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1876–2024
Virginia 11th Congressional District

Virginia 11th Congressional District moved 6.9 points toward the Republican candidate between 2020 and 2024.

One of the most Democratic-leaning districts in the mid-Atlantic

20082024·5 elections
VA
Virginia 11th Congressional District
HarrisD+34.0
2024
2024 presidential margin for Virginia 11th Congressional DistrictThe boundary of Virginia 11th Congressional District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+34.0), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Virginia 11th Congressional District · D+34.0
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala HarrisDemocratic65.2%273,384
Donald TrumpRepublican31.2%130,762
OtherAll other candidates3.6%15,158
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 2 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: +34.0% in 2024.+34.0%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+19.1%
2012+18.1%
2016+33.9%
2020+41.0%
2024+34.0%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
D
James R. Walkinshaw
U.S. House · VA-11 · Democratic
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 · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
65.2%Harris273,384
31.2%Trump130,762
3.6%
+34.0%
419,304
D
69.4%Biden296,686
28.5%Trump121,646
2.1%incl. Jorgensen
+41.0%
427,318
D
63.4%Clinton247,496
29.5%Trump115,200
7.1%incl. Johnson
+33.9%
390,427
D
59.1%Obama218,686
40.9%Romney151,548
0.0%
+18.1%
370,234
D
59.1%Obama215,036
40.1%McCain145,683
0.8%
+19.1%
363,582

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
YearDistrictWonDemocraticRepublicanTotal
202411D
66.7%273,529
32.9%134,802
410,186
202211D
66.7%193,190
33.0%95,634
289,676
202011D
71.4%280,725
28.3%111,380
393,241
201811D
71.1%219,191
26.9%83,023
308,250
201611D
87.9%247,818
0.0%0
282,003
201411D
56.9%106,780
40.4%75,796
187,805
201211D
61.0%202,606
35.5%117,902
332,243
201011D
49.2%111,720
48.8%110,739
226,951
200811D
54.7%196,598
43.0%154,758
359,491
200611R
43.6%102,511
55.5%130,468
235,280
200411R
38.3%118,305
60.2%186,299
309,233
200211R
0.0%0
82.9%135,379
163,298
200011R
34.3%83,455
61.9%150,395
242,968
199811R
0.0%0
81.7%91,603
112,111
199611R
34.5%74,701
64.1%138,758
216,482
199411R
45.3%84,104
52.9%98,216
185,680
199211D
50.0%114,172
45.2%103,119
228,272

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-11Congressional districtVirginiaStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White50.9%60.2%61.0%
Black8.5%18.6%12.2%
Asian23.0%6.9%6.0%
Two or more races10.9%9.5%12.6%
Other race6.8%4.8%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino14.1%11.0%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$160,992$93,170$84,427
Poverty rate5.1%10.0%12.5%
Median age38.939.339.1
Age 18–248.3%9.2%9.2%
Age 65 and older15.1%16.7%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)64.9%42.3%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home39.0%17.5%22.3%
Spanish13.7%7.9%13.6%
Other Indo-European6.8%2.6%2.0%
Korean3.0%0.7%0.3%
Other Asian & Pacific Island2.8%1.2%1.1%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryEnglish 10.2%English 12.0%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryGerman 10.2%German 10.1%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 9.5%Irish 9.1%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic17.7%County context10.2%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant13.1%County context19.9%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed50.5%County context54.3%51.5%
Mainline Protestant7.1%County context8.4%5.2%
Muslim6.0%County context2.0%1.3%

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
English
10.2%
German
10.2%
Irish
9.5%
Italian
4.5%
American
3.3%
Polish
2.3%
Scottish
1.9%
French
1.6%
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Asian Indian
4.5%
Korean
3.5%
Chinese
2.8%
Vietnamese
2.8%
Filipino
1.4%
Pakistani
1.3%
Bangladeshi
0.4%
Nepalese
0.4%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Salvadoran
3.9%
Mexican
2.0%
Bolivian
1.7%
Guatemalan
1.5%
Peruvian
1.5%
Honduran
1.4%
Puerto Rican
1.2%
Colombian
0.6%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
Ethiopian
1.5%
African
0.6%
Ghanaian
0.4%
Nigerian
0.2%
Somali
0.2%
Sudanese
0.2%
Jamaican
0.2%
Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Maya
0.2%
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
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
61.0%
speak English only
Spanish13.7%
Other Indo-European6.8%
Korean3.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island2.8%
Other languages2.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)2.5%
Vietnamese2.4%
Arabic2.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.9%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.9%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.7%
German or other West Germanic0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
17.7%
Evangelical Protestant
13.1%
Mainline Protestant
7.1%
Muslim
6.0%
Latter-day Saints
1.5%
Orthodox Christian
1.1%
Jewish
0.9%
Buddhist
0.6%
Hindu
0.5%
Other Christian
0.5%
Other faiths
0.3%
Black Protestant
0.2%
Unaffiliated or not counted50.5%
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.

Virginia's 11th, anchored in Fairfax County and the D.C. suburbs, posted a 35.9-point Democratic margin in 2024, reflecting a highly educated, diverse, and government-sector workforce that has drifted steadily left over two decades.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.0 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.0 points.

A population of 784,369, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $160,992 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Virginia 11th Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Virginia 11th Congressional District voted Democratic by 34.0 points (D+34.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 419,304 votes cast, 273,384 went Democratic and 130,762 went Republican.
How many people live in Virginia 11th Congressional District?
Virginia 11th Congressional District has a population of 784,369 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Virginia 11th Congressional District?
Median household income in Virginia 11th Congressional District is $160,992 — above the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Virginia 11th Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Virginia 11th Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.