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1876–2024
State Senate District 7·North Carolina

North Carolina 7th State Senate District delivered D+1 in 2024 — close enough to flip again next time.

A purple-tinted district where recent presidential margins have narrowed to low single digits

1876 — 2024·38 elections
NC
Latest
D+1
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
224,328
2024 ACS

North Carolina 7th State Senate District, North Carolina: Tossup district. In 2024, voted D+1%. Democratic peak: D+95 in 1900.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+1MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
TossupAkashic typology
Population
224,3282024 5-year
Median household income
$75,1662024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
76.6%2024 5-year
Black
10.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+95 in 1900MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+51 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 1 D · 0 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
+0.6%
65,62564,800132,305
D
+2.1%
63,07360,396125,721
R
−3.9%
48,61752,779106,719
R
−4.6%
46,41350,91198,826
R
−1.4%
46,86848,20296,000
R
−12.0%
33,92443,24977,482
D
+10.9%
34,81127,93563,246
R
−9.2%
21,78126,59752,231
R
−7.8%
19,35123,21049,737
R
−21.4%
14,68722,70437,491
R
−30.7%
12,00822,66934,763
R
−11.1%
13,03716,44430,750
D
+2.9%
13,83213,05327,157
R
−51.4%
5,62118,17724,428
R
−8.4%
7,3919,55625,807
D
+1.8%
12,00111,57723,578
D
+14.8%
12,5719,32221,893
D
+3.9%
9,7729,03118,803
D
+5.1%
9,8518,89818,749
D
+19.7%
5,1153,01510,674
D
+54.0%
9,0282,69811,726
D
+68.0%
8,2011,5599,761
D
+69.9%
7,0371,2458,283
D
+60.5%
5,7511,3647,249
R
−21.2%
2,6324,0516,683
D
+56.0%
4,5161,1356,037
D
+70.4%
3,9126794,591
D
+65.5%
2,2464692,715
D
+82.9%
1,9271342,163
D
+56.9%
1,7714872,258
D
+86.4%
1,196871,283
D
+94.8%
2,143572,200
R
−19.8%
2,0033,0355,218
D
+23.0%
2,2961,4303,763
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.8%
Irish
13.1%
German
11.7%
Italian
6.0%
American
5.0%
Scottish
2.9%
Polish
2.4%
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: 39.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.2%
2.6%
75–84
3.2%
5.1%
65–74
6.3%
6.0%
55–64
6.9%
6.0%
45–54
6.3%
6.1%
35–44
6.5%
6.4%
25–34
6.7%
5.7%
18–24
6.6%
6.8%
5–17
6.5%
2.3%
<5
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$75,166
State Senate District 7 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 7$75,166
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
12.3%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.9%
Working age (18–64)12.1%
Seniors (65+)8.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.9%
speak English only
Spanish5.4%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
14.6%
Other Christian
11.4%
Baptist
9.2%
Methodist
8.3%
Mainline Protestant
4.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.5%
Non-Christian
1.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of R+2.5 and nearly 200,000 residents, North Carolina Senate District 7 sits in genuinely competitive territory, making it a reliable bellwether for statewide shifts in voter alignment.

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

Its demographics — a population of 224,328, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $75,166 — situate the district close to national averages on several dimensions.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 7, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 7, North Carolina voted Democratic by 0.6 points (D+1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 132,305 votes cast, 65,625 went Democratic and 64,800 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 7, North Carolina's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 7, 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 21 times, Republican 13 times, and other 0 times.
When did State Senate District 7, North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 7, North Carolina voted Republican was 2016.
How many people live in State Senate District 7, North Carolina?
State Senate District 7, North Carolina has a population of 224,328 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 7, North Carolina?
Median household income in State Senate District 7, North Carolina is $75,166 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of State Senate District 7, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 7, North Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Tossup" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.