Danville city, Virginia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+21%. Republican peak: R+79 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+21MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 42,2142024 5-year
- Median household income
- $44,4232024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 39.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 51.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+77 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+79 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Charles County, MD · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Danville cityPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Danville city, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican 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 | +26.8% |
| 1896 | +21.7% |
| 1900 | +64.1% |
| 1904 | +75.1% |
| 1908 | +63.7% |
| 1912 | +77.2% |
| 1916 | +61.7% |
| 1920 | +54.0% |
| 1924 | +49.3% |
| 1928 | −32.7% |
| 1932 | +49.4% |
| 1936 | +70.7% |
| 1940 | +61.3% |
| 1944 | +43.3% |
| 1948 | +13.9% |
| 1952 | −17.7% |
| 1956 | −27.9% |
| 1960 | −30.2% |
| 1964 | −33.8% |
| 1968 | −13.6% |
| 1972 | −79.0% |
| 1976 | −22.1% |
| 1980 | −26.1% |
| 1984 | −34.7% |
| 1988 | −24.5% |
| 1992 | −7.4% |
| 1996 | −5.9% |
| 2000 | −6.6% |
| 2004 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | +19.1% |
| 2012 | +22.1% |
| 2016 | +19.8% |
| 2020 | +22.1% |
| 2024 | +21.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 10,615 | 6,894 | 17,712 | ||
| D | 11,710 | 7,428 | 19,389 | ||
| D | 11,059 | 7,303 | 18,940 | ||
| D | 12,218 | 7,763 | 20,204 | ||
| D | 12,352 | 8,361 | 20,890 | ||
| D | 9,436 | 9,399 | 19,112 | ||
| R | 8,221 | 9,427 | 18,307 | ||
| R | 8,168 | 9,254 | 18,519 | ||
| R | 8,134 | 9,584 | 19,661 | ||
| R | 7,353 | 12,221 | 19,874 | ||
| R | 5,846 | 12,141 | 18,161 | ||
| R | 6,138 | 10,665 | 17,362 | ||
| R | 6,425 | 10,235 | 17,212 | ||
| R | 541 | 5,304 | 6,028 | ||
| R | 4,495 | 6,796 | 16,874 | ||
| R | 1,198 | 2,420 | 3,620 | ||
| R | 2,611 | 4,966 | 7,794 | ||
| R | 2,409 | 4,561 | 7,726 | ||
| R | 3,323 | 4,765 | 8,146 | ||
| D | 2,334 | 1,579 | 5,448 | ||
| D | 3,121 | 1,231 | 4,366 | ||
| D | 3,324 | 787 | 4,141 | ||
| D | 3,266 | 549 | 3,845 | ||
| D | 2,264 | 740 | 3,084 | ||
| R | 1,196 | 2,360 | 3,556 | ||
| D | 1,577 | 473 | 2,241 | ||
| D | 1,888 | 551 | 2,476 | ||
| D | 1,151 | 229 | 1,495 | ||
| D | 1,066 | 93 | 1,260 | ||
| D | 963 | 206 | 1,189 | ||
| D | 836 | 101 | 979 | ||
| D | 1,575 | 310 | 1,973 | ||
| D | 1,702 | 1,078 | 2,872 | ||
| D | 1,234 | 710 | 1,956 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
12.6%
English
9.1%
Irish
4.5%
German
3.2%
Italian
1.8%
Scottish
1.4%
French
1.2%
African American
40.8%
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: 40.4 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
$44,423
Danville city ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Danville city$44,423
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Danville city 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
24.7%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1835.2%
Working age (18–64)21.2%
Seniors (65+)24.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.1%
speak English only
Spanish3.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 27.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Danville, a former textile hub on the North Carolina border, has shifted decisively toward Democrats over the past two decades as its population has grown majority-Black and its manufacturing base has contracted.
The Democratic margin here reached seventy-seven points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-one 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 $44,423 and a 25% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Charles County and Manassas Park city.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Danville city, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Danville city, Virginia voted Democratic by 21.0 points (D+21), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 17,712 votes cast, 10,615 went Democratic and 6,894 went Republican.
What is Danville city, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Danville city, 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 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did Danville city, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Danville city, Virginia voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Danville city, Virginia?
Danville city, Virginia has a population of 42,214 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Danville city, Virginia?
Median household income in Danville city, Virginia is $44,423 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Danville city, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Danville city, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 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.