† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
32 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
GroupRichmond-PetersburgVirginiaUnited States
English13.2%12.0%9.5%
German9.0%10.1%12.5%
Irish8.3%9.1%9.4%
American7.6%8.4%5.3%
Italian3.6%3.9%4.8%
Scottish1.9%1.9%1.3%
Polish1.3%1.6%2.2%
French1.0%1.3%1.6%
African American†25.4%15.6%9.9%
African1.2%0.9%0.5%
Jamaican0.3%0.3%0.4%
Nigerian0.2%0.2%0.2%
Mexican1.8%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.2%1.4%1.8%
Salvadoran1.2%2.1%0.7%
Guatemalan0.8%0.7%0.5%
Honduran0.5%0.7%0.3%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Asian Indian1.3%1.8%1.4%
Filipino0.4%0.9%0.9%
Chinese0.4%0.8%1.3%
Korean0.3%0.8%0.4%
Vietnamese0.3%0.7%0.6%
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
Richmond-Petersburg
Virginia
United States
Median age
39.9
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
8.8%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.6%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Richmond-Petersburg
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$86,503
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.5%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
38.4%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Richmond-Petersburg
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.9%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
5.7%
7.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
2.6%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Richmond-Petersburg
Virginia
United States
Catholic
10.9%
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
22.8%
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
48.4%
54.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
9.2%
8.4%
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.
Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+14.9%
1896
+10.9%
1900
+15.3%
1904
+48.5%
1908
+46.8%
1912
+68.9%
1916
+64.3%
1920
+51.3%
1924
+54.6%
1928
+4.8%
1932
+51.2%
1936
+60.5%
1940
+51.6%
1944
+44.9%
1948
+14.5%
1952
−14.2%
1956
−25.5%
1960
−14.0%
1964
+0.6%
1968
−13.6%
1972
−32.0%
1976
−8.4%
1980
−15.0%
1984
−27.6%
1988
−24.7%
1992
−8.8%
1996
−7.0%
2000
−11.1%
2004
−10.2%
2008
+6.0%
2012
+4.6%
2016
+6.6%
2020
+11.0%
2024
+9.3%
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
53.8%Harris459,176
44.5%Trump379,827
0.5%Stein4,079 +4
D+9.3
R+1.8
D+10.8
853,550
All 7 candidates in 2024 · 5 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic53.8%459,176
Donald J TrumpRepublican44.5%379,827
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%4,079
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%3,499
OtherAll other candidates0.4%3,459
Cornel R WestIndependent0.2%1,812
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.2%1,698
D
54.7%Biden458,801
43.6%Trump366,102
1.7%
D+11.0
D+4.5
D+6.6
839,145
D
50.6%Clinton378,914
44.1%Trump329,710
5.3%
D+6.6
D+2.0
D+4.5
748,240
D
51.6%Obama377,861
47.0%Romney344,174
1.4%
D+4.6
R+1.4
D+0.7
732,143
D
52.6%Obama368,521
46.6%McCain326,512
0.9%
D+6.0
D+16.2
R+1.3
701,238
R
44.6%Kerry261,659
54.8%Bush321,559
0.6%
R+10.2
D+0.9
R+7.7
587,022
R
43.2%Gore216,681
54.3%Bush272,522
2.5%
R+11.1
R+4.1
R+11.6
501,928
R
42.9%Clinton192,764
49.9%Dole224,246
7.2%
R+7.0
D+1.8
R+15.5
449,323
R
38.6%Clinton188,437
47.4%Bush231,651
14.1%
R+8.8
D+15.9
R+14.4
488,760
R
37.1%Dukakis153,505
61.8%Bush255,656
1.0%
R+24.7
D+2.9
R+17.0
413,452
R
35.9%Mondale149,063
63.5%Reagan263,878
0.6%
R+27.6
R+12.6
