† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
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
GroupJacksonville, NCNorth CarolinaUnited States
German13.2%9.4%12.5%
English13.1%12.7%9.5%
Irish13.0%8.4%9.4%
Italian6.3%3.3%4.8%
American4.6%8.3%5.3%
Polish1.8%1.0%2.2%
Scottish1.8%2.3%1.3%
French1.7%—1.6%
Mexican5.9%5.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican3.4%1.2%1.8%
Dominican0.7%0.3%0.7%
Salvadoran0.7%0.7%0.7%
Spaniard0.5%——
Cuban0.4%0.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%0.4%0.5%
Nicaraguan0.3%——
African American†10.3%18.3%9.9%
African0.5%0.7%0.5%
Haitian0.3%—0.3%
Jamaican0.3%0.2%0.4%
Filipino0.5%0.2%0.9%
Asian Indian0.3%1.2%1.4%
Korean0.3%0.2%0.4%
Chinese0.2%0.4%1.3%
Vietnamese0.2%0.3%0.6%
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
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
Jacksonville, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median age
27.7
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
20.2%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
10.3%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Jacksonville, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median household income
$68,148
$72,388
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.6%
13.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.0%
35.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Jacksonville, NC
North Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.4%
13.5%
22.3%
Spanish
7.3%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Jacksonville, NC
North Carolina
United States
Catholic
7.2%
8.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
19.4%
26.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
64.9%
48.0%
51.5%
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.
Jacksonville, NC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+38.8%
1896
+45.2%
1900
+36.3%
1904
+28.2%
1908
+10.1%
1912
+55.0%
1916
+20.7%
1920
+29.2%
1924
+44.4%
1928
−7.8%
1932
+82.1%
1936
+84.3%
1940
+79.6%
1944
+72.5%
1948
+79.0%
1952
+54.4%
1956
+48.5%
1960
+32.9%
1964
+22.5%
1968
−1.3%
1972
−61.3%
1976
+14.3%
1980
−8.9%
1984
−41.7%
1988
−26.1%
1992
−15.6%
1996
−19.6%
2000
−31.1%
2004
−39.3%
2008
−21.5%
2012
−26.7%
2016
−34.3%
2020
−30.2%
2024
−35.8%
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
31.4%Harris25,684
67.3%Trump54,960
1.3%
R+35.8
R+5.6
R+34.4
81,681
R
33.6%Biden24,266
63.8%Trump46,078
2.6%
R+30.2
D+4.1
R+34.6
72,235
R
30.7%Clinton17,514
65.0%Trump37,122
4.4%
R+34.3
R+7.6
R+36.4
57,135
R
35.9%Obama18,490
62.7%Romney32,243
1.4%
R+26.7
R+5.3
R+30.6
51,435
R
38.8%Obama19,499
60.3%McCain30,278
0.8%
R+21.5
D+17.8
R+28.7
50,203
R
30.2%Kerry11,250
69.5%Bush25,890
0.4%
R+39.3
R+8.2
R+36.8
37,277
R
34.0%Gore10,269
65.1%Bush19,657
1.0%
R+31.1
R+11.5
R+31.6
30,215
R
36.1%Clinton8,685
55.7%Dole13,396
8.2%
R+19.6
R+4.0
R+28.1
24,049
R
33.1%Clinton8,045
48.7%Bush11,842
18.2%
R+15.6
D+10.5
R+21.2
24,318
R
36.8%Dukakis7,162
62.9%Bush12,253
0.4%
R+26.1
D+15.6
R+18.4
19,488
R
29.0%Mondale5,713
70.7%Reagan13,928
0.2%
R+41.7
R+32.8
R+23.5
19,687
R
44.0%Carter7,371
52.9%Reagan8,861
3.0%
R+8.9
R+23.2
D+0.8
16,736
D
56.9%Carter7,954
42.6%Ford5,953
0.5%
D+14.3
D+75.6
D+12.3
13,970
R
18.8%McGovern2,424
80.0%Nixon10,343
1.2%
R+61.3
R+60.0
R+38.1
12,921
O
26.7%Humphrey3,281
28.1%Nixon3,444
45.2%
Wallace +17.1
R+23.8
R+0.6
12,267
D
61.2%Johnson5,955
