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Johnston County, NC


Metropolitan Statistical Area: Raleigh-Cary, NC
Designated Market Area: Raleigh-Durham, NC-VA
USDA County Type (2025): Retirement Destination
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Exurbs

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2024 population: 249,794   ( 33,793 from 2020)
Land area: 792.0 square miles
Population density: 315.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:150,742 60.35% 7.6%
Black:45,12918.07% 29.7%
Indian:1,0130.41% 15.8%
Asian:3,2581.30% 71.7%
2+ races:5,3972.16% 35.4%
Hispanic:44,25517.72% 29.0%
Total non-White:99,05239.65% 30.6%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:11,762 13.6
Deaths:8,3169.6
Net Migration: 27,61032.0
Net Immigration: 2,8173.3
Change in White population:10,595 4.9
Change in Non-White pop.:23,198 10.7



Historical Presidential Election Results for Johnston County, NC

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2024 vs. 2020 R +6,525 D +334 D + 3.0%
D +6,859
2024 vs. 2016 R +20,506 R +752 D + 9.7%
D +19,754
2020 vs. 2016 R +13,981 R +1,086 D + 6.7%
D +12,895
2024 vs. 2012 R +26,451 R +5,625 D + 6.2%
D +20,826
2016 vs. 2008 R +10,750 R +9,183 R + 7.5%
D +1,567
How to interpret this table


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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St) 		Diff
(US) 		PSV
2024 67% Donald Trump (R) 74,878 60.1% Kamala Harris (D) 48,116 38.6% 1,684 [+] 1.4% 124,678 9 10 2.19%
2020 68% Donald Trump* (R) 68,353 61.4% Joe Biden (D) 41,257 37.0% 1,747 [+] 1.6% 111,357 11 15 2.02%
2016 59% Donald Trump (R) 54,372 63.3% Hillary Clinton (D) 28,362 33.0% 3,175 [+] 3.7% 85,909 13 17 1.81%
2012 59% Mitt Romney (R) 48,427 63.1% Barack Obama* (D) 27,290 35.6% 974 [+] 1.3% 76,691 13 16 1.70%
2008 61% John McCain (R) 43,622 61.4% Barack Obama (D) 26,795 37.7% 600 [+] 0.8% 71,017 12 16 1.65%
2004 53% George W. Bush* (R) 36,903 67.9% John Kerry (D) 17,266 31.8% 188 [+] 0.3% 54,357 12 17 1.55%
2000 46% George W. Bush (R) 27,212 66.1% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 13,704 33.3% 239 [+] 0.6% 41,155 10 18 1.41%
1996 41% Robert Dole (R) 18,704 58.2% Bill Clinton* (D) 11,175 34.8% 2,240 [+] 7.0% 32,119 10 18 1.28%
1992 47% George Bush* (R) 15,418 48.7% Bill Clinton (D) 11,284 35.6% 4,977 [+] 15.7% 31,679 5 11 1.21%
1988 41% George Bush (R) 15,563 64.0% Michael Dukakis (D) 8,717 35.8% 49 [+] 0.2% 24,329 6 11 1.14%
1984 44% Ronald Reagan* (R) 16,210 67.3% Walter Mondale (D) 7,833 32.5% 37 0.2% 24,080 5 9 1.11%
1980 41% Ronald Reagan (R) 10,444 51.3% Jimmy Carter* (D) 9,601 47.1% 331 [+] 1.6% 20,376 2 1 1.10%
1976 42% Jimmy Carter (D) 10,301 54.6% Gerald Ford* (R) 8,511 45.1% 69 [+] 0.4% 18,881 1 -3 1.12%
1972 43% Richard Nixon* (R) 14,272 79.2% George McGovern (D) 3,488 19.4% 251 [+] 1.4% 18,011 10 19 1.19%
1968 59% George Wallace (AIP) 9,212 45.0% Richard Nixon (R) 6,764 33.0% 4,492 [+] 21.9% 20,468 -6 -10 1.29%
1964 51% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 10,326 57.9% Barry Goldwater (R) 7,523 42.1% 0 0.0% 17,849 -2 4 1.25%
1960 48% John Kennedy (D) 9,914 59.8% Richard Nixon (R) 6,660 40.2% 0 0.0% 16,574 -8 -9 1.21%
1956 41% Adlai Stevenson (D) 9,852 66.8% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 4,893 33.2% 0 0.0% 14,745 -16 -24 1.27%
1952 42% Adlai Stevenson (D) 9,997 64.8% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 5,429 35.2% 0 0.0% 15,426 -11 -20 1.27%
1948 37% Harry Truman* (D) 9,188 70.7% Thomas Dewey (R) 3,211 24.7% 598 [+] 4.6% 12,997 -8 -20 1.64%
1944 37% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 8,282 65.2% Thomas Dewey (R) 4,423 34.8% 0 0.0% 12,705 2 -11 1.61%
1940 42% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 9,976 70.4% Wendell Willkie (R) 4,192 29.6% 0 0.0% 14,168 4 -15 1.72%
1936 53% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 11,253 72.2% Alf Landon (R) 4,339 27.8% 0 0.0% 15,592 1 -9 1.86%
1932 48% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 9,574 70.9% Herbert Hoover* (R) 3,887 28.8% 50 [+] 0.4% 13,511 -1 -11 1.90%
1928 49% Herbert Hoover (R) 7,696 60.4% Al Smith (D) 5,041 39.6% 0 0.0% 12,737 5 2 2.01%
1924 40% Calvin Coolidge (R) 4,910 51.2% John Davis (D) 4,656 48.6% 23 [+] 0.2% 9,589 12 -3 1.99%
1920 51% James Cox (D) 6,030 51.9% Warren Harding (R) 5,588 48.1% 0 0.0% 11,618 5 -12 2.16%
1916 31% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 3,468 54.8% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 2,857 45.2% 0 0.0% 6,325 3 -1 2.18%
1912 27% Woodrow Wilson (D) 2,757 53.3% William Taft* (R) 1,335 25.8% 1,083 [+] 20.9% 5,175 14 3 2.12%
1908 31% William Taft (R) 2,827 52.2% William J. Bryan (D) 2,593 47.8% 0 0.0% 5,420 7 1 2.15%
1904 26% Alton Parker (D) 2,572 62.4% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 1,553 37.6% 0 0.0% 4,125 -2 -19 1.98%
1900 37% William J. Bryan (D) 3,154 61.0% William McKinley* (R) 1,997 38.6% 17 [+] 0.3% 5,168 -7 -13 1.77%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote

