† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
28 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupNorfolk-Portsmouth-Newport NewsUnited States
English11.5%9.5%
German9.1%12.5%
Irish8.6%9.4%
American8.4%5.3%
Italian3.9%4.8%
Scottish1.8%1.3%
Polish1.7%2.2%
French1.5%1.6%
African American†26.4%9.9%
African1.4%0.5%
Jamaican0.4%0.4%
Haitian0.2%0.3%
Nigerian0.2%0.2%
Mexican2.7%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.0%1.8%
Cuban0.3%0.7%
Honduran0.3%0.3%
Spaniard0.2%—
Dominican0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.5%
Salvadoran0.2%0.7%
Filipino1.7%0.9%
Asian Indian0.4%1.4%
Chinese0.4%1.3%
Vietnamese0.3%0.6%
Korean0.2%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News
United States
Median age
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News
United States
Median household income
$82,776
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
34.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.1%
22.3%
Spanish
4.2%
13.6%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.1%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News
United States
Catholic
8.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
21.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
55.5%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.3%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+10.3%
1896
+6.0%
1900
+19.4%
1904
+52.3%
1908
+45.5%
1912
+70.5%
1916
+59.2%
1920
+48.2%
1924
+50.0%
1928
−0.7%
1932
+52.1%
1936
+66.5%
1940
+65.0%
1944
+51.9%
1948
+33.7%
1952
+10.3%
1956
+0.4%
1960
+16.3%
1964
+23.6%
1968
+5.2%
1972
−32.3%
1976
+10.6%
1980
−0.5%
1984
−20.0%
1988
−16.2%
1992
−1.0%
1996
+6.2%
2000
−1.6%
2004
−6.4%
2008
+10.7%
2012
+10.5%
2016
+6.6%
2020
+11.5%
2024
+8.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
53.2%Harris526,267
45.2%Trump447,251
1.6%
D+8.0
R+3.5
D+9.5
989,559
D
54.8%Biden542,508
43.3%Trump429,054
1.9%
D+11.5
D+4.9
D+7.0
990,812
D
50.6%Clinton452,303
44.0%Trump393,610
5.5%
D+6.6
R+4.0
D+4.5
894,755
D
54.6%Obama490,011
44.0%Romney395,396
1.4%
D+10.5
R+0.2
D+6.7
897,852
D
54.9%Obama492,551
44.2%McCain396,203
0.9%
D+10.7
D+17.1
D+3.5
896,918
R
46.5%Kerry348,202
52.9%Bush395,931
0.7%
R+6.4
R+4.8
R+3.9
749,023
R
48.1%Gore305,239
49.7%Bush315,344
2.1%
R+1.6
R+7.8
R+2.1
634,215
D
49.2%Clinton276,831
43.0%Dole241,988
7.8%
D+6.2
D+7.2
R+2.3
562,999
R
41.8%Clinton251,599
42.7%Bush257,463
15.5%
R+1.0
D+15.2
R+6.5
602,408
R
41.5%Dukakis215,813
57.7%Bush299,968
0.9%
R+16.2
D+3.8
R+8.4
520,227
R
39.8%Mondale204,809
59.7%Reagan307,605
0.5%
R+20.0
R+19.4
R+1.7
515,182
R
46.9%Carter204,435
47.4%Reagan206,768
5.7%
R+0.5
R+11.1
D+9.2
436,124
D
53.7%Carter214,323
43.1%Ford172,182
3.2%
D+10.6
D+42.8
D+8.5
399,263
R
32.6%McGovern101,480
64.9%Nixon201,832
2.5%
R+32.3
R+37.4
R+9.1
311,020
D
36.2%Humphrey122,848
31.1%Nixon105,289
32.7%
D+5.2
R+18.5
D+5.9
339,001
D
61.6%Johnson128,710
38.0%Goldwater79,331
0.4%
D+23.6
D+7.4
D+1.1
208,936
D
57.9%Kennedy103,955
41.6%Nixon74,718
0.6%
D+16.3
D+15.9
D+16.1
179,663
D
48.5%Stevenson75,714
48.0%Eisenhower75,069
3.5%
D+0.4
R+9.9
D+15.8
156,246
D
55.0%Stevenson74,944
44.7%Eisenhower60,881
0.3%
D+10.3
R+23.4
D+21.1
136,171
D
62.5%Truman54,678
28.7%Dewey25,162
8.8%
D+33.7
R+18.1
D+29.2
87,525
D
75.8%Roosevelt61,721
24.0%Dewey19,516
0.2%
D+51.9
R+13.2
D+44.4
81,394
D
82.4%Roosevelt59,230
17.4%Willkie12,487
0.3%
D+65.0
R+1.5
D+55.1
71,899
D
83.1%Roosevelt59,674
16.6%Landon11,917
0.3%
D+66.5
D+14.4
D+42.2
71,825
D
75.4%Roosevelt50,239
23.3%Hoover15,529
1.3%
D+52.1
D+52.9
D+34.3
66,610
R
49.6%Smith31,910
50.4%Hoover32,390
0.0%
R+0.7
R+50.7
D+16.7
64,300
D
72.5%Davis28,162
22.5%Coolidge8,755
5.0%
D+50.0
D+1.7
D+75.1
38,846
D
73.7%Cox34,041
25.5%Harding11,763
0.9%
D+48.2
R+11.0
D+74.4
46,200
D
79.0%Wilson23,465
19.8%Hughes5,876
1.2%
D+59.2
R+11.3
D+56.1
29,705
D
79.7%Wilson21,918
9.1%Taft2,517
11.2%
D+70.5
D+25.1
D+51.0
27,510
D
72.4%Bryan19,535
26.9%Taft7,262
0.8%
D+45.5
R+6.8
D+55.0
27,000
D
75.5%Parker19,314
23.2%Roosevelt5,931
1.4%
D+52.3
D+32.9
D+72.0
25,592
D
59.4%Bryan33,280
40.0%McKinley22,419
0.6%
D+19.4
D+13.3
D+26.9
56,041
D
52.3%Bryan29,222
46.3%McKinley25,853
1.4%
D+6.0
R+4.3
D+12.1
55,838
D
52.2%Cleveland30,856
41.9%Harrison24,765
5.9%
D+10.3
—
D+8.6
59,130
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2012D+29.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+8.0
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 21 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008 (partial)
133,276
73,203
29,492
30,502
79
2012 (partial)
143,320
73,394
31,809
37,765
352
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−1,024 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −78,167 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News in Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−6,462
2012
−7,784
2013
−7,109
2014
−5,144
2015
−9,591
2016
−11,127
2017
−9,302
2018
−4,812
2019
−2,110
2021
+111
2022
−5,931
2023
−3,106
2024
−4,776
2025
−1,024
Home to the world's largest naval station, the Hampton Roads market blends a uniformed-service electorate with a sizable Black voting population, producing competitive margins in federal and statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 70.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 32.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 3.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.0 points.
A population of 2,001,471, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $82,776 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) and Richmond-Petersburg.
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How did Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Virginia voted Democratic by 8.0 points (D+8.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 989,559 votes cast, 526,267 went Democratic and 447,251 went Republican.
When did Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Virginia voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Virginia?
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Virginia has a population of 2,001,471 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Virginia?
Median household income in Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Virginia is $82,776 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Virginia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 8 went Republican.
