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Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area


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2024 population: 373,031   ( 7,750 from 2020)
Land area: 1639.5 square miles
Population density: 227.5 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:289,905 77.72% 0.0%
Black:25,3026.78% 1.3%
Indian:1,0600.28% 12.2%
Asian:12,8403.44% 8.2%
2+ races:7,3651.97% 15.6%
Hispanic:36,5599.80% 17.2%
Total non-White:83,12622.28% 10.3%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:15,278 10.5
Deaths:21,99015.1
Net Migration: 12,4638.5
Net Immigration: 1,7901.2
Change in White population:-42 -0.0
Change in Non-White pop.:7,792 2.1



Historical Presidential Election Results for Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US)
PUSV
2024 67% Donald Trump (R) 141,120 71.6% Kamala Harris (D) 54,047 27.4% 2,006 [+] 1.0% 197,173 22 0.13%
2020 66% Donald Trump* (R) 135,614 71.0% Joe Biden (D) 53,197 27.8% 2,281 [+] 1.2% 191,092 24 0.12%
2016 58% Donald Trump (R) 115,076 69.4% Hillary Clinton (D) 44,659 26.9% 6,127 [+] 3.7% 165,862 23 0.12%
2012 56% Mitt Romney (R) 102,287 64.7% Barack Obama* (D) 53,279 33.7% 2,507 [+] 1.6% 158,073 18 0.12%
2008 58% John McCain (R) 99,411 62.4% Barack Obama (D) 57,805 36.3% 2,087 [+] 1.3% 159,303 17 0.12%
2004 51% George W. Bush* (R) 90,638 66.5% John Kerry (D) 45,203 33.1% 557 [+] 0.4% 136,398 16 0.11%
2000 47% George W. Bush (R) 79,289 65.5% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 40,924 33.8% 893 [+] 0.7% 121,106 18 0.11%
1996 45% Robert Dole (R) 60,152 55.0% Bill Clinton* (D) 39,284 35.9% 9,870 [+] 9.0% 109,306 14 0.11%
1992 52% George Bush* (R) 58,170 49.0% Bill Clinton (D) 42,781 36.0% 17,782 [+] 15.0% 118,733 12 0.11%
1988 48% George Bush (R) 67,949 65.4% Michael Dukakis (D) 35,780 34.4% 153 [+] 0.1% 103,882 12 0.11%
1984 53% Ronald Reagan* (R) 75,768 69.6% Walter Mondale (D) 32,945 30.2% 216 0.2% 108,929 11 0.12%
1980 50% Ronald Reagan (R) 55,170 57.0% Jimmy Carter* (D) 38,837 40.2% 2,707 [+] 2.8% 96,714 6 0.11%
1976 55% Jimmy Carter (D) 48,297 52.5% Gerald Ford* (R) 43,299 47.1% 412 [+] 0.4% 92,008 -1 0.11%
1972 51% Richard Nixon* (R) 57,394 71.7% George McGovern (D) 21,295 26.6% 1,313 [+] 1.6% 80,002 11 0.10%
1968 68% Richard Nixon (R) 44,273 52.7% George Wallace (AIP) 20,475 24.4% 19,258 [+] 22.9% 84,006 9 0.11%
1964 73% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 43,197 52.1% Barry Goldwater (R) 39,690 47.9% 0 0.0% 82,887 9 0.12%
1960 79% Richard Nixon (R) 47,788 56.9% John Kennedy (D) 36,184 43.1% 0 0.0% 83,972 7 0.12%
1956 74% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 45,669 61.2% Adlai Stevenson (D) 28,994 38.8% 0 0.0% 74,663 4 0.12%
1952 74% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 40,684 58.0% Adlai Stevenson (D) 29,484 42.0% 0 0.0% 70,168 3 0.11%
1948 58% Thomas Dewey (R) 23,146 47.2% Harry Truman* (D) 22,160 45.2% 3,727 [+] 7.6% 49,033 2 0.10%
1944 57% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 24,642 54.7% Thomas Dewey (R) 20,402 45.3% 0 0.0% 45,044 -1 0.09%
1940 59% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 27,548 63.6% Wendell Willkie (R) 15,767 36.4% 0 0.0% 43,315 -8 0.09%
1936 75% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 28,742 61.8% Alf Landon (R) 17,765 38.2% 0 0.0% 46,507 2 0.10%
1932 69% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 22,744 57.9% Herbert Hoover* (R) 16,342 41.6% 198 [+] 0.5% 39,284 2 0.10%
1928 62% Herbert Hoover (R) 19,476 62.3% Al Smith (D) 11,810 37.7% 0 0.0% 31,286 4 0.08%
1924 65% John Davis (D) 15,530 52.0% Calvin Coolidge (R) 14,128 47.3% 213 [+] 0.7% 29,871 -7 0.10%
1920 71% Warren Harding (R) 15,468 53.1% James Cox (D) 13,642 46.9% 0 0.0% 29,110 -7 0.11%
1916 36% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 6,944 50.2% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 6,869 49.7% 14 [+] 0.1% 13,827 4 0.07%
1912 32% Woodrow Wilson (D) 5,954 49.4% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 4,824 40.0% 1,270 [+] 10.5% 12,048 -13 0.08%
1908 34% William Taft (R) 6,187 53.5% William J. Bryan (D) 5,380 46.5% 0 0.0% 11,567 2 0.08%
1904 30% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 4,666 49.1% Alton Parker (D) 4,516 47.5% 318 [+] 3.3% 9,500 -7 0.07%
1900 35% William McKinley* (R) 4,887 48.8% William J. Bryan (D) 4,886 48.8% 234 [+] 2.3% 10,007 -3 0.07%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote