† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupRaefordNorth CarolinaUnited States
African American†36.7%18.3%9.9%
African1.7%0.7%0.5%
Jamaican0.4%0.2%0.4%
West Indian0.4%——
German8.1%9.4%12.5%
Irish7.7%8.4%9.4%
English7.5%12.7%9.5%
American5.5%8.3%5.3%
Italian2.0%3.3%4.8%
Scottish1.9%2.3%1.3%
French1.4%—1.6%
Polish1.2%1.0%2.2%
Lumbee5.3%0.4%—
Aztec0.2%——
Mexican3.1%5.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.7%1.2%1.8%
Dominican0.3%0.3%0.7%
Chilean0.2%——
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
Raeford
North Carolina
United States
Median age
37
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
8.2%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.3%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Raeford
North Carolina
United States
Median household income
$46,494
$72,388
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.7%
13.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.6%
35.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Raeford
North Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.6%
13.5%
22.3%
Spanish
5.7%
8.7%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.1%
0.3%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Raeford
North Carolina
United States
Catholic
—
8.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
26.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
48.0%
51.5%
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.
Raeford, North Carolina
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+10.0%
2008
+22.8%
2012
+26.1%
2016
+21.6%
2020
+16.4%
2024
+6.2%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
52.3%Harris1,064
46.0%Trump937
1.7%
D+6.2
R+10.1
D+7.7
2,036
D
57.6%Biden1,287
41.2%Trump921
1.3%
D+16.4
R+5.3
D+11.9
2,236
D
59.3%Clinton1,181
37.7%Trump750
3.0%
D+21.6
R+4.4
D+19.6
1,991
D
62.5%Obama1,274
36.4%Romney742
1.1%
D+26.1
D+3.3
D+22.2
2,039
D
60.7%Obama1,227
37.9%McCain766
1.4%
D+22.8
D+12.8
D+15.5
2,022
D
55.0%Kerry773
45.0%Bush632
0.1%
D+10.0
—
D+12.5
1,406
Raeford sits just outside Fort Liberty (formerly Bragg), giving this city of roughly 4,500 a population shaped heavily by active-duty families and veterans whose transience can complicate voter registration and turnout patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.1 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.2 points.
A population of 4,552, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $46,494 describe the city.
In 2024, Raeford, North Carolina voted Democratic by 6.2 points (D+6.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,036 votes cast, 1,064 went Democratic and 937 went Republican.
How many people live in Raeford, North Carolina?
Raeford, North Carolina has a population of 4,552 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Raeford, North Carolina?
Median household income in Raeford, North Carolina is $46,494 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Raeford, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Raeford, North Carolina from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
