Pitt County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

40 precincts · 87,131 votes cast

Harris · D+6

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+6.0%	45,596	40,403	87,131
2020	D	+9.4%	47,252	38,982	87,573
2016	D	+7.6%	41,824	35,691	80,527
2012	D	+7.1%	41,843	36,214	78,856
2008	D	+8.8%	40,501	33,927	74,884
2004	R	−6.8%	24,924	28,590	53,643
2000	D	+8.1%	23,192	19,685	43,075
1996	R	−1.8%	17,555	18,227	38,011
1992	D	+3.4%	17,959	16,609	39,895
1988	R	−10.5%	14,777	18,245	33,127
1984	R	−16.9%	13,481	18,983	32,526
1980	R	−0.9%	12,590	12,816	26,371
1976	D	+9.9%	11,636	9,532	21,288
1972	R	−41.8%	5,858	14,406	20,459
1968	D	+8.6%	7,696	5,745	22,608
1964	D	+37.5%	11,317	5,149	16,466
1960	D	+56.7%	12,526	3,458	15,984
1956	D	+65.0%	11,873	2,515	14,388
1952	D	+67.3%	11,271	2,203	13,474
1948	D	+83.1%	8,519	602	9,522
1944	D	+89.1%	8,556	495	9,051
1940	D	+92.9%	10,067	369	10,436
1936	D	+93.4%	9,539	325	9,864
1932	D	+93.4%	7,724	255	8,000
1928	D	+53.8%	4,646	1,395	6,041
1924	D	+71.3%	3,197	512	3,765
1920	D	+65.8%	4,196	864	5,060
1916	D	+59.6%	2,839	719	3,558
1912	D	+63.4%	2,303	347	3,086
1908	D	+46.2%	2,419	890	3,312
1904	D	+68.5%	2,329	429	2,775
1900	D	+20.3%	3,264	2,156	5,456
1896	D	+14.2%	3,181	2,390	5,582
1892	D	+17.7%	2,052	1,221	4,698
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

28.0%

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: 33.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.9%

1.8%

75–84

2.4%

4.0%

65–74

4.9%

4.8%

55–64

5.8%

5.1%

45–54

5.8%

5.4%

35–44

6.0%

6.3%

25–34

7.1%

8.4%

18–24

9.9%

8.0%

5–17

7.5%

2.8%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$58,188

Pitt County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Pitt County$58,188

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

19.8%

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

11.9%

Methodist

8.1%

Baptist

6.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.4%

Mainline Protestant

2.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.4%

Non-Christian

1.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Pitt County anchors the Greenville metro and posts Democratic margins in presidential races despite sitting in a heavily Republican coastal-plain region, a pattern driven largely by the university population and a sizable Black electorate.

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

Pitt County's demographics — a population of 177,193, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $58,188 — 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 Forsyth County and Wilson County.

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Pitt County delivered a near-tie in 2024.