Greene County, North Carolina: Old Confederacy county. In 2024, voted R+18%. Democratic peak: D+94 in 1948.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+18MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 20,4862024 5-year
- Median household income
- $53,2442024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 47.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 31.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94 in 1948MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Pamlico County, NC · similarity 0.90
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Greene CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Greene County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,437 | 4,965 | 8,450 | ||
| R | 3,832 | 4,874 | 8,753 | ||
| R | 3,605 | 4,374 | 8,095 | ||
| R | 3,778 | 4,411 | 8,236 | ||
| R | 3,796 | 4,272 | 8,103 | ||
| R | 2,665 | 3,800 | 6,472 | ||
| D | 3,353 | 2,478 | 5,870 | ||
| R | 2,224 | 2,689 | 5,198 | ||
| D | 2,768 | 2,180 | 5,732 | ||
| D | 2,729 | 2,498 | 5,238 | ||
| R | 2,772 | 3,195 | 5,975 | ||
| D | 2,835 | 2,221 | 5,113 | ||
| D | 2,740 | 1,356 | 4,124 | ||
| R | 847 | 2,788 | 3,684 | ||
| O | 1,560 | 650 | 5,116 | ||
| D | 2,712 | 901 | 3,613 | ||
| D | 3,092 | 451 | 3,543 | ||
| D | 3,285 | 222 | 3,507 | ||
| D | 2,976 | 186 | 3,162 | ||
| D | 2,687 | 65 | 2,786 | ||
| D | 2,528 | 113 | 2,641 | ||
| D | 2,990 | 104 | 3,094 | ||
| D | 3,097 | 116 | 3,213 | ||
| D | 2,510 | 94 | 2,607 | ||
| D | 1,181 | 542 | 1,723 | ||
| D | 1,119 | 182 | 1,308 | ||
| D | 1,649 | 439 | 2,088 | ||
| D | 1,066 | 294 | 1,360 | ||
| D | 894 | 124 | 1,170 | ||
| D | 876 | 538 | 1,414 | ||
| D | 949 | 283 | 1,232 | ||
| D | 1,385 | 820 | 2,212 | ||
| D | 1,222 | 1,065 | 2,287 | ||
| D | 1,006 | 562 | 1,823 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.7%
American
9.0%
Irish
5.0%
German
3.3%
Scottish
1.5%
Italian
1.3%
French
0.5%
African American
25.4%
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. 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: 39.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$53,244
Greene County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Greene County$53,244
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
21.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1834.2%
Working age (18–64)17.5%
Seniors (65+)17.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
85.6%
speak English only
Spanish13.6%
Other languages0.3%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 73.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Greene County sits in North Carolina's coastal plain with a population under 19,000, split between a sizable Black minority and a white rural majority. That demographic balance has produced consistent Republican presidential margins in recent cycles, reaching 18 points in 2024.
The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in Greene County, by a eighteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-three points in 1972. The 2024 margin was eighteen points.
The political shift has tracked, in Greene County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 48% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $53,244, and a 21% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pamlico County and Hanson County.
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Greene County, North Carolina — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://akashic.app/county/37079/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Greene County, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Greene County, North Carolina voted Republican by 18.1 points (R+18), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,450 votes cast, 3,437 went Democratic and 4,965 went Republican.
What is Greene County, North Carolina's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Greene County, North Carolina as a "Old Confederacy" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 24 times, Republican 9 times, and other 1 times.
When did Greene County, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Greene County, North Carolina voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Greene County, North Carolina?
Greene County, North Carolina has a population of 20,486 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Greene County, North Carolina?
Median household income in Greene County, North Carolina is $53,244 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Greene County, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Greene County, North Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.