COUNTY PROFILE
Wilson County
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
Full Report Contents
Demography & Geography
History and projections
Race and ethnicity
City and Towns
Population density
Registered Voters
Partisan Lean
2024 election partisan lean by precinct
Wilson County population density
Voter Turnout
Excerpts
This chart shows the total population from 1990 to 2060. The colored areas represent different racial and ethnic demographic groups.
The total population of Wilson County has been just under 80,000 residents for the past 15 years, and is projected to remain steady for the next 35 years, as shown in this graph.
However, the race and ethnicity of the population has been shifting since 1990, and is projected to continue to shift.
The next chart shows population by race and ethnic groups individually instead of additively.
This chart makes it easier to see the trends of the different racial and ethnic groups over time and to compare them.
Through 1980, population estimates were made only for white and black residents. The explanation appears to be that very few members of other groups lived in Wilson County. In 1990, the Census reported just over 500 Hispanic people living and less than 300 people in other racial and ethnic groups living in the county.
The population of non-hispanic white residents peaked in 1990, and the number of non-hispanic African American residents in Wilson County peaked in 2010. Both of these groups are projected to continue to decline in the future.
The Hispanic population is projected to continue to grow, but not as quickly as that of other non-hispanic groups, which include Asian, Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and multi-racial people.
Still, we note that for many decades, both white and African American populations are projected to be double that of other racial and ethnic groups.
This map shows the partisan lean of Wilson County based on the 2024 presidential election where the intensity of blue or red indicates the portion of voters who supported the Democrat or Republican candidate, respectively.
For the most part, Wilson leans Blue. However, three precincts in the northwest are moderate, as are the rural precincts in the north and east. The rural precincts in the southwest lean red.
