† 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
GroupNorth Wilkesboro, NCNorth CarolinaUnited States
American32.8%8.3%5.3%
English13.1%12.7%9.5%
German7.3%9.4%12.5%
Irish7.0%8.4%9.4%
Scotch-Irish2.4%1.4%—
Scottish1.9%2.3%1.3%
Italian1.3%3.3%4.8%
French1.0%—1.6%
Mexican4.1%5.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.6%1.2%1.8%
Guatemalan0.6%0.4%0.5%
Salvadoran0.6%0.7%0.7%
Honduran0.5%0.7%0.3%
Nicaraguan0.3%——
Spanish0.3%——
African American†3.2%18.3%9.9%
African0.3%0.7%0.5%
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
North Wilkesboro, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median age
45.7
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.6%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.9%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
North Wilkesboro, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median household income
$51,721
$72,388
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.7%
13.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.9%
35.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
North Wilkesboro, NC
North Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.5%
13.5%
22.3%
Spanish
5.7%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
North Wilkesboro, NC
North Carolina
United States
Catholic
4.4%
8.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
47.1%
26.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
38.9%
48.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.2%
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.
North Wilkesboro, NC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−3.3%
1896
−22.3%
1900
−25.0%
1904
−30.4%
1908
−36.8%
1912
+28.8%
1916
−36.0%
1920
−38.8%
1924
−26.2%
1928
−47.2%
1932
−7.6%
1936
−12.5%
1940
−7.3%
1944
−24.0%
1948
−17.0%
1952
−23.1%
1956
−32.6%
1960
−24.0%
1964
−9.1%
1968
−36.1%
1972
−47.1%
1976
−7.2%
1980
−27.2%
1984
−46.2%
1988
−35.5%
1992
−19.1%
1996
−26.4%
2000
−39.5%
2004
−41.7%
2008
−38.2%
2012
−42.4%
2016
−54.7%
2020
−56.6%
2024
−59.5%
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
19.8%Harris7,194
79.3%Trump28,812
0.9%
R+59.5
R+2.9
R+58.0
36,320
R
21.2%Biden7,511
77.8%Trump27,592
1.0%
R+56.6
R+1.9
R+61.1
35,466
R
21.2%Clinton6,638
75.9%Trump23,752
2.9%
R+54.7
R+12.3
R+56.8
31,296
R
28.0%Obama8,148
70.4%Romney20,515
1.7%
R+42.4
R+4.2
R+46.3
29,145
R
30.1%Obama8,934
68.3%McCain20,288
1.7%
R+38.2
D+3.5
R+45.5
29,724
R
29.0%Kerry7,862
70.7%Bush19,197
0.3%
R+41.7
R+2.3
R+39.3
27,154
R
29.7%Gore7,226
69.2%Bush16,826
1.1%
R+39.5
R+13.1
R+40.0
24,323
R
32.0%Clinton6,793
58.4%Dole12,395
9.6%
R+26.4
R+7.3
R+34.9
21,228
R
33.5%Clinton7,991
52.6%Bush12,547
14.0%
R+19.1
D+16.4
R+24.6
23,868
R
32.1%Dukakis7,230
67.7%Bush15,231
0.2%
R+35.5
D+10.7
R+27.8
22,514
R
26.8%Mondale6,852
73.0%Reagan18,670
0.2%
R+46.2
R+19.0
R+28.0
25,564
R
35.5%Carter8,184
62.7%Reagan14,462
1.7%
R+27.2
R+20.0
R+17.5
23,049
R
46.2%Carter10,176
53.4%Ford11,768
0.4%
R+7.2
D+39.8
R+9.3
22,024
R
25.8%McGovern4,634
72.8%Nixon13,105
1.4%
R+47.1
R+11.0
R+23.9
17,994
R
24.2%Humphrey4,497
60.3%Nixon11,195
15.5%
R+36.1
R+27.0
R+35.4
18,568
R
45.4%Johnson9,176
54.6%Goldwater11,014
0.0%
R+9.1
D+14.8
R+31.7
20,190
R
38.0%Kennedy7,986
62.0%Nixon13,016
0.0%
R+24.0
D+8.6
R+24.1
21,002
R
33.7%Stevenson5,870
66.3%Eisenhower11,544
0.0%
R+32.6
R+9.4
R+17.2
17,414
R
38.4%Stevenson7,143
61.6%Eisenhower11,446
