{"id":6318,"date":"2016-01-19T13:26:22","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T18:26:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:04:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:04:10","slug":"latinos-in-the-2016-election-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"fact-sheet","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/fact-sheet\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Latinos in the 2016 Election: North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. To cast a vote, in all states except North Dakota, an eligible voter must first register to vote.] and other major groups of eligible voters in North Carolina.[2. The terms \u201cHispanic\u201d and \u201cLatino\u201d are used interchangeably. References to other races and ethnicities are to the non-Hispanic components of those populations.] All demographic data are based on Pew Research Center tabulations of the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s 2014 American Community Survey.[3. This statistical profile of eligible voters is based on the Census Bureau’s 2014 American Community Survey<\/a> (ACS). The ACS is the largest household survey in the United States, with a sample of about 3 million addresses. The data used for this statistical profile come from the 2014 ACS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS<\/a>), representing a 1% sample of the U.S. population. Like any survey, estimates from the ACS are subject to sampling error and (potentially) measurement error. More information is available on ACS sampling strategy<\/a> and associated error<\/a>.]<\/p>\n\n

North Carolina Voter Registration Statistics<\/h3>\n\n
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According to the North Carolina State Board of Elections<\/a>, voter registration statistics as of October 29, 2016, show that 164,000 Latinos are registered to vote statewide. Overall, Latinos make up 2.4% of the state\u2019s 6.9 million registered voters. The majority of voters in North Carolina are white\u2014there are 4.8 million white registered voters, representing 69.5% of all registered voters in North Carolina. Additionally, more than two-in-ten registered voters in North Carolina are black (22.2%), with about 1.5 million voters statewide. The state does not report detailed information on Asian registered voters.<\/p>\n\n

The number of Latinos registered to vote has increased from 10,000 during the 2004 presidential election to 114,000 during the 2012 presidential election and now stands at 164,000 for the 2016 presidential primary election. The share of Latino registered voters in North Carolina has also risen since 2004, from 0.2% in 2004 to 2.4% today. In 2004, whites made up more than three-quarters of all registered voters in North Carolina (77.8%). That share has been dropping, and whites now make up about seven-in-ten of all registered voters in North Carolina (69.5%). The share of North Carolina\u2019s registered voters who are black has risen slightly\u2014from 19.4% in 2004 to 22.2% today.<\/p>\n\n

Hispanics in North Carolina\u2019s Eligible Voter Population<\/h3>\n\n
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