Marine Corps base anchors one of the youngest metro areas in the U.S.
Jacksonville's demographic profile is shaped almost entirely by Camp Lejeune, producing an unusually transient, young, and military-connected electorate that behaves differently from most mid-sized Southern metros.
| Group | Jacksonville, NC | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 67.5% | 57.4% |
▶Black / African American(16) | 15.3% | 12.2% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(20) | 10.4% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 4.2% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(6) | 1.9% | 6.0% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(7) | 0.6% | 0.9% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(8) | 0.5% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -39.0pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.0% | 55.0% | — | — | |
| 7.1% | 20.5% | — | — | |
| 4.0% | 11.6% | — | — | |
| 2.4% | 6.9% | — | — | |
| 2.1% | 6.0% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.7% | 2.0% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 65.4% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Jacksonville, NC metro area? 709,197 residents across 4 counties.
20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 13pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+15 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Governor | R+35.8 | R+15.1 | 20.7pp |