Gates County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 5,868 votes cast

Trump · R+22

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−21.6%	2,268	3,538	5,868
2020	R	−13.7%	2,546	3,367	5,971
2016	R	−9.1%	2,385	2,874	5,392
2012	D	+4.1%	2,786	2,564	5,396
2008	D	+5.2%	2,830	2,547	5,420
2004	D	+4.9%	2,121	1,924	4,053
2000	R	−13.5%	1,480	1,944	3,446
1996	D	+30.6%	2,155	1,072	3,542
1992	D	+27.3%	2,206	1,158	3,834
1988	D	+16.4%	2,024	1,451	3,485
1984	D	+13.5%	2,225	1,694	3,930
1980	D	+42.6%	2,435	957	3,467
1976	D	+51.8%	2,291	722	3,028
1972	R	−3.5%	1,177	1,264	2,478
1968	D	+26.8%	1,151	406	2,784
1964	D	+50.8%	1,702	556	2,258
1960	D	+60.2%	1,549	385	1,934
1956	D	+57.0%	1,244	341	1,585
1952	D	+54.8%	1,247	364	1,611
1948	D	+78.7%	939	89	1,080
1944	D	+75.7%	1,105	153	1,258
1940	D	+85.6%	1,388	108	1,496
1936	D	+84.1%	1,484	128	1,612
1932	D	+86.1%	1,198	89	1,288
1928	D	+1.2%	572	558	1,130
1924	D	+51.8%	679	215	895
1920	D	+41.8%	796	327	1,123
1916	D	+45.6%	826	309	1,135
1912	D	+58.6%	618	95	892
1908	D	+31.9%	653	337	990
1904	D	+42.5%	677	273	950
1900	D	+33.2%	1,125	564	1,689
1896	D	+17.7%	1,086	759	1,845
1892	D	+19.6%	942	575	1,868
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

24.8%

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: 47.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.1%

85+

1.9%

3.1%

75–84

3.3%

6.2%

65–74

7.1%

8.5%

55–64

8.3%

6.2%

45–54

6.6%

5.1%

35–44

6.2%

4.3%

25–34

5.2%

4.9%

18–24

2.7%

6.0%

5–17

10.2%

1.6%

1.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,333

Gates County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Gates County$66,333

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

9.4%

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

Baptist

36.6%

Methodist

9.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.9%

Mainline Protestant

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Gates County, tucked into North Carolina's northeastern corner along the Virginia border, delivers lopsided presidential margins yet sits within a competitive state — a reminder that hyperlocal demography can diverge sharply from statewide battleground dynamics.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached eighty-six points in 1932; the Republican margin reached twenty-two points in 2024. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Gates County's demographics — a population of 10,376, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $66,333 — 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 Bladen County.

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Gates County delivered a near-tie in 2024.