Franklin County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

18 precincts · 42,667 votes cast

Trump · R+14

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−13.5%	18,167	23,938	42,667
2020	R	−13.4%	15,879	20,901	37,351
2016	R	−11.5%	12,874	16,368	30,368
2012	R	−4.1%	13,436	14,603	28,389
2008	R	−0.7%	13,085	13,273	26,639
2004	R	−10.8%	9,286	11,540	20,918
2000	D	+6.5%	8,501	7,454	16,051
1996	D	+6.1%	6,448	5,648	13,026
1992	D	+13.9%	6,517	4,669	13,266
1988	R	−0.6%	5,438	5,499	10,960
1984	R	−11.3%	4,766	5,984	10,768
1980	D	+21.1%	5,427	3,508	9,081
1976	D	+34.3%	5,405	2,630	8,093
1972	R	−38.9%	2,341	5,431	7,944
1968	D	+15.2%	2,855	1,375	9,755
1964	D	+36.9%	4,554	2,097	6,651
1960	D	+64.2%	5,081	1,108	6,189
1956	D	+74.0%	5,298	792	6,090
1952	D	+75.8%	5,376	740	6,116
1948	D	+86.8%	4,538	234	4,957
1944	D	+86.4%	3,967	289	4,256
1940	D	+90.8%	4,724	227	4,951
1936	D	+91.5%	5,209	231	5,440
1932	D	+90.9%	4,294	199	4,504
1928	D	+59.0%	2,831	729	3,560
1924	D	+73.2%	1,991	302	2,306
1920	D	+64.6%	2,742	589	3,331
1916	D	+67.7%	2,057	396	2,453
1912	D	+78.5%	1,856	71	2,274
1908	D	+55.9%	1,984	561	2,545
1904	D	+76.3%	2,099	282	2,381
1900	D	+26.5%	2,781	1,602	4,453
1896	D	+27.4%	3,217	1,834	5,052
1892	D	+18.2%	1,741	993	4,115
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%

African American

18.7%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

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: 41.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

1.0%

2.6%

75–84

2.8%

5.0%

65–74

5.7%

6.9%

55–64

7.4%

6.6%

45–54

6.7%

6.4%

35–44

6.2%

6.3%

25–34

5.9%

4.5%

18–24

3.7%

8.0%

5–17

8.1%

2.8%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$74,240

Franklin County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Franklin County$74,240

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

11.1%

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

18.3%

Other Christian

7.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.9%

Methodist

2.5%

Mainline Protestant

0.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Franklin County, once a reliable Democratic stronghold in North Carolina's upper Coastal Plain fringe, has moved toward Republican margins as its exurban population around Louisburg absorbs spillover growth from the Raleigh metro.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached ninety-two points in 1936; the Republican margin reached thirty-nine points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Franklin County's demographics — a population of 74,386, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $74,240 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Macon County and Pulaski County.

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Franklin County delivered a near-tie in 2024.