R+9.4
415,518
R
40.3%Carter148,356
55.3%Reagan203,649
4.5%
R+15.0
R+6.6
R+5.3
368,525
R
44.7%Carter149,877
53.1%Ford178,008
2.2%
R+8.4
D+23.6
R+10.5
335,368
R
33.1%McGovern103,017
65.1%Nixon202,556
1.7%
R+32.0
R+18.5
R+8.9
310,909
R
31.1%Humphrey86,243
44.7%Nixon123,836
24.2%
R+13.6
R+14.2
R+12.9
277,144
D
50.2%Johnson112,421
49.6%Goldwater111,098
0.1%
D+0.6
D+14.6
R+22.0
223,835
R
42.6%Kennedy65,563
56.6%Nixon87,059
0.8%
R+14.0
D+11.5
R+14.1
153,887
R
28.7%Stevenson38,921
54.2%Eisenhower73,480
17.0%
R+25.5
R+11.3
R+10.1
135,476
R
42.7%Stevenson54,240
56.9%Eisenhower72,272
0.3%
R+14.2
R+28.7
R+3.4
126,922
D
49.6%Truman40,111
35.1%Dewey28,395
15.3%
D+14.5
R+30.4
D+10.0
80,911
D
72.3%Roosevelt51,511
27.4%Dewey19,547
0.2%
D+44.9
R+6.7
D+37.4
71,230
D
75.6%Roosevelt49,342
24.0%Willkie15,663
0.4%
D+51.6
R+8.9
D+41.7
65,273
D
80.1%Roosevelt48,678
19.5%Landon11,868
0.4%
D+60.5
D+9.3
D+36.3
60,796
D
74.6%Roosevelt40,105
23.4%Hoover12,567
2.0%
D+51.2
D+46.4
D+33.4
53,758
D
52.4%Smith27,816
47.6%Hoover25,277
0.0%
D+4.8
R+49.9
D+22.2
53,093
D
74.5%Davis26,210
19.9%Coolidge6,998
5.5%
D+54.6
D+3.4
D+79.8
35,158
D
75.2%Cox31,828
23.9%Harding10,131
0.8%
D+51.3
R+13.0
D+77.5
42,312
D
81.7%Wilson21,284
17.4%Hughes4,530
0.9%
D+64.3
R+4.6
D+61.1
26,059
D
79.5%Wilson18,665
10.6%Taft2,483
9.9%
D+68.9
D+22.1
D+49.4
23,472
D
73.0%Bryan16,373
26.2%Taft5,873
0.8%
D+46.8
R+1.7
D+56.4
22,425
D
73.7%Parker16,105
25.2%Roosevelt5,498
1.2%
D+48.5
D+33.2
D+68.2
21,858
D
57.3%Bryan30,360
42.0%McKinley22,242
0.7%
D+15.3
D+4.4
D+22.9
52,994
D
54.7%Bryan36,253
43.8%McKinley29,007
1.5%
D+10.9
R+3.9
D+17.0
66,282
D
55.1%Cleveland36,254
40.2%Harrison26,461
4.8%
D+14.9
—
D+13.2
65,849
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Richmond-Petersburg
Year
Total registered
2016
1,021,455
2018
1,039,783
2020
1,096,388
2022
1,128,063
2024
1,175,404
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+10,315 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +90,318 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Richmond-Petersburg in Richmond-Petersburg: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+43
2012
+4,985
2013
+4,111
2014
+4,744
2015
+4,249
2016
+3,949
2017
+4,723
2018
+7,095
2019
+6,436
2021
+10,965
2022
+9,343
2023
+8,911
2024
+10,449
2025
+10,315
Richmond-Petersburg straddles a persistent partisan fault line, blending the Democratic-leaning city core with battleground exurbs that have shifted measurably toward competitive margins in recent statewide cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 68.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 32.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.3 points.
A population of 1,576,081, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,503 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) and Charleston, SC.
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How did Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia voted Democratic by 9.3 points (D+9.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 853,550 votes cast, 459,176 went Democratic and 379,827 went Republican.
When did Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia?
Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia has a population of 1,576,081 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia?
Median household income in Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia is $86,503 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
