North Carolina Citizen Voting-age Population By County in 2024 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census Bureau's special tabulation from the ACS 5-year estimates, in 2024, the citizen voting-age population for North Carolina was 7,898,161 and represented 73.61% of the total North Carolina population.
Among all North Carolina counties, Wake had the highest citizen voting-age population (824.68K), followed by Mecklenburg (786.42K), and Guilford (398.61K).
In terms of percentages, Watauga had the highest percentage of its population being citizens of voting-age (85.79%), followed by Brunswick (84.54%), and Pamlico (84.25%).
The chart and table below shows the citizen voting-age population of each county and the percentage of each county's population that were citizens of voting-age.
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| County | Citizen Voting-age Population | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| Wake | 824675 | 69.97 |
| Mecklenburg | 786415 | 68.11 |
| Guilford | 398605 | 72.75 |
| Forsyth | 281007 | 72.06 |
| Cumberland | 245127 | 72.41 |
| Durham | 237690 | 71.52 |
| Buncombe | 215589 | 78.58 |
| New Hanover | 185511 | 78.86 |
| Gaston | 175037 | 74.52 |
| Union | 173457 | 69.12 |
| Johnston | 164722 | 70.32 |
| Cabarrus | 163333 | 69.17 |
| Onslow | 153539 | 73.85 |
| Iredell | 145798 | 74.18 |
| Pitt | 134042 | 75.65 |
| Davidson | 130997 | 75.74 |
| Brunswick | 128976 | 84.54 |
| Alamance | 128326 | 72.54 |
| Catawba | 122710 | 75.02 |
| Orange | 112323 | 75.04 |
| Rowan | 110329 | 73.61 |
| Randolph | 106386 | 72.69 |
| Harnett | 99011 | 71.15 |
| Henderson | 91032 | 76.83 |
| Wayne | 84763 | 71.44 |
| Robeson | 82588 | 70.65 |
| Moore | 80065 | 76.35 |
| Craven | 79239 | 77.22 |
| Cleveland | 76898 | 76.14 |
| Nash | 72827 | 75.69 |
| Rockingham | 71736 | 77.86 |
| Lincoln | 71037 | 76.62 |
| Burke | 69781 | 79.49 |
| Caldwell | 63121 | 78.38 |
| Chatham | 59706 | 74.49 |
| Wilson | 58397 | 73.65 |
| Carteret | 56695 | 81.99 |
| Franklin | 55786 | 75.00 |
| Surry | 54032 | 75.65 |
| Rutherford | 50919 | 78.42 |
| Wilkes | 50892 | 77.18 |
| Haywood | 50780 | 81.04 |
| Stanly | 49125 | 75.99 |
| Pender | 49004 | 74.76 |
| Watauga | 47288 | 85.79 |
| Lee | 46110 | 70.06 |
| Granville | 45850 | 75.32 |
| Lenoir | 41009 | 74.67 |
| Sampson | 40548 | 68.18 |
| Columbus | 38811 | 77.41 |
| Hoke | 37243 | 69.18 |
| Halifax | 36784 | 77.15 |
| Stokes | 36636 | 81.16 |
| Edgecombe | 36526 | 74.95 |
| Jackson | 35357 | 80.78 |
| McDowell | 35256 | 78.67 |
| Beaufort | 34854 | 78.33 |
| Davie | 33640 | 76.24 |
| Duplin | 33135 | 67.16 |
| Richmond | 31703 | 74.87 |
| Pasquotank | 31679 | 77.59 |
| Vance | 30754 | 72.67 |
| Person | 30684 | 77.60 |
| Dare | 30212 | 79.77 |
| Macon | 29845 | 78.67 |
| Alexander | 28751 | 78.97 |
| Yadkin | 28462 | 75.75 |
| Transylvania | 27731 | 82.31 |
| Scotland | 25349 | 75.46 |
| Cherokee | 24635 | 83.34 |
| Currituck | 23387 | 76.43 |
| Bladen | 22635 | 76.56 |
| Ashe | 22028 | 81.75 |
| Montgomery | 19291 | 74.18 |
| Madison | 18006 | 82.34 |
| Caswell | 17833 | 79.59 |
| Anson | 17333 | 77.77 |
| Martin | 17152 | 79.23 |
| Polk | 16518 | 83.04 |
| Hertford | 15576 | 78.24 |
| Greene | 15486 | 75.59 |
| Yancey | 15115 | 80.40 |
| Warren | 15106 | 80.36 |
| Avery | 14623 | 82.72 |
| Bertie | 14082 | 82.03 |
| Northampton | 13829 | 81.66 |
| Mitchell | 12191 | 81.32 |
| Chowan | 10925 | 78.97 |
| Swain | 10861 | 77.51 |
| Perquimans | 10743 | 81.12 |
| Pamlico | 10439 | 84.25 |
| Clay | 9621 | 82.85 |
| Alleghany | 9012 | 80.63 |
| Washington | 8669 | 80.17 |
| Camden | 8352 | 76.45 |
| Gates | 8271 | 79.73 |
| Jones | 7441 | 79.97 |
| Graham | 6452 | 79.94 |
| Hyde | 3585 | 78.09 |
| Tyrrell | 2700 | 78.86 |