Historical Statewide Election Results for Johnston County, NC

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YearTypeTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal VotesDiff PSV
2024 G 66% Mark Robinson (R) 57,757 47.3% Josh Stein (D) 57,605 47.2% 6,789 [+] 5.6% 122,151 7 2.18%
2022 S3 41% Ted Budd (R) 46,239 60.8% Cheri Beasley (D) 28,121 37.0% 1,694 [+] 2.2% 76,054 10 2.02%
2020 S2 68% Thom Tillis* (R) 64,822 58.8% Cal Cunningham (D) 39,771 36.1% 5,620 [+] 5.1% 110,213 10 2.01%
2020 G 68% Dan Forest (R) 64,310 57.9% Roy Cooper* (D) 45,165 40.7% 1,599 [+] 1.4% 111,074 11 2.02%
2016 S3 58% Richard Burr* (R) 53,977 63.3% Deborah Ross (D) 28,279 33.2% 2,988 [+] 3.5% 85,244 12 1.82%
2016 G 58% Pat McCrory* (R) 52,921 61.8% Roy Cooper (D) 31,182 36.4% 1,567 [+] 1.8% 85,670 13 1.82%
2014 S2 36% Thom Tillis (R) 30,520 61.2% Kay Hagan* (D) 17,235 34.5% 2,153 [+] 4.3% 49,908 12 1.71%
2012 G 59% Pat McCrory (R) 50,225 65.7% Walter Dalton (D) 24,691 32.3% 1,504 [+] 2.0% 76,420 11 1.71%
2010 S3 39% Richard Burr* (R) 30,901 65.8% Elaine Marshall (D) 15,115 32.2% 938 [+] 2.0% 46,954 11 1.77%
2008 S2 61% Elizabeth Dole* (R) 38,955 55.2% Kay Hagan (D) 29,516 41.8% 2,123 [+] 3.0% 70,594 11 1.65%
2008 G 61% Pat McCrory (R) 39,479 55.9% Bev Perdue (D) 29,429 41.7% 1,711 [+] 2.4% 70,619 9 1.65%
2004 S3 52% Richard Burr (R) 33,334 61.9% Erskine Bowles (D) 19,966 37.1% 576 [+] 1.1% 53,876 10 1.55%
2004 G 53% Patrick Ballantine (R) 27,668 50.7% Mike Easley* (D) 26,275 48.2% 582 [+] 1.1% 54,525 8 1.56%
2002 S2 37% Elizabeth Dole (R) 22,719 63.2% Erskine Bowles (D) 12,722 35.4% 486 [+] 1.4% 35,927 10 1.54%
2000 G 47% Mike Easley (D) 21,369 50.6% Richard Vinroot (R) 20,214 47.9% 626 [+] 1.5% 42,209 2 1.43%
1998 S3 34% Lauch Faircloth* (R) 16,884 59.5% John Edwards (D) 11,075 39.1% 396 [+] 1.4% 28,355 13 1.41%
1996 S2 42% Jesse Helms* (R) 21,888 65.9% Harvey Gantt (D) 10,950 33.0% 378 [+] 1.1% 33,216 13 1.30%
1996 G 42% James Hunt* (D) 17,822 53.5% Robin Hayes (R) 15,213 45.6% 301 [+] 0.9% 33,336 3 1.30%
