2022 population: 746,329
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 632,152 | 84.70% | |
Black: | 26,383 | 3.54% | |
Indian: | 9,720 | 1.30% | |
Asian: | 7,240 | 0.97% | |
2+ races: | 18,410 | 2.47% | |
Hispanic: | 50,222 | 6.73% | |
Total non-White: | 114,177 | 15.30% |
Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 399,729 | |
Median Value | $259,200 | |
Occupied | 306,151 | 76.6% |
Vacant | 93,578 | 23.4% |
Owned | 217,955 | 71.2% |
Rented | 88,196 | 28.8% |
Median Rent | $992 | |
Single-Family Units | 285,480 | 71.4% |
Detached | 277,500 | 69.4% |
Attached | 7,980 | 2.0% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 32,001 | 8.0% |
Mobile Homes | 63,431 | 15.9% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 15,149 | 4.9% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 15,957 | 5.2% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 14,330 | 4.7% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 13,283 | 4.3% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 14,603 | 4.8% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 15,167 | 5.0% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 14,193 | 4.6% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 13,822 | 4.5% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 13,208 | 4.3% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 22,966 | 7.5% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 31,647 | 10.3% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 39,597 | 12.9% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 27,176 | 8.9% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 18,772 | 6.1% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 16,983 | 5.5% |
$200,000 or more | 19,298 | 6.3% |
Median Household Income | 60,182 | |
Per Capita Income | 35,775 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 13,660 | 4.5% |
Public Assistance | 4,837 | 1.6% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 32,660 | 10.7% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 291,861 | 69.5% |
Unemployed | 12,726 | 3.0% |
In Armed Forces | 378 | 0.1% |
Total Labor Force | 304,965 | 72.6% |
Not in Labor Force | 114,969 | 27.4% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 30.4% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 121,435 | 103,370 | 54.0% |
Non-Profit | 8,166 | 16,661 | 32.9% |
Self-Employed | 26,476 | 17,491 | 60.2% |
Local Government | 9,405 | 13,529 | 41.0% |
State Government | 7,227 | 10,061 | 41.8% |
Federal Government | 3,098 | 3,384 | 47.8% |
Total Private + Self | 147,911 | 120,861 | 55.0% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 27,896 | 43,635 | 39.0% |
Total | 175,807 | 164,496 | 51.7% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.7% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 47,113 | 13.8% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 69,056 | 20.3% |
Professional, Technical | 79,281 | 23.3% |
Service Occupations | 67,997 | 19.9% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 2,346 | 0.7% |
All others | 77,537 | 22.7% |
White Collar | 57.3% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Retail trade | 43,544 | 12.8% |
Manufacturing | 36,342 | 10.7% |
Accommodation, food svcs, recreation | 31,614 | 9.3% |
Construction | 28,624 | 8.4% |
Educational services and health care | 28,393 | 8.3% |
Professional, scientific, management | 19,213 | 5.6% |
Other services | 18,227 | 5.3% |
Public administration | 13,323 | 3.9% |
Transportation, warehousing, utilities | 10,662 | 3.1% |
Finance, insurance and real estate | 9,442 | 2.8% |
Wholesale trade | 5,428 | 1.6% |
Farming, forestry, fishing, mining | 4,416 | 1.3% |
Information | 4,305 | 1.3% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 31,021 | 4.16% |
