Alamance County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

39 precincts · 89,831 votes cast

Trump · R+8

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−8.1%	40,624	47,937	89,831
2020	R	−8.4%	38,825	46,056	86,091
2016	R	−12.6%	29,833	38,815	71,157
2012	R	−13.7%	28,875	38,170	67,776
2008	R	−9.2%	28,918	34,859	64,353
2004	R	−23.3%	20,686	33,302	54,175
2000	D	+25.2%	29,305	17,459	47,091
1996	R	−15.9%	15,814	22,461	41,861
1992	R	−12.0%	15,521	20,637	42,701
1988	R	−31.2%	12,642	24,131	36,851
1984	R	−39.7%	11,230	26,063	37,370
1980	R	−8.9%	15,042	18,077	34,066
1976	D	+15.5%	17,371	12,680	30,231
1972	R	−51.5%	6,833	22,046	29,549
1968	R	−12.1%	8,241	12,310	33,690
1964	D	+0.7%	15,397	15,177	30,574
1960	R	−4.3%	13,599	14,818	28,417
1956	R	−4.7%	11,029	12,123	23,152
1952	D	+8.1%	13,402	11,388	24,790
1948	D	+20.6%	8,287	5,124	15,380
1944	D	+29.7%	9,184	4,976	14,160
1940	D	+54.3%	11,429	3,382	14,811
1936	D	+48.3%	11,025	3,847	14,872
1932	D	+29.2%	8,240	4,478	12,882
1928	R	−23.0%	4,260	6,810	11,070
1924	D	+20.1%	4,859	3,217	8,169
1920	D	+6.4%	5,255	4,619	9,874
1916	D	+4.2%	2,476	2,278	4,759
1912	D	+50.4%	2,132	150	3,929
1908	R	−1.6%	2,113	2,184	4,331
1904	D	+3.7%	1,907	1,770	3,679
1900	R	−7.9%	1,923	2,256	4,217
1896	R	−0.3%	2,302	2,314	4,666
1892	D	+11.3%	1,691	1,301	3,450
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

0.6%

African American

15.8%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 38.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.2%

2.2%

75–84

3.1%

4.5%

65–74

5.5%

6.3%

55–64

6.8%

6.0%

45–54

6.4%

5.8%

35–44

6.3%

6.2%

25–34

6.6%

4.9%

18–24

5.3%

8.4%

5–17

8.1%

2.9%

2.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$65,651

Alamance County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Alamance County$65,651

North Carolina$72,388

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.4%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

12.6%

Baptist

10.4%

Methodist

7.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.9%

Mainline Protestant

4.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.0%

Non-Christian

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Alamance has trended steadily toward Republican margins over the past decade even as Burlington's metro fringe draws new residents, making it a reliable indicator of how working-class Piedmont communities respond to economic and demographic shifts.

The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in Alamance County, by a twenty-three points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-one points in 1972. The 2024 margin was eight points.

The political shift has tracked, in Alamance County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 60% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $65,651, and a 13% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cabarrus County and Wayne County.

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Alamance County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.