Jones County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

7 precincts · 5,463 votes cast

Trump · R+26

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−25.7%	2,007	3,409	5,463
2020	R	−19.6%	2,197	3,280	5,525
2016	R	−17.7%	2,065	2,974	5,135
2012	R	−9.3%	2,352	2,837	5,230
2008	R	−8.4%	2,378	2,817	5,227
2004	R	−15.8%	1,893	2,607	4,513
2000	D	+7.4%	2,114	1,822	3,964
1996	D	+4.0%	1,829	1,682	3,715
1992	D	+13.6%	1,962	1,438	3,846
1988	D	+8.2%	1,946	1,649	3,602
1984	R	−0.9%	2,025	2,062	4,099
1980	D	+22.0%	2,198	1,401	3,630
1976	D	+35.5%	2,016	948	3,011
1972	R	−19.9%	1,093	1,650	2,800
1968	D	+25.7%	1,225	361	3,366
1964	D	+46.6%	2,129	776	2,905
1960	D	+53.3%	1,920	585	2,505
1956	D	+64.9%	1,952	415	2,367
1952	D	+67.0%	1,673	331	2,004
1948	D	+80.0%	1,238	113	1,406
1944	D	+70.5%	1,221	211	1,432
1940	D	+70.9%	1,371	233	1,604
1936	D	+78.5%	1,563	188	1,751
1932	D	+83.1%	1,449	132	1,585
1928	R	−15.0%	486	658	1,144
1924	D	+58.8%	692	179	873
1920	D	+42.9%	964	385	1,349
1916	D	+50.7%	712	233	945
1912	D	+75.5%	635	35	795
1908	D	+30.0%	585	315	900
1904	D	+43.6%	638	250	889
1900	D	+8.5%	714	602	1,316
1896	D	+8.5%	814	686	1,500
1892	D	+27.8%	670	307	1,308
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

21.4%

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: 47.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.3%

85+

1.8%

2.7%

75–84

3.7%

7.0%

65–74

7.8%

55–64

8.5%

6.6%

45–54

5.8%

5.2%

35–44

5.3%

5.8%

25–34

6.1%

3.2%

18–24

3.0%

6.9%

5–17

6.4%

2.7%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$59,641

Jones County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Jones County$59,641

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

18.4%

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

Methodist

12.9%

Baptist

12.6%

Other Christian

9.4%

Mainline Protestant

1.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Jones County's roughly 10,000 residents are spread across tobacco-country townships with no incorporated city topping 2,000 people, a settlement pattern that correlates strongly with the lopsided presidential margins it has posted in recent cycles.

The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in Jones County, by a sixteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at twenty-six points in 2024. The 2024 margin was twenty-six points.

The political shift has tracked, in Jones County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 64% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $59,641, and a 18% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Duplin County and Haywood County.

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Jones County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.