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Asheville, NC Metro Area


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2024 population: 485,381   ( 16,367 from 2020)
Land area: 2032.6 square miles
Population density: 238.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:400,324 82.48% 2.2%
Black:20,6954.26% 0.5%
Indian:1,7870.37% 6.6%
Asian:7,1251.47% 13.4%
2+ races:9,4091.94% 11.6%
Hispanic:46,0419.49% 14.2%
Total non-White:85,05717.52% 10.0%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:17,595 9.4
Deaths:25,23113.4
Net Migration: 19,34410.3
Net Immigration: 4,4912.4
Change in White population:8,617 1.8
Change in Non-White pop.:7,750 1.7



Historical Presidential Election Results for Asheville, NC Metro Area



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US)
PUSV
2024 72% Kamala Harris (D) 147,026 52.1% Donald Trump (R) 130,181 46.2% 4,749 [+] 1.7% 281,956 -4 0.18%
2020 73% Joe Biden (D) 141,771 50.7% Donald Trump* (R) 133,257 47.7% 4,530 [+] 1.6% 279,558 1 0.18%
2016 66% Donald Trump (R) 117,237 49.0% Hillary Clinton (D) 109,678 45.9% 12,204 [+] 5.1% 239,119 3 0.17%
2012 63% Mitt Romney (R) 108,732 49.8% Barack Obama* (D) 105,584 48.4% 3,859 [+] 1.8% 218,175 3 0.17%
2008 65% Barack Obama (D) 107,554 50.3% John McCain (R) 103,526 48.4% 2,775 [+] 1.3% 213,855 3 0.16%
2004 59% George W. Bush* (R) 100,236 54.6% John Kerry (D) 82,342 44.8% 1,064 [+] 0.6% 183,642 4 0.15%
2000 53% George W. Bush (R) 88,583 57.3% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 64,405 41.6% 1,693 [+] 1.1% 154,681 9 0.15%
1996 48% Robert Dole (R) 60,805 47.2% Bill Clinton* (D) 54,967 42.7% 13,070 [+] 10.1% 128,842 6 0.13%
1992 55% George Bush* (R) 58,315 42.4% Bill Clinton (D) 58,067 42.2% 21,180 [+] 15.4% 137,562 5 0.13%
1988 50% George Bush (R) 68,949 58.6% Michael Dukakis (D) 48,345 41.1% 357 [+] 0.3% 117,651 5 0.13%
1984 51% Ronald Reagan* (R) 70,879 62.9% Walter Mondale (D) 41,505 36.8% 316 0.3% 112,700 4 0.12%
1980 47% Ronald Reagan (R) 49,543 50.0% Jimmy Carter* (D) 45,431 45.8% 4,171 [+] 4.2% 99,145 -1 0.11%
1976 49% Jimmy Carter (D) 48,913 53.7% Gerald Ford* (R) 41,622 45.7% 598 [+] 0.7% 91,133 -2 0.11%
1972 46% Richard Nixon* (R) 56,401 70.7% George McGovern (D) 21,881 27.4% 1,528 [+] 1.9% 79,810 10 0.10%
1968 61% Richard Nixon (R) 39,700 46.2% Hubert Humphrey (D) 25,581 29.8% 20,682 [+] 24.1% 85,963 3 0.12%
1964 66% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 52,182 58.5% Barry Goldwater (R) 37,063 41.5% 0 0.0% 89,245 3 0.13%
1960 71% Richard Nixon (R) 51,880 56.2% John Kennedy (D) 40,504 43.8% 0 0.0% 92,384 7 0.13%
1956 61% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 43,116 55.7% Adlai Stevenson (D) 34,338 44.3% 0 0.0% 77,454 -2 0.12%
1952 66% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 44,087 53.3% Adlai Stevenson (D) 38,655 46.7% 0 0.0% 82,742 -2 0.13%
1948 49% Harry Truman* (D) 30,314 53.4% Thomas Dewey (R) 22,456 39.6% 3,974 [+] 7.0% 56,744 -6 0.12%
1944 52% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 36,603 63.2% Thomas Dewey (R) 21,318 36.8% 0 0.0% 57,921 -9 0.12%
1940 59% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 43,016 68.9% Wendell Willkie (R) 19,409 31.1% 0 0.0% 62,425 -14 0.13%
1936 70% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 40,701 63.9% Alf Landon (R) 22,999 36.1% 0 0.0% 63,700 0 0.14%
1932 62% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 33,055 61.1% Herbert Hoover* (R) 20,551 38.0% 513 [+] 0.9% 54,119 -2 0.14%
1928 67% Herbert Hoover (R) 31,048 59.9% Al Smith (D) 20,820 40.1% 0 0.0% 51,868 2 0.14%
1924 51% John Davis (D) 19,158 54.3% Calvin Coolidge (R) 15,525 44.0% 597 [+] 1.7% 35,280 -10 0.12%
1920 60% James Cox (D) 18,232 50.4% Warren Harding (R) 17,970 49.6% 0 0.0% 36,202 -11 0.14%
1916 32% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 9,113 51.0% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 8,770 49.0% 0 0.0% 17,883 5 0.10%
1912 28% Woodrow Wilson (D) 7,773 52.7% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 4,846 32.9% 2,120 [+] 14.4% 14,739 -10 0.10%
1908 33% William Taft (R) 8,505 53.8% William J. Bryan (D) 7,237 45.8% 56 [+] 0.4% 15,798 2 0.11%
1904 30% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 7,016 51.2% Alton Parker (D) 6,693 48.8% 1 [+] 0.0% 13,710 -5 0.10%
1900 39% William McKinley* (R) 9,236 54.4% William J. Bryan (D) 7,700 45.3% 54 [+] 0.3% 16,990 3 0.12%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote