† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
3 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
GroupGreensboro-High Point, NCNorth CarolinaUnited States
English11.8%12.7%9.5%
German8.2%9.4%12.5%
American7.5%8.3%5.3%
Irish6.8%8.4%9.4%
Italian2.4%3.3%4.8%
Scottish2.3%2.3%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.8%1.4%—
French1.2%—1.6%
African American†23.7%18.3%9.9%
African1.0%0.7%0.5%
Nigerian0.5%0.2%0.2%
Sudanese0.3%——
Haitian0.3%—0.3%
Jamaican0.3%0.2%0.4%
Mexican6.1%5.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.2%1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran0.5%0.7%0.7%
Dominican0.4%0.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%0.4%0.5%
Honduran0.2%0.7%0.3%
Cuban0.2%0.3%0.7%
Vietnamese0.8%0.3%0.6%
Asian Indian0.8%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.5%0.4%1.3%
Pakistani0.4%——
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Laotian0.2%——
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
Greensboro-High Point, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median age
39.1
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
10.5%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.0%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Greensboro-High Point, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median household income
$65,866
$72,388
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.8%
13.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
32.5%
35.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Greensboro-High Point, NC
North Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
15.0%
13.5%
22.3%
Spanish
8.1%
8.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.5%
1.1%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.1%
0.9%
1.1%
Other languages
1.0%
0.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Greensboro-High Point, NC
North Carolina
United States
Catholic
7.9%
8.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
25.2%
26.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
49.3%
48.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
10.1%
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.
Greensboro-High Point, NC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+1.7%
1896
+0.4%
1900
+1.3%
1904
+18.8%
1908
+4.0%
1912
+47.2%
1916
+5.6%
1920
+3.8%
1924
+8.5%
1928
−25.7%
1932
+30.4%
1936
+40.7%
1940
+41.4%
1944
+23.0%
1948
+10.8%
1952
−2.1%
1956
−16.6%
1960
−12.8%
1964
+3.0%
1968
−17.0%
1972
−43.4%
1976
+2.7%
1980
−11.5%
1984
−29.0%
1988
−19.3%
1992
−0.9%
1996
−6.0%
2000
−12.0%
2004
−10.9%
2008
+3.9%
2012
+0.6%
2016
+0.6%
2020
+2.3%
2024
+0.2%
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
D
49.4%Harris202,745
49.2%Trump201,881
1.5%
D+0.2
R+2.1
D+1.7
410,656
D
50.5%Biden204,696
48.2%Trump195,489
1.3%
D+2.3
D+1.6
R+2.2
405,611
D
48.5%Clinton176,670
47.9%Trump174,322
3.6%
D+0.6
±0.0
R+1.4
364,258
D
49.8%Obama177,489
49.1%Romney175,176
1.1%
D+0.6
R+3.2
R+3.2
356,587
D
51.5%Obama175,770
47.6%McCain162,615
0.9%
D+3.9
D+14.8
R+3.4
341,530
R
44.3%Kerry127,438
55.2%Bush158,865
0.5%
R+10.9
D+1.0
R+8.5
287,612
R
43.7%Gore105,413
55.6%Bush134,332
0.7%
R+12.0
R+5.9
R+12.5
241,488
R
43.0%Clinton92,087
49.1%Dole105,012
7.9%
R+6.0
R+5.1
R+14.6
214,081
R
42.2%Clinton91,473
43.2%Bush93,515
14.6%
R+0.9
D+18.4
R+6.5
216,570
R
40.1%Dukakis70,543
59.4%Bush104,532
0.5%
R+19.3
D+9.7
R+11.6
175,967
R
35.4%Mondale64,143
64.4%Reagan116,750
0.2%
R+29.0
R+17.5
R+10.8
181,174
R
42.3%Carter66,331
53.8%Reagan84,377
3.9%
R+11.5
R+14.2
R+1.8
156,861
D
51.1%Carter72,953
48.4%Ford69,140
0.5%
D+2.7
D+46.1
D+0.6
142,808
R
27.5%McGovern36,676
70.9%Nixon94,624
1.6%
R+43.4
R+26.4
R+20.3
133,402
R
28.1%Humphrey37,729
45.1%Nixon60,541
26.8%
R+17.0
R+20.0
R+16.3
134,237
D
51.5%Johnson62,039
48.5%Goldwater58,437
0.0%
D+3.0
D+15.8
R+19.6
120,476
R
43.6%Kennedy51,482
56.4%Nixon66,585
0.0%
R+12.8
D+3.8
R+13.0
118,067
R
41.7%Stevenson39,248
