Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+36%. Democratic peak: D+84 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+36MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 207,9062024 5-year
- Median household income
- $68,1482024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 14.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+84 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Jacksonville, NC, NCOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 25,684 | 54,960 | 81,681 | ||
| R | 24,266 | 46,078 | 72,235 | ||
| R | 17,514 | 37,122 | 57,135 | ||
| R | 18,490 | 32,243 | 51,435 | ||
| R | 19,499 | 30,278 | 50,203 | ||
| R | 11,250 | 25,890 | 37,277 | ||
| D | 19,657 | 10,269 | 30,215 | ||
| R | 8,685 | 13,396 | 24,049 | ||
| R | 8,045 | 11,842 | 24,318 | ||
| R | 7,162 | 12,253 | 19,488 | ||
| R | 5,713 | 13,928 | 19,687 | ||
| R | 7,371 | 8,861 | 16,736 | ||
| D | 7,954 | 5,953 | 13,970 | ||
| R | 2,424 | 10,343 | 12,921 | ||
| O | 3,281 | 3,444 | 12,267 | ||
| D | 5,955 | 3,771 | 9,726 | ||
| D | 5,564 | 2,812 | 8,376 | ||
| D | 4,692 | 1,626 | 6,318 | ||
| D | 4,275 | 1,261 | 5,536 | ||
| D | 3,318 | 316 | 3,799 | ||
| D | 2,711 | 433 | 3,144 | ||
| D | 2,383 | 271 | 2,654 | ||
| D | 2,758 | 235 | 2,993 | ||
| D | 2,615 | 253 | 2,877 | ||
| R | 1,072 | 1,253 | 2,325 | ||
| D | 1,122 | 423 | 1,576 | ||
| D | 1,557 | 853 | 2,410 | ||
| D | 1,197 | 785 | 1,986 | ||
| D | 901 | 66 | 1,517 | ||
| D | 870 | 710 | 1,580 | ||
| D | 828 | 451 | 1,335 | ||
| D | 1,322 | 618 | 1,940 | ||
| D | 1,559 | 589 | 2,148 | ||
| D | 1,137 | 379 | 1,952 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
13.2%
English
13.1%
Irish
13.0%
Italian
6.3%
American
4.6%
Polish
1.8%
Scottish
1.8%
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: 27.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$68,148
Jacksonville, NC ranks near the middle of US counties.
Jacksonville, NC$68,148
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
11.6%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1815.1%
Working age (18–64)10.1%
Seniors (65+)14.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.6%
speak English only
Spanish7.3%
Other Indo-European1.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.2%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Jacksonville's demographic profile is shaped almost entirely by Camp Lejeune, producing an unusually transient, young, and military-connected electorate that behaves differently from most mid-sized Southern metros.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Jacksonville, NC peaked at eighty-four points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2004 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirty-nine points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $68,148 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 35.8 points (R+36), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 81,681 votes cast, 25,684 went Democratic and 54,960 went Republican.
What is Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina as a "Realigner" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.
When did Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina?
Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina has a population of 207,906 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina is $68,148 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Jacksonville, NC, North Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.