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Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area


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2024 population: 705,187   ( 29,206 from 2020)
Land area: 2009.0 square miles
Population density: 351.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:455,587 64.61% 1.0%
Black:125,52317.80% 4.4%
Indian:2,3340.33% 7.0%
Asian:15,9732.27% 19.2%
2+ races:13,9091.97% 19.0%
Hispanic:91,86113.03% 18.4%
Total non-White:249,60035.39% 10.9%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:31,561 11.7
Deaths:34,97012.9
Net Migration: 24,6949.1
Net Immigration: 7,6162.8
Change in White population:4,680 0.7
Change in Non-White pop.:24,526 3.6



Historical Presidential Election Results for Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US)
PUSV
2024 68% Donald Trump (R) 212,636 57.1% Kamala Harris (D) 154,402 41.4% 5,562 [+] 1.5% 372,600 7 0.24%
2020 69% Donald Trump* (R) 204,025 56.6% Joe Biden (D) 151,431 42.0% 5,263 [+] 1.5% 360,719 10 0.23%
2016 62% Donald Trump (R) 176,890 56.1% Hillary Clinton (D) 125,668 39.9% 12,540 [+] 4.0% 315,098 10 0.23%
2012 61% Mitt Romney (R) 171,653 56.4% Barack Obama* (D) 128,657 42.3% 3,796 [+] 1.2% 304,106 9 0.24%
2008 62% John McCain (R) 159,971 54.4% Barack Obama (D) 131,098 44.6% 2,903 [+] 1.0% 293,972 9 0.22%
2004 55% George W. Bush* (R) 155,140 62.0% John Kerry (D) 93,982 37.6% 906 [+] 0.4% 250,028 11 0.20%
2000 50% George W. Bush (R) 135,734 62.3% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 80,464 36.9% 1,653 [+] 0.8% 217,851 14 0.21%
1996 48% Robert Dole (R) 110,008 56.6% Bill Clinton* (D) 71,357 36.7% 13,128 [+] 6.7% 194,493 16 0.20%
1992 54% George Bush* (R) 99,742 47.9% Bill Clinton (D) 79,519 38.2% 28,759 [+] 13.8% 208,020 11 0.20%
1988 48% George Bush (R) 110,629 63.0% Michael Dukakis (D) 64,621 36.8% 488 [+] 0.3% 175,738 10 0.19%
1984 51% Ronald Reagan* (R) 116,371 66.2% Walter Mondale (D) 59,219 33.7% 315 0.2% 175,905 7 0.19%
1980 49% Ronald Reagan (R) 86,290 54.7% Jimmy Carter* (D) 66,352 42.1% 5,120 [+] 3.2% 157,762 4 0.18%
1976 52% Gerald Ford* (R) 74,416 50.5% Jimmy Carter (D) 72,199 49.0% 827 [+] 0.6% 147,442 2 0.18%
1972 49% Richard Nixon* (R) 90,845 70.7% George McGovern (D) 35,043 27.3% 2,626 [+] 2.0% 128,514 10 0.17%
1968 63% Richard Nixon (R) 62,833 47.8% George Wallace (AIP) 35,547 27.0% 33,194 [+] 25.2% 131,574 4 0.18%
1964 60% Barry Goldwater (R) 62,552 52.3% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 56,972 47.7% 0 0.0% 119,524 14 0.17%
1960 62% Richard Nixon (R) 69,099 59.6% John Kennedy (D) 46,896 40.4% 0 0.0% 115,995 10 0.17%
1956 54% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 59,955 63.7% Adlai Stevenson (D) 34,225 36.3% 0 0.0% 94,180 6 0.15%
1952 62% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 54,077 54.5% Adlai Stevenson (D) 45,162 45.5% 0 0.0% 99,239 -1 0.16%
1948 43% Harry Truman* (D) 28,623 47.1% Thomas Dewey (R) 28,287 46.5% 3,913 [+] 6.4% 60,823 1 0.12%
1944 48% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 34,691 53.2% Thomas Dewey (R) 30,471 46.8% 0 0.0% 65,162 1 0.14%
1940 51% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 42,578 64.5% Wendell Willkie (R) 23,424 35.5% 0 0.0% 66,002 -9 0.13%
1936 56% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 39,647 63.4% Alf Landon (R) 22,873 36.6% 0 0.0% 62,520 0 0.14%
1932 50% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 32,199 60.7% Herbert Hoover* (R) 20,250 38.2% 621 [+] 1.2% 53,070 -1 0.13%
1928 50% Herbert Hoover (R) 32,814 67.7% Al Smith (D) 15,675 32.3% 0 0.0% 48,489 9 0.13%
1924 46% Calvin Coolidge (R) 19,585 49.5% John Davis (D) 19,396 49.0% 583 [+] 1.5% 39,564 -4 0.14%
1920 51% Warren Harding (R) 21,570 54.7% James Cox (D) 17,893 45.3% 0 0.0% 39,463 -6 0.15%
1916 32% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 11,204 51.8% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 10,148 46.9% 277 [+] 1.3% 21,629 6 0.12%
1912 30% Woodrow Wilson (D) 8,206 44.6% William Taft* (R) 6,249 34.0% 3,933 [+] 21.4% 18,388 11 0.12%
1908 31% William Taft (R) 9,756 57.6% William J. Bryan (D) 7,036 41.6% 140 [+] 0.8% 16,932 6 0.11%
1904 30% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 8,246 54.3% Alton Parker (D) 6,852 45.2% 76 [+] 0.5% 15,174 -2 0.11%
1900 37% William McKinley* (R) 9,699 55.9% William J. Bryan (D) 7,529 43.4% 122 [+] 0.7% 17,350 4 0.12%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote