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1876–2024
Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn·North Carolina

Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 19 points.

Coastal plain market where military and university voters reshape margins

1876 — 2024·38 elections
NC
Latest
R+19
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
805,431
2024 ACS

Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn, North Carolina: Old Confederacy market. In 2024, voted R+19%. Democratic peak: D+75 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+19MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
805,4312024 5-year
Median household income
$61,0252024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
61.6%2024 5-year
Black
23.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
10.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+75 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+45 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
15 counties · 3 D · 12 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
−19.4%
159,418237,219401,012
R
−14.7%
162,556219,535387,785
R
−15.0%
141,525193,272345,664
R
−10.4%
149,701184,959337,944
R
−7.6%
150,110175,019327,272
R
−19.4%
103,761153,804258,396
D
+15.4%
128,98894,360224,913
R
−5.0%
84,87594,435191,272
D
+0.6%
86,53085,249199,415
R
−11.6%
74,18793,765168,389
R
−18.8%
73,332107,410181,128
D
+2.4%
76,30772,573152,546
D
+17.8%
75,62552,603129,049
R
−45.1%
31,82785,411118,683
O
+8.6%
43,15331,506134,915
D
+30.3%
71,28738,120109,407
D
+42.9%
72,65129,016101,667
D
+49.2%
65,57122,30587,876
D
+52.4%
63,39819,78983,187
D
+71.3%
52,5257,77162,793
D
+70.4%
50,9628,84559,807
D
+75.0%
56,2218,04864,269
D
+75.1%
58,2468,29466,540
D
+74.1%
49,0967,17556,591
D
+16.4%
28,12620,21548,341
D
+46.6%
26,2529,44836,047
D
+34.8%
31,98415,48647,470
D
+35.6%
19,7569,36629,154
D
+61.1%
17,5872,34924,948
D
+25.5%
16,7239,91326,699
D
+42.1%
16,5506,71223,387
D
+19.5%
22,89915,41838,386
D
+6.8%
23,20420,25643,620
D
+13.1%
17,29512,57336,122
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.2%
Irish
8.8%
German
8.7%
American
7.4%
Italian
3.3%
Scottish
1.7%
Polish
0.9%
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: 37.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.1%
2.3%
75–84
3.0%
5.0%
65–74
5.8%
5.6%
55–64
6.3%
5.1%
45–54
5.4%
5.8%
35–44
5.8%
6.8%
25–34
6.4%
8.1%
18–24
5.3%
8.0%
5–17
7.5%
3.1%
<5
2.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$61,025
Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn ranks near the middle of US counties.
Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn$61,025
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
16.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1820.8%
Working age (18–64)14.9%
Seniors (65+)13.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.9%
speak English only
Spanish6.8%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
11.8%
Baptist
11.0%
Methodist
7.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
5.6%
Mainline Protestant
2.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.1%
Non-Christian
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored by East Carolina University in Greenville and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point near Havelock, this eastern North Carolina media market blends college-town, military, and rural agricultural communities in ways that complicate straight-line partisan predictions.

The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn, by a nineteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-five points in 1972. The 2024 margin was nineteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 62% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $61,025, and a 16% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn, North Carolina — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/dma/545/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn, North Carolina voted Republican by 19.4 points (R+19), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 401,012 votes cast, 159,418 went Democratic and 237,219 went Republican.
What is Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn, North Carolina's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn, North Carolina as a "Old Confederacy" market based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the market has voted Democratic 23 times, Republican 10 times, and other 1 times.
When did Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn, North Carolina voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn, North Carolina?
Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn, North Carolina has a population of 805,431 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn, North Carolina?
Median household income in Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn, North Carolina is $61,025 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn, North Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The market's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.