† 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
GroupNew Bern, NCNorth CarolinaUnited States
English13.9%12.7%9.5%
American12.3%8.3%5.3%
German9.2%9.4%12.5%
Irish8.8%8.4%9.4%
Italian3.1%3.3%4.8%
Scottish2.2%2.3%1.3%
French1.9%—1.6%
Polish1.4%1.0%2.2%
African American†18.7%18.3%9.9%
African0.5%0.7%0.5%
Haitian0.2%—0.3%
Jamaican0.2%0.2%0.4%
Mexican3.8%5.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.6%1.2%1.8%
Cuban0.4%0.3%0.7%
Colombian0.3%0.3%0.4%
Salvadoran0.2%0.7%0.7%
Honduran0.2%0.7%0.3%
Burmese0.8%——
Asian Indian0.4%1.2%1.4%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Korean0.2%0.2%0.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.3%0.6%
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
New Bern, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median age
41
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
10.0%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.1%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
New Bern, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median household income
$64,793
$72,388
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.2%
13.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.7%
35.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
New Bern, NC
North Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.4%
13.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.5%
8.7%
13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.1%
0.9%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
New Bern, NC
North Carolina
United States
Catholic
8.3%
8.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
19.3%
26.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
50.0%
48.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
11.1%
9.1%
5.2%
Black Protestant
8.9%
3.6%
2.2%
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.
New Bern, NC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+1.0%
1896
−9.8%
1900
+8.2%
1904
+48.6%
1908
+34.5%
1912
+74.0%
1916
+42.0%
1920
+45.4%
1924
+63.8%
1928
−1.7%
1932
+69.9%
1936
+70.7%
1940
+65.9%
1944
+61.6%
1948
+61.8%
1952
+38.8%
1956
+38.1%
1960
+33.8%
1964
+27.4%
1968
+12.9%
1972
−48.4%
1976
+19.2%
1980
+3.1%
1984
−21.2%
1988
−16.6%
1992
−2.2%
1996
−8.5%
2000
−20.4%
2004
−24.0%
2008
−12.3%
2012
−17.3%
2016
−21.7%
2020
−19.8%
2024
−22.2%
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
R
38.3%Harris26,694
60.5%Trump42,115
1.2%
R+22.2
R+2.4
R+20.7
69,612
R
39.4%Biden26,058
59.1%Trump39,161
1.5%
R+19.8
D+1.9
R+24.2
66,221
R
37.5%Clinton22,143
59.3%Trump34,963
3.2%
R+21.7
R+4.4
R+23.8
59,006
R
40.9%Obama23,762
58.1%Romney33,816
1.0%
R+17.3
R+5.0
R+21.1
58,162
R
43.5%Obama24,568
55.8%McCain31,541
0.8%
R+12.3
D+11.7
R+19.6
56,537
R
37.8%Kerry18,247
61.8%Bush29,861
0.4%
R+24.0
R+3.7
R+21.6
48,307
R
39.4%Gore16,223
59.7%Bush24,607
0.9%
R+20.4
R+11.8
R+20.9
41,191
R
42.6%Clinton14,350
51.1%Dole17,216
6.3%
R+8.5
R+6.3
R+17.0
33,696
R
41.6%Clinton14,189
43.8%Bush14,942
14.6%
R+2.2
D+14.3
R+7.8
34,108
R
41.6%Dukakis11,447
58.1%Bush16,003
0.3%
R+16.6
D+4.7
R+8.8
27,525
R
39.3%Mondale11,363
60.5%Reagan17,509
0.3%
R+21.2
R+24.3
R+3.0
28,950
D
50.4%Carter12,203
47.3%Reagan11,459
2.3%
D+3.1
R+16.1
D+12.8
24,216
D
59.1%Carter11,682
40.0%Ford7,897
0.9%
D+19.2
D+67.6
D+17.1
19,763
R
25.1%McGovern4,396
73.5%Nixon12,869
1.3%
R+48.4
R+61.3
R+25.3
17,497
O
32.8%Humphrey6,745
19.9%Nixon4,097
47.3%
Wallace +14.5
R+14.5
D+13.6
20,578
D
63.7%Johnson11,415
36.3%Goldwater6,503
0.0%
D+27.4
R+6.4
D+4.8
17,918
D
66.9%Kennedy10,775
33.1%Nixon5,326
0.0%
D+33.8
R+4.2
D+33.7
16,101
D
69.0%Stevenson9,645
31.0%Eisenhower4,325
0.0%
D+38.1
R+0.7
D+53.5
13,970
D