Puerto Rican | 4,419 | 0.59% |
Cuban | 1,689 | 0.23% |
Dominican | 881 | 0.12% |
Total Central American | 5,359 | 0.72% |
Costa Rican | 237 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 1,634 | 0.22% |
Honduran | 1,461 | 0.20% |
Nicaraguan | 197 | 0.03% |
Panamanian | 58 | 0.01% |
Salvadoran | 1,772 | 0.24% |
Total South American | 4,020 | 0.54% |
Argentinean | 475 | 0.06% |
Bolivian | 79 | 0.01% |
Chilean | 204 | 0.03% |
Colombian | 1,519 | 0.20% |
Ecuadorian | 294 | 0.04% |
Paraguayan | 3 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 206 | 0.03% |
Uruguayan | 51 | 0.01% |
Venezuelan | 703 | 0.09% |
Other South American | 486 | 0.07% |
Other Hispanic | 2,833 | 0.38% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 1,105 | 0.15% |
Filipino | 1,028 | 0.14% |
Chinese | 993 | 0.13% |
Korean | 781 | 0.10% |
Japanese | 508 | 0.07% |
Vietnamese | 495 | 0.07% |
Cambodian | 442 | 0.06% |
Thai | 299 | 0.04% |
Hmong | 242 | 0.03% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 662,210 | 92.8% |
Spanish | 36,013 | 5.0% |
Other Indo-European | 2,909 | 0.4% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 2,870 | 0.4% |
Other | 1,977 | 0.3% |
German, other Germanic | 1,818 | 0.3% |
Other Asian | 1,547 | 0.2% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 1,297 | 0.2% |
Chinese | 709 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
English | 140,991 | 18.9% |
German | 84,862 | 11.4% |
American | 84,479 | 11.3% |
Irish | 81,686 | 10.9% |
Scotch-Irish | 28,526 | 3.8% |
Scottish | 25,855 | 3.5% |
Italian | 23,312 | 3.1% |
French | 15,566 | 2.1% |
European | 13,894 | 1.9% |
Polish | 9,655 | 1.3% |
Dutch | 7,801 | 1.0% |
Welsh | 5,723 | 0.8% |
British | 5,534 | 0.7% |
Swedish | 4,681 | 0.6% |
Norwegian | 4,482 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 725,634 | 97.2% |
Not a citizen | 20,695 | 2.8% |
Native | 709,444 | 95.1% |
Foreign-born | 36,885 | 4.9% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
18,245 | 3.3% | 32,915 | 5.9% | 147,396 | 26.6% | 167,839 | 30.3% | 115,408 | 20.8% | 72,165 | 13.0% |
Average years of education: 13.7 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 18,245 | 3.3% |
9-12 Years | 32,915 | 5.9% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 147,396 | 26.6% |
Some College | 167,839 | 30.3% |
Bach. Degree | 115,408 | 20.8% |
Grad Degree | 72,165 | 13.0% |
Average years of education: 13.7 |
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NOTE: Results prior to 2022 are for districts which previously covered much of this area, regardless of district number.
Date | District | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | |||||
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2022-11-08 | NC11 | Chuck Edwards (R) | 174,232 | 53.8% | Jasmine Beach-Ferrara (D) | 144,165 | 44.5% | 5,515 | 1.7% | 323,912 |
Redistricting effect (2022); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 2020. | ||||||||||
2020-11-03 | NC11 | Madison Cawthorn (R) | 245,531 | 54.5% | Moe Davis (D) | 190,609 | 42.3% | 14,185 | 3.1% | 450,325 |
Redistricting effect (2020); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the LEFT by approximately 6% compared to 2016. | ||||||||||
2018-11-06 | NC11 | Mark Meadows* (R) | 178,012 | 59.2% | Phillip Price (D) | 116,508 | 38.7% | 6,146 | 2.0% | 300,666 |
2016-11-08 | NC11 | Mark Meadows* (R) | 230,405 | 64.1% | Rick Bryson (D) | 129,103 | 35.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 359,508 |
Redistricting effect (2016); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the LEFT by approximately 1% compared to 2012. | ||||||||||
2014-11-04 | NC11 | Mark Meadows* (R) | 144,682 | 62.9% | Tom Hill (D) | 85,342 | 37.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 230,024 |
