Rowan County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

41 precincts · 75,394 votes cast

Trump · R+36

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−35.8%	23,788	50,807	75,394
2020	R	−35.7%	23,114	49,297	73,408
2016	R	−36.4%	19,400	42,810	64,369
2012	R	−25.9%	22,650	38,775	62,312
2008	R	−22.8%	23,391	37,451	61,560
2004	R	−35.1%	16,735	34,915	51,867
2000	D	+31.8%	28,922	14,891	44,133
1996	R	−23.7%	13,461	22,754	39,273
1992	R	−16.4%	14,308	21,297	42,732
1988	R	−31.2%	12,127	23,192	35,416
1984	R	−40.6%	10,643	25,207	35,907
1980	R	−22.2%	11,671	18,566	31,109
1976	D	+2.4%	15,363	14,644	30,229
1972	R	−49.2%	6,834	20,735	28,274
1968	R	−21.9%	8,074	15,207	32,501
1964	D	+0.4%	14,934	14,804	29,738
1960	R	−15.7%	12,919	17,726	30,645
1956	R	−28.6%	9,761	17,562	27,323
1952	R	−21.6%	11,296	17,535	28,831
1948	D	+6.9%	6,799	5,722	15,702
1944	D	+24.8%	9,721	5,862	15,583
1940	D	+52.5%	13,023	4,059	17,082
1936	D	+49.7%	12,808	4,306	17,114
1932	D	+36.9%	9,782	4,464	14,426
1928	R	−24.9%	4,783	7,957	12,740
1924	D	+13.8%	4,816	3,560	9,114
1920	D	+13.6%	6,421	4,888	11,309
1916	D	+13.6%	3,053	2,320	5,373
1912	D	+53.4%	2,748	280	4,624
1908	D	+8.6%	2,392	2,009	4,462
1904	D	+33.0%	2,424	1,215	3,659
1900	D	+21.1%	2,460	1,555	4,290
1896	D	+35.4%	3,095	1,468	4,600
1892	D	+35.6%	2,303	876	4,011
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

0.7%

African American

12.6%

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: 40.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.2%

2.3%

75–84

2.9%

5.1%

65–74

5.6%

6.8%

55–64

7.1%

6.4%

45–54

6.4%

6.0%

35–44

6.0%

6.4%

25–34

6.4%

4.6%

18–24

4.1%

8.5%

5–17

8.1%

2.9%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$65,725

Rowan County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Rowan County$65,725

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

16.0%

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

Other Christian

11.9%

Baptist

11.6%

Mainline Protestant

7.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.3%

Methodist

7.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rowan County's economy traces its roots to textile and industrial production, and its electorate has shifted steadily rightward over the past decade, delivering a 35-point Republican presidential margin in 2024 despite a moderately sized urban center in Salisbury.

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

The political shift has tracked, in Rowan County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 70% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $65,725, and a 16% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Catawba County and Iredell County.

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