69.4%Stevenson9,193
30.6%Eisenhower4,056
0.0%
D+38.8
R+23.0
D+49.5
13,249
D
77.4%Truman7,647
15.6%Dewey1,543
7.0%
D+61.8
D+0.2
D+57.3
9,881
D
80.8%Roosevelt7,388
19.2%Dewey1,756
0.0%
D+61.6
R+4.3
D+54.1
9,144
D
83.0%Roosevelt7,735
17.0%Willkie1,589
0.0%
D+65.9
R+4.8
D+56.0
9,324
D
85.3%Roosevelt8,733
14.7%Landon1,501
0.0%
D+70.7
D+0.8
D+46.4
10,234
D
84.4%Roosevelt7,350
14.5%Hoover1,263
1.1%
D+69.9
D+71.6
D+52.1
8,711
R
49.1%Smith3,858
50.9%Hoover3,994
0.0%
R+1.7
R+65.5
D+15.7
7,852
D
81.5%Davis4,432
17.7%Coolidge963
0.8%
D+63.8
D+18.3
D+88.9
5,441
D
72.7%Cox5,663
27.3%Harding2,124
0.0%
D+45.4
D+3.4
D+71.6
7,787
D
70.8%Wilson3,202
28.8%Hughes1,302
0.4%
D+42.0
R+32.0
D+38.9
4,522
D
78.7%Wilson3,148
4.7%Taft188
16.6%
D+74.0
D+39.5
D+54.5
4,000
D
66.9%Bryan2,612
32.4%Taft1,265
0.7%
D+34.5
R+14.1
D+44.1
3,903
D
74.3%Parker2,767
25.7%Roosevelt956
0.0%
D+48.6
D+40.4
D+68.3
3,724
D
54.1%Bryan3,339
45.9%McKinley2,833
0.0%
D+8.2
D+18.0
D+15.7
6,172
R
44.5%Bryan3,485
54.3%McKinley4,249
1.3%
R+9.8
R+10.7
R+3.7
7,832
D
42.1%Cleveland2,484
41.1%Harrison2,426
16.8%
D+1.0
—
R+0.7
5,901
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
37.4%17,589
60.2%28,271
46,999
2020
R
38.5%25,221
56.7%37,177
65,556
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+11.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+22.2
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 11 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in New Bern, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
84,683
38,692
27,447
18,511
33
2012
89,250
37,418
28,960
22,634
238
2016
89,352
33,321
29,742
25,877
412
2020
90,332
28,346
32,607
28,699
680
2022
90,663
25,922
33,505
30,573
663
2024
97,751
25,399
36,524
34,790
1,038
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,088 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −3,377 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in New Bern, NC in New Bern, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−81
2012
−1,026
2013
−2,158
2014
−1,064
2015
−2,108
2016
−756
2017
−477
2018
−204
2019
−511
2021
+670
2022
+834
2023
+1,339
2024
+1,077
2025
+1,088
New Bern anchors a small metro at the confluence of the Neuse and Trent rivers, where military-connected households from nearby Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station contribute to a consistently right-of-center baseline in federal and statewide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 74.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 48.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.2 points.
A population of 124,304, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,793 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Goldsboro, NC and Warner Robins, GA.
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How did New Bern, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, New Bern, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 22.2 points (R+22.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 69,612 votes cast, 26,694 went Democratic and 42,115 went Republican.
When did New Bern, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which New Bern, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in New Bern, NC, North Carolina?
New Bern, NC, North Carolina has a population of 124,304 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New Bern, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in New Bern, NC, North Carolina is $64,793 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of New Bern, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in New Bern, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
