† 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
2 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
GroupRoanoke Rapids, NCNorth CarolinaUnited States
African American†51.0%18.3%9.9%
African0.5%0.7%0.5%
Ethiopian0.3%——
Kenyan0.2%——
American11.1%8.3%5.3%
English8.2%12.7%9.5%
Irish4.3%8.4%9.4%
German3.2%9.4%12.5%
Scottish1.0%2.3%1.3%
Italian0.8%3.3%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.7%1.4%—
Polish0.3%1.0%2.2%
Mexican1.1%5.6%11.3%
Salvadoran0.7%0.7%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.4%1.2%1.8%
Guatemalan0.3%0.4%0.5%
Cuban0.2%0.3%0.7%
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
Roanoke Rapids, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median age
45.8
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.1%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.0%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Roanoke Rapids, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median household income
$46,768
$72,388
$84,427
Poverty rate
22.4%
13.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.6%
35.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Roanoke Rapids, NC
North Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.0%
13.5%
22.3%
Spanish
2.7%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Roanoke Rapids, NC
North Carolina
United States
Catholic
0.8%
8.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
22.9%
26.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
51.7%
48.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.1%
9.1%
5.2%
Black Protestant
13.8%
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.
Roanoke Rapids, NC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+21.8%
1896
−20.5%
1900
+22.8%
1904
+86.0%
1908
+74.6%
1912
+90.8%
1916
+83.5%
1920
+78.5%
1924
+82.9%
1928
+66.1%
1932
+90.7%
1936
+93.3%
1940
+92.4%
1944
+88.9%
1948
+82.5%
1952
+64.9%
1956
+59.3%
1960
+63.7%
1964
+40.4%
1968
+21.6%
1972
−22.5%
1976
+33.2%
1980
+25.2%
1984
+8.8%
1988
+14.8%
1992
+29.3%
1996
+30.4%
2000
+25.3%
2004
+20.6%
2008
+28.9%
2012
+33.0%
2016
+26.5%
2020
+21.0%
2024
+16.8%
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
D
58.0%Harris19,253
41.2%Trump13,683
0.7%
D+16.8
R+4.2
D+18.3
33,180
D
60.3%Biden21,614
39.2%Trump14,069
0.5%
D+21.0
R+5.5
D+16.6
35,869
D
62.5%Clinton21,892
36.0%Trump12,613
1.5%
D+26.5
R+6.5
D+24.4
35,015
D
66.3%Obama24,408
33.2%Romney12,246
0.5%
D+33.0
D+4.1
D+29.2
36,835
D
64.3%Obama22,950
35.4%McCain12,632
0.4%
D+28.9
D+8.3
D+21.6
35,709
D
60.2%Kerry17,112
39.6%Bush11,264
0.1%
D+20.6
R+4.7
D+23.0
28,417
D
62.5%Gore15,735
37.2%Bush9,365
0.3%
D+25.3
R+5.1
D+24.8
25,170
D
62.5%Clinton14,758
32.1%Dole7,581
5.4%
D+30.4
D+1.1
D+21.9
23,602
D
58.8%Clinton15,155
29.5%Bush7,614
11.6%
D+29.3
D+14.4
D+23.7
25,771
D
57.3%Dukakis13,325
42.5%Bush9,877
0.2%
D+14.8
D+6.0
D+22.6
23,244
D
54.3%Mondale14,372
45.4%Reagan12,030
0.3%
D+8.8
R+16.3
D+27.1
26,483
D
61.8%Carter13,297
36.6%Reagan7,880
1.5%
D+25.2
R+8.0
D+34.9
21,509
D
66.3%Carter13,010
33.1%Ford6,495
0.7%
D+33.2
D+55.7
D+31.1
19,633
R
38.0%McGovern7,474
60.6%Nixon11,905
1.4%
R+22.5
R+44.1
D+0.6
19,657
O
38.9%Humphrey8,999
17.3%Nixon4,008
43.7%
Wallace +4.8
R+18.8
D+22.3
23,109
D
70.2%Johnson13,998
29.8%Goldwater5,944
0.0%
D+40.4
R+23.3
D+17.8
19,942
D
81.9%Kennedy13,628
18.1%Nixon3,021
0.0%
D+63.7
D+4.4
D+63.5
16,649
D
79.6%Stevenson12,102
