Iredell County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

30 precincts · 110,875 votes cast

Trump · R+33

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−32.5%	36,739	72,801	110,875
2020	R	−32.4%	33,888	67,010	102,371
2016	R	−36.4%	24,734	54,754	82,567
2012	R	−30.4%	26,076	49,299	76,365
2008	R	−24.4%	27,318	45,148	73,162
2004	R	−36.2%	18,065	38,675	56,973
2000	D	+31.6%	29,853	15,434	45,586
1996	R	−21.5%	13,102	21,163	37,409
1992	R	−15.8%	13,263	19,411	38,980
1988	R	−34.2%	10,530	21,536	32,135
1984	R	−40.5%	9,999	23,641	33,704
1980	R	−10.3%	12,067	14,926	27,794
1976	D	+6.9%	13,295	11,573	25,131
1972	R	−51.4%	5,088	16,736	22,682
1968	R	−23.2%	4,878	10,557	24,456
1964	R	−6.9%	11,231	12,892	24,123
1960	R	−14.8%	8,973	12,085	21,058
1956	R	−20.9%	7,286	11,125	18,411
1952	R	−15.8%	8,580	11,804	20,384
1948	D	+10.9%	5,761	4,441	12,136
1944	D	+26.4%	8,358	4,864	13,222
1940	D	+46.0%	10,328	3,820	14,148
1936	D	+49.5%	11,308	3,817	15,125
1932	D	+39.9%	8,367	3,583	12,005
1928	R	−16.2%	4,836	6,712	11,548
1924	D	+28.4%	6,449	3,565	10,150
1920	D	+19.0%	6,470	4,402	10,872
1916	D	+23.3%	3,335	2,073	5,408
1912	D	+53.8%	2,528	392	3,969
1908	D	+15.5%	2,465	1,803	4,274
1904	D	+16.8%	2,126	1,510	3,676
1900	D	+10.3%	2,523	2,044	4,645
1896	D	+19.2%	2,958	2,003	4,976
1892	D	+16.9%	2,282	1,524	4,494
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

9.0%

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: 40.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.0%

2.1%

75–84

2.9%

4.9%

65–74

5.2%

6.9%

55–64

7.1%

6.9%

45–54

7.1%

6.3%

35–44

6.5%

6.3%

25–34

6.0%

4.1%

18–24

3.8%

8.7%

5–17

8.2%

2.7%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$81,419

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

Iredell County$81,419

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

10.0%

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

14.6%

Other Christian

11.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

10.5%

Methodist

10.2%

Mainline Protestant

2.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.3%

Non-Christian

1.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Iredell sits at the northern edge of the Charlotte metro, drawing steady population from the region's spillover growth while maintaining one of the wider Republican presidential margins among North Carolina's mid-sized counties.

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

The political shift has tracked, in Iredell County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 74% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $81,419, and a 10% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Moore County and Catawba County.

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