Person County, North Carolina
Precinct data
Results by precinct
11 precincts · 22,036 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -FLHEFLHE | 1,316 | 3,163 | 35 | 4,514 | 29.2% | 70.1% | R+40.9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -RCOBRCOB | 1,538 | 1,550 | 39 | 3,127 | 49.2% | 49.6% | R+0.4 |
| Precinct -PNTHPNTH | 1,440 | 1,406 | 38 | 2,884 | 49.9% | 48.8% | D+1.2 |
| Precinct -MTTZMTTZ | 615 | 1,435 | 29 | 2,079 | 29.6% | 69.0% | R+39.4 |
| Precinct -ALVIALVI | 697 | 996 | 13 | 1,706 | 40.9% | 58.4% | R+17.5 |
| Precinct -SWSTSWST | 499 | 1,108 | 22 | 1,629 | 30.6% | 68.0% | R+37.4 |
| Precinct -CUCLCUCL | 499 | 1,029 | 12 | 1,540 | 32.4% | 66.8% | R+34.4 |
| Precinct -OLHIOLHI | 359 | 1,019 | 13 | 1,391 | 25.8% | 73.3% | R+47.4 |
| Precinct -ROXLROXL | 697 | 666 | 14 | 1,377 | 50.6% | 48.4% | D+2.3 |
| Precinct -HLWYHLWY | 215 | 680 | 10 | 905 | 23.8% | 75.1% | R+51.4 |
| Precinct -WDSDWDSD | 420 | 457 | 7 | 884 | 47.5% | 51.7% | R+4.2 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −4.6% |
| 1896 | +10.0% |
| 1900 | +7.0% |
| 1904 | +33.1% |
| 1908 | −12.7% |
| 1912 | +2.0% |
| 1916 | +1.9% |
| 1920 | +2.5% |
| 1924 | +21.2% |
| 1928 | +4.7% |
| 1932 | +56.1% |
| 1936 | +76.6% |
| 1940 | +76.5% |
| 1944 | +61.0% |
| 1948 | +69.5% |
| 1952 | +51.3% |
| 1956 | +32.7% |
| 1960 | +38.2% |
| 1964 | +37.4% |
| 1968 | +5.7% |
| 1972 | −44.7% |
| 1976 | +13.4% |
| 1980 | +11.0% |
| 1984 | −24.8% |
| 1988 | −12.2% |
| 1992 | −1.3% |
| 1996 | −3.4% |
| 2000 | −14.2% |
| 2004 | −18.2% |
| 2008 | −8.5% |
| 2012 | −10.9% |
| 2016 | −17.1% |
| 2020 | −21.6% |
| 2024 | −23.7% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 38.3%5,905 | 59.6%9,201 | 15,435 |
| 2020 | R | 39.3%8,475 | 56.5%12,192 | 21,582 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Person County, NC registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 26-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
| Year | Total registered | Democratic | Republican | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 24,294 | 13,690 | 5,820 | 4,778 | 6 |
| 2012 | 26,434 | 13,771 | 6,204 | 6,408 | 51 |
| 2016 | 26,960 | 12,477 | 6,674 | 7,710 | 99 |
| 2020 | 27,813 | 11,208 | 7,719 | 8,748 | 138 |
| 2022 | 27,812 | 9,877 | 8,063 | 9,745 | 127 |
| 2024 | 28,749 | 9,395 | 8,717 | 10,447 | 190 |
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+363 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +1,910 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $56,366 in average income, against $65,916 for residents who stayed — 14% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+33.2 on average — 57 points more Democratic-leaning than Person County, NC itself (R+23.7).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Durham County, NC247D+61.7
- Wake County, NC75D+25.4
- Orange County, NC74D+50.8
- Granville County, NC58R+9.4
- Alamance County, NC47R+8.1
- Caswell County, NC34R+24.5
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Durham County, NC106
- Wake County, NC58
- Alamance County, NC57
- Orange County, NC51
- Granville County, NC42
- Caswell County, NC30
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | +137 |
| 2012 | −323 |
| 2013 | +68 |
| 2014 | −132 |
| 2015 | +121 |
| 2016 | +119 |
| 2017 | +122 |
| 2018 | +144 |
| 2019 | +94 |
| 2021 | +86 |
| 2022 | +303 |
| 2023 | +461 |
| 2024 | +347 |
| 2025 | +363 |
Person County sits in north-central North Carolina's Piedmont, where a largely rural, working-class electorate has returned Republican presidential candidates by double-digit margins in every cycle since 2000.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 76.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 44.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.7 points.
A population of 39,542, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,300 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mecklenburg County and Darlington County.
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Person County, North Carolina. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/37145/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.