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1876–2024
Rocky Mount, NC·North Carolina

Rocky Mount, NC has voted Republican for as long as anyone now living can remember.

Edgecombe and Nash counties split sharply along the I-95 corridor

1876 — 2024·38 elections
NC
Latest
D+6
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
144,952
2024 ACS

Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina: Republican loyalist metro. In 2024, voted D+6%. Democratic peak: D+90 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+6MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
144,9522024 5-year
Median household income
$58,6732024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
44.3%2024 5-year
Black
45.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+90 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+38 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
+6.0%
40,41035,78776,922
D
+9.0%
42,03635,03377,748
D
+10.9%
39,45931,58072,551
D
+13.6%
42,62332,38875,464
D
+11.4%
40,50232,17373,048
R
−2.5%
28,57030,06558,752
D
+2.3%
24,83123,69148,715
D
+0.9%
21,71021,31945,540
D
+2.5%
21,98320,72149,543
R
−12.2%
17,78422,73740,638
R
−16.9%
19,13326,93046,133
R
−2.5%
16,12916,95933,657
D
+11.8%
16,93813,32730,584
R
−38.1%
9,13820,92330,945
O
+8.2%
10,5267,80033,417
D
+24.4%
16,99710,32827,325
D
+49.2%
18,1326,17524,307
D
+59.6%
17,7994,50522,304
D
+61.2%
18,9284,56323,491
D
+81.7%
14,0001,16215,718
D
+83.1%
14,3391,32415,663
D
+89.0%
15,97292916,901
D
+90.3%
15,36678316,149
D
+88.5%
13,34478014,194
D
+47.0%
8,4333,04311,476
D
+66.4%
5,4039946,637
D
+64.7%
7,3741,5808,954
D
+62.4%
4,2179615,222
D
+72.7%
3,7132744,731
D
+31.9%
3,4311,7725,203
D
+58.4%
3,0167713,842
D
+30.7%
5,6092,9728,582
D
+5.2%
4,9484,4579,415
D
+20.3%
2,6991,4626,107
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
12.6%
American
7.5%
Irish
3.5%
German
3.5%
Italian
1.0%
Scottish
0.8%
French
0.8%
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: 41.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.7%
2.4%
75–84
3.0%
5.5%
65–74
6.7%
6.6%
55–64
7.4%
5.7%
45–54
6.4%
5.4%
35–44
6.0%
6.0%
25–34
6.3%
4.0%
18–24
3.8%
8.6%
5–17
7.9%
2.9%
<5
2.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$58,673
Rocky Mount, NC ranks near the middle of US counties.
Rocky Mount, NC$58,673
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
15.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.5%
Working age (18–64)12.5%
Seniors (65+)16.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.8%
speak English only
Spanish7.1%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
21.7%
Other Christian
12.5%
Methodist
6.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.1%
Mainline Protestant
2.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.1%
Non-Christian
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rocky Mount straddles two counties with divergent partisan lean — majority-Black Edgecombe votes reliably Democratic while Nash County is more competitive — making the metro a useful bellwether for northeastern North Carolina's shifting coalition patterns.

The Republican margin in Rocky Mount, NC reached its widest at thirty-eight points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was six points, in line with the metro's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $58,673, a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 144,952 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/40580/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic by 6.0 points (D+6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 76,922 votes cast, 40,410 went Democratic and 35,787 went Republican.
What is Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina as a "Republican loyalist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 28 times, Republican 5 times, and other 1 times.
When did Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina?
Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina has a population of 144,952 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina is $58,673 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Rocky Mount, NC, North Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 28 went Democratic and 5 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.