Lincoln County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

23 precincts · 55,582 votes cast

Trump · R+46

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−45.6%	14,842	40,183	55,582
2020	R	−45.9%	13,274	36,341	50,217
2016	R	−47.2%	9,897	28,806	40,023
2012	R	−38.7%	11,024	25,267	36,775
2008	R	−33.3%	11,713	23,631	35,798
2004	R	−35.9%	9,434	20,052	29,579
2000	D	+30.7%	15,951	8,412	24,529
1996	R	−17.8%	7,721	11,439	20,850
1992	R	−12.8%	8,150	11,018	22,355
1988	R	−28.7%	6,444	11,651	18,130
1984	R	−35.5%	5,996	12,621	18,659
1980	R	−7.1%	7,796	9,009	17,196
1976	D	+17.1%	9,462	6,682	16,210
1972	R	−25.2%	5,100	8,597	13,892
1968	R	−16.0%	4,044	6,188	13,393
1964	D	+10.9%	7,304	5,869	13,173
1960	R	−0.6%	6,728	6,816	13,544
1956	R	−6.4%	5,838	6,637	12,475
1952	R	−7.2%	5,389	6,228	11,617
1948	R	−0.8%	3,570	3,635	8,358
1944	D	+6.2%	4,168	3,678	7,846
1940	D	+22.5%	4,901	3,099	8,000
1936	D	+22.3%	5,515	3,501	9,016
1932	D	+10.5%	4,399	3,563	7,996
1928	R	−14.9%	2,913	3,930	6,843
1924	D	+4.5%	2,909	2,658	5,609
1920	D	+3.0%	3,331	3,137	6,468
1916	D	+5.2%	1,521	1,369	2,899
1912	D	+51.1%	1,280	49	2,410
1908	D	+0.2%	1,222	1,217	2,439
1904	D	+13.9%	1,009	761	1,781
1900	R	−11.8%	892	1,133	2,047
1896	D	+14.2%	1,349	1,010	2,382
1892	D	+17.5%	976	617	2,051
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

4.7%

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: 44.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.2%

2.7%

75–84

3.0%

5.7%

65–74

6.2%

7.4%

55–64

7.7%

7.2%

45–54

7.0%

6.3%

35–44

5.8%

5.4%

25–34

5.7%

3.8%

18–24

3.5%

8.0%

5–17

7.6%

2.7%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$80,016

Lincoln County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Lincoln County$80,016

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

11.2%

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

21.6%

Methodist

11.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.4%

Other Christian

4.6%

Mainline Protestant

4.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lincoln County, anchored by Lincolnton in the western Piedmont, has delivered lopsided Republican margins for over a decade, with its largely rural and small-town electorate showing little competitive movement in recent cycles.

The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in Lincoln County, by a thirty-six points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-seven points in 2016. The 2024 margin was forty-six points.

The political shift has tracked, in Lincoln County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 83% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $80,016, and a 11% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Stanly County and Alexander County.

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