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1876–2024
State House District 83·North Carolina

North Carolina 83rd State House District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 23 points.

One of North Carolina's most Democratic-leaning lower-chamber seats

1876 — 2024·38 elections
NC
Latest
R+23
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
64,175
2024 ACS

North Carolina 83rd State House District, North Carolina: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+23%. Democratic peak: D+56 in 1940.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+23MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
64,1752024 5-year
Median household income
$76,2862024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
65.1%2024 5-year
Black
17.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
12.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+56 in 1940MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+51 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 0 D · 2 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
R
−23.0%
12,28419,74532,457
R
−23.7%
11,83819,32931,626
R
−29.1%
8,91816,65026,560
R
−23.4%
9,34915,18124,880
R
−21.1%
9,36114,42324,017
R
−34.8%
6,35613,19619,633
D
+32.3%
10,7985,49116,413
R
−22.6%
4,9308,16314,281
R
−17.2%
5,0137,60615,067
R
−32.7%
4,1548,20212,389
R
−42.0%
3,5358,67412,229
R
−21.8%
3,9356,21010,432
D
+1.2%
5,0804,96110,108
R
−50.7%
2,2577,1179,579
R
−24.5%
2,5675,18810,718
R
−1.2%
4,9635,08810,051
R
−19.5%
4,0926,08010,172
R
−30.1%
3,1685,8919,059
R
−22.5%
3,7695,9589,727
D
+6.6%
2,2141,8685,255
D
+28.4%
3,3921,8935,285
D
+56.0%
4,4981,2685,766
D
+53.8%
4,5121,3565,868
D
+38.4%
3,3321,4694,851
R
−21.6%
1,7192,6694,388
D
+13.0%
1,6751,2663,137
D
+7.0%
2,0471,7783,825
D
+7.9%
9718281,801
D
+48.3%
8571131,539
D
+4.4%
7586941,467
D
+26.1%
7534391,202
D
+19.4%
7595011,329
D
+36.1%
1,0014661,484
D
+32.6%
7142891,303
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.7%
English
10.8%
American
9.8%
Irish
7.6%
Italian
3.1%
Scottish
1.9%
Polish
1.2%
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: 39.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
1.1%
2.0%
75–84
2.6%
4.5%
65–74
5.1%
6.3%
55–64
6.6%
6.6%
45–54
6.7%
6.5%
35–44
6.7%
6.3%
25–34
6.4%
4.4%
18–24
4.1%
9.1%
5–17
8.6%
3.0%
<5
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$76,286
State House District 83 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 83$76,286
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
13.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.6%
Working age (18–64)11.5%
Seniors (65+)8.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
86.5%
speak English only
Spanish9.5%
Other Indo-European1.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.8%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
13.9%
Baptist
11.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.0%
Methodist
7.2%
Mainline Protestant
5.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.7%
Non-Christian
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Carrying a 17.7-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, this district anchors one end of North Carolina's partisan spectrum. Its voting pattern reflects a heavily urban or minority-majority constituency well to the left of the statewide median.

The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in North Carolina 83rd State House District, by a thirty-five points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-one points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-three points.

The political shift has tracked, in North Carolina 83rd State House District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 65% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $76,286, and a 13% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 83, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 83, North Carolina voted Republican by 23.0 points (R+23), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 32,457 votes cast, 12,284 went Democratic and 19,745 went Republican.
What is State House District 83, North Carolina's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 83, North Carolina as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 16 times, Republican 18 times, and other 0 times.
When did State House District 83, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 83, North Carolina voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in State House District 83, North Carolina?
State House District 83, North Carolina has a population of 64,175 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 83, North Carolina?
Median household income in State House District 83, North Carolina is $76,286 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of State House District 83, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 83, North Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 18 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.