Congressional District 12 Congressional District (NC) — Elections 1876–2024

North Carolina 12th Congressional District, North Carolina: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+28%. Democratic peak: D+68 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+28MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population: 757,2752024 5-year
Median household income: $87,2572024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 46.7%2024 5-year
Black: 28.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 15.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+68 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+41 in 1972MIT Election Lab

2024 results by constituent county

6 counties · 1 D · 5 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).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+27.5%	237,802	133,400	379,608
2020	D	+29.4%	237,798	128,285	372,402
2016	D	+23.4%	183,186	110,897	308,735
2012	D	+17.5%	169,325	118,429	291,072
2008	D	+19.3%	158,308	106,747	266,992
2004	R	−0.8%	103,622	105,375	209,777
2000	D	+6.3%	90,064	79,322	170,724
1996	R	−0.1%	65,121	65,321	138,694
1992	R	−3.1%	61,095	65,630	147,519
1988	R	−21.1%	45,533	69,996	115,934
1984	R	−27.8%	39,644	70,294	110,185
1980	R	−3.2%	42,347	45,317	92,338
1976	D	+0.8%	41,093	40,408	81,831
1972	R	−40.7%	21,490	51,879	74,590
1968	R	−24.5%	20,050	37,630	71,827
1964	D	+1.8%	33,238	32,031	65,269
1960	R	−13.2%	26,070	33,994	60,064
1956	R	−25.7%	18,506	31,335	49,841
1952	R	−16.4%	22,635	31,497	54,132
1948	D	+8.0%	10,272	8,338	24,206
1944	D	+44.5%	18,538	7,119	25,657
1940	D	+61.5%	21,250	5,062	26,313
1936	D	+67.7%	19,971	3,841	23,813
1932	D	+52.7%	13,835	4,243	18,210
1928	R	−11.9%	7,523	9,549	17,072
1924	D	+38.0%	6,638	2,894	9,859
1920	D	+34.3%	8,271	4,043	12,313
1916	D	+34.7%	3,425	1,656	5,093
1912	D	+62.3%	2,976	320	4,264
1908	D	+26.6%	2,901	1,679	4,598
1904	D	+43.5%	2,411	936	3,389
1900	D	+22.8%	2,770	1,730	4,562
1896	D	+15.1%	3,612	2,650	6,375
1892	D	+28.9%	2,798	1,382	4,906
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

English

9.4%

German

8.8%

Irish

7.6%

American

5.2%

Italian

4.1%

Scottish

1.9%

Polish

1.6%

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: 35.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.8%

1.4%

75–84

2.0%

3.4%

65–74

4.1%

5.4%

55–64

5.8%

6.3%

45–54

6.8%

7.2%

35–44

7.6%

8.1%

25–34

8.5%

4.5%

18–24

4.6%

8.6%

5–17

8.3%

3.3%

3.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$87,257

Congressional District 12 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 12$87,257

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

10.3%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1814.6%

Working age (18–64)8.9%

Seniors (65+)10.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

78.4%

speak English only

Spanish12.9%

Other Indo-European3.9%

Asian & Pacific Islander3.5%

Other languages1.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

17.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

15.6%

Baptist

10.3%

Methodist

6.0%

Mainline Protestant

5.0%

Non-Christian

3.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

North Carolina 12th Congressional District sits in the Carolinas. Its political identity has been Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember. 1 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Democratic candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Democratic margin in North Carolina 12th Congressional District reached its widest at sixty-eight points in 1936. The margin in 2024 was twenty-eight points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $87,257, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 757,275 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Congressional District 12, North Carolina — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/3712/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 12, North Carolina vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 12, North Carolina voted Democratic by 27.5 points (D+28), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 379,608 votes cast, 237,802 went Democratic and 133,400 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 12, North Carolina's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 12, North Carolina as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 22 times, Republican 12 times, and other 0 times.

When did Congressional District 12, North Carolina last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 12, North Carolina voted Republican was 2004.

How many people live in Congressional District 12, North Carolina?

Congressional District 12, North Carolina has a population of 757,275 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 12, North Carolina?

Median household income in Congressional District 12, North Carolina is $87,257 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.

What is the political history of Congressional District 12, North Carolina?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 12, North Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

North Carolina 12th Congressional District delivered D+28 in 2024 — Democratic for the long memory.

Key facts

Demographics

Frequently asked questions