1992 S3 46% Lauch Faircloth (R) 17,755 57.4% Terry Sanford* (D) 12,003 38.8% 1,190 [+] 3.8% 30,948 7 1.20%
1992 G 47% Jim Gardner (R) 15,171 48.5% James Hunt (D) 14,782 47.3% 1,330 [+] 4.3% 31,283 5 1.21%
1990 S2 39% Jesse Helms* (R) 16,029 66.7% Harvey Gantt (D) 8,011 33.3% 0 0.0% 24,040 14 1.16%
1988 G 42% James Martin* (R) 15,324 62.1% Robert Jordan (D) 9,345 37.9% 0 0.0% 24,669 7 1.11%
1986 S3 34% Terry Sanford (D) 9,588 50.1% Terry Sanford (D) 9,532 49.9% 0 0.0% 19,120 n/a 1.25%
1984 S2 45% Jesse Helms* (R) 14,130 58.1% James Hunt (D) 10,089 41.5% 96 [+] 0.4% 24,315 6 1.09%
1984 G 45% James Martin (R) 13,769 56.1% Rufus Edmisten (D) 10,730 43.7% 41 [+] 0.2% 24,540 2 1.10%
1980 S3 39% John East (R) 10,109 51.5% Robert Morgan* (D) 9,434 48.1% 79 [+] 0.4% 19,622 2 1.09%
1980 G 41% James Hunt* (D) 12,709 62.3% Beverly Lake, Jr. (R) 7,598 37.2% 99 [+] 0.5% 20,406 0 1.10%
1978 S2 27% Jesse Helms* (R) 7,958 63.4% John Ingram (D) 4,602 36.6% 0 0.0% 12,560 9 1.11%
1976 G 42% James Hunt (D) 12,447 66.5% David Flaherty (R) 5,981 32.0% 288 [+] 1.5% 18,716 -2 1.12%
1974 S3 25% Robert Morgan (D) 7,459 67.9% William Stevens (R) 3,462 31.5% 64 [+] 0.6% 10,985 -5 1.08%
1972 S2 41% Jesse Helms (R) 12,064 69.5% Nick Galifianakis (D) 5,303 30.5% 0 0.0% 17,367 15 1.18%
1972 G 41% Jim Holshouser (R) 9,285 53.4% Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles (D) 8,025 46.2% 65 [+] 0.4% 17,375 2 1.15%
1968 S3 50% Sam Ervin* (D) 9,434 54.2% Robert Somers (R) 7,967 45.8% 0 0.0% 17,401 6 1.21%
1968 G 58% James Gardner (R) 11,017 55.2% Robert Scott (D) 8,955 44.8% 0 0.0% 19,972 8 1.28%
1966 S2 30% John Shallcross (R) 5,679 55.3% Everett Jordan* (D) 4,588 44.7% 0 0.0% 10,267 11 1.14%
1964 G 49% Dan Moore (D) 9,520 56.0% Robert Gavin (R) 7,485 44.0% 0 0.0% 17,005 1 1.22%
1962 S3 23% Sam Ervin* (D) 5,750 71.4% Claude Greene (R) 2,303 28.6% 0 0.0% 8,053 -11 0.99%
1960 S2 42% Everett Jordan* (D) 9,995 67.5% Kyle Hayes (R) 4,805 32.5% 0 0.0% 14,800 -6 1.15%
1960 G 46% Terry Sanford (D) 9,881 61.4% Robert Gavin (R) 6,198 38.5% 8 [+] 0.0% 16,087 -7 1.19%
*: 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