0.0%
R+23.1
R+6.1
R+12.4
18,589
R
40.2%Truman5,784
57.2%Dewey8,234
2.7%
R+17.0
D+7.0
R+21.5
14,400
R
38.0%Roosevelt5,587
62.0%Dewey9,121
0.0%
R+24.0
R+16.7
R+31.5
14,708
R
46.4%Roosevelt7,299
53.6%Willkie8,446
0.0%
R+7.3
D+5.2
R+17.2
15,745
R
43.8%Roosevelt6,506
56.2%Landon8,358
0.0%
R+12.5
R+4.9
R+36.7
14,864
R
46.0%Roosevelt5,598
53.6%Hoover6,522
0.3%
R+7.6
D+39.6
R+25.4
12,159
R
26.4%Smith2,802
73.6%Hoover7,808
0.0%
R+47.2
R+21.0
R+29.7
10,610
R
36.9%Davis3,586
63.0%Coolidge6,131
0.1%
R+26.2
D+12.7
R+1.0
9,728
R
30.6%Cox2,843
69.4%Harding6,451
0.0%
R+38.8
R+2.8
R+12.6
9,294
R
32.0%Wilson1,632
68.0%Hughes3,470
0.0%
R+36.0
R+64.8
R+39.2
5,102
O
36.1%Wilson1,636
7.3%Taft331
56.7%
Roosevelt +20.6
D+65.6
D+9.2
4,538
R
31.5%Bryan1,559
68.3%Taft3,382
0.2%
R+36.8
R+6.4
R+27.3
4,949
R
34.8%Parker1,318
65.2%Roosevelt2,470
0.0%
R+30.4
R+5.4
R+10.7
3,788
R
37.5%Bryan1,704
62.5%McKinley2,840
0.0%
R+25.0
R+2.7
R+17.4
4,546
R
38.8%Bryan1,801
61.1%McKinley2,835
0.1%
R+22.3
R+19.0
R+16.2
4,642
R
46.5%Cleveland1,770
49.7%Harrison1,895
3.8%
R+3.3
—
R+4.9
3,810
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
19.4%4,770
78.6%19,294
24,546
2020
R
23.0%8,074
72.7%25,488
35,073
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+40.7
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+59.5
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 19 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in North Wilkesboro, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
42,033
12,476
21,970
7,569
18
2012
42,496
11,649
21,853
8,919
75
2016
43,035
10,361
22,097
10,457
120
2020
43,957
8,235
23,623
11,886
213
2022
44,171
7,303
23,989
12,667
212
2024
45,719
6,606
25,200
13,598
315
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+171 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +1,398 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in North Wilkesboro, NC in North Wilkesboro, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−288
2012
+7
2013
−198
2014
−24
2015
−36
2016
+334
2017
+3
2018
+169
2019
−50
2021
+228
2022
+336
2023
+410
2024
+336
2025
+171
North Wilkesboro, NC sits in the Carolinas. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.8 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 59.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.5 points.
A population of 65,935, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,721 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mount Airy, NC and Greeneville, TN.
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How did North Wilkesboro, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, North Wilkesboro, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 59.5 points (R+59.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 36,320 votes cast, 7,194 went Democratic and 28,812 went Republican.
How many people live in North Wilkesboro, NC, North Carolina?
North Wilkesboro, NC, North Carolina has a population of 65,935 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in North Wilkesboro, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in North Wilkesboro, NC, North Carolina is $51,721 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of North Wilkesboro, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in North Wilkesboro, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 33 went Republican.
