Tyrrell County, North Carolina

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 1,757 votes cast

Trump · R+21

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−21.5%	680	1,057	1,757
2020	R	−15.7%	758	1,044	1,817
2016	R	−14.7%	720	975	1,739
2012	R	−5.2%	837	930	1,783
2008	R	−1.4%	933	960	1,910
2004	R	−7.8%	731	855	1,590
2000	R	−9.1%	706	849	1,566
1996	D	+27.8%	908	488	1,513
1992	D	+22.4%	928	553	1,674
1988	D	+10.4%	785	637	1,425
1984	D	+2.1%	807	774	1,583
1980	D	+30.7%	887	466	1,370
1976	D	+38.1%	900	403	1,305
1972	R	−19.0%	459	676	1,140
1968	D	+22.5%	581	291	1,287
1964	D	+45.4%	996	374	1,370
1960	D	+45.3%	926	349	1,275
1956	D	+18.8%	615	420	1,035
1952	D	+40.8%	916	385	1,301
1948	D	+35.6%	732	336	1,113
1944	D	+37.0%	611	281	892
1940	D	+46.6%	1,140	415	1,555
1936	D	+55.1%	1,049	304	1,353
1932	D	+54.1%	873	258	1,137
1928	R	−3.1%	475	505	980
1924	D	+18.1%	638	442	1,081
1920	D	+14.9%	718	532	1,250
1916	D	+3.0%	416	392	808
1912	D	+11.7%	297	224	625
1908	R	−11.7%	312	395	707
1904	R	−3.4%	343	367	710
1900	D	+9.8%	466	383	849
1896	R	−8.9%	411	491	902
1892	R	−6.8%	242	295	785
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

1.1%

African American

26.2%

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: 47.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

3.1%

85+

2.1%

2.6%

75–84

7.7%

8.2%

65–74

7.1%

5.4%

55–64

4.8%

6.5%

45–54

7.3%

7.6%

35–44

5.6%

8.0%

25–34

3.9%

3.2%

18–24

0.6%

5.3%

5–17

6.5%

2.0%

2.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$41,685

Tyrrell County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

Tyrrell County$41,685

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

18.7%

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

17.0%

Methodist

12.3%

Other Christian

11.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

3.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.5%

Mainline Protestant

0.6%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tyrrell is one of North Carolina's least populous counties, hugging the Albemarle Sound with a majority-Black population that nonetheless produced an R+21.5 presidential margin in 2024, reflecting broader rural realignment across the coastal plain.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Tyrrell County, by a nine points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at twenty-one points in 2024. The 2024 margin was twenty-one points.

The political shift has tracked, in Tyrrell County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 57% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $41,685, and a 19% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bladen County and Wilkinson County.

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