† 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
GroupMarion, NCNorth CarolinaUnited States
English14.3%12.7%9.5%
American11.7%8.3%5.3%
Irish10.4%8.4%9.4%
German8.7%9.4%12.5%
Scotch-Irish3.3%1.4%—
Scottish2.2%2.3%1.3%
Dutch1.9%——
Italian1.6%3.3%4.8%
Mexican4.4%5.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%1.2%1.8%
Cuban0.5%0.3%0.7%
Dominican0.5%0.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.4%0.5%
African American†3.4%18.3%9.9%
African0.4%0.7%0.5%
Filipino0.4%0.2%0.9%
Hmong0.2%——
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
Marion, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median age
44.3
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.1%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.1%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Marion, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median household income
$57,168
$72,388
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.8%
13.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
18.1%
35.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Marion, NC
North Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.2%
13.5%
22.3%
Spanish
5.6%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Marion, NC
North Carolina
United States
Catholic
4.4%
8.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
32.5%
26.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
54.7%
48.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.3%
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.
Marion, NC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+17.6%
1896
+11.8%
1900
−0.5%
1904
−5.3%
1908
−2.6%
1912
+32.1%
1916
+2.2%
1920
+4.6%
1924
+7.7%
1928
+0.1%
1932
+31.8%
1936
+26.4%
1940
+41.0%
1944
+27.9%
1948
+15.3%
1952
+0.5%
1956
−10.9%
1960
−11.4%
1964
+20.4%
1968
−21.3%
1972
−46.3%
1976
+16.7%
1980
−9.2%
1984
−30.4%
1988
−18.9%
1992
−5.9%
1996
−15.1%
2000
−31.1%
2004
−32.9%
2008
−27.0%
2012
−31.7%
2016
−49.8%
2020
−48.0%
2024
−49.1%
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
25.0%Harris5,911
74.1%Trump17,520
0.9%
R+49.1
R+1.0
R+47.6
23,655
R
25.4%Biden5,832
73.4%Trump16,883
1.3%
R+48.0
D+1.8
R+52.5
23,003
R
23.5%Clinton4,667
73.3%Trump14,568
3.2%
R+49.8
R+18.1
R+51.9
19,875
R
33.3%Obama6,031
65.1%Romney11,775
1.6%
R+31.7
R+4.7
R+35.6
18,099
R
35.7%Obama6,571
62.7%McCain11,534
1.5%
R+27.0
D+5.9
R+34.3
18,386
R
33.3%Kerry5,330
66.2%Bush10,590
0.5%
R+32.9
R+1.7
R+30.4
16,002
R
33.9%Gore4,747
65.0%Bush9,109
1.1%
R+31.1
R+16.0
R+31.7
14,011
R
37.1%Clinton4,553
52.2%Dole6,407
10.7%
R+15.1
R+9.2
R+23.6
12,278
R
39.9%Clinton5,309
45.8%Bush6,090
14.3%
R+5.9
D+13.0
R+11.4
13,295
R
40.5%Dukakis4,449
59.3%Bush6,526
0.2%
R+18.9
D+11.5
R+11.2
10,997
R
34.7%Mondale4,076
65.1%Reagan7,639
0.2%
R+30.4
R+21.1
R+12.1
11,736
R
44.3%Carter4,703
53.6%Reagan5,680
2.1%
R+9.2
R+25.9
D+0.5
10,606
D
58.1%Carter6,246
41.4%Ford4,450
0.5%
D+16.7
D+63.0
D+14.6
10,746
R
25.8%McGovern2,348
72.1%Nixon6,570
2.2%
R+46.3
R+25.0
R+23.2
9,114
R
24.7%Humphrey2,543
46.0%Nixon4,740
29.3%
R+21.3
R+41.7
R+20.6
10,301
D
60.2%Johnson6,314
39.8%Goldwater4,174
0.0%
D+20.4
D+31.8
R+2.2
10,488
R
44.3%Kennedy4,889
55.7%Nixon6,148
0.0%
R+11.4
R+0.5
R+11.6
11,037
R
44.5%Stevenson4,392
55.5%Eisenhower5,468
0.0%
R+10.9
R+11.4
D+4.5
9,860
D
50.2%Stevenson4,755
49.8%Eisenhower4,710
0.0%
D+0.5
R+14.8
D+11.2
9,465
D
53.2%Truman3,805
37.9%Dewey2,709
8.9%
D+15.3
R+12.6
D+10.8
7,152
D
64.0%Roosevelt4,008
36.0%Dewey2,258
0.0%
D+27.9
R+13.0
D+20.4
6,266
D
70.5%Roosevelt5,290
29.5%Willkie2,216
0.0%
D+41.0
D+14.5
D+31.0
7,506
D
63.2%Roosevelt5,352
36.8%Landon3,114
0.0%
D+26.4
R+5.4
D+2.2
8,466
D
65.7%Roosevelt4,810
33.8%Hoover2,478
0.5%
D+31.8
D+31.7
D+14.1
7,323
D
50.1%Smith3,430
49.9%Hoover3,423
0.0%
D+0.1
R+7.6
D+17.6
6,853
D
53.6%Davis3,023
45.9%Coolidge2,590
0.4%
D+7.7
D+3.1
D+32.9
5,638
D
52.3%Cox2,809
47.7%Harding2,561
0.0%
D+4.6
D+2.4
D+30.8
5,370
D
51.1%Wilson1,274
48.8%Hughes1,218
0.1%
D+2.2
R+29.8
R+0.9
2,494
D
47.9%Wilson1,037
15.9%Taft343
36.2%
D+32.1
D+34.6
D+12.5
2,163
R
48.6%Bryan950
51.2%Taft1,000
0.2%
R+2.6
D+2.7
D+7.0
1,954
R
46.7%Parker836
52.0%Roosevelt931
1.4%
R+5.3
R+4.8
D+14.4
1,792
R
49.3%Bryan1,014
49.8%McKinley1,024
0.8%
R+0.5
R+12.3
D+7.1
2,055
D
55.8%Bryan1,204
44.0%McKinley950
0.2%
D+11.8
R+5.8
D+17.8
2,158
D
56.7%Cleveland1,055
39.0%Harrison727
4.3%
D+17.6
—
D+16.0
1,862
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
24.2%3,895
73.2%11,776
16,086
2020
R
26.1%5,934
69.9%15,894
22,747
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+27.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+49.1
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 22 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Marion, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
29,280
11,868
10,376
7,030
6
2012
28,936
10,297
10,353
8,226
60
2016
29,466
8,820
11,036
9,490
120
2020
29,932
6,844
12,673
10,216
199
2022
29,866
5,992
12,861
10,840
173
2024
31,509
5,423
14,037
11,778
271
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+107 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +2,627 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Marion, NC in Marion, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−9
2012
+5
2013
+85
2014
+10
2015
−22
2016
−94
2017
+325
2018
+404
2019
+329
2021
+228
2022
+471
2023
+366
2024
+422
2025
+107
Marion anchors McDowell County, a historically working-class community whose economic identity traces to furniture and textile industries. The county has shifted toward Republican margins in recent cycles while retaining a modest Democratic base in municipal precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.0 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 49.8 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.1 points.
A population of 44,817, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,168 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Glasgow, KY and Greeneville, TN.
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In 2024, Marion, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 49.1 points (R+49.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 23,655 votes cast, 5,911 went Democratic and 17,520 went Republican.
When did Marion, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Marion, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Marion, NC, North Carolina?
Marion, NC, North Carolina has a population of 44,817 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Marion, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Marion, NC, North Carolina is $57,168 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Marion, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Marion, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
