† 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
1 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
GroupGoldsboro, NCNorth CarolinaUnited States
American16.2%8.3%5.3%
English10.6%12.7%9.5%
Irish7.8%8.4%9.4%
German6.7%9.4%12.5%
Italian1.8%3.3%4.8%
Scottish1.6%2.3%1.3%
French1.2%—1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.7%1.4%—
African American†28.3%18.3%9.9%
Haitian0.7%—0.3%
Jamaican0.3%0.2%0.4%
African0.2%0.7%0.5%
Mexican7.2%5.6%11.3%
Guatemalan2.5%0.4%0.5%
Honduran1.1%0.7%0.3%
Salvadoran1.1%0.7%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.7%1.2%1.8%
Dominican0.2%0.3%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
Asian Indian0.3%1.2%1.4%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
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
Goldsboro, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median age
37.3
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.7%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Goldsboro, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median household income
$59,733
$72,388
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.3%
13.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.7%
35.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Goldsboro, NC
North Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
14.8%
13.5%
22.3%
Spanish
12.2%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Goldsboro, NC
North Carolina
United States
Catholic
7.0%
8.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
26.0%
26.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
51.5%
48.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.7%
9.1%
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.
Goldsboro, NC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+12.8%
1896
+17.6%
1900
+22.3%
1904
+27.6%
1908
+18.9%
1912
+62.7%
1916
+28.9%
1920
+25.9%
1924
+41.5%
1928
−7.7%
1932
+58.8%
1936
+60.4%
1940
+62.8%
1944
+53.0%
1948
+53.3%
1952
+21.9%
1956
+23.1%
1960
+17.9%
1964
+12.9%
1968
−1.7%
1972
−46.0%
1976
−1.8%
1980
−14.3%
1984
−28.4%
1988
−25.2%
1992
−14.9%
1996
−17.0%
2000
−22.9%
2004
−24.5%
2008
−8.6%
2012
−8.4%
2016
−11.4%
2020
−11.7%
2024
−16.4%
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
41.3%Harris22,618
57.7%Trump31,580
1.0%
R+16.4
R+4.7
R+14.9
54,762
R
43.6%Biden24,215
55.3%Trump30,709
1.1%
R+11.7
R+0.3
R+16.1
55,537
R
42.9%Clinton21,770
54.3%Trump27,540
2.7%
R+11.4
R+3.0
R+13.5
50,689
R
45.4%Obama23,314
53.8%Romney27,641
0.8%
R+8.4
D+0.2
R+12.3
51,352
R
45.4%Obama22,671
54.0%McCain26,952
0.5%
R+8.6
D+15.9
R+15.9
49,882
R
37.6%Kerry15,076
62.1%Bush24,883
0.2%
R+24.5
R+1.6
R+22.0
40,046
R
38.4%Gore13,005
61.3%Bush20,758
0.4%
R+22.9
R+5.8
R+23.4
33,884
R
39.4%Clinton11,580
56.4%Dole16,588
4.2%
R+17.0
R+2.2
R+25.6
29,390
R
37.4%Clinton10,307
52.3%Bush14,397
10.3%
R+14.9
D+10.3
R+20.4
27,532
R
37.3%Dukakis9,135
62.5%Bush15,292
0.2%
R+25.2
D+3.2
R+17.4
24,474
R
35.7%Mondale10,011
64.1%Reagan17,961
0.1%
R+28.4
R+14.0
R+10.2
28,008
R
42.0%Carter9,586
56.3%Reagan12,860
1.7%
R+14.3
R+12.5
R+4.6
22,836
R
48.8%Carter9,265
50.6%Ford9,607
0.6%
R+1.8
D+44.2
R+3.9
18,993
R
26.4%McGovern5,234
72.3%Nixon14,352
1.3%
R+46.0
R+44.2
R+22.8
19,842
O
27.1%Humphrey5,338
28.8%Nixon5,678
44.2%
Wallace +15.4
R+14.6
R+1.0
19,725
D
56.4%Johnson9,791
43.6%Goldwater7,555
0.0%
D+12.9
R+5.0
R+9.7
17,346
D
58.9%Kennedy7,856
41.1%Nixon5,474
