Hyde County, North Carolina: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+22%. Democratic peak: D+75 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+22MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 4,5922024 5-year
- Median household income
- $53,7132024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 57.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 24.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+75 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Caswell County, NC · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hyde CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hyde County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +26.1% |
| 1896 | +9.2% |
| 1900 | +4.1% |
| 1904 | +31.8% |
| 1908 | +49.6% |
| 1912 | +55.3% |
| 1916 | +50.1% |
| 1920 | +36.3% |
| 1924 | +35.7% |
| 1928 | −7.2% |
| 1932 | +75.2% |
| 1936 | +58.6% |
| 1940 | +59.1% |
| 1944 | +48.2% |
| 1948 | +55.7% |
| 1952 | +38.7% |
| 1956 | +35.4% |
| 1960 | +40.9% |
| 1964 | +37.4% |
| 1968 | +18.4% |
| 1972 | −45.9% |
| 1976 | +26.8% |
| 1980 | +20.0% |
| 1984 | −8.7% |
| 1988 | +16.6% |
| 1992 | +20.4% |
| 1996 | +16.0% |
| 2000 | +2.0% |
| 2004 | −8.2% |
| 2008 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | −1.3% |
| 2016 | −14.0% |
| 2020 | −14.9% |
| 2024 | −22.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 931 | 1,465 | 2,421 | ||
| R | 1,046 | 1,418 | 2,492 | ||
| R | 965 | 1,288 | 2,304 | ||
| R | 1,163 | 1,193 | 2,383 | ||
| D | 1,241 | 1,212 | 2,469 | ||
| R | 1,048 | 1,235 | 2,293 | ||
| D | 1,132 | 1,088 | 2,237 | ||
| D | 1,109 | 782 | 2,042 | ||
| D | 1,206 | 740 | 2,288 | ||
| D | 1,316 | 940 | 2,264 | ||
| R | 1,004 | 1,195 | 2,202 | ||
| D | 1,221 | 807 | 2,072 | ||
| D | 1,084 | 623 | 1,717 | ||
| R | 403 | 1,112 | 1,545 | ||
| O | 769 | 401 | 2,003 | ||
| D | 1,127 | 514 | 1,641 | ||
| D | 1,147 | 481 | 1,628 | ||
| D | 1,028 | 491 | 1,519 | ||
| D | 919 | 406 | 1,325 | ||
| D | 800 | 214 | 1,052 | ||
| D | 924 | 323 | 1,247 | ||
| D | 1,202 | 309 | 1,511 | ||
| D | 1,157 | 302 | 1,459 | ||
| D | 1,050 | 147 | 1,201 | ||
| R | 590 | 682 | 1,272 | ||
| D | 653 | 305 | 974 | ||
| D | 1,134 | 530 | 1,664 | ||
| D | 840 | 277 | 1,124 | ||
| D | 636 | 76 | 1,012 | ||
| D | 662 | 223 | 885 | ||
| D | 614 | 318 | 932 | ||
| D | 867 | 798 | 1,667 | ||
| D | 1,019 | 847 | 1,868 | ||
| D | 858 | 430 | 1,637 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
12.3%
German
9.7%
Irish
8.9%
English
5.1%
Italian
3.2%
Scottish
2.9%
Polish
2.7%
African American
19.7%
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: 47.1 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
$53,713
Hyde County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Hyde County$53,713
North Carolina$72,388
United States$80,734
Hyde County ranks in the bottom 25% 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
22.2%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1837.4%
Working age (18–64)19.4%
Seniors (65+)1.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.2%
speak English only
Spanish7.3%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 73.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Hyde is one of North Carolina's least populous counties, with much of its land sitting below sea level in the Pamlico and Pungo river lowlands. It has shifted toward Republican margins over the past two decades as its small, rural electorate consolidated.
The Democratic margin here reached seventy-five points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved seven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-two points. The recent movement, modest against a deep Democratic baseline, mirrors a broader rightward drift across the Black Belt.
The economic context is part of the story: a median household income of $53,713 and a 22% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Caswell County and Moody County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hyde County, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hyde County, North Carolina voted Republican by 22.1 points (R+22), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,421 votes cast, 931 went Democratic and 1,465 went Republican.
What is Hyde County, North Carolina's political typology?
Akashic places Hyde County, North Carolina in the "Black Belt" typology — Black-majority counties of the rural South — long the most Democratic ground in the region, now trending Republican at the margins. 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 25 times, Republican 8 times, and other 1 times.
When did Hyde County, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Hyde County, North Carolina voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Hyde County, North Carolina?
Hyde County, North Carolina has a population of 4,592 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hyde County, North Carolina?
Median household income in Hyde County, North Carolina is $53,713 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Hyde County, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hyde County, North Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 25 went Democratic and 8 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.