combined metro areaGreensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+18.5
2008R+4.1
2012R+8.0
2016R+9.5
2020R+7.8
2024R+9.3
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 71.7% of 1,269,823 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
406,384
491,019
13,192
910,595
1,269,823
71.7%
2020
403,673
473,110
12,278
889,061
1,232,321
72.1%
2016
339,659
413,698
29,352
782,709
1,182,758
66.2%
2012
344,133
404,922
8,884
757,939
1,140,163
66.5%
2008
346,261
376,175
6,944
729,380
1,099,788
66.3%
2004
250,410
364,894
2,503
617,807
1,059,413†
58.3%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
10 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupGreensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NCNorth CarolinaUnited States
English13.0%12.7%9.5%
German9.4%9.4%12.5%
Irish7.5%8.4%9.4%
American7.5%8.3%5.3%
Italian2.4%3.3%4.8%
Scottish2.2%2.3%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.8%1.4%—
French0.7%—1.6%
African American†19.0%18.3%9.9%
African0.8%0.7%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%0.2%0.2%
Jamaican0.2%0.2%0.4%
Mexican7.0%5.6%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.2%1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran0.8%0.7%0.7%
Honduran0.3%0.7%0.3%
Dominican0.3%0.3%0.7%
Cuban0.2%0.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.4%0.5%
Colombian0.2%0.3%0.4%
Asian Indian0.6%1.2%1.4%
Vietnamese0.4%0.3%0.6%
Chinese0.4%0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Pakistani0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median age
39.9
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.7%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.7%
17.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC
North Carolina
United States
Median household income
$65,640
$72,388
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.2%
13.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.0%
35.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC
North Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
14.0%
13.5%
22.3%
Spanish
9.3%
8.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
1.1%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC
North Carolina
United States
Catholic
8.3%
8.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
28.0%
26.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
45.7%
48.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
11.3%
9.1%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+1.3%
1896
−7.5%
1900
−6.7%
1904
+0.7%
1908
−8.0%
1912
+25.1%
1916
−1.6%
1920
−3.4%
1924
+4.2%
1928
−30.0%
1932
+26.6%
1936
+34.9%
1940
+37.0%
1944
+16.5%
1948
+8.3%
1952
−3.5%
1956
−19.5%
1960
−14.4%
1964
+0.0%
1968
−19.2%
1972
−43.9%
1976
+2.6%
1980
−11.4%
1984
−31.5%
1988
−23.5%
1992
−5.9%
1996
−13.2%
2000
−19.6%
2004
−18.5%
2008
−4.1%
2012
−8.0%
2016
−9.5%
2020
−7.8%
2024
−9.3%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
44.6%Harris406,384
53.9%Trump491,019
1.4%
R+9.3
R+1.5
R+7.8
910,595
R
45.4%Biden403,673
53.2%Trump473,110
1.4%
R+7.8
D+1.6
R+12.3
889,061
R
43.4%Clinton339,659
52.9%Trump413,698
3.8%
R+9.5
R+1.4
R+11.5
782,709
R
45.4%Obama344,133
53.4%Romney404,922
1.2%
R+8.0
R+3.9
R+11.9
757,939
R
47.5%Obama346,261
51.6%McCain376,175
1.0%
R+4.1
D+14.4
R+11.4
729,380
R
40.5%Kerry250,410
59.1%Bush364,894
0.4%
R+18.5
D+1.0
R+16.1
617,807
R
39.8%Gore211,093
59.4%Bush314,772
0.7%
R+19.6
R+6.4
R+20.1
529,788
R
39.7%Clinton186,561
52.8%Dole248,598
7.5%
R+13.2
R+7.3
R+21.7
470,456
R
39.9%Clinton195,905
45.8%Bush224,760
14.3%
R+5.9
D+17.6
R+11.4
490,744
R
38.1%Dukakis155,051
61.6%Bush250,685
0.4%
R+23.5
D+8.0
R+15.8
407,216
R
34.2%Mondale141,780
65.7%Reagan272,524
0.2%
R+31.5
R+20.1
R+13.3
415,011
R
42.6%Carter156,712
54.0%Reagan198,809
