† 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
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
GroupWilmington, NCNorth CarolinaUnited States
English15.7%12.7%9.5%
Irish13.4%8.4%9.4%
German12.3%9.4%12.5%
Italian6.1%3.3%4.8%
American5.4%8.3%5.3%
Scottish3.0%2.3%1.3%
Polish2.5%1.0%2.2%
French1.9%—1.6%
African American†9.3%18.3%9.9%
African0.5%0.7%0.5%
Mexican3.5%5.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.0%1.2%1.8%
Honduran0.6%0.7%0.3%
Dominican0.3%0.3%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
Cuban0.2%0.3%0.7%
Salvadoran0.2%0.7%0.7%
Korean0.2%0.2%0.4%
Chinese0.2%0.4%1.3%
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
Wilmington, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median age
45.7
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.1%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Wilmington, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median household income
$76,547
$72,388
$84,427
Poverty rate
10.9%
13.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.7%
35.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Wilmington, NC
North Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.0%
13.5%
22.3%
Spanish
5.0%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Wilmington, NC
North Carolina
United States
Catholic
12.4%
8.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
17.4%
26.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
54.0%
48.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
8.5%
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.
Wilmington, NC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+14.5%
1896
−5.7%
1900
+51.3%
1904
+57.0%
1908
+32.6%
1912
+66.1%
1916
+37.5%
1920
+42.9%
1924
+41.9%
1928
−22.1%
1932
+48.6%
1936
+58.5%
1940
+59.3%
1944
+44.0%
1948
+18.8%
1952
+6.5%
1956
+6.6%
1960
+18.3%
1964
+5.8%
1968
−1.8%
1972
−47.6%
1976
+15.0%
1980
−2.5%
1984
−23.7%
1988
−16.6%
1992
−2.0%
1996
−5.9%
2000
−9.8%
2004
−15.3%
2008
−8.2%
2012
−12.1%
2016
−15.4%
2020
−11.7%
2024
−13.9%
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
42.4%Harris121,831
56.3%Trump161,649
1.2%
R+13.9
R+2.2
R+12.4
287,021
R
43.4%Biden111,171
55.1%Trump141,137
1.5%
R+11.7
D+3.7
R+16.1
256,174
R
40.2%Clinton83,615
55.6%Trump115,703
4.2%
R+15.4
R+3.3
R+17.5
208,141
R
43.3%Obama80,338
55.4%Romney102,745
1.3%
R+12.1
R+3.9
R+15.9
185,517
R
45.4%Obama80,383
53.6%McCain94,915
1.0%
R+8.2
D+7.1
R+15.5
177,022
R
42.2%Kerry57,474
57.5%Bush78,313
0.4%
R+15.3
R+5.4
R+12.8
136,309
R
44.7%Gore48,825
54.5%Bush59,591
0.8%
R+9.8
R+4.0
R+10.4
109,312
R
43.2%Clinton38,289
49.0%Dole43,492
7.8%
R+5.9
R+3.9
R+14.4
88,732
R
41.7%Clinton36,293
43.7%Bush38,028
14.6%
R+2.0
D+14.6
R+7.6
86,984
R
41.5%Dukakis27,659
58.2%Bush38,740
0.3%
R+16.6
D+7.1
R+8.9
66,575
R
38.0%Mondale23,719
61.7%Reagan38,523
0.2%
R+23.7
R+21.2
R+5.5
62,393
R
47.0%Carter24,813
49.6%Reagan26,158
3.4%
R+2.5
R+17.6
D+7.2
52,783
D
57.1%Carter26,303
42.1%Ford19,386
0.8%
D+15.0
D+62.6
D+12.9
46,080
R
24.9%McGovern9,809
72.5%Nixon28,540
2.6%
R+47.6
R+45.7
R+24.4
39,353
O
30.5%Humphrey12,664
32.4%Nixon13,431
37.1%
Wallace +4.7
R+7.7
R+1.2
41,464
D
52.9%Johnson20,029
47.1%Goldwater17,822
0.0%
D+5.8
R+12.5
R+16.8
37,851
D
59.2%Kennedy20,231
40.8%Nixon13,964
0.0%
D+18.3
D+11.7
D+18.2
34,195
D
53.3%Stevenson15,740
46.7%Eisenhower13,778
0.0%
D+6.6
D+0.1
D+22.0
29,518
D
53.3%Stevenson15,310
46.7%Eisenhower13,440
0.0%
D+6.5
R+12.3
D+17.3
28,750
D
48.6%Truman8,750
29.8%Dewey5,362
21.7%
D+18.8
R+25.2
D+14.3
18,014
D
72.0%Roosevelt13,545
