North Carolina 10th Congressional District (NC) — Elections 1876–2024

North Carolina 10th Congressional District, North Carolina: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+38%. Democratic peak: D+50 in 1912.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+38MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population: 785,3672024 5-year
Median household income: $69,5122024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 76.2%2024 5-year
Black: 10.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 8.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+50 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+45 in 1972MIT Election Lab

HARRIGAN, PatCongress 119 · Republican

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: McHENRY, Patrick T. (2023–2025), McHENRY, Patrick T. (2021–2023), McHENRY, Patrick T. (2019–2021), McHENRY, Patrick T. (2017–2019)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

9 counties · 0 D · 9 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−38.0%	130,187	292,631	427,357
2020	R	−37.5%	124,396	276,942	406,462
2016	R	−38.6%	99,352	231,604	343,006
2012	R	−29.5%	111,781	207,135	323,352
2008	R	−25.5%	117,052	198,268	318,748
2004	R	−32.7%	87,730	173,407	262,122
2000	D	+29.3%	146,591	79,824	228,091
1996	R	−17.2%	74,706	109,135	200,545
1992	R	−12.7%	78,449	105,689	215,137
1988	R	−29.3%	63,586	116,471	180,370
1984	R	−36.9%	60,095	130,504	190,999
1980	R	−10.1%	72,628	89,469	166,333
1976	D	+10.7%	86,408	69,662	156,833
1972	R	−44.6%	36,534	97,401	136,568
1968	R	−22.7%	34,759	68,072	146,772
1964	D	+4.6%	73,289	66,856	140,145
1960	R	−7.5%	64,596	75,017	139,613
1956	R	−14.3%	52,443	69,939	122,382
1952	R	−10.0%	55,349	67,714	123,063
1948	D	+7.5%	38,578	32,535	80,384
1944	D	+20.6%	48,143	31,716	79,859
1940	D	+37.7%	55,878	25,307	81,185
1936	D	+37.0%	60,704	27,930	88,635
1932	D	+28.7%	46,535	25,725	72,603
1928	R	−16.3%	26,462	36,799	63,261
1924	D	+13.6%	30,097	22,843	53,383
1920	D	+6.9%	30,648	26,673	57,320
1916	D	+11.0%	15,040	12,053	27,120
1912	D	+50.2%	12,417	1,439	21,882
1908	D	+5.5%	11,766	10,534	22,355
1904	D	+14.6%	10,269	7,601	18,212
1900	D	+7.0%	11,149	9,660	21,167
1896	D	+23.0%	14,113	8,804	23,086
1892	D	+19.6%	10,249	6,233	20,513
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 16 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2022	R	47.3%	50.5%	3,773,924
2020	R	46.9%	48.7%	5,474,952
2016	R	45.4%	51.1%	4,691,133
2014	R	47.3%	48.8%	2,915,281
2010	R	43.0%	54.8%	2,660,079
2008	D	52.7%	44.2%	4,271,970
2004	R	47.0%	51.6%	3,472,082
2002	R	45.0%	53.6%	2,331,181
1998	D	51.2%	47.0%	2,012,143
1996	R	45.9%	52.6%	2,556,456
1992	R	46.3%	50.3%	2,577,891
1990	R	47.4%	52.5%	2,069,585
1986	D	50.9%	49.1%	1,534,848
1984	R	47.8%	51.7%	2,239,051
1980	R	49.4%	50.0%	1,797,665
1978	R	45.5%	54.5%	1,135,814

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

13.2%

English

12.7%

German

12.5%

Irish

9.2%

Italian

2.9%

Scottish

2.3%

Polish

1.0%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 42.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.2%

2.5%

75–84

3.3%

5.3%

65–74

5.8%

7.1%

55–64

7.3%

6.6%

45–54

6.8%

6.0%

35–44

6.0%

6.2%

25–34

6.1%

4.1%

18–24

3.8%

8.2%

5–17

7.8%

2.7%

2.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$69,512

Congressional District 10 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 10$69,512

North Carolina$72,388

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.9%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.5%

Working age (18–64)11.4%

Seniors (65+)12.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

90.7%

speak English only

Spanish6.4%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.6%

Other Indo-European1.1%

Other languages0.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

25.1%

Methodist

9.3%

Other Christian

8.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.2%

Mainline Protestant

4.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.4%

Non-Christian

0.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

North Carolina's 10th stretches across the Piedmont foothills west of Charlotte, where a predominantly white, working-class electorate has delivered Republican presidential margins above 20 points in recent cycles.

The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in North Carolina 10th Congressional District, by a thirty-three points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-five points in 1972. The 2024 margin was thirty-eight points.

The political shift has tracked, in North Carolina 10th Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 76% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $69,512, and a 13% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 10, North Carolina vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 10, North Carolina voted Republican by 38.0 points (R+38), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 427,357 votes cast, 130,187 went Democratic and 292,631 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 10, North Carolina's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 10, North Carolina as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 17 times, and other 0 times.

When did Congressional District 10, North Carolina last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 10, North Carolina voted Democratic was 2000.

How many people live in Congressional District 10, North Carolina?

Congressional District 10, North Carolina has a population of 785,367 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 10, North Carolina?

Median household income in Congressional District 10, North Carolina is $69,512 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.

What is the political history of Congressional District 10, North Carolina?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 10, North Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

North Carolina 10th Congressional District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 38 points.

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