Historical U.S. House Election Results for Johnston County, NC

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DateDistrictWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
2024-11-05 NC13Brad Knott (R) 74,018 61.1% Frank Pierce (D) 47,213 38.9% 0 0.0% 121,231
County Total for 2024-11-05:   121,231
2022-11-08 NC13Bo Hines (R) 46,215 61.3% Wiley Nickel (D) 29,170 38.7% 0 0.0% 75,385
County Total for 2022-11-08:   75,385
2020-11-03 NC07David Rouzer* (R) 68,937 63.5% Christopher Ward (D) 39,394 36.3% 168 0.2% 108,499
County Total for 2020-11-03:   108,499
2018-11-06 NC02George Holding* (R) 26,356 56.8% Linda Coleman (D) 18,621 40.1% 1,413 3.0% 46,390
2018-11-06 NC07David Rouzer* (R) 14,667 72.3% Kyle Horton (D) 5,301 26.1% 323 1.6% 20,291
County Total for 2018-11-06:   66,681
2016-11-08 NC02George Holding* (R) 34,902 62.3% John McNeil (D) 21,137 37.7% 0 0.0% 56,039
2016-11-08 NC07David Rouzer* (R) 20,433 76.0% Wesley Casteen (D) 6,470 24.0% 0 0.0% 26,903
County Total for 2016-11-08:   82,942
2014-11-04 NC07David Rouzer (R) 32,580 65.8% Jonathan Barfield (D) 15,406 31.1% 1,562 3.2% 49,548
County Total for 2014-11-04:   49,548
2012-11-06 NC07David Rouzer (R) 45,259 60.1% Mike McIntyre* (D) 30,065 39.9% 0 0.0% 75,324
County Total for 2012-11-06:   75,324
2010-11-02 NC02Renee Ellmers (R) 30,672 64.2% Bob Etheridge* (D) 16,184 33.9% 892 1.9% 47,748
County Total for 2010-11-02:   47,748
2008-11-04 NC02Bob Etheridge* (D) 39,667 56.7% Dan Mansell (R) 29,022 41.5% 1,217 1.7% 69,906
County Total for 2008-11-04:   69,906
2006-11-07 NC02Bob Etheridge* (D) 17,793 59.0% Dan Mansell (R) 12,386 41.0% 0 0.0% 30,179
County Total for 2006-11-07:   30,179
2004-11-02 NC02Billy Creech (R) 28,152 52.3% Bob Etheridge* (D) 25,710 47.7% 0 0.0% 53,862
County Total for 2004-11-02:   53,862
2002-11-05 NC02Bob Etheridge* (D) 21,077 59.3% Joseph Ellen (R) 13,981 39.3% 495 1.4% 35,553
County Total for 2002-11-05:   35,553
2000-11-07 NC02Bob Etheridge* (D) 22,081 52.7% Doug Haynes (R) 19,534 46.6% 305 0.7% 41,920
County Total for 2000-11-07:   41,920
1998-11-03 NC02Bob Etheridge* (D) 14,636 51.8% Dan Page (R) 13,356 47.3% 247 0.9% 28,239
County Total for 1998-11-03:   28,239
1996-11-05 NC02David Funderburk* (R) 16,467 50.1% Bob Etheridge (D) 15,731 47.9% 657 2.0% 32,855
County Total for 1996-11-05:   32,855
1994-11-08 NC02David Funderburk (R) 11,345 59.4% Richard Moore (D) 7,755 40.6% 0 0.0% 19,100
County Total for 1994-11-08:   19,100
1992-11-03 NC02Don Davis (R) 15,455 50.7% Tim Valentine* (D) 14,490 47.5% 539 1.8% 30,484
County Total for 1992-11-03:   30,484
*: incumbent           sp: special election           RO: runoff election

