† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
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
GroupRocky Mount, NCNorth CarolinaUnited States
African American†44.3%18.3%9.9%
African0.3%0.7%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%0.2%0.2%
English12.6%12.7%9.5%
American7.5%8.3%5.3%
Irish3.5%8.4%9.4%
German3.5%9.4%12.5%
Italian1.0%3.3%4.8%
Scottish0.8%2.3%1.3%
French0.8%—1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.4%1.4%—
Mexican5.4%5.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.7%1.2%1.8%
Honduran0.3%0.7%0.3%
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
Rocky Mount, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median age
41.6
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.8%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.9%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Rocky Mount, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median household income
$58,673
$72,388
$84,427
Poverty rate
15.1%
13.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.6%
35.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Rocky Mount, NC
North Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.2%
13.5%
22.3%
Spanish
7.1%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Rocky Mount, NC
North Carolina
United States
Catholic
1.1%
8.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
33.6%
26.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
51.4%
48.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
7.3%
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.
Rocky Mount, NC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+20.3%
1896
+5.2%
1900
+30.7%
1904
+58.4%
1908
+31.9%
1912
+72.7%
1916
+62.4%
1920
+64.7%
1924
+66.4%
1928
+47.0%
1932
+88.5%
1936
+90.3%
1940
+89.0%
1944
+83.1%
1948
+81.7%
1952
+61.2%
1956
+59.6%
1960
+49.2%
1964
+24.4%
1968
+8.2%
1972
−38.1%
1976
+11.8%
1980
−2.5%
1984
−16.9%
1988
−12.2%
1992
+2.5%
1996
+0.9%
2000
−2.3%
2004
−2.5%
2008
+11.4%
2012
+13.6%
2016
+10.9%
2020
+9.0%
2024
+6.0%
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
52.5%Harris40,410
46.5%Trump35,787
0.9%
D+6.0
R+3.0
D+7.5
76,922
D
54.1%Biden42,036
45.1%Trump35,033
0.9%
D+9.0
R+1.9
D+4.6
77,748
D
54.4%Clinton39,459
43.5%Trump31,580
2.1%
D+10.9
R+2.7
D+8.8
72,551
D
56.5%Obama42,623
42.9%Romney32,388
0.6%
D+13.6
D+2.2
D+9.7
75,464
D
55.4%Obama40,502
44.0%McCain32,173
0.5%
D+11.4
D+13.9
D+4.1
73,048
R
48.6%Kerry28,570
51.2%Bush30,065
0.2%
R+2.5
R+0.2
R+0.1
58,752
R
48.6%Gore23,691
51.0%Bush24,831
0.4%
R+2.3
R+3.2
R+2.9
48,715
D
47.7%Clinton21,710
46.8%Dole21,319
5.5%
D+0.9
R+1.7
R+7.7
45,540
D
44.4%Clinton21,983
41.8%Bush20,721
13.8%
D+2.5
D+14.7
R+3.0
49,543
R
43.8%Dukakis17,784
56.0%Bush22,737
0.3%
R+12.2
D+4.7
R+4.5
40,638
R
41.5%Mondale19,133
58.4%Reagan26,930
0.2%
R+16.9
R+14.4
D+1.3
46,133
R
47.9%Carter16,129
50.4%Reagan16,959
1.7%
R+2.5
R+14.3
D+7.3
33,657
D
55.4%Carter16,938
43.6%Ford13,327
1.0%
D+11.8
D+49.9
D+9.7
30,584
R
29.5%McGovern9,138
67.6%Nixon20,923
2.9%
R+38.1
R+46.2
R+14.9
30,945
O
31.5%Humphrey10,526
23.3%Nixon7,800
45.2%
Wallace +13.7
R+16.2
D+8.9
33,417
D
62.2%Johnson16,997
37.8%Goldwater10,328
0.0%
D+24.4
R+24.8
D+1.8
27,325
D
74.6%Kennedy18,132
25.4%Nixon6,175
0.0%
D+49.2
R+10.4
D+49.0
24,307
D
79.8%Stevenson17,799
20.2%Eisenhower4,505
0.0%
D+59.6
R+1.5
D+75.0
22,304
D
80.6%Stevenson18,928
19.4%Eisenhower4,563
0.0%
D+61.2
R+20.5
D+71.9
23,491
D
89.1%Truman14,000
7.4%Dewey1,162
3.5%
D+81.7
R+1.4
D+77.2
15,718
D
91.5%Roosevelt14,339
8.5%Dewey1,324
0.0%
D+83.1
R+5.9
D+75.6
15,663
D
94.5%Roosevelt15,972
5.5%Willkie929
0.0%
D+89.0
R+1.3
D+79.1
16,901
D
95.2%Roosevelt15,366
4.8%Landon783
0.0%
D+90.3
D+1.8
D+66.0
16,149
D
94.0%Roosevelt13,344
5.5%Hoover780
0.5%
D+88.5
D+41.5
D+70.7
14,194
D
73.5%Smith8,433
26.5%Hoover3,043
0.0%
D+47.0
R+19.5
D+64.4
11,476
D
81.4%Davis5,403
15.0%Coolidge994
3.6%
D+66.4
D+1.7
D+91.6
6,637
D
82.4%Cox7,374
17.6%Harding1,580
0.0%
D+64.7
D+2.4
D+90.9
8,954
D
80.8%Wilson4,217
18.4%Hughes961
0.8%
D+62.4
R+10.3
D+59.2
5,222
D
78.5%Wilson3,713
5.8%Taft274
15.7%
D+72.7
D+40.8
D+53.1
4,731
D
65.9%Bryan3,431
34.1%Taft1,772
0.0%
D+31.9
R+26.5
D+41.4
5,203
D
78.5%Parker3,016
20.1%Roosevelt771
1.4%
D+58.4
D+27.7
D+78.1
3,842
D
65.4%Bryan5,609
34.6%McKinley2,972
0.0%
D+30.7
D+25.5
D+38.3
8,582
D
52.6%Bryan4,948
47.3%McKinley4,457
0.1%
D+5.2
R+15.0
D+11.3
9,415
D
44.2%Cleveland2,699
23.9%Harrison1,462
31.9%
D+20.3
—
D+18.6
6,107
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
50.0%25,614
48.5%24,842
51,234
2020
D
53.7%41,426
43.1%33,301
77,213
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024D+19.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+6.0
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 13 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Rocky Mount, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
101,374
64,091
25,818
11,429
36
2012
108,149
66,646
26,082
15,279
142
2016
105,411
61,658
25,167
18,339
247
2020
104,551
55,412
26,407
22,276
456
2022
102,868
51,191
26,169
25,091
417
2024
107,625
47,852
27,152
31,796
825
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+793 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,922 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Rocky Mount, NC in Rocky Mount, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−785
2012
−1,208
2013
−1,222
2014
−1,032
2015
−1,575
2016
−258
2017
−492
2018
−635
2019
−325
2021
+57
2022
+933
2023
+1,391
2024
+1,436
2025
+793
Rocky Mount straddles two counties with divergent partisan lean — majority-Black Edgecombe votes reliably Democratic while Nash County is more competitive — making the metro a useful bellwether for northeastern North Carolina's shifting coalition patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 90.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 38.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.0 points.
A population of 144,952, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,673 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wilson, NC and Macon-Bibb County, GA.
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How did Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic by 6.0 points (D+6.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 76,922 votes cast, 40,410 went Democratic and 35,787 went Republican.
When did Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina?
Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina has a population of 144,952 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina is $58,673 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 27 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
