Kannapolis, NC — Elections 2008–2024

2024 presidential election

Kannapolis

TrumpR+8.7

2024

How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	53.6%	14,207
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	44.9%	11,893
OtherAll other candidates	1.5%	387

D+60

R+60

City boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 2 counties it's drawn from (shown faint).

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2008–2024, on current city boundaries.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 2008–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
2008	−14.5%
2012	−13.9%
2016	−17.5%
2020	−11.0%
2024	−8.7%

DemocraticRepublican

5 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	44.9%Harris11,893	53.6%Trump14,207	1.5%	−8.7%	26,487
2020	R	43.7%Biden11,062	54.7%Trump13,845	1.6%incl. Jorgensen	−11.0%	25,317
2016	R	39.4%Clinton8,277	56.9%Trump11,946	3.7%incl. Johnson	−17.5%	20,994
2012	R	43.1%Obama8,265	56.9%Romney10,930	0.0%	−13.9%	19,195
2008	R	42.1%Obama7,843	56.6%McCain10,533	1.3%	−14.5%	18,612

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	KannapolisCity	North CarolinaState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	57.0%	61.8%	61.0%
Black	22.7%	20.3%	12.2%
Asian	3.2%	3.3%	6.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	8.2%	12.6%
Other race	8.1%	6.4%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	11.3%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$73,836	$72,388	$84,427
Poverty rate	12.6%	13.1%	12.5%
Median age	36.9	39.5	39.1
Age 18–24	8.4%	9.5%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	14.3%	17.2%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	35.4%	35.8%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	15.6%	13.5%	22.3%
Spanish	9.8%	8.7%	13.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island	2.0%	0.9%	1.1%
Other Indo-European	1.7%	1.1%	2.0%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	German 11.3%	English 12.7%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	English 10.5%	German 9.4%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	American 9.2%	Irish 8.4%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	10.4%County context	8.9%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	28.0%County context	26.5%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	47.2%County context	48.0%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	9.0%County context	9.1%	5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

German

11.3%

English

10.5%

American

9.2%

Irish

7.4%

Italian

3.6%

Scottish

1.8%

Scotch-Irish

1.7%

Polish

1.3%

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

African

1.4%

Haitian

0.3%

Jamaican

0.2%

Ethiopian

0.2%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Mexican

5.9%

Puerto Rican

1.7%

Salvadoran

1.1%

Dominican

0.6%

Honduran

0.6%

Guatemalan

0.4%

Colombian

0.4%

Cuban

0.4%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Asian Indian

3.4%

Filipino

0.4%

Chinese

0.2%

Vietnamese

0.2%

Nepalese

0.2%

Laotian

0.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 36.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.0%

1.8%

75–84

2.4%

3.9%

65–74

4.6%

6.0%

55–64

6.2%

6.8%

45–54

6.9%

35–44

7.3%

6.2%

25–34

6.5%

4.3%

18–24

4.1%

9.6%

5–17

9.1%

3.1%

2.9%

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

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$73,836

Kannapolis$73,836

North Carolina$72,388

United States$80,734

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

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.6%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1814.8%

Working age (18–64)9.1%

Seniors (65+)8.6%

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

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

84.4%

speak English only

Spanish9.8%

Other Asian & Pacific Island2.0%

Other Indo-European1.7%

Other languages0.3%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.3%

German or other West Germanic0.3%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.3%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.3%

Vietnamese0.2%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.2%

Arabic0.2%

Korean0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Evangelical Protestant

28.0%

Catholic

10.4%

Mainline Protestant

9.0%

Black Protestant

2.5%

Other Christian

1.3%

Muslim

1.2%

Latter-day Saints

0.5%

Unaffiliated or not counted47.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Kannapolis sits in the Carolinas. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 17.5 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.7 points.

A population of 57,890, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,836 describe the city.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Kannapolis, North Carolina vote in 2024?

In 2024, Kannapolis, North Carolina voted Republican by 8.7 points (R+8.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 26,487 votes cast, 11,893 went Democratic and 14,207 went Republican.

How many people live in Kannapolis, North Carolina?

Kannapolis, North Carolina has a population of 57,890 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Kannapolis, North Carolina?

Median household income in Kannapolis, North Carolina is $73,836 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.

What is the political history of Kannapolis, North Carolina?

Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Kannapolis, North Carolina from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.

Kannapolis delivered R+8.7 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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