Currituck County, North Carolina: Stable Rural Right county. In 2024, voted R+48%. Democratic peak: D+97 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+48MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
- Population
- 30,6012024 5-year
- Median household income
- $93,5112024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Clay County, NC · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Currituck CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Currituck County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +32.0% |
| 1896 | +32.3% |
| 1900 | +36.1% |
| 1904 | +88.5% |
| 1908 | +82.3% |
| 1912 | +96.9% |
| 1916 | +83.1% |
| 1920 | +84.2% |
| 1924 | +84.1% |
| 1928 | +76.6% |
| 1932 | +92.2% |
| 1936 | +85.4% |
| 1940 | +87.5% |
| 1944 | +63.9% |
| 1948 | +74.1% |
| 1952 | +56.1% |
| 1956 | +49.0% |
| 1960 | +56.1% |
| 1964 | +32.5% |
| 1968 | +14.6% |
| 1972 | −36.3% |
| 1976 | +35.2% |
| 1980 | +8.2% |
| 1984 | −26.7% |
| 1988 | −22.2% |
| 1992 | −4.8% |
| 1996 | −5.2% |
| 2000 | +22.3% |
| 2004 | −34.6% |
| 2008 | −31.5% |
| 2012 | −34.8% |
| 2016 | −49.3% |
| 2020 | −46.2% |
| 2024 | −47.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,604 | 13,235 | 18,053 | ||
| R | 4,195 | 11,657 | 16,147 | ||
| R | 2,913 | 9,163 | 12,669 | ||
| R | 3,562 | 7,496 | 11,304 | ||
| R | 3,737 | 7,234 | 11,102 | ||
| R | 2,909 | 6,013 | 8,976 | ||
| D | 4,095 | 2,595 | 6,739 | ||
| R | 2,277 | 2,569 | 5,645 | ||
| R | 1,935 | 2,188 | 5,297 | ||
| R | 1,555 | 2,443 | 4,006 | ||
| R | 1,668 | 2,885 | 4,562 | ||
| D | 1,980 | 1,668 | 3,786 | ||
| D | 1,999 | 954 | 2,970 | ||
| R | 718 | 1,578 | 2,367 | ||
| O | 738 | 363 | 2,572 | ||
| D | 1,455 | 741 | 2,196 | ||
| D | 1,651 | 464 | 2,115 | ||
| D | 1,425 | 488 | 1,913 | ||
| D | 1,471 | 414 | 1,885 | ||
| D | 1,144 | 130 | 1,368 | ||
| D | 1,049 | 231 | 1,280 | ||
| D | 1,532 | 102 | 1,634 | ||
| D | 1,625 | 128 | 1,753 | ||
| D | 1,759 | 69 | 1,832 | ||
| D | 1,253 | 166 | 1,419 | ||
| D | 670 | 52 | 735 | ||
| D | 1,000 | 86 | 1,086 | ||
| D | 945 | 87 | 1,033 | ||
| D | 622 | 6 | 636 | ||
| D | 701 | 68 | 769 | ||
| D | 543 | 33 | 576 | ||
| D | 927 | 435 | 1,362 | ||
| D | 922 | 472 | 1,395 | ||
| D | 834 | 402 | 1,352 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
20.5%
American
15.0%
Irish
12.8%
German
11.9%
Italian
5.2%
Scottish
3.0%
French
2.1%
African American
4.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 41.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$93,511
Currituck County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.
Currituck County$93,511
North Carolina$72,388
United States$80,734
Currituck County ranks in the top 10% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
7.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 189.3%
Working age (18–64)6.9%
Seniors (65+)7.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.3%
speak English only
Spanish2.8%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 76.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Currituck sits at the northeastern tip of North Carolina's Outer Banks, where a sparse, rural population and rapid exurban growth from Hampton Roads have combined to produce presidential margins exceeding 45 points Republican in each of the last three cycles.
The Republican margin here reached forty-nine points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-eight points.
A population of 30,601, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,511 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clay County and Cherokee County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Currituck County, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Currituck County, North Carolina voted Republican by 47.8 points (R+48), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 18,053 votes cast, 4,604 went Democratic and 13,235 went Republican.
What is Currituck County, North Carolina's political typology?
Akashic places Currituck County, North Carolina in the "Stable Rural Right" typology — Mountain, Plains, and rural Republican counties already near their ceiling, with little further room to swing. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 22 times, Republican 11 times, and other 1 times.
When did Currituck County, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Currituck County, North Carolina voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Currituck County, North Carolina?
Currituck County, North Carolina has a population of 30,601 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Currituck County, North Carolina?
Median household income in Currituck County, North Carolina is $93,511 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Currituck County, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Currituck County, North Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The county's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.