3.4%
R+11.4
R+14.1
R+1.7
368,097
D
51.1%Carter172,547
48.4%Ford163,639
0.5%
D+2.6
D+46.5
D+0.6
337,833
R
27.1%McGovern83,258
71.0%Nixon218,012
1.9%
R+43.9
R+24.7
R+20.7
306,952
R
26.5%Humphrey84,252
45.7%Nixon145,322
27.9%
R+19.2
R+19.2
R+18.5
318,330
D
50.0%Johnson144,218
50.0%Goldwater144,136
0.0%
D+0.03
D+14.4
R+22.6
288,354
R
42.8%Kennedy120,162
57.2%Nixon160,537
0.0%
R+14.4
D+5.2
R+14.5
280,699
R
40.2%Stevenson91,522
59.8%Eisenhower135,995
0.0%
R+19.5
R+16.1
R+4.1
227,517
R
48.3%Stevenson117,196
51.7%Eisenhower125,680
0.0%
R+3.5
R+11.8
D+7.3
242,876
D
50.2%Truman76,210
41.8%Dewey63,529
8.0%
D+8.3
R+8.1
D+3.9
151,902
D
58.2%Roosevelt91,081
41.8%Dewey65,317
0.0%
D+16.5
R+20.5
D+9.0
156,398
D
68.5%Roosevelt109,213
31.5%Willkie50,208
0.0%
D+37.0
D+2.1
D+27.1
159,421
D
67.4%Roosevelt104,540
32.6%Landon50,449
0.0%
D+34.9
D+8.3
D+10.6
154,989
D
62.7%Roosevelt82,370
36.1%Hoover47,470
1.1%
D+26.6
D+56.5
D+8.8
131,344
R
35.0%Smith41,053
65.0%Hoover76,179
0.0%
R+30.0
R+34.1
R+12.5
117,232
D
51.4%Davis47,341
47.3%Coolidge43,516
1.3%
D+4.2
D+7.6
D+29.3
92,029
R
48.3%Cox45,927
51.7%Harding49,181
0.0%
R+3.4
R+1.8
D+22.8
95,108
R
48.9%Wilson24,332
50.4%Hughes25,117
0.7%
R+1.6
R+26.7
R+4.7
49,790
D
49.5%Wilson20,691
24.4%Taft10,200
26.0%
D+25.1
D+33.1
D+5.6
41,772
R
45.6%Bryan19,039
53.6%Taft22,357
0.8%
R+8.0
R+8.6
D+1.6
41,734
D
50.0%Parker17,531
49.3%Roosevelt17,291
0.6%
D+0.7
D+7.4
D+20.4
35,046
R
46.4%Bryan19,601
53.1%McKinley22,441
0.6%
R+6.7
D+0.8
D+0.8
42,278
R
45.9%Bryan21,448
53.4%McKinley24,955
0.8%
R+7.5
R+8.8
R+1.4
46,755
D
44.9%Cleveland18,095
43.6%Harrison17,587
11.5%
D+1.3
—
R+0.4
40,311
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
43.3%258,676
54.5%325,326
597,077
2020
R
44.5%392,444
51.2%451,683
881,938
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+3.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+9.3
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 6.0 points more Democratic.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
1,032,766
447,421
375,596
209,091
658
2012
1,093,117
448,423
386,310
255,336
3,048
2016
1,114,449
420,615
385,484
303,626
4,724
2020
1,176,131
404,178
404,268
359,837
7,848
2022
1,172,201
382,135
398,535
384,459
7,072
2024
1,226,421
373,518
414,069
427,265
11,569
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+10,266 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +112,536 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC in Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+3,176
2012
+2,240
2013
+3,200
2014
+4,719
2015
+4,434
2016
+10,507
2017
+7,710
2018
+7,834
2019
+9,381
2021
+12,209
2022
+14,147
2023
+11,980
2024
+10,733
2025
+10,266
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC sits in the Carolinas. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.0 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 43.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.3 points.
A population of 1,724,503, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,640 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC and Jackson-Vicksburg-Brookhaven, MS.
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How did Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 9.3 points (R+9.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 910,595 votes cast, 406,384 went Democratic and 491,019 went Republican.
When did Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC, North Carolina?
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC, North Carolina has a population of 1,724,503 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC, North Carolina is $65,640 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC, North Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