28.0%Dewey5,267
0.0%
D+44.0
R+15.3
D+36.5
18,812
D
79.7%Roosevelt13,566
20.3%Willkie3,462
0.0%
D+59.3
D+0.8
D+49.4
17,028
D
79.3%Roosevelt12,468
20.7%Landon3,264
0.0%
D+58.5
D+9.9
D+34.2
15,732
D
73.7%Roosevelt10,268
25.1%Hoover3,498
1.2%
D+48.6
D+70.6
D+30.8
13,935
R
39.0%Smith4,776
61.0%Hoover7,479
0.0%
R+22.1
R+64.0
R+4.6
12,255
D
68.7%Davis7,028
26.8%Coolidge2,739
4.5%
D+41.9
R+0.9
D+67.1
10,230
D
71.4%Cox6,935
28.6%Harding2,773
0.0%
D+42.9
D+5.4
D+69.1
9,708
D
68.7%Wilson4,135
31.3%Hughes1,881
0.0%
D+37.5
R+28.6
D+34.3
6,017
D
74.8%Wilson3,765
8.7%Taft439
16.5%
D+66.1
D+33.5
D+46.5
5,035
D
66.3%Bryan3,394
33.7%Taft1,725
0.0%
D+32.6
R+24.4
D+42.2
5,119
D
78.5%Parker2,721
21.5%Roosevelt746
0.0%
D+57.0
D+5.6
D+76.6
3,467
D
75.3%Bryan3,909
24.0%McKinley1,246
0.6%
D+51.3
D+57.0
D+58.9
5,188
R
46.2%Bryan4,655
51.9%McKinley5,225
1.9%
R+5.7
R+20.1
D+0.4
10,070
D
51.7%Cleveland4,035
37.3%Harrison2,906
11.0%
D+14.5
—
D+12.8
7,801
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
42.5%81,018
55.3%105,389
190,635
2020
R
41.5%105,154
53.3%135,046
253,279
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+11.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+13.9
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.3 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Wilmington, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
253,376
99,367
89,498
64,242
269
2012
278,865
98,486
96,089
83,118
1,172
2016
305,713
95,299
104,343
104,369
1,702
2020
337,675
92,264
118,598
124,070
2,743
2022
354,600
91,161
123,926
136,849
2,664
2024
384,043
90,785
135,122
154,324
3,812
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+12,719 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +140,966 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Wilmington, NC in Wilmington, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+4,752
2012
+4,545
2013
+7,080
2014
+6,846
2015
+8,397
2016
+10,580
2017
+10,267
2018
+11,057
2019
+9,501
2021
+14,662
2022
+15,973
2023
+12,930
2024
+11,657
2025
+12,719
The Wilmington metro anchors southeastern North Carolina's fastest-growing corridor, where an influx of retirees and proximity to Camp Lejeune produce an electorate that swings notably on veterans' issues and coastal-economy concerns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 66.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 47.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.9 points.
A population of 453,347, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,547 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC and Barnstable Town, MA.
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How did Wilmington, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wilmington, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 13.9 points (R+13.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 287,021 votes cast, 121,831 went Democratic and 161,649 went Republican.
When did Wilmington, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wilmington, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Wilmington, NC, North Carolina?
Wilmington, NC, North Carolina has a population of 453,347 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wilmington, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Wilmington, NC, North Carolina is $76,547 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Wilmington, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Wilmington, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
