Craven County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

21 precincts · 56,173 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%	22,011	33,477	56,173
2020	R	−18.6%	21,148	31,032	53,065
2016	R	−21.5%	17,630	27,731	47,001
2012	R	−17.7%	18,763	26,928	46,170
2008	R	−12.4%	19,352	24,901	44,598
2004	R	−25.3%	14,019	23,575	37,756
2000	D	+22.8%	19,494	12,213	31,985
1996	R	−11.7%	10,317	13,264	25,191
1992	R	−6.2%	9,998	11,575	25,287
1988	R	−24.4%	7,313	12,057	19,417
1984	R	−28.3%	7,186	12,893	20,134
1980	R	−4.6%	7,781	8,554	16,783
1976	D	+12.3%	7,553	5,881	13,543
1972	R	−58.7%	2,384	9,372	11,903
1968	D	+9.1%	4,240	2,991	13,740
1964	D	+22.5%	7,422	4,691	12,113
1960	D	+32.1%	7,158	3,680	10,838
1956	D	+36.2%	6,317	2,956	9,273
1952	D	+36.7%	6,092	2,822	8,914
1948	D	+68.4%	5,039	745	6,278
1944	D	+71.0%	4,872	826	5,698
1940	D	+77.4%	4,916	626	5,542
1936	D	+84.9%	5,543	453	5,996
1932	D	+80.4%	4,375	466	4,860
1928	D	+5.4%	2,494	2,237	4,731
1924	D	+79.0%	2,942	325	3,311
1920	D	+64.7%	3,413	731	4,144
1916	D	+53.3%	1,780	542	2,322
1912	D	+83.3%	1,819	79	2,088
1908	D	+51.4%	1,399	449	1,848
1904	D	+70.6%	1,555	268	1,823
1900	D	+14.9%	2,028	1,502	3,530
1896	R	−23.0%	1,810	2,921	4,828
1892	R	−10.5%	1,305	1,648	3,264
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: 38.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.3%

2.9%

75–84

3.7%

5.6%

65–74

6.5%

5.8%

55–64

6.7%

5.0%

45–54

5.2%

5.5%

35–44

5.6%

6.9%

25–34

6.2%

6.7%

18–24

4.2%

7.7%

5–17

7.6%

3.2%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$65,873

Craven County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Craven County$65,873

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

13.7%

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

13.8%

Methodist

12.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

9.9%

Other Christian

9.2%

Mainline Protestant

3.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.7%

Non-Christian

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Craven County's large active-duty and veteran population contributes to a consistently Republican lean, with the 2024 presidential margin landing at R+20.4.

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

The political shift has tracked, in Craven County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 66% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $65,873, and a 14% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Moore County and Iredell County.

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