Voter Registration Data for Johnston County, NC

YearTotalRepublicanDemocratOtherR/D EdgeR/D Edge %VAPOP %
2025 165,148 60,837 36.8% 40,282 24.4% 64,029 38.8% Rep +20,555 Rep +12.4% 89%
2024 165,466 60,864 36.8% 41,510 25.1% 63,092 38.1% Rep +19,354 Rep +11.7% 89%
2022 151,799 56,690 37.3% 40,497 26.7% 54,612 36.0% Rep +16,193 Rep +10.7% 82%
2020 142,865 54,958 38.5% 40,383 28.3% 47,524 33.3% Rep +14,575 Rep +10.2% 77%
2018 128,752 49,114 38.1% 39,038 30.3% 40,600 31.5% Rep +10,076 Rep +7.8% 74%
2016 122,455 46,912 38.3% 39,108 31.9% 36,435 29.8% Rep +7,804 Rep +6.4% 76%
2014 111,760 42,447 38.0% 38,481 34.4% 30,832 27.6% Rep +3,966 Rep +3.5% 76%
2012 107,693 41,087 38.2% 39,128 36.3% 27,478 25.5% Rep +1,959 Rep +1.8% 80%
2010 101,738 38,629 38.0% 39,187 38.5% 23,922 23.5% Dem +558 Dem +0.5% 83%
2008 97,575 37,311 38.2% 39,159 40.1% 21,105 21.6% Dem +1,848 Dem +1.9% 84%
2006 84,869 33,872 39.9% 35,496 41.8% 15,501 18.3% Dem +1,624 Dem +1.9% 78%
2004 84,344 33,199 39.4% 36,629 43.4% 14,516 17.2% Dem +3,430 Dem +4.1% 82%
2002 75,724 28,493 37.6% 35,106 46.4% 12,125 16.0% Dem +6,613 Dem +8.7% 79%
2000 68,737 25,200 36.7% 33,562 48.8% 9,975 14.5% Dem +8,362 Dem +12.2% 76%
1998 56,159 19,323 34.4% 30,548 54.4% 6,288 11.2% Dem +11,225 Dem +20.0% 67%
1996 53,290 17,790 33.4% 30,592 57.4% 4,908 9.2% Dem +12,802 Dem +24.0% 68%
1994 41,900 12,269 29.3% 27,443 65.5% 2,188 5.2% Dem +15,174 Dem +36.2% 58%
1992 40,926 10,988 26.8% 28,460 69.5% 1,478 3.6% Dem +17,472 Dem +42.7% 61%
1990 36,466 8,831 24.2% 26,582 72.9% 1,053 2.9% Dem +17,751 Dem +48.7% 59%
1988 37,886 8,600 22.7% 28,309 74.7% 977 2.6% Dem +19,709 Dem +52.0% 64%
1986 34,236 6,609 19.3% 26,947 78.7% 680 2.0% Dem +20,338 Dem +59.4% 60%
VAPOP% is the estimated percentage of voting age population that is registered.
Registration data may include "inactive" voters.   Data for each year pertains to the November elections.