† 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
22 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · 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
GroupCharlotteUnited States
English11.3%9.5%
German10.4%12.5%
American9.0%5.3%
Irish8.5%9.4%
Italian3.6%4.8%
Scottish2.2%1.3%
Scotch-Irish2.0%—
Polish1.4%2.2%
African American†17.5%9.9%
African0.8%0.5%
Haitian0.2%0.3%
Jamaican0.2%0.4%
Mexican4.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.1%1.8%
Honduran1.1%0.3%
Salvadoran0.8%0.7%
Colombian0.5%0.4%
Guatemalan0.5%0.5%
Cuban0.4%0.7%
Dominican0.4%0.7%
Asian Indian1.6%1.4%
Vietnamese0.4%0.6%
Chinese0.4%1.3%
Hmong0.3%—
Filipino0.2%0.9%
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
Charlotte
United States
Median age
38.9
39.1
Age 18–24
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.4%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Charlotte
United States
Median household income
$79,152
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Charlotte
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
14.4%
22.3%
Spanish
9.0%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.3%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Charlotte
United States
Catholic
10.6%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
28.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
43.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
9.8%
5.2%
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.
Charlotte, North Carolina
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+29.0%
1896
+26.9%
1900
+19.7%
1904
+27.5%
1908
+19.5%
1912
+54.6%
1916
+22.4%
1920
+15.8%
1924
+21.3%
1928
−10.9%
1932
+38.6%
1936
+47.8%
1940
+47.3%
1944
+29.3%
1948
+9.2%
1952
−7.1%
1956
−12.1%
1960
−4.6%
1964
+5.8%
1968
−20.1%
1972
−42.6%
1976
+9.5%
1980
−5.4%
1984
−32.7%
1988
−25.1%
1992
−8.0%
1996
−9.5%
2000
−19.8%
2004
−19.7%
2008
−6.6%
2012
−8.9%
2016
−11.1%
2020
−7.3%
2024
−9.0%
DemocraticRepublican
34 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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
44.7%Harris810,628
53.7%Trump972,799
1.6%
R+9.0
R+1.7
R+7.5
1,811,802
R
45.6%Biden798,847
52.9%Trump926,602
1.5%
R+7.3
D+3.8
R+11.7
1,751,124
R
42.4%Clinton618,874
53.5%Trump781,077
4.2%
R+11.1
R+2.2
R+13.2
1,461,297
R
44.9%Obama613,599
53.8%Romney734,898
1.3%
R+8.9
R+2.2
R+12.7
1,366,330
R
46.2%Obama597,699
52.8%McCain683,606
1.0%
R+6.6
D+13.1
R+13.9
1,293,867
R
39.9%Kerry411,847
59.6%Bush615,114
0.5%
R+19.7
D+0.1
R+17.2
1,031,671
R
39.7%Gore343,317
59.4%Bush514,476
0.9%
R+19.8
R+10.3
R+20.3
865,676
R
41.5%Clinton303,967
50.9%Dole373,469
7.6%
R+9.5
R+1.5
R+18.0
733,134
R
38.8%Clinton304,135
46.9%Bush366,981
14.3%
R+8.0
D+17.1
R+13.6
782,934
R
37.3%Dukakis237,330
62.4%Bush397,391
0.3%
R+25.1
D+7.5
R+17.4
636,539
R
33.5%Mondale214,935
66.2%Reagan424,274
0.2%
R+32.7
R+27.3
R+14.5
640,698
R
45.6%Carter251,521
51.0%Reagan281,319
3.4%
R+5.4
R+14.9
D+4.3
551,388
D
54.5%Carter280,107
45.0%Ford231,467
0.4%
D+9.5
D+52.1
D+7.4
513,854
R
27.9%McGovern127,155
70.5%Nixon321,762
1.6%
R+42.6
R+22.5
R+19.5
456,431
R
26.2%Humphrey125,449
46.3%Nixon221,940
27.6%
R+20.1
R+25.9
R+19.4
479,703
D
52.9%Johnson229,352
47.1%Goldwater204,199
0.0%
D+5.8
D+10.4
R+16.8
433,555
R
47.7%Kennedy203,504
52.3%Nixon223,314
0.0%
R+4.6
D+7.5
R+4.8
426,818
R
43.5%Stevenson159,541
55.6%Eisenhower203,888
0.9%
R+12.1
R+5.0
D+3.3