2012-11-06 | NC11 | Mark Meadows (R) | 190,319 | 57.4% | Hayden Rogers (D) | 141,107 | 42.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 331,426 |
Redistricting effect (2012); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 6% compared to 2010. | ||||||||||
2010-11-02 | NC11 | Heath Shuler* (D) | 131,225 | 54.3% | Jeff Miller (R) | 110,246 | 45.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 241,471 |
2008-11-04 | NC11 | Heath Shuler* (D) | 211,112 | 62.0% | Carl Mumpower (R) | 122,087 | 35.8% | 7,517 | 2.2% | 340,716 |
2006-11-07 | NC11 | Heath Shuler (D) | 124,972 | 53.8% | Charles Taylor* (R) | 107,342 | 46.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 232,314 |
2004-11-02 | NC11 | Charles Taylor* (R) | 159,709 | 54.9% | Patsy Keever (D) | 131,188 | 45.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 290,897 |
2002-11-05 | NC11 | Charles Taylor* (R) | 112,335 | 55.5% | Sam Neill (D) | 86,664 | 42.8% | 3,261 | 1.6% | 202,260 |
Redistricting effect (2002); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 2000. | ||||||||||
2000-11-07 | NC11 | Charles Taylor* (R) | 146,677 | 55.1% | Sam Neill (D) | 112,234 | 42.1% | 7,466 | 2.8% | 266,377 |
1998-11-03 | NC11 | Charles Taylor* (R) | 112,908 | 56.6% | David Young (D) | 84,256 | 42.2% | 2,259 | 1.1% | 199,423 |
Redistricting effect (1998); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the RIGHT by approximately 1% compared to 1996. | ||||||||||
1996-11-05 | NC11 | Charles Taylor* (R) | 132,860 | 58.3% | James Ferguson (D) | 91,257 | 40.0% | 3,908 | 1.7% | 228,025 |
1994-11-08 | NC11 | Charles Taylor* (R) | 115,826 | 60.1% | Maggie Lauterer (D) | 76,862 | 39.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 192,688 |
1992-11-03 | NC11 | Charles Taylor* (R) | 130,158 | 54.7% | John Stevens (D) | 108,003 | 45.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 238,161 |
Redistricting effect (1992); the partisan balance of the district was moved to the LEFT by approximately 2% compared to 1990. | ||||||||||
1990-11-06 | NC11 | Charles Taylor (R) | 101,991 | 50.7% | James Clarke* (D) | 99,318 | 49.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 201,309 |
1988-11-08 | NC11 | James Clarke* (D) | 108,436 | 50.4% | Charles Taylor (R) | 106,907 | 49.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 215,343 |
1986-11-04 | NC11 | James Clarke (D) | 91,575 | 50.7% | Bill Hendon* (R) | 89,069 | 49.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 180,644 |
1984-11-06 | NC11 | Bill Hendon (R) | 112,598 | 51.0% | James Clarke* (D) | 108,284 | 49.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 220,882 |
1982-11-02 | NC11 | James Clarke (D) | 85,410 | 49.9% | Bill Hendon* (R) | 84,085 | 49.2% | 1,552 | 0.9% | 171,047 |
Redistricting effect (1982); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 1980. | ||||||||||
1980-11-04 | NC11 | Bill Hendon (R) | 104,485 | 53.5% | Lamar Gudger* (D) | 90,789 | 46.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 195,274 |
1978-11-07 | NC11 | Lamar Gudger* (D) | 75,460 | 53.4% | Curtis Ratliff (R) | 65,832 | 46.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 141,292 |
1976-11-02 | NC11 | Lamar Gudger (D) | 93,857 | 50.9% | Bruce Briggs (R) | 88,752 | 48.1% | 1,812 | 1.0% | 184,421 |
1974-11-04 | NC11 | Roy Taylor* (D) | 89,163 | 66.0% | Albert Gilman (R) | 45,983 | 34.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 135,146 |
1972-11-07 | NC11 | Roy Taylor* (D) | 94,465 | 59.6% | Jesse Ledbetter (R) | 64,062 | 40.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 158,527 |
Redistricting effect (1972); the partisan balance of the district was changed by less than 1% compared to 1970. | ||||||||||
