Guilford County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

165 precincts · 285,053 votes cast

Harris · D+22

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+21.8%	171,118	109,077	285,053
2020	D	+23.1%	173,086	107,294	284,486
2016	D	+19.9%	149,248	98,062	257,405
2012	D	+16.4%	146,365	104,789	253,852
2008	D	+18.4%	142,101	97,718	241,771
2004	D	+0.9%	100,042	98,254	199,314
2000	D	+2.2%	84,394	80,787	166,264
1996	D	+1.0%	69,208	67,727	147,587
1992	D	+4.2%	66,319	60,140	146,399
1988	R	−13.4%	50,351	66,060	117,232
1984	R	−22.7%	46,027	73,096	119,336
1980	R	−8.6%	44,516	53,291	102,622
1976	D	+1.5%	46,826	45,441	92,740
1972	R	−40.3%	25,800	61,381	88,366
1968	R	−15.9%	25,604	38,996	84,351
1964	D	+5.7%	39,969	35,635	75,604
1960	R	−15.1%	30,486	41,357	71,843
1956	R	−19.7%	21,948	32,751	54,699
1952	R	−6.9%	29,028	33,310	62,338
1948	D	+8.6%	17,224	14,167	35,349
1944	D	+28.9%	23,495	12,962	36,457
1940	D	+46.2%	26,565	9,770	36,335
1936	D	+45.8%	25,579	9,514	35,093
1932	D	+34.5%	19,301	9,263	29,059
1928	R	−25.2%	9,872	16,541	26,413
1924	D	+12.4%	8,804	6,822	15,943
1920	D	+9.7%	9,615	7,920	17,535
1916	D	+11.4%	4,616	3,670	8,330
1912	D	+53.2%	3,830	460	6,338
1908	D	+14.2%	3,822	2,863	6,758
1904	D	+23.3%	2,763	1,716	4,500
1900	D	+0.6%	3,335	3,296	6,676
1896	D	+0.3%	3,479	3,455	7,004
1892	D	+4.0%	2,773	2,532	5,979
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

1.2%

African American

27.0%

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: 37.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.2%

2.0%

75–84

2.6%

4.3%

65–74

5.2%

5.8%

55–64

6.4%

5.9%

45–54

6.5%

5.9%

35–44

6.6%

6.3%

25–34

7.0%

5.4%

18–24

6.3%

8.4%

5–17

8.1%

2.8%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$68,642

Guilford County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Guilford County$68,642

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

14.6%

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

Other Christian

15.6%

Baptist

8.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

8.5%

Methodist

7.8%

Mainline Protestant

4.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.1%

Non-Christian

2.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to several historically Black colleges and universities, Guilford County has voted Democratic in every presidential race since 2008, with margins widening as its urban core grows relative to surrounding rural precincts.

The Democratic margin in Guilford County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at fifty-three points in 1912; the 2024 margin was twenty-two points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Guilford County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $68,642, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Mecklenburg County and Montgomery County.

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Guilford County is one of the bluest places in America.