Person County, North Carolina: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+24%. Democratic peak: D+77 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 39,5422024 5-year
- Median household income
- $63,3002024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 25.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+77 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Cleveland County, NC · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Person CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Person 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 | −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% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 8,295 | 13,509 | 22,036 | ||
| R | 8,465 | 13,184 | 21,894 | ||
| R | 7,833 | 11,185 | 19,615 | ||
| R | 8,418 | 10,496 | 19,106 | ||
| R | 8,446 | 10,030 | 18,632 | ||
| R | 6,198 | 8,973 | 15,214 | ||
| D | 6,722 | 5,042 | 11,833 | ||
| R | 4,540 | 4,883 | 10,030 | ||
| R | 4,323 | 4,460 | 10,230 | ||
| R | 3,777 | 4,832 | 8,628 | ||
| R | 3,528 | 5,854 | 9,397 | ||
| D | 4,111 | 3,281 | 7,534 | ||
| D | 3,977 | 3,038 | 7,033 | ||
| R | 2,246 | 5,941 | 8,264 | ||
| O | 2,644 | 2,138 | 8,847 | ||
| D | 4,740 | 2,162 | 6,902 | ||
| D | 4,305 | 1,926 | 6,231 | ||
| D | 3,433 | 1,740 | 5,173 | ||
| D | 4,266 | 1,374 | 5,640 | ||
| D | 3,087 | 480 | 3,752 | ||
| D | 2,507 | 607 | 3,114 | ||
| D | 3,239 | 432 | 3,671 | ||
| D | 2,898 | 384 | 3,282 | ||
| D | 2,372 | 660 | 3,049 | ||
| D | 1,235 | 1,123 | 2,358 | ||
| D | 1,576 | 1,025 | 2,604 | ||
| D | 1,646 | 1,566 | 3,212 | ||
| D | 953 | 917 | 1,870 | ||
| D | 820 | 784 | 1,788 | ||
| R | 750 | 969 | 1,719 | ||
| D | 942 | 473 | 1,415 | ||
| D | 1,466 | 1,274 | 2,747 | ||
| D | 1,713 | 1,402 | 3,115 | ||
| R | 1,261 | 1,400 | 3,001 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
12.4%
American
12.1%
Irish
8.3%
German
5.7%
Italian
2.5%
Scottish
1.8%
French
1.1%
African American
20.6%
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: 44.2 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
$63,300
Person County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Person County$63,300
North Carolina$72,388
United States$80,734
Person County ranks near the middle 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
17.5%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1828.6%
Working age (18–64)14.6%
Seniors (65+)14.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.0%
speak English only
Spanish4.5%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
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.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at forty-five points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-four points.
A median household income of $63,300, a 18% poverty rate, and a 65% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cleveland County and Burke County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Person County, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Person County, North Carolina voted Republican by 23.7 points (R+24), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 22,036 votes cast, 8,295 went Democratic and 13,509 went Republican.
What is Person County, North Carolina's political typology?
Akashic places Person County, North Carolina in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 20 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.
When did Person County, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Person County, North Carolina voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Person County, North Carolina?
Person County, North Carolina has a population of 39,542 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Person County, North Carolina?
Median household income in Person County, North Carolina is $63,300 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Person County, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Person County, North Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.