1970-11-03 | NC11 | Roy Taylor* (D) | 90,199 | 67.0% | Luke Atkinson (R) | 44,376 | 33.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 134,575 |
1968-11-05 | NC11 | Roy Taylor* (D) | 91,477 | 57.1% | Scott Harvey (R) | 68,657 | 42.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 160,134 |
1966-11-08 | NC11 | Roy Taylor* (D) | 72,855 | 52.8% | Scott Harvey (R) | 65,187 | 47.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 138,042 |
1964-11-03 | NC11 | Roy Taylor* (D) | 85,880 | 60.5% | Clyde Roberts (R) | 55,996 | 39.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 141,876 |
1962-11-06 | NC11 | Roy Taylor* (D) | 70,791 | 55.2% | Robert Brown (R) | 57,422 | 44.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 128,213 |
1960-11-08 | NC12 | Roy Taylor* (D) | 61,170 | 52.0% | Heinz Rollman (R) | 56,368 | 48.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 117,538 |
1960-06-25 sp | NC12 | Roy Taylor (D) | 28,744 | 98.6% | Heinz Rollman (R (write-in)) | 416 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 29,160 |
1958-11-04 | NC12 | David Hall (D) | 52,609 | 62.5% | Harold Sams (R) | 31,524 | 37.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 84,133 |
1956-11-06 | NC12 | George Shuford* (D) | 55,927 | 54.5% | Richard Clarke (R) | 46,760 | 45.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 102,687 |
1954-11-02 | NC12 | George Shuford* (D) | 44,258 | 61.5% | Charles Cunningham (R) | 27,651 | 38.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 71,909 |
1952-11-04 | NC12 | George Shuford (D) | 63,045 | 56.9% | Hugh Monteith (R) | 47,752 | 43.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 110,797 |
1950-11-07 | NC12 | Monroe Redden* (D) | 46,851 | 63.7% | John Wagner (R) | 26,710 | 36.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 73,561 |
1948-11-02 | NC12 | Monroe Redden* (D) | 52,036 | 63.1% | W.W. Candler (R) | 30,456 | 36.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 82,492 |
1946-11-05 | NC12 | Monroe Redden (D) | 43,690 | 60.5% | Guy Weaver (R) | 28,531 | 39.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 72,221 |
1944-11-07 | NC12 | Zebulon Weaver* (D) | 52,042 | 64.2% | Lewis Hamlin (R) | 28,965 | 35.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 81,007 |
1942-11-03 | NC12 | Zebulon Weaver* (D) | 30,438 | 65.3% | Gola Ferguson (R) | 16,150 | 34.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 46,588 |
1940-11-05 | NC11 | Zebulon Weaver* (D) | 75,763 | 69.0% | Robert Jarrett (R) | 34,104 | 31.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 109,867 |
1938-11-08 | NC11 | Zebulon Weaver* (D) | 61,508 | 63.8% | Vonno Gudger (R) | 34,912 | 36.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 96,420 |
1936-11-03 | NC11 | Zebulon Weaver* (D) | 73,645 | 62.9% | Clyde Jarrett (R) | 43,346 | 37.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 116,991 |
Year | Turnout ![]() | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (St) ![]() | Diff (US) ![]() | PSV | |||||
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2020 redist | Donald Trump* (R) | 236,408 | 54.4% | Joe Biden (D) | 192,266 | 44.3% | 5,790 | 1.3% | 434,464 | 4 | 8 | 7.86% | |
2020 | 72% | Donald Trump* (R) | 251,903 | 55.4% | Joe Biden (D) | 196,934 | 43.3% | 5,955 | 1.3% | 454,792 | 5 | 9 | 8.23% |
2016 | 61% | Donald Trump (R) | 230,018 | 62.6% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 123,790 | 33.7% | 13,923 | 3.8% | 367,731 | 13 | 17 | 7.76% |
2012 | 58% | Mitt Romney (R) | 205,502 | 60.8% | Barack Obama* (D) | 127,852 | 37.8% | 4,434 | 1.3% | 337,788 | 10 | 14 | 7.50% |
2008 | 62% | John McCain (R) | 178,875 | 52.1% | Barack Obama (D) | 159,839 | 46.5% | 4,746 | 1.4% | 343,460 | 3 | 6 | 7.97% |
