Brunswick County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

27 precincts · 109,378 votes cast

Trump · R+25

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−24.8%	40,557	67,658	109,378
2020	R	−25.0%	33,310	55,850	90,175
2016	R	−28.4%	23,282	42,720	68,351
2012	R	−22.1%	22,038	34,743	57,362
2008	R	−17.9%	21,331	30,753	52,608
2004	R	−21.1%	14,903	22,925	37,977
2000	D	+8.0%	15,427	13,118	28,839
1996	R	−0.1%	10,041	10,065	22,023
1992	D	+6.0%	10,177	8,833	22,400
1988	R	−11.9%	7,881	10,007	17,939
1984	R	−17.6%	6,774	9,673	16,488
1980	D	+6.6%	6,761	5,897	13,003
1976	D	+33.8%	7,377	3,636	11,066
1972	R	−41.0%	2,500	6,153	8,909
1968	D	+6.5%	2,972	2,404	8,734
1964	D	+6.5%	4,240	3,721	7,961
1960	D	+19.3%	4,305	2,915	7,220
1956	R	−0.0%	3,297	3,299	6,596
1952	R	−0.1%	2,951	2,958	5,909
1948	D	+3.3%	2,052	1,896	4,683
1944	D	+8.0%	2,346	1,997	4,343
1940	D	+28.2%	2,717	1,522	4,239
1936	D	+25.0%	2,710	1,625	4,335
1932	D	+11.0%	2,245	1,798	4,060
1928	R	−31.0%	1,018	1,931	2,949
1924	R	−7.3%	1,118	1,296	2,455
1920	R	−4.2%	1,253	1,362	2,615
1916	R	−9.9%	810	989	1,800
1912	D	+32.8%	777	280	1,513
1908	R	−16.2%	607	841	1,448
1904	D	+7.3%	564	487	1,051
1900	R	−9.9%	525	643	1,194
1896	D	+18.6%	1,279	878	2,158
1892	D	+16.4%	755	446	1,886
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%

African American

6.7%

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: 56.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.1%

4.7%

75–84

5.1%

10.5%

65–74

11.7%

8.1%

55–64

10.0%

4.9%

45–54

5.3%

4.6%

35–44

5.0%

4.5%

25–34

4.6%

2.7%

18–24

2.5%

5.4%

5–17

5.0%

1.9%

1.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$77,024

Brunswick County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Brunswick County$77,024

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

9.2%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

11.0%

Baptist

10.3%

Other Christian

8.7%

Methodist

6.8%

Mainline Protestant

2.0%

Non-Christian

1.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Brunswick has been one of North Carolina's fastest-growing counties for over a decade, driven largely by retirement migration to its Atlantic coast communities. That demographic shift has coincided with consistently wide Republican margins in federal races.

The Republican margin in Brunswick County reached its widest at forty-one points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was twenty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Brunswick County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,024, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 152,568 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Potter County and Currituck County.

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Brunswick County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.