366,625
R
46.4%Stevenson179,619
53.6%Eisenhower207,217
0.0%
R+7.1
R+16.3
D+3.6
386,836
D
46.1%Truman100,157
36.9%Dewey80,182
17.0%
D+9.2
R+20.1
D+4.7
217,221
D
64.6%Roosevelt142,119
35.3%Dewey77,677
0.1%
D+29.3
R+18.0
D+21.8
220,083
D
73.6%Roosevelt167,582
26.4%Willkie59,999
0.0%
D+47.3
R+0.5
D+37.3
227,583
D
73.9%Roosevelt172,242
26.1%Landon60,860
0.0%
D+47.8
D+9.2
D+23.5
233,200
D
69.0%Roosevelt133,755
30.4%Hoover58,925
0.7%
D+38.6
D+49.5
D+20.8
193,986
R
44.6%Smith73,946
55.4%Hoover92,011
0.0%
R+10.9
R+32.2
D+6.6
165,963
D
59.8%Davis76,483
38.5%Coolidge49,260
1.7%
D+21.3
D+5.5
D+46.5
127,975
D
57.9%Cox84,519
42.1%Harding61,494
0.0%
D+15.8
R+6.6
D+42.0
146,013
D
61.1%Wilson44,803
38.8%Hughes28,403
0.1%
D+22.4
R+32.3
D+19.2
73,291
D
62.0%Wilson37,231
7.4%Taft4,415
30.7%
D+54.6
D+35.2
D+35.1
60,058
D
59.6%Bryan36,477
40.1%Taft24,551
0.3%
D+19.5
R+8.0
D+29.0
61,205
D
63.1%Parker30,045
35.7%Roosevelt16,966
1.2%
D+27.5
D+7.8
D+47.2
47,589
D
59.1%Bryan33,450
39.4%McKinley22,294
1.5%
D+19.7
R+7.2
D+27.3
56,606
D
63.1%Bryan43,437
36.1%McKinley24,876
0.8%
D+26.9
R+2.1
D+33.0
68,882
D
57.0%Cleveland34,225
27.9%Harrison16,781
15.1%
D+29.0
—
D+27.4
60,065
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2012D+4.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+9.0
Charlotte registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 13-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Charlotte
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008 (partial)
1,657,633
674,228
597,631
384,769
1,005
2012 (partial)
1,799,433
699,217
621,590
473,465
5,161
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+31,417 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +404,023 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Charlotte in Charlotte: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+13,569
2012
+17,719
2013
+22,200
2014
+23,483
2015
+29,514
2016
+35,263
2017
+35,312
2018
+29,861
2019
+30,862
2021
+32,764
2022
+36,535
2023
+35,152
2024
+30,372
2025
+31,417
The Charlotte DMA spans the Carolina Piedmont and has added nearly a million residents since 2010, making its fast-growing outer suburbs among the most closely watched bellwether zones in statewide contests for both North and South Carolina.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 42.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.0 points.
A population of 3,488,246, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,152 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Atlanta and Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem.
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In 2024, Charlotte, North Carolina voted Republican by 9.0 points (R+9.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,811,802 votes cast, 810,628 went Democratic and 972,799 went Republican.
When did Charlotte, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Charlotte, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Charlotte, North Carolina?
Charlotte, North Carolina has a population of 3,488,246 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Charlotte, North Carolina?
Median household income in Charlotte, North Carolina is $79,152 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Charlotte, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Charlotte, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