0.0%
D+17.9
R+5.2
D+17.7
13,330
D
61.6%Stevenson6,756
38.4%Eisenhower4,220
0.0%
D+23.1
D+1.2
D+38.5
10,976
D
61.0%Stevenson7,281
39.0%Eisenhower4,662
0.0%
D+21.9
R+31.4
D+32.7
11,943
D
73.2%Truman6,111
19.9%Dewey1,658
6.9%
D+53.3
D+0.4
D+48.9
8,348
D
76.5%Roosevelt6,228
23.5%Dewey1,914
0.0%
D+53.0
R+9.8
D+45.5
8,142
D
81.4%Roosevelt7,222
18.6%Willkie1,649
0.0%
D+62.8
D+2.4
D+52.9
8,871
D
80.2%Roosevelt7,087
19.8%Landon1,751
0.0%
D+60.4
D+1.6
D+36.1
8,838
D
79.0%Roosevelt6,365
20.2%Hoover1,631
0.7%
D+58.8
D+66.5
D+41.0
8,056
R
46.2%Smith3,720
53.8%Hoover4,340
0.0%
R+7.7
R+49.2
D+9.8
8,060
D
70.3%Davis3,366
28.8%Coolidge1,379
0.9%
D+41.5
D+15.6
D+66.7
4,787
D
62.9%Cox4,794
37.1%Harding2,822
0.0%
D+25.9
R+3.0
D+52.1
7,616
D
64.4%Wilson2,625
35.5%Hughes1,446
0.1%
D+28.9
R+33.8
D+25.8
4,076
D
65.5%Wilson2,293
2.7%Taft95
31.8%
D+62.7
D+43.9
D+43.2
3,503
D
59.3%Bryan2,207
40.4%Taft1,504
0.3%
D+18.9
R+8.7
D+28.4
3,722
D
63.3%Parker2,060
35.7%Roosevelt1,162
1.0%
D+27.6
D+5.3
D+47.2
3,256
D
60.8%Bryan3,104
38.5%McKinley1,965
0.7%
D+22.3
D+4.7
D+29.9
5,106
D
58.6%Bryan3,215
40.9%McKinley2,248
0.5%
D+17.6
D+4.8
D+23.7
5,490
D
47.2%Cleveland2,261
34.3%Harrison1,645
18.5%
D+12.8
—
D+11.2
4,795
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
39.6%13,990
58.7%20,723
35,328
2020
R
42.8%23,528
53.1%29,174
54,944
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+0.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+16.4
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 16 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Goldsboro, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
66,518
33,984
21,064
11,433
37
2012
75,037
36,286
23,797
14,774
180
2016
76,298
33,549
24,351
18,122
276
2020
76,323
30,095
25,474
20,256
498
2022
75,653
28,166
25,499
21,552
436
2024
78,035
26,860
26,914
23,280
981
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+173 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −5,798 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Goldsboro, NC in Goldsboro, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+532
2012
−564
2013
−953
2014
−964
2015
−1,197
2016
−806
2017
−1,773
2018
−285
2019
−542
2021
−482
2022
+322
2023
+690
2024
+51
2025
+173
Goldsboro's Wayne County metro tilts reliably Republican in federal contests, though its economy and population are shaped substantially by military employment at one of the East Coast's major tactical air wings.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 62.8 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 46.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.4 points.
A population of 118,652, a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,733 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of LaGrange, GA-AL and Montgomery, AL.
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How did Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 16.4 points (R+16.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 54,762 votes cast, 22,618 went Democratic and 31,580 went Republican.
When did Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina?
Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina has a population of 118,652 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina is $59,733 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Goldsboro, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
