By the numbers: Explore Fayetteville voter demographics

Sarah Gleason, Fayetteville Observer

Ever wondered who's voting in your county?

Maybe you’ve lived here your whole life, or you just moved to the area this year. Either way, when you head to the polls on Election Day, you are part of the thousands of voters in the area who contribute to the selection of the Tar Heel state’s elected officials.

The Fayetteville Observer helps cover the issues most pressing to Cumberland County readers and voters. Registered voters in this county make up about 2.9% of the entire registered voting population in the state.

Here’s who is registered to vote in Cumberland County with information on race, gender, average age and political affiliation, according to data from the North Carolina State Board of Elections from March 2024.

Cumberland County

Out of the 213,275 registered voters in Cumberland County, the average age is 49. This county tends to vote blue, which is shown in the last presidential election numbers. In 2020, Cumberland County voted for Joe Biden with 57.4% over Trump’s 40.8%.

Gender

  • Male: 85,916

  • Female: 106,921

Party Affiliation

  • Democrat: 86,856

  • Republican: 49,013

  • Unaffiliated: 75,186

  • Libertarian: 1,832

Race/Ethnicity

  • White: 86,348

  • Black: 85,017

  • American Indian/Alaska Native: 2,356

  • Asian: 3,444

  • Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 69

  • Multiracial: 2,073

  • Other: 13,224

  • Undesignated: 20,744

  • Hispanic: 13,848

This article originally appeared on Wilmington StarNews: Explore voter demographics for Fayetteville, NC

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