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1876–2024
State House District 48·North Carolina

North Carolina 48th State House District delivered D+1 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

A single-digit swing district where presidential margins have tightened to under 1 point

1876 — 2024·38 elections
NC
Latest
D+1
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
87,390
2024 ACS

North Carolina 48th State House District, North Carolina: Tossup district. In 2024, voted D+1%. Democratic peak: D+91 in 1900.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+1MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
87,3902024 5-year
Median household income
$57,5432024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
39.4%2024 5-year
Black
34.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
11.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+91 in 1900MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+23 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 1 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+0.9%
18,64318,30737,378
D
+5.7%
18,98216,91936,399
D
+9.4%
17,03814,01032,145
D
+18.1%
18,28412,64531,232
D
+17.0%
17,37112,29329,832
D
+7.9%
12,17510,39422,626
R
−19.3%
7,17610,64017,977
D
+25.4%
8,3764,77014,222
D
+26.8%
8,9014,68915,690
D
+15.5%
7,1435,21712,412
D
+5.2%
7,2396,52313,788
D
+39.6%
7,8193,30011,405
D
+45.3%
7,6132,85110,502
R
−22.6%
3,4035,4108,894
D
+18.1%
4,4352,52810,523
D
+50.5%
6,0952,0078,102
D
+50.8%
5,7461,8747,621
D
+49.5%
4,9841,6836,667
D
+35.9%
4,6712,2056,876
D
+62.4%
3,2955014,476
D
+79.9%
4,1524634,615
D
+86.0%
4,8833675,250
D
+83.7%
5,1344555,589
D
+88.1%
4,3862734,670
D
+52.9%
2,9148993,812
D
+76.2%
2,6143462,975
D
+72.6%
2,9704723,442
D
+74.8%
1,7172471,964
D
+83.4%
1,376721,563
D
+78.7%
71485799
D
+81.7%
64665711
D
+90.7%
92544971
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
6.5%
German
5.4%
Irish
5.0%
American
4.1%
Scottish
1.6%
Italian
1.4%
French
0.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 35.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.4%
85+
0.8%
1.7%
75–84
2.2%
4.3%
65–74
4.8%
5.6%
55–64
6.1%
5.8%
45–54
5.9%
6.5%
35–44
6.6%
7.9%
25–34
7.3%
4.4%
18–24
4.1%
9.3%
5–17
8.8%
3.7%
<5
3.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$57,543
State House District 48 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 48$57,543
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
20.4%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1828.7%
Working age (18–64)18.1%
Seniors (65+)11.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.8%
speak English only
Spanish6.7%
Other Indo-European1.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
10.4%
Other Christian
8.2%
Methodist
5.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.3%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Non-Christian
2.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

North Carolina House District 48 sits at the competitive edge of statewide alignment, with its 2024 presidential result of D+0.9 signaling a constituency that has shifted toward true battleground status in recent cycles.

The district's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached ninety-one points in 1900; the Republican margin reached twenty-three points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Its demographics — a population of 87,390, a 39% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $57,543 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 48, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 48, North Carolina voted Democratic by 0.9 points (D+1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 37,378 votes cast, 18,643 went Democratic and 18,307 went Republican.
What is State House District 48, North Carolina's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 48, North Carolina as a "Tossup" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 30 times, Republican 2 times, and other 0 times.
When did State House District 48, North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 48, North Carolina voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in State House District 48, North Carolina?
State House District 48, North Carolina has a population of 87,390 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State House District 48, North Carolina?
Median household income in State House District 48, North Carolina is $57,543 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of State House District 48, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 48, North Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 30 went Democratic and 2 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.