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1876–2024
Robeson County, North Carolina
Robeson County·North Carolina

Robeson County votes the way the country votes.

One of the nation's most diverse rural counties, now shifting sharply right

18762024·38 elections
Robeson County, North Carolina · DiscoA340 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+28
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
116,902
2024 ACS
Most similar
Martin County
NC · similarity 0.97
39 precincts · 46,770 votes cast
Trump · R+28
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−27.6%
16,72829,64746,770
2020R
−18.6%
19,02027,80647,188
2016R
−4.3%
19,01620,76240,858
2012D
+17.4%
24,98817,51042,946
2008D
+13.8%
23,05817,43340,834
2004D
+5.8%
17,86815,90933,871
2000R
−20.5%
11,72117,83429,747
1996D
+33.3%
17,3618,14627,671
1992D
+38.1%
19,3787,77730,474
1988D
+26.2%
16,9889,90827,000
1984D
+8.2%
15,25712,94728,291
1980D
+42.5%
17,6186,98225,030
1976D
+61.4%
20,6954,90725,699
1972R
−21.0%
7,39111,36218,941
1968D
+19.4%
8,2484,52619,215
1964D
+58.7%
13,7963,59117,387
1960D
+52.9%
11,6233,58015,203
1956D
+58.1%
10,5162,78513,301
1952D
+38.6%
9,3114,12713,438
1948D
+65.9%
7,0561,0369,133
1944D
+73.4%
7,2781,1188,396
1940D
+81.7%
9,25193110,182
1936D
+86.7%
10,28073211,012
1932D
+81.5%
7,8607838,687
1928D
+26.2%
4,7302,7677,497
1924D
+85.4%
4,0643144,392
1920D
+47.2%
6,1832,2208,403
1916D
+33.1%
2,8941,4534,347
1912D
+72.5%
2,7061543,520
1908D
+35.0%
2,6981,3003,998
1904D
+39.6%
2,2749823,262
1900D
+48.3%
3,2801,1444,424
1896D
+17.5%
3,4572,4295,889
1892D
+28.0%
2,3121,1174,271
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
18.7%
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.
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
25.8%
Methodist
8.6%
Other Christian
6.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.9%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Non-Christian
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Robeson County is home to the Lumbee Tribe, the largest Indigenous group east of the Mississippi, alongside large Black and Hispanic communities — yet its 2024 presidential margin reached R+27.6, a dramatic rightward move from its once reliably competitive past.

The Democratic margin in Robeson County has rarely exceeded eighty-seven points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded twenty-eight points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by twenty-eight points.

Robeson County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 24% non-Hispanic-white share, a 27% poverty rate, and a median household income of $41,978 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Martin County and Gates County.