Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

195 precincts · 577,527 votes cast

Harris · D+33

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+32.7%	376,469	187,777	577,527
2020	D	+35.1%	378,107	179,211	567,053
2016	D	+29.4%	294,562	155,518	472,857
2012	D	+22.4%	272,262	171,668	448,900
2008	D	+24.4%	253,958	153,848	410,817
2004	D	+3.6%	166,828	155,084	323,102
2000	D	+2.7%	134,068	126,911	263,036
1996	D	+2.7%	103,429	97,719	212,845
1992	R	−1.1%	97,065	99,496	228,375
1988	R	−19.2%	71,907	106,236	178,796
1984	R	−25.6%	63,190	106,754	170,337
1980	R	−1.0%	66,995	68,384	143,058
1976	D	+1.2%	63,198	61,715	125,399
1972	R	−38.7%	33,730	77,546	113,176
1968	R	−23.5%	31,102	56,325	107,497
1964	D	+3.1%	49,582	46,589	96,171
1960	R	−10.1%	39,362	48,250	87,612
1956	R	−24.0%	27,227	44,469	71,696
1952	R	−14.6%	33,044	44,334	77,378
1948	D	+8.5%	14,353	11,518	33,185
1944	D	+46.7%	25,950	9,434	35,384
1940	D	+60.8%	28,768	7,013	35,781
1936	D	+69.5%	26,169	4,709	30,878
1932	D	+56.6%	18,167	4,973	23,321
1928	R	−10.8%	9,690	12,041	21,731
1924	D	+51.3%	8,443	2,572	11,452
1920	D	+53.6%	11,313	3,421	14,734
1916	D	+56.3%	4,508	1,257	5,771
1912	D	+76.4%	3,967	284	4,822
1908	D	+40.7%	3,926	1,645	5,601
1904	D	+60.9%	3,142	748	3,934
1900	D	+25.5%	3,786	2,234	6,098
1896	D	+9.0%	4,714	3,921	8,790
1892	D	+30.1%	3,881	1,933	6,472
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

1.4%

African American

24.1%

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: 35.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.8%

1.4%

75–84

2.0%

3.3%

65–74

4.1%

5.3%

55–64

5.8%

6.2%

45–54

6.8%

7.2%

35–44

7.6%

8.4%

25–34

8.8%

4.5%

18–24

4.7%

8.4%

5–17

8.1%

3.3%

3.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$87,005

Mecklenburg County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Mecklenburg County$87,005

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

10.4%

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

Other Christian

17.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

16.3%

Baptist

10.2%

Methodist

5.8%

Mainline Protestant

5.2%

Non-Christian

4.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Charlotte, Mecklenburg has shifted from a competitive suburban county into one of the state's most lopsided presidential jurisdictions, posting a 32.7-point Democratic margin in 2024 on the back of rapid in-migration and a majority-minority population.

The Democratic margin in Mecklenburg County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at seventy-six points in 1912; the 2024 margin was thirty-three points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Mecklenburg County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 45% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $87,005, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Montgomery County and Guilford County.

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Mecklenburg County is one of the bluest places in America.