Bladen County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

17 precincts · 16,764 votes cast

Trump · R+20

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−20.4%	6,620	10,035	16,764
2020	R	−13.7%	7,326	9,676	17,125
2016	R	−9.4%	7,058	8,550	15,897
2012	D	+2.0%	8,062	7,748	15,957
2008	D	+2.1%	7,853	7,532	15,480
2004	R	−0.5%	6,109	6,174	12,313
2000	R	−8.4%	4,977	5,889	10,908
1996	D	+18.0%	4,952	3,335	8,960
1992	D	+24.4%	5,700	3,214	10,177
1988	D	+14.3%	5,031	3,770	8,814
1984	D	+3.7%	5,064	4,701	9,779
1980	D	+37.6%	6,104	2,745	8,941
1976	D	+58.8%	6,009	1,546	7,589
1972	R	−30.8%	2,201	4,205	6,497
1968	D	+12.0%	2,754	1,746	8,397
1964	D	+35.1%	4,516	2,169	6,685
1960	D	+40.3%	4,353	1,854	6,207
1956	D	+45.1%	4,078	1,542	5,620
1952	D	+34.4%	3,506	1,710	5,216
1948	D	+59.6%	2,831	500	3,914
1944	D	+55.3%	2,542	731	3,273
1940	D	+68.7%	2,925	543	3,468
1936	D	+71.8%	3,360	551	3,911
1932	D	+52.7%	2,651	808	3,495
1928	R	−10.4%	1,552	1,911	3,463
1924	D	+32.4%	1,551	786	2,360
1920	D	+29.1%	1,939	1,064	3,003
1916	D	+31.9%	1,261	651	1,912
1912	D	+65.7%	1,140	33	1,684
1908	D	+26.3%	1,132	660	1,792
1904	D	+24.4%	927	558	1,510
1900	R	−3.9%	1,102	1,192	2,314
1896	D	+14.0%	1,665	1,256	2,924
1892	D	+0.8%	1,228	1,205	2,754
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

25.9%

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

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 44.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.6%

3.3%

75–84

3.8%

6.6%

65–74

7.4%

6.6%

55–64

7.7%

5.8%

45–54

6.2%

5.5%

35–44

6.1%

5.2%

25–34

5.5%

3.9%

18–24

3.5%

8.2%

5–17

7.4%

2.6%

2.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$42,422

Bladen County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

Bladen County$42,422

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

22.0%

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

Baptist

30.0%

Methodist

27.3%

Other Christian

7.2%

Mainline Protestant

1.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 30.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bladen County, once a swing battleground, recorded an R+20.4 margin in 2024 — a stark reversal from its Obama-era competitiveness. Its economy still leans on agriculture, hog farming, and forestry in the Cape Fear River lowlands.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached seventy-two points in 1936; the Republican margin reached thirty-one points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Bladen County's demographics — a population of 29,566, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $42,422 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Richmond County and Gates County.

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Bladen County delivered a near-tie in 2024.