Moore County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

26 precincts · 61,819 votes cast

Trump · R+29

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−29.4%	21,449	39,633	61,819
2020	R	−27.4%	20,779	36,764	58,339
2016	R	−29.1%	16,329	30,490	48,692
2012	R	−28.0%	16,505	29,495	46,415
2008	R	−21.4%	17,624	27,314	45,328
2004	R	−29.1%	13,555	24,714	38,382
2000	D	+27.6%	19,882	11,232	31,301
1996	R	−18.6%	9,847	14,760	26,479
1992	R	−10.5%	9,649	12,448	26,591
1988	R	−31.0%	7,642	14,543	22,248
1984	R	−35.0%	7,063	14,681	21,782
1980	R	−11.0%	8,084	10,158	18,911
1976	R	−1.4%	7,373	7,577	15,020
1972	R	−43.4%	3,627	9,406	13,308
1968	R	−14.3%	3,583	5,322	12,168
1964	D	+10.6%	6,384	5,162	11,546
1960	R	−2.3%	5,548	5,815	11,363
1956	R	−5.1%	4,729	5,238	9,967
1952	R	−3.6%	5,066	5,442	10,508
1948	D	+9.2%	3,341	2,719	6,750
1944	D	+16.4%	3,711	2,663	6,374
1940	D	+25.2%	4,330	2,587	6,917
1936	D	+28.6%	4,466	2,481	6,947
1932	D	+26.9%	4,287	2,459	6,793
1928	R	−11.0%	2,639	3,290	5,929
1924	D	+16.7%	2,771	1,974	4,783
1920	D	+8.1%	2,679	2,279	4,958
1916	D	+12.1%	1,337	1,047	2,406
1912	D	+43.3%	1,167	252	2,114
1908	D	+1.5%	1,109	1,077	2,205
1904	D	+9.4%	1,424	1,178	2,625
1900	R	−11.6%	1,606	2,029	3,647
1896	D	+6.2%	2,207	1,948	4,167
1892	D	+5.5%	1,674	1,460	3,878
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

0.5%

African American

7.2%

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: 43.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.1%

85+

1.5%

3.8%

75–84

4.7%

5.9%

65–74

7.1%

6.1%

55–64

6.7%

5.2%

45–54

5.6%

6.7%

35–44

6.5%

5.6%

25–34

5.8%

3.2%

18–24

2.9%

8.5%

5–17

7.5%

3.0%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$86,080

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

Moore County$86,080

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

10.1%

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

12.8%

Baptist

11.5%

Other Christian

10.6%

Methodist

8.7%

Mainline Protestant

5.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.9%

Non-Christian

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Pinehurst's golf resort corridor, Moore County draws affluent retirees who have reinforced its Republican lean, delivering margins above R+25 in each of the last four presidential cycles.

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

The political shift has tracked, in Moore County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 77% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $86,080, and a 10% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Iredell County and Catawba County.

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