Rockingham, NC, North Carolina: Black Belt metro. In 2024, voted R+21%. Democratic peak: D+83 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+21MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 42,3442024 5-year
- Median household income
- $44,8832024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 31.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+83 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+23 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Rockingham, NC
TrumpR+21
Constituent county margins for Rockingham, NC, NCOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 60.0% | 11,931 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 39.2% | 7,787 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.8% | 155 |
D+60R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +17.6% |
| 1896 | −7.6% |
| 1900 | +42.9% |
| 1904 | +50.4% |
| 1908 | +38.0% |
| 1912 | +78.0% |
| 1916 | +41.0% |
| 1920 | +49.7% |
| 1924 | +58.0% |
| 1928 | +18.5% |
| 1932 | +74.6% |
| 1936 | +83.4% |
| 1940 | +78.7% |
| 1944 | +70.4% |
| 1948 | +57.7% |
| 1952 | +37.2% |
| 1956 | +38.8% |
| 1960 | +43.3% |
| 1964 | +46.3% |
| 1968 | +11.1% |
| 1972 | −23.3% |
| 1976 | +51.0% |
| 1980 | +30.2% |
| 1984 | +4.8% |
| 1988 | +17.0% |
| 1992 | +30.9% |
| 1996 | +28.1% |
| 2000 | −11.7% |
| 2004 | +4.2% |
| 2008 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | +2.9% |
| 2016 | −9.7% |
| 2020 | −14.8% |
| 2024 | −20.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 7,787 | 11,931 | 19,873 | ||
| R | 8,754 | 11,830 | 20,763 | ||
| R | 8,501 | 10,383 | 19,328 | ||
| D | 9,904 | 9,332 | 19,417 | ||
| D | 9,713 | 9,424 | 19,327 | ||
| D | 8,383 | 7,709 | 16,145 | ||
| R | 6,263 | 7,935 | 14,269 | ||
| D | 7,564 | 3,973 | 12,801 | ||
| D | 9,163 | 4,356 | 15,553 | ||
| D | 7,151 | 5,073 | 12,257 | ||
| D | 7,494 | 6,807 | 14,330 | ||
| D | 7,416 | 3,911 | 11,609 | ||
| D | 8,793 | 2,848 | 11,664 | ||
| R | 3,508 | 5,692 | 9,356 | ||
| O | 4,257 | 2,865 | 12,579 | ||
| D | 8,516 | 3,123 | 11,639 | ||
| D | 8,293 | 3,285 | 11,578 | ||
| D | 6,592 | 2,907 | 9,499 | ||
| D | 7,340 | 3,361 | 10,701 | ||
| D | 4,376 | 866 | 6,082 | ||
| D | 5,394 | 938 | 6,332 | ||
| D | 6,530 | 779 | 7,309 | ||
| D | 6,709 | 607 | 7,316 | ||
| D | 4,862 | 693 | 5,591 | ||
| D | 2,975 | 2,045 | 5,020 | ||
| D | 2,475 | 599 | 3,237 | ||
| D | 3,341 | 1,124 | 4,465 | ||
| D | 1,553 | 650 | 2,203 | ||
| D | 1,319 | 82 | 1,586 | ||
| D | 1,029 | 462 | 1,491 | ||
| D | 927 | 306 | 1,233 | ||
| D | 1,264 | 504 | 1,773 | ||
| R | 2,172 | 2,529 | 4,714 | ||
| D | 1,700 | 1,122 | 3,285 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
8.5%
English
7.4%
Irish
4.6%
German
3.6%
Scottish
2.0%
Italian
1.7%
French
0.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$44,883
Rockingham, NC ranks near the middle of US counties.
Rockingham, NC$44,883
North Carolina$72,388
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
25.2%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1839.1%
Working age (18–64)21.0%
Seniors (65+)20.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.9%
speak English only
Spanish6.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 31.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Rockingham County sits along the Virginia border in North Carolina's Piedmont, where manufacturing's long decline has been met by commuter-belt expansion from the Greensboro-Winston-Salem corridor, gradually shifting the demographic and electoral composition of what was once reliably rural territory.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of eighty-three points in 1936 and a Republican high of twenty-three points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-one points.
A population of 42,344, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $44,883 describe the metro.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Rockingham, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Rockingham, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 20.9 points (R+21), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,873 votes cast, 7,787 went Democratic and 11,931 went Republican.
What is Rockingham, NC, North Carolina's political typology?
Akashic places Rockingham, NC, North Carolina in the "Black Belt" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 27 times, Republican 6 times, and other 1 times.
When did Rockingham, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Rockingham, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Rockingham, NC, North Carolina?
Rockingham, NC, North Carolina has a population of 42,344 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rockingham, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Rockingham, NC, North Carolina is $44,883 — below the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Rockingham, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Rockingham, NC, North Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 27 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.