† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
11 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SCUnited States
English10.8%9.5%
German10.2%12.5%
Irish8.5%9.4%
American7.6%5.3%
Italian4.0%4.8%
Scotch-Irish2.0%—
Scottish2.0%1.3%
Polish1.6%2.2%
African American†19.4%9.9%
African0.9%0.5%
Jamaican0.3%0.4%
Haitian0.2%0.3%
Nigerian0.2%0.2%
Mexican4.9%11.3%
Honduran1.3%0.3%
Puerto Rican1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran0.9%0.7%
Colombian0.6%0.4%
Dominican0.5%0.7%
Guatemalan0.5%0.5%
Cuban0.4%0.7%
Asian Indian2.0%1.4%
Vietnamese0.5%0.6%
Chinese0.5%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.9%
Korean0.2%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
United States
Median age
38.1
39.1
Age 18–24
8.6%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.4%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
United States
Median household income
$84,370
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
40.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
16.1%
22.3%
Spanish
9.9%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.7%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.3%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
United States
Catholic
12.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
26.4%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
44.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
9.6%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+33.8%
1896
+31.9%
1900
+27.1%
1904
+43.7%
1908
+30.8%
1912
+63.4%
1916
+33.9%
1920
+27.9%
1924
+34.0%
1928
−7.3%
1932
+50.8%
1936
+61.8%
1940
+60.4%
1944
+41.3%
1948
+13.6%
1952
−7.7%
1956
−11.8%
1960
−4.0%
1964
+4.5%
1968
−19.5%
1972
−43.5%
1976
+8.1%
1980
−4.1%
1984
−33.1%
1988
−25.9%
1992
−8.7%
1996
−8.6%
2000
−17.9%
2004
−17.3%
2008
−2.0%
2012
−4.1%
2016
−4.3%
2020
+0.4%
2024
−1.3%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
48.5%Harris692,914
49.8%Trump711,830
1.7%
R+1.3
R+1.7
D+0.1
1,429,108
D
49.4%Biden680,904
49.0%Trump675,531
1.5%
D+0.4
D+4.7
R+4.1
1,377,654
R
45.7%Clinton517,471
50.0%Trump566,456
4.4%
R+4.3
R+0.2
R+6.4
1,133,278
R
47.3%Obama497,965
51.4%Romney541,223
1.2%
R+4.1
R+2.1
R+8.0
1,052,146
R
48.6%Obama474,490
50.6%McCain494,098
0.9%
R+2.0
D+15.3
R+9.3
977,153
R
41.1%Kerry312,153
58.4%Bush443,322
0.5%
R+17.3
D+0.6
R+14.8
759,050
R
40.6%Gore254,170
58.5%Bush366,426
0.9%
R+17.9
R+9.4
R+18.4
626,478
R
42.2%Clinton218,766
50.8%Dole263,177
7.1%
R+8.6
D+0.1
R+17.1
518,561
R
38.5%Clinton211,087
47.2%Bush258,598
14.3%
R+8.7
D+17.2
R+14.2
548,168
R
36.9%Dukakis161,303
62.8%Bush274,488
0.3%
R+25.9
D+7.2
R+18.2
437,190
R
33.3%Mondale143,146
66.4%Reagan285,354
0.2%
R+33.1
R+29.0
R+14.9
429,501
R
46.1%Carter167,862
50.2%Reagan182,926
3.7%
R+4.1
R+12.2
D+5.6
364,297
D
53.8%Carter179,242
45.7%Ford152,410
0.5%
D+8.1
D+51.6
D+6.0
333,227
R
27.4%McGovern81,811
70.9%Nixon211,950
1.7%
R+43.5
R+24.0
R+20.4
298,884
R
26.5%Humphrey81,885
46.0%Nixon142,340
27.5%
R+19.5
R+24.0
R+18.8
309,290
D
52.2%Johnson143,719
47.8%Goldwater131,360
0.0%
D+4.5
D+8.5
R+18.1
275,083
R
48.0%Kennedy126,809
52.0%Nixon137,513
0.0%
R+4.0
D+7.8
R+4.2
264,322
R
43.5%Stevenson97,121
55.3%Eisenhower123,541
1.1%
R+11.8
R+4.1
D+3.6
223,224
R
46.1%Stevenson112,116
53.9%Eisenhower130,882
0.0%
R+7.7
R+21.3
D+3.0
242,998
D
45.1%Truman53,310
31.5%Dewey37,220
23.4%
D+13.6
R+27.7
D+9.1
118,138
D
70.6%Roosevelt86,777
29.2%Dewey35,947
0.2%
D+41.3
R+19.1
D+33.8
122,986
D
80.2%Roosevelt105,432
19.8%Willkie26,036
0.0%
D+60.4
R+1.4
D+50.4
131,470
D
80.9%Roosevelt105,630
19.1%Landon24,912
0.1%
D+61.8
D+11.0
D+37.5
130,622
D
75.0%Roosevelt81,024
24.2%Hoover26,124
0.8%
D+50.8
D+58.2
D+33.0
108,042
R
46.3%Smith43,446
53.7%Hoover50,335
0.0%
R+7.3
R+41.4
D+10.1
93,787
D
65.7%Davis42,303
31.6%Coolidge20,379
2.7%
D+34.0
D+6.1
D+59.2
64,425
D
64.0%Cox50,897
36.0%Harding28,681
0.0%
D+27.9
R+6.0
D+54.1
79,578
D
66.9%Wilson26,225
33.0%Hughes12,919
0.1%
D+33.9
R+29.5
D+30.8
39,200
D
69.3%Wilson21,934
5.9%Taft1,855
24.9%
D+63.4
D+32.6
D+43.9
31,667
D
65.2%Bryan22,236
34.4%Taft11,724
0.4%
D+30.8
R+12.9
D+40.4
34,099
D
71.4%Parker18,231
27.7%Roosevelt7,072
0.8%
D+43.7
D+16.6
D+63.4
25,516
D
62.7%Bryan20,057
35.5%McKinley11,368
1.8%
D+27.1
R+4.8
D+34.7
32,004
D
65.5%Bryan26,328
33.6%McKinley13,497
0.9%
D+31.9
R+1.8
D+38.0
40,185
D
59.6%Cleveland21,000
25.8%Harrison9,096
14.6%
D+33.8
—
D+32.1
35,243
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2012D+6.6
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+1.3
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 7.9-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008 (partial)
1,226,962
506,634
428,631
290,973
724
2012 (partial)
1,346,068
537,123
447,943
357,087
3,915
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+24,404 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +363,414 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+15,137
2012
+19,583
2013
+22,751
2014
+24,159
2015
+29,111
2016
+32,691
2017
+31,267
2018
+25,975
2019
+28,142
2021
+27,309
2022
+30,034
2023
+28,738
2024
+24,113
2025
+24,404
Charlotte's core county has trended sharply toward Democrats over the past decade as in-migration of college-educated professionals accelerates, while surrounding exurban counties in both Carolinas continue to offset that shift with strong Republican margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 63.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 43.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.3 points.
A population of 2,768,407, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $84,370 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and Richmond, VA.
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How did Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, North Carolina voted Republican by 1.3 points (R+1.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,429,108 votes cast, 692,914 went Democratic and 711,830 went Republican.
When did Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, North Carolina?
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, North Carolina has a population of 2,768,407 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, North Carolina is $84,370 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
