Franklin city, Virginia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+23%. Republican peak: R+37 in 1972.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+23MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 8,2502024 5-year
- Median household income
- $63,2452024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 38.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 55.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+31 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+37 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Kemper County, MS · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Franklin cityPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Franklin 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) |
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| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | No data |
| 1928 | No data |
| 1932 | No data |
| 1936 | No data |
| 1940 | No data |
| 1944 | No data |
| 1948 | No data |
| 1952 | No data |
| 1956 | No data |
| 1960 | No data |
| 1964 | +28.1% |
| 1968 | −7.0% |
| 1972 | −37.3% |
| 1976 | −0.5% |
| 1980 | +11.4% |
| 1984 | −0.8% |
| 1988 | +2.3% |
| 1992 | +10.5% |
| 1996 | +22.5% |
| 2000 | +11.6% |
| 2004 | +8.4% |
| 2008 | +28.1% |
| 2012 | +30.7% |
| 2016 | +27.0% |
| 2020 | +25.6% |
| 2024 | +22.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2,359 | 1,476 | 3,887 | ||
| D | 2,525 | 1,487 | 4,058 | ||
| D | 2,519 | 1,421 | 4,061 | ||
| D | 2,833 | 1,496 | 4,360 | ||
| D | 2,819 | 1,576 | 4,427 | ||
| D | 1,910 | 1,613 | 3,536 | ||
| D | 1,763 | 1,393 | 3,191 | ||
| D | 1,962 | 1,200 | 3,385 | ||
| D | 1,696 | 1,347 | 3,339 | ||
| D | 1,630 | 1,557 | 3,210 | ||
| R | 1,537 | 1,561 | 3,130 | ||
| D | 1,324 | 1,045 | 2,456 | ||
| R | 1,116 | 1,127 | 2,290 | ||
| R | 2,274 | 5,063 | 7,475 | ||
| R | 792 | 951 | 2,256 | ||
| D | 2,371 | 1,329 | 3,707 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.1%
American
4.0%
Irish
3.3%
German
2.4%
French
1.3%
Scottish
0.8%
Italian
0.7%
African American
44.6%
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: 38.3 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
$63,245
Franklin city ranks near the middle of US counties.
Franklin city$63,245
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Franklin city 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
19.3%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1831.4%
Working age (18–64)14.8%
Seniors (65+)15.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.3%
speak English only
Spanish1.5%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 0.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Franklin City, a small independent city in Virginia's Coastal Plain, votes Democratic by wide margins—its 2024 presidential result of D+22.8 reflects a majority-Black electorate that has anchored the city's partisan lean for decades.
The Democratic margin here reached thirty-one points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-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 $63,245 and a 19% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kemper County and Sharkey County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Franklin city, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Franklin city, Virginia voted Democratic by 22.7 points (D+23), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,887 votes cast, 2,359 went Democratic and 1,476 went Republican.
What is Franklin city, Virginia's political typology?
Akashic places Franklin 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 12 times, Republican 4 times, and other 0 times.
When did Franklin city, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Franklin city, Virginia voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Franklin city, Virginia?
Franklin city, Virginia has a population of 8,250 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Franklin city, Virginia?
Median household income in Franklin city, Virginia is $63,245 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Franklin city, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Franklin city, Virginia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 4 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.