Virginia's 8th Congressional District

D+46.9

↓ R+1.9 vs 2022· Virginia · Latest: 2024

Safe Democratic — flipped 2 times in 25 elections

Population777K

Current Representative

DEMDonald S. Beyer, Jr.Elected 2024

118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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Who lives in Virginia's 8th Congressional District? 776,847 residents as of the 2020 Census.

Demographics

VA-08 vs Virginia vs National

Population

Total Population

777K

State: 8.7M National: 334.9M

Share of US Population

0.23%

National: 100%

Voting Age Population

78.2%

State: 75.6% National: 75.7%

Language at Home

Non-English at Home

35.4%

State: 17.4% National: 22.2%

English Only

64.6%

State: 82.6% National: 77.8%

Economic

Median Household Income

$131,383

State: $99,933 National: $83,960

Poverty Rate

7.7%

State: 10.0% National: 12.5%

College Degree

65.8%

State: 42.3% National: 35.6%

Homeownership

51.2%

State: 67.3% National: 65.2%

Age & Other

Median Age

37.7 yrs

State: 39.3 yrs National: 39.1 yrs

Age 18-29

16.0%

State: 15.9% National: 15.7%

Age 65+

14.0%

State: 16.7% National: 17.0%

Foreign Born

27.2%

State: 13.1% National: 14.1%

Who Lives Here

VA-08 — Census ACS 2024

White (Non-Hispanic) 49.3%Hispanic 20.1%Black 13.0%Asian 11.7%Multiracial 5.1%Native American 0.8%

Group	VA-08	State	National
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)	49.3%	58.4%	57.4%
▶Hispanic / Latino(20)	20.1%	11.0%	19.3%
▶Black(15)	13.0%	18.6%	12.2%
▶Asian(6)	11.7%	6.9%	6.0%
Multiracial / Other	5.1%	4.7%	4.0%
▶Middle Eastern / North African(11)	4.5%	—	0.9%
▶Native American / Alaska Native(3)	0.8%	0.4%	0.9%

Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).