58.3%Eisenhower54,916
0.0%
R+16.6
R+14.5
R+1.2
94,164
R
48.9%Stevenson50,426
51.1%Eisenhower52,624
0.0%
R+2.1
R+13.0
D+8.6
103,050
D
51.0%Truman32,344
40.2%Dewey25,475
8.9%
D+10.8
R+12.2
D+6.3
63,446
D
61.5%Roosevelt39,527
38.5%Dewey24,754
0.0%
D+23.0
R+18.4
D+15.5
64,281
D
70.7%Roosevelt46,335
29.3%Willkie19,224
0.0%
D+41.4
D+0.6
D+31.4
65,559
D
70.4%Roosevelt45,035
29.6%Landon18,963
0.0%
D+40.7
D+10.3
D+16.5
63,998
D
64.6%Roosevelt34,441
34.2%Hoover18,231
1.2%
D+30.4
D+56.1
D+12.6
53,322
R
37.2%Smith17,471
62.8%Hoover29,540
0.0%
R+25.7
R+34.1
R+8.2
47,011
D
53.6%Davis18,668
45.2%Coolidge15,724
1.2%
D+8.5
D+4.6
D+33.6
34,822
D
51.9%Cox19,232
48.1%Harding17,822
0.0%
D+3.8
R+1.7
D+30.0
37,054
D
52.6%Wilson9,679
47.1%Hughes8,658
0.3%
D+5.6
R+41.6
D+2.4
18,384
D
57.6%Wilson8,434
10.4%Taft1,524
32.0%
D+47.2
D+43.2
D+27.6
14,650
D
51.7%Bryan8,181
47.7%Taft7,547
0.6%
D+4.0
R+14.8
D+13.6
15,822
D
59.1%Parker7,031
40.4%Roosevelt4,800
0.5%
D+18.8
D+17.4
D+38.4
11,893
D
50.4%Bryan8,251
49.1%McKinley8,035
0.5%
D+1.3
D+0.9
D+8.9
16,362
D
49.7%Bryan8,843
49.3%McKinley8,767
1.0%
D+0.4
R+1.2
D+6.5
17,793
D
43.1%Cleveland6,634
41.4%Harrison6,376
15.5%
D+1.7
—
±0.0
15,403
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
47.8%128,111
50.0%134,191
268,148
2020
D
49.2%197,985
46.6%187,236
402,020
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+3.9
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+0.2
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 3.7 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Greensboro-High Point, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
497,274
228,686
165,037
103,238
313
2012
515,165
227,457
165,297
120,935
1,476
2016
519,915
213,535
162,988
141,141
2,251
2020
542,647
206,900
167,882
164,093
3,772
2022
536,538
194,873
164,289
174,149
3,227
2024
562,227
191,693
169,730
195,449
5,355
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+2,537 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +34,712 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Greensboro-High Point, NC in Greensboro-High Point, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,497
2012
+1,647
2013
+1,490
2014
+2,184
2015
+1,681
2016
+4,063
2017
+429
2018
+1,843
2019
+3,057
2021
+3,847
2022
+4,851
2023
+3,491
2024
+2,095
2025
+2,537
Guilford County's large Black electorate and a cluster of historically Black colleges consistently push Greensboro toward Democratic margins, while surrounding Forsyth and Randolph counties pull the broader metro in a competitive direction.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.2 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 43.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.2 points.
A population of 786,419, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,866 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Columbia, SC and Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA.
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How did Greensboro-High Point, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Greensboro-High Point, NC, North Carolina voted a near-tie (D+0.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 410,656 votes cast, 202,745 went Democratic and 201,881 went Republican.
When did Greensboro-High Point, NC, North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Greensboro-High Point, NC, North Carolina voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Greensboro-High Point, NC, North Carolina?
Greensboro-High Point, NC, North Carolina has a population of 786,419 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Greensboro-High Point, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Greensboro-High Point, NC, North Carolina is $65,866 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Greensboro-High Point, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Greensboro-High Point, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