20.4%Eisenhower3,093
0.0%
D+59.3
R+5.7
D+74.7
15,195
D
82.5%Stevenson13,141
17.5%Eisenhower2,793
0.0%
D+64.9
R+17.6
D+75.7
15,934
D
88.7%Truman9,763
6.2%Dewey684
5.1%
D+82.5
R+6.4
D+78.0
11,005
D
94.5%Roosevelt10,459
5.5%Dewey612
0.0%
D+88.9
R+3.5
D+81.5
11,071
D
96.2%Roosevelt11,808
3.8%Willkie466
0.0%
D+92.4
R+0.9
D+82.5
12,274
D
96.6%Roosevelt12,015
3.4%Landon417
0.0%
D+93.3
D+2.6
D+69.0
12,432
D
95.1%Roosevelt9,656
4.5%Hoover453
0.4%
D+90.7
D+24.5
D+72.9
10,149
D
83.1%Smith6,605
16.9%Hoover1,346
0.0%
D+66.1
R+16.8
D+83.6
7,951
D
90.5%Davis4,894
7.6%Coolidge412
1.8%
D+82.9
D+4.4
D+108.1
5,406
D
89.3%Cox5,734
10.7%Harding689
0.0%
D+78.5
R+5.0
D+104.7
6,423
D
91.7%Wilson3,830
8.2%Hughes344
0.0%
D+83.5
R+7.3
D+80.4
4,175
D
93.2%Wilson3,925
2.4%Taft99
4.5%
D+90.8
D+16.2
D+71.3
4,212
D
87.3%Bryan3,891
12.7%Taft566
0.0%
D+74.6
R+11.4
D+84.2
4,457
D
93.0%Parker3,936
7.0%Roosevelt297
0.0%
D+86.0
D+63.2
D+105.6
4,233
D
61.4%Bryan5,982
38.6%McKinley3,761
0.0%
D+22.8
D+43.3
D+30.3
9,743
R
39.7%Bryan4,161
60.2%McKinley6,313
0.1%
R+20.5
R+42.3
R+14.5
10,481
D
55.0%Cleveland4,444
33.2%Harrison2,682
11.8%
D+21.8
—
D+20.2
8,079
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
D
56.0%12,607
42.6%9,593
22,497
2020
D
60.3%21,443
37.0%13,166
35,588
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+42.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+16.8
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 26 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Roanoke Rapids, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
51,762
39,262
6,115
6,367
18
2012
53,716
39,273
6,427
7,957
59
2016
53,756
37,023
6,161
10,476
96
2020
52,017
32,505
6,625
12,712
175
2022
50,519
30,167
6,591
13,601
160
2024
49,708
27,829
6,685
14,901
293
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−123 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −6,457 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Roanoke Rapids, NC in Roanoke Rapids, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−350
2012
−963
2013
−790
2014
−370
2015
−646
2016
−626
2017
−604
2018
−655
2019
−565
2021
+5
2022
−537
2023
−316
2024
+83
2025
−123
Roanoke Rapids anchors a small Halifax County metro where deindustrialization hollowed out textile employment over decades, producing one of North Carolina's most economically distressed micropolitan areas and a consistently high share of Black residents approaching 40%.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 22.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.8 points.
A population of 64,606, a 37% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $46,768 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Orangeburg, SC and Henderson, NC.
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How did Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic by 16.8 points (D+16.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 33,180 votes cast, 19,253 went Democratic and 13,683 went Republican.
When did Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina?
Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina has a population of 64,606 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina is $46,768 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Roanoke Rapids, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 31 went Democratic and 2 went Republican.
