Wilson County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

24 precincts · 40,045 votes cast

Harris · D+0

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+0.4%	19,909	19,750	40,045
2020	D	+2.9%	20,754	19,581	40,735
2016	D	+5.6%	19,663	17,531	38,135
2012	D	+7.5%	20,875	17,954	39,109
2008	D	+6.1%	19,652	17,375	37,191
2004	R	−6.7%	14,206	16,264	30,535
2000	D	+8.9%	13,466	11,266	24,826
1996	R	−3.4%	9,779	10,518	21,451
1992	R	−0.3%	10,105	10,176	22,937
1988	R	−14.5%	8,214	10,997	19,257
1984	R	−18.9%	8,343	12,243	20,643
1980	R	−1.7%	8,042	8,329	16,704
1976	D	+9.4%	8,209	6,795	15,084
1972	R	−47.8%	4,166	12,060	16,512
1968	D	+0.7%	4,173	4,053	16,129
1964	D	+18.3%	7,238	5,002	12,240
1960	D	+44.1%	8,021	3,114	11,135
1956	D	+49.3%	8,328	2,830	11,158
1952	D	+54.3%	8,684	2,569	11,253
1948	D	+76.7%	6,008	665	6,966
1944	D	+78.8%	6,480	769	7,249
1940	D	+86.3%	7,912	584	8,496
1936	D	+86.4%	7,522	549	8,071
1932	D	+83.9%	6,153	517	6,721
1928	D	+29.3%	3,535	1,933	5,468
1924	D	+62.5%	2,619	574	3,274
1920	D	+43.6%	3,496	1,374	4,870
1916	D	+47.5%	2,052	730	2,782
1912	D	+69.6%	1,741	82	2,384
1908	D	+26.1%	1,732	1,014	2,746
1904	D	+37.3%	1,363	623	1,986
1900	D	+40.4%	2,816	1,194	4,012
1896	D	+30.8%	2,715	1,436	4,153
1892	D	+41.7%	2,100	497	3,846
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

31.0%

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: 40.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

1.3%

2.6%

75–84

3.3%

5.4%

65–74

6.3%

6.2%

55–64

7.0%

5.8%

45–54

6.1%

5.5%

35–44

6.3%

6.0%

25–34

6.3%

4.2%

18–24

4.6%

8.7%

5–17

8.2%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$56,423

Wilson County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Wilson County$56,423

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

19.8%

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

13.0%

Baptist

13.0%

Methodist

7.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

5.5%

Mainline Protestant

5.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.8%

Non-Christian

1.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wilson County sits in the coastal plain east of Raleigh, where a majority-minority population and a shrinking agricultural economy have pushed a once reliably Democratic stronghold to near-perfect equilibrium, with the 2024 presidential contest decided by fewer than 300 votes.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached eighty-six points in 1936; the Republican margin reached forty-eight points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Wilson County's demographics — a population of 79,290, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $56,423 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pitt County and Forsyth County.

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Wilson County delivered a near-tie in 2024.