,913 | 45,804 | ||
| D | 23,552 | 21,166 | 45,253 | ||
| R | 17,134 | 17,865 | 40,388 | ||
| D | 19,858 | 16,880 | 37,910 | ||
| R | 1,431 | 4,553 | 6,156 | ||
| D | 14,351 | 13,265 | 31,816 | ||
| R | 2,879 | 2,958 | 5,863 | ||
| D | 9,662 | 8,826 | 18,551 | ||
| R | 7,451 | 8,633 | 16,449 | ||
| R | 6,471 | 8,579 | 15,072 | ||
| D | 3,917 | 3,903 | 8,707 | ||
| D | 4,391 | 3,405 | 7,823 | ||
| D | 4,004 | 1,802 | 5,831 | ||
| D | 3,381 | 1,225 | 4,650 | ||
| D | 2,941 | 1,199 | 4,184 | ||
| R | 1,307 | 1,617 | 2,924 | ||
| D | 1,136 | 556 | 1,960 | ||
| D | 1,417 | 921 | 2,379 | ||
| D | 1,038 | 364 | 1,412 | ||
| D | 951 | 132 | 1,201 | ||
| D | 1,218 | 247 | 1,473 | ||
| D | 738 | 187 | 932 | ||
| D | 2,003 | 935 | 2,944 | ||
| D | 1,830 | 1,281 | 3,180 | ||
| D | 1,982 | 1,162 | 3,163 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
11.3%
English
11.1%
German
10.4%
Italian
5.6%
Polish
3.3%
Scottish
2.3%
American
2.1%
African American
17.0%
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: 37.7 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
$119,681
Alexandria city ranks in the top 0.5% of US counties.
Alexandria city$119,681
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Alexandria city ranks in the top 0.5% 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
7.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.5%
Working age (18–64)6.8%
Seniors (65+)12.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
68.9%
speak English only
Spanish14.0%
Other languages8.4%
Other Indo-European5.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
This independent city across the Potomac from Washington, D.C., delivered a 57-point Democratic margin in 2024, driven by a dense, highly educated, and majority-minority electorate concentrated in one of the region's oldest urban cores.
Alexandria city has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of sixty-eight points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved six points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $119,681, and a population of 156,976. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Arlington County and King County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Alexandria city, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Alexandria city, Virginia voted Democratic by 57.1 points (D+57), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 80,904 votes cast, 62,326 went Democratic and 16,112 went Republican.
What is Alexandria city, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Alexandria city, Virginia in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. 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 28 times, Republican 6 times, and other 0 times.
When did Alexandria city, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Alexandria city, Virginia voted Republican was 1980.
How many people live in Alexandria city, Virginia?
Alexandria city, Virginia has a population of 156,976 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Alexandria city, Virginia?
Median household income in Alexandria city, Virginia is $119,681 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Alexandria city, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Alexandria city, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 28 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.