38.8%Goldwater3,771
0.0%
D+22.5
R+10.4
R+0.1
9,726
D
66.4%Kennedy5,564
33.6%Nixon2,812
0.0%
D+32.9
R+15.7
D+32.7
8,376
D
74.3%Stevenson4,692
25.7%Eisenhower1,626
0.0%
D+48.5
R+5.9
D+63.9
6,318
D
77.2%Stevenson4,275
22.8%Eisenhower1,261
0.0%
D+54.4
R+24.6
D+65.2
5,536
D
87.3%Truman3,318
8.3%Dewey316
4.3%
D+79.0
D+6.6
D+74.5
3,799
D
86.2%Roosevelt2,711
13.8%Dewey433
0.0%
D+72.5
R+7.1
D+65.0
3,144
D
89.8%Roosevelt2,383
10.2%Willkie271
0.0%
D+79.6
R+4.7
D+69.6
2,654
D
92.1%Roosevelt2,758
7.9%Landon235
0.0%
D+84.3
D+2.2
D+60.0
2,993
D
90.9%Roosevelt2,615
8.8%Hoover253
0.3%
D+82.1
D+89.9
D+64.3
2,877
R
46.1%Smith1,072
53.9%Hoover1,253
0.0%
R+7.8
R+52.1
D+9.7
2,325
D
71.2%Davis1,122
26.8%Coolidge423
2.0%
D+44.4
D+15.1
D+69.5
1,576
D
64.6%Cox1,557
35.4%Harding853
0.0%
D+29.2
D+8.5
D+55.4
2,410
D
60.3%Wilson1,197
39.5%Hughes785
0.2%
D+20.7
R+34.3
D+17.6
1,986
D
59.4%Wilson901
4.4%Taft66
36.3%
D+55.0
D+44.9
D+35.5
1,517
D
55.1%Bryan870
44.9%Taft710
0.0%
D+10.1
R+18.1
D+19.7
1,580
D
62.0%Parker828
33.8%Roosevelt451
4.2%
D+28.2
R+8.0
D+47.9
1,335
D
68.1%Bryan1,322
31.9%McKinley618
0.0%
D+36.3
R+8.9
D+43.8
1,940
D
72.6%Bryan1,559
27.4%McKinley589
0.0%
D+45.2
D+6.3
D+51.2
2,148
D
58.2%Cleveland1,137
19.4%Harrison379
22.3%
D+38.8
—
D+37.2
1,952
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
30.8%13,544
66.1%29,106
44,013
2020
R
32.8%23,344
60.2%42,868
71,202
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+20.7
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+35.8
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 15 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Jacksonville, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
81,512
30,204
29,034
22,205
69
2012
97,913
32,676
34,530
30,323
384
2016
106,447
29,562
38,166
37,926
793
2020
117,653
26,604
44,727
44,615
1,707
2022
118,517
24,406
45,390
47,015
1,706
2024
137,629
24,239
52,745
58,234
2,411
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+55 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −24,461 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Jacksonville, NC in Jacksonville, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−5,730
2012
−585
2013
−3,415
2014
−4,668
2015
−3,458
2016
−4,455
2017
−181
2018
−328
2019
−1,813
2021
−3,302
2022
+816
2023
+1,614
2024
+989
2025
+55
Jacksonville's demographic profile is shaped almost entirely by Camp Lejeune, producing an unusually transient, young, and military-connected electorate that behaves differently from most mid-sized Southern metros.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 84.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 61.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.8 points.
A population of 207,906, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,148 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fort Leonard Wood, MO and Kingsland, GA.
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How did Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 35.8 points (R+35.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 81,681 votes cast, 25,684 went Democratic and 54,960 went Republican.
When did Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina?
Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina has a population of 207,906 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina is $68,148 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
