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Virginia 9th Congressional District

Virginia 9th Congressional District delivered R+43.9 in 2024.

Appalachian coalfields anchor one of the nation's most Republican-leaning districts

2008 — 2024·5 elections
VA
2024 presidential election
Virginia 9th Congressional District
TrumpR+43.9
2024
2024 presidential margin for Virginia 9th Congressional DistrictThe boundary of Virginia 9th Congressional District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (R+43.9), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Virginia 9th Congressional District · R+43.9
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican71.4%291,598
Kamala HarrisDemocratic27.5%112,201
OtherAll other candidates1.1%4,659
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 29 counties it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1876–2024, on its current boundaries.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: −43.9% in 2024.−43.9%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008−19.4%
2012−30.3%
2016−41.3%
2020−41.9%
2024−43.9%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
R
H. Morgan Griffith
U.S. House · VA-09 · Republican
D
Mark R. Warner
U.S. Senate · Democratic
D
Timothy Michael (tim) Kaine
U.S. Senate · Democratic

Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.

Source · Voteview HSall_members.csv.
5 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
27.5%Harris112,201
71.4%Trump291,598
1.1%
−43.9%
408,458
R
28.3%Biden113,701
70.2%Trump281,852
1.5%incl. Jorgensen
−41.9%
401,378
R
27.2%Clinton99,306
68.4%Trump250,089
4.4%incl. Johnson
−41.3%
365,376
R
34.8%Obama121,074
65.1%Romney226,535
0.1%
−30.3%
348,072
R
39.4%Obama139,118
58.8%McCain207,467
1.8%
−19.4%
352,870
Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
YearDistrictWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
20249R
27.3%109,570
72.5%290,645
400,963
20229R
26.5%66,027
73.2%182,207
248,792
20209R
0.0%0
94.0%271,851
289,274
20189R
34.8%85,833
65.2%160,933
246,980
20169R
28.3%87,877
68.6%212,838
310,314
20149R
0.0%0
72.1%117,465
162,815
20129R
38.6%116,400
61.3%184,882
301,658
20109R
46.4%86,743
51.2%95,726
186,917
20089D
97.1%207,306
0.0%0
213,570
20069D
67.8%129,705
32.2%61,574
191,415
20049D
59.3%150,039
38.9%98,499
252,947
20029D
65.8%100,075
0.0%0
152,183
20009D
69.8%137,488
30.1%59,335
196,855
19989D
60.9%87,163
39.1%55,918
143,126
19969D
65.0%122,908
30.7%58,055
189,077
19949D
58.8%102,876
41.2%72,133
175,024
19929D
63.1%133,284
36.9%77,985
211,295
19909D
97.1%67,215
0.0%0
69,230
19889D
63.4%113,309
36.6%65,410
178,727
19869D
99.0%59,864
0.0%0
60,466
19849D
52.0%102,446
48.0%94,510
196,956
19829D
50.4%76,227
49.6%75,009
151,238
19809R
30.6%52,636
69.4%119,196
171,864
19789R
38.1%47,367
61.9%76,877
124,254
19769R
42.6%71,439
57.3%96,052
167,504

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
54.4%2,417,115
45.4%2,019,911
4,445,535
2020D
56.0%2,466,500
44.0%1,934,199
4,400,699
2018D
57.1%1,910,370
41.1%1,374,313
3,346,248
2014D
49.2%1,073,667
48.4%1,055,940
2,182,709
2012D
53.0%2,010,067
47.0%1,785,542
3,795,609
2008D
65.1%2,369,327
33.8%1,228,830
3,640,116
2006D
49.6%1,175,606
49.3%1,166,277
2,367,985
2002R
0.0%0
83.0%1,229,894
1,481,051
2000R
47.7%1,296,093
52.3%1,420,460
2,716,553
1996R
47.5%1,115,982
52.5%1,235,744
2,351,726
1994D
45.6%938,376
42.9%882,213
2,056,026
1990R
0.0%0
81.7%876,782
1,073,537
1988D
71.3%1,474,086
28.7%593,652
2,067,738
1984R
29.9%601,142
70.0%1,406,194
2,007,487
1982R
48.8%690,839
51.2%724,571
1,415,410
1978R
49.8%608,511
50.2%613,232
1,221,743
1976O
38.3%596,009
0.0%0
1,557,346

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
IndicatorVA-9Congressional districtVirginiaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White86.8%60.2%61.0%
Black5.7%18.6%12.2%
Asian1.7%6.9%6.0%
Two or more races4.3%9.5%12.6%
Other race1.5%4.8%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino3.0%11.0%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$58,380$93,170$84,427
Poverty rate16.3%10.0%12.5%
Median age4439.339.1
Age 18–2410.7%9.2%9.2%
Age 65 and older22.1%16.7%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)24.9%42.3%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home4.5%17.5%22.3%
Spanish2.2%7.9%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryAmerican 23.4%English 12.0%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryEnglish 14.5%German 10.1%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryGerman 9.0%Irish 9.1%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic2.6%County context10.2%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant28.1%County context19.9%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed56.3%County context54.3%51.5%
Mainline Protestant10.1%County context8.4%5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
American
23.4%
English
14.5%
German
9.0%
Irish
8.7%
Italian
1.9%
Scottish
1.9%
Scotch-Irish
1.5%
Polish
0.7%
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
African
0.2%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
1.5%
Puerto Rican
0.4%
Salvadoran
0.2%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Asian Indian
0.3%
Chinese
0.3%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 44.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.9%
85+
1.3%
3.1%
75–84
3.9%
6.2%
65–74
6.7%
7.0%
55–64
7.3%
6.4%
45–54
6.2%
5.8%
35–44
5.4%
5.8%
25–34
5.2%
5.6%
18–24
5.1%
7.1%
5–17
6.8%
2.2%
<5
2.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$58,380
Virginia 9th Congressional District$58,380
Virginia$93,170
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.9%
Working age (18–64)16.1%
Seniors (65+)12.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.5%
speak English only
Spanish2.2%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.3%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.2%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.2%
German or other West Germanic0.2%
Arabic0.2%
Vietnamese0.1%
Other languages0.1%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%
Korean0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
28.1%
Mainline Protestant
10.1%
Catholic
2.6%
Black Protestant
1.2%
Latter-day Saints
1.0%
Other Christian
0.5%
Muslim
0.1%
Other faiths
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted56.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Covering Virginia's southwestern tip, this mountainous district swung decisively toward Republicans over the past two decades as coal-economy decline reshaped voter allegiances, producing 2024 margins that rank among the widest in the mid-Atlantic region.

Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 43.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.9 points.

A population of 786,428, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,380 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Virginia 9th Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Virginia 9th Congressional District voted Republican by 43.9 points (R+43.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 408,458 votes cast, 112,201 went Democratic and 291,598 went Republican.
How many people live in Virginia 9th Congressional District?
Virginia 9th Congressional District has a population of 786,428 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Virginia 9th Congressional District?
Median household income in Virginia 9th Congressional District is $58,380 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Virginia 9th Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Virginia 9th Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.