RightDataUSA

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area


[Sort counties by population]

 


Click here to view demographic data for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

2024 population: 2,950,696   ( 228,032 from 2020)
Land area: 5992.5 square miles
Population density: 492.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:1,673,492 56.72% 3.2%
Black:658,62522.32% 8.2%
Indian:9,8620.33% 7.0%
Asian:152,5845.17% 32.6%
2+ races:64,1332.17% 20.4%
Hispanic:392,00013.29% 24.6%
Total non-White:1,277,20443.28% 16.0%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:139,505 12.8
Deaths:105,6489.7
Net Migration: 122,48811.2
Net Immigration: 70,8466.5
Change in White population:51,744 1.9
Change in Non-White pop.:176,288 6.5



Historical Presidential Election Results for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area



Click on the Year to view county-level data for that election.

YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US)
PUSV
2024 67% Donald Trump (R) 739,341 50.4% Kamala Harris (D) 701,780 47.9% 24,679 [+] 1.7% 1,465,800 1 0.94%
2020 68% Donald Trump* (R) 700,989 49.7% Joe Biden (D) 689,033 48.8% 21,571 [+] 1.5% 1,411,593 3 0.89%
2016 60% Donald Trump (R) 588,420 50.6% Hillary Clinton (D) 524,565 45.1% 50,210 [+] 4.3% 1,163,195 5 0.85%
2012 60% Mitt Romney (R) 561,127 51.9% Barack Obama* (D) 506,396 46.9% 13,340 [+] 1.2% 1,080,863 5 0.84%
2008 61% John McCain (R) 513,427 51.1% Barack Obama (D) 483,368 48.1% 8,864 [+] 0.9% 1,005,659 5 0.76%
2004 53% George W. Bush* (R) 461,136 58.8% John Kerry (D) 319,803 40.8% 3,664 [+] 0.5% 784,603 8 0.64%
2000 48% George W. Bush (R) 381,974 58.8% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 261,236 40.2% 6,086 [+] 0.9% 649,296 11 0.62%
1996 44% Robert Dole (R) 274,623 51.0% Bill Clinton* (D) 225,897 41.9% 38,374 [+] 7.1% 538,894 10 0.56%
1992 51% George Bush* (R) 269,628 47.3% Bill Clinton (D) 218,822 38.4% 81,382 [+] 14.3% 569,832 10 0.55%
1988 45% George Bush (R) 286,373 62.8% Michael Dukakis (D) 167,930 36.8% 1,419 [+] 0.3% 455,722 9 0.50%
1984 48% Ronald Reagan* (R) 298,470 66.5% Walter Mondale (D) 149,284 33.3% 1,036 0.2% 448,790 8 0.48%
1980 44% Ronald Reagan (R) 192,660 50.4% Jimmy Carter* (D) 175,646 46.0% 13,837 [+] 3.6% 382,143 0 0.44%
1976 46% Jimmy Carter (D) 188,504 53.6% Gerald Ford* (R) 161,255 45.9% 1,878 [+] 0.5% 351,637 -2 0.43%
1972 44% Richard Nixon* (R) 224,409 70.8% George McGovern (D) 87,029 27.5% 5,418 [+] 1.7% 316,856 10 0.41%
1968 57% Richard Nixon (R) 151,768 46.3% George Wallace (AIP) 89,771 27.4% 86,084 [+] 26.3% 327,623 3 0.45%
1964 55% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 151,650 51.9% Barry Goldwater (R) 140,284 48.1% 4 0.0% 291,938 10 0.41%
1960 57% Richard Nixon (R) 148,593 52.4% John Kennedy (D) 135,068 47.6% 0 0.0% 283,661 3 0.41%
1956 51% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 134,208 55.8% Adlai Stevenson (D) 103,814 43.2% 2,562 1.1% 240,584 -2 0.39%
1952 58% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 140,975 54.2% Adlai Stevenson (D) 119,318 45.8% 0 0.0% 260,293 -1 0.42%
1948 32% Harry Truman* (D) 57,725 44.5% Thomas Dewey (R) 43,122 33.2% 28,965 [+] 22.3% 129,812 -12 0.27%
1944 36% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 92,276 68.6% Thomas Dewey (R) 42,030 31.2% 262 0.2% 134,568 -15 0.28%
1940 40% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 111,753 78.5% Wendell Willkie (R) 30,605 21.5% 2 0.0% 142,360 -23 0.29%
1936 46% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 112,135 79.2% Alf Landon (R) 29,515 20.8% 0 0.0% 141,650 -16 0.31%
1932 41% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 86,809 73.6% Herbert Hoover* (R) 30,273 25.7% 786 [+] 0.7% 117,868 -14 0.30%
1928 39% Herbert Hoover (R) 54,932 54.2% Al Smith (D) 46,446 45.8% 7 [+] 0.0% 101,385 -4 0.28%
1924 30% John Davis (D) 46,135 64.2% Calvin Coolidge (R) 23,973 33.3% 1,793 [+] 2.5% 71,901 -21 0.25%
1920 40% James Cox (D) 54,740 62.4% Warren Harding (R) 33,015 37.6% 0 0.0% 87,755 -23 0.33%
1916 22% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 28,335 65.5% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 14,860 34.4% 65 [+] 0.2% 43,260 -12 0.23%
1912 19% Woodrow Wilson (D) 23,636 67.5% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 9,224 26.3% 2,180 [+] 6.2% 35,040 -18 0.23%
1908 22% William J. Bryan (D) 23,727 63.8% William Taft (R) 13,409 36.1% 50 [+] 0.1% 37,186 -16 0.25%
1904 18% Alton Parker (D) 20,154 70.7% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 8,152 28.6% 220 [+] 0.8% 28,526 -28 0.21%
1900 23% William J. Bryan (D) 21,322 62.7% William McKinley* (R) 12,160 35.8% 518 [+] 1.5% 34,000 -16 0.24%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote

Historical Statewide Election Results for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area

Click on the Year to view county-level data for that election.

YearTypeTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal VotesDiff PSV
*: incumbent               +: ran on additional party lines               Type: G: Governor; S1,S2,S3: Senate Class 1, 2 or 3
italics: special election           RO: runoff election           PSV: percent of state vote