Edgecombe County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

21 precincts · 24,451 votes cast

Harris · D+23

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+22.7%	14,902	9,356	24,451
2020	D	+27.0%	16,089	9,206	25,477
2016	D	+32.0%	16,224	8,261	24,886
2012	D	+36.2%	18,310	8,546	26,972
2008	D	+34.5%	17,403	8,445	25,930
2004	D	+22.4%	12,877	8,163	21,079
2000	R	−24.6%	6,836	11,315	18,202
1996	D	+26.4%	10,568	6,010	17,278
1992	D	+24.9%	11,174	6,275	19,657
1988	D	+13.9%	9,044	6,831	15,916
1984	D	+4.5%	10,545	9,635	20,216
1980	D	+14.4%	7,945	5,916	14,056
1976	D	+24.3%	8,001	4,850	12,968
1972	R	−27.4%	4,635	8,244	13,184
1968	D	+14.3%	5,243	3,198	14,302
1964	D	+33.2%	7,834	3,932	11,766
1960	D	+55.9%	8,046	2,279	10,325
1956	D	+61.9%	7,830	1,840	9,670
1952	D	+63.1%	8,504	1,927	10,431
1948	D	+83.1%	6,410	478	7,142
1944	D	+87.6%	6,762	448	7,210
1940	D	+91.9%	7,516	316	7,832
1936	D	+92.3%	6,684	266	6,950
1932	D	+91.6%	5,872	248	6,141
1928	D	+62.1%	4,184	977	5,161
1924	D	+82.3%	2,274	171	2,554
1920	D	+98.6%	3,343	24	3,367
1916	D	+86.5%	2,028	135	2,188
1912	D	+84.1%	1,851	102	2,079
1908	D	+60.0%	1,753	438	2,191
1904	D	+82.9%	1,588	126	1,763
1900	D	+29.6%	3,009	1,635	4,645
1896	R	−15.1%	2,032	2,758	4,799
1892	D	+21.7%	1,702	986	3,301
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

Polish

0.5%

African American

44.5%

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 41.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.7%

2.6%

75–84

3.3%

5.6%

65–74

7.1%

6.4%

55–64

7.7%

4.8%

45–54

6.1%

4.8%

35–44

6.1%

5.9%

25–34

6.6%

3.9%

18–24

3.7%

9.1%

5–17

8.0%

3.0%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$51,265

Edgecombe County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Edgecombe County$51,265

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

21.7%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

14.5%

Other Christian

14.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.7%

Methodist

3.3%

Mainline Protestant

2.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.2%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Edgecombe's electorate is majority Black, anchored by Tarboro and Rocky Mount, and has returned Democratic presidential margins above 20 points in recent cycles even as rural North Carolina has trended Republican elsewhere.

The Democratic margin in Edgecombe County peaked at ninety-nine points in 1920. By 2004 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-three points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Edgecombe County's median household income of $51,265 sits well below state and national norms, and 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Halifax County and Hertford County.

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Edgecombe County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.