2004 | 59% | George W. Bush* (R) | 169,872 | 56.9% | John Kerry (D) | 126,979 | 42.5% | 1,747 | 0.6% | 298,598 | 1 | 6 | 8.53% |
2000 | 53% | George W. Bush (R) | 158,394 | 58.7% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 106,829 | 39.6% | 4,387 | 1.6% | 269,610 | 3 | 11 | 9.26% |
1996 | 46% | Robert Dole (R) | 106,513 | 47.5% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 97,073 | 43.3% | 20,681 | 9.2% | 224,267 | -1 | 7 | 8.91% |
1992 | 57% | Bill Clinton (D) | 105,006 | 43.1% | George Bush* (R) | 103,849 | 42.6% | 34,643 | 14.2% | 243,498 | -1 | 5 | 9.32% |
1988 | 49% | George Bush (R) | 128,515 | 59.4% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 87,771 | 40.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 216,286 | 1 | 6 | 10.13% |
1984 | 52% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 135,124 | 63.1% | Walter Mondale (D) | 79,149 | 36.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 214,273 | 1 | 4 | 9.85% |
1980 | 53% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 100,868 | 51.6% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 89,129 | 45.6% | 5,364 | 2.7% | 195,361 | 2 | 1 | 10.53% |
1976 | 52% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 99,854 | 54.3% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 84,061 | 45.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 183,915 | 2 | -2 | 10.96% |
1972 | 49% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 110,566 | 70.6% | George McGovern (D) | 46,095 | 29.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 156,661 | 1 | 10 | 10.32% |
1968 | n/a | Richard Nixon (R) | 80,298 | 47.8% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 50,076 | 29.8% | 37,730 | 22.4% | 168,104 | 8 | 4 | 10.59% |
1964 | n/a | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 58.2% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 41.8% | 0.0% | -2 | 3 | n/a | ||||
1960 | 71% | Richard Nixon (R) | 69,215 | 56.0% | John Kennedy (D) | 54,311 | 44.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 123,526 | 8 | 6 | 9.03% |
1956 | 62% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 58,725 | 54.9% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 48,302 | 45.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 107,027 | 6 | -3 | 9.18% |
1952 | 66% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 58,121 | 51.5% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 54,663 | 48.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 112,784 | 5 | -4 | 9.31% |
Year | Pop | White | Black | Indian | Asian | 2+ Races | Hispanic |
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2021 | 750,100 | 84.1% | 2.8% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 4.1% | 6.8% |
2020 | 772,612 | 87.1% | 3.3% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 6.7% | |
2012 | 730,469 | 86.7% | 3.0% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 2.0% | 5.8% |
2010 | 703,606 | 86.6% | 4.1% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
2002 | 619,177 | 89.8% | 4.6% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 2.6% |
2000 | 656,919 | 89.6% | 4.8% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 2.6% |
1992 | 552,387 | 90.4% | 7.2% | 1.4% | 0.3% | 0.7% | |
1990 | 571,110 | 92.9% | 5.1% | 1.3% | |||
1982 | 531,144 | 92.4% | 5.5% | 1.2% | 0.2% | 0.7% | |
1980 | 540,971 | 5.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |||
1972 | 467,051 | 6.0% | |||||
1970 | 454,396 | 6.0% | |||||
1960 | 291,715 | ||||||
1950 | 284,691 |
Year | Total | Republican | Democrat | Other | R/D Edge | R/D Edge % | VAPOP % | |||
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2022 | 571,845 | 181,962 | 31.8% | 157,606 | 27.6% | 232,277 | 40.6% | Rep +24,356 | Rep +4.3% | 95% |