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Abortion and reproductive rights

Access to abortion and reproductive healthcare.

North Carolina snapshot27,146

Abortions reported for North Carolina residents

2023 reporting year

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Induced abortions reported for North Carolina residents of all ages in the state health-statistics pregnancy tables.

How it was measured: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics resident-pregnancy reporting; FactVote uses the statewide all-ages total in Table 3.

Keep in mind

This residence-based count is not a count of all procedures performed in North Carolina.
Administrative reports can omit events not reported to the state system, and the table does not establish why abortions occurred.

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect abortion accessRestrict abortion access

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Housing and property costs

Housing supply, affordability, renters, zoning, and property costs.

North Carolina snapshot$1,228/month

Median gross rent

2020–2024 estimate

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

Median monthly gross rent for occupied rental units paying cash rent, including contract rent and estimated tenant-paid utilities.

Other statewide housing measures

Median owner-occupied home value: $288,900
Owner costs with a mortgage: $1,631/month
Owner-occupied housing rate: 66.6%

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimates derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This statewide five-year estimate can differ substantially from current asking rents and local conditions.
Owner measures describe occupied homes and do not estimate today's purchase price or mortgage rate.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand affordable housingLower property costs

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Healthcare

Coverage, prescription costs, Medicaid, and access to care.

North Carolina snapshot10.3%

People under 65 without health insurance

2024 ACS annual estimate

Understand this number

Share of North Carolina’s civilian noninstitutionalized residents under age 65 who lacked comprehensive health-insurance coverage at the time of the ACS survey.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate.

Keep in mind

This excludes people age 65 and older and is a annual survey estimate, not a current enrollment count.
Insurance status does not measure affordability, provider access, coverage adequacy, or care quality.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand coverage and accessEmphasize choice and competition

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Education

Public schools, school choice, teachers, and higher education.

North Carolina snapshot87.7%

Four-year public-school graduation rate

2024–25 school year

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Share of the 2021–22 entering ninth-grade cohort that graduated within four years under North Carolina's accountability methodology.

Official student-group rates

Economically disadvantaged students: 83.3%
English learners: 71.8%
Students with disabilities: 72.6%

How it was measured: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction statewide cohort-graduation reporting.

Keep in mind

This is a cohort outcome, not a measure of academic proficiency, postsecondary readiness, or school quality by itself.
Subgroup differences do not establish the cause of an outcome.

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Invest in public schoolsExpand school choice

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Gun policy and public safety

Firearm rights, gun-safety rules, and violence prevention.

North Carolina snapshot1,835

Firearm deaths

2024 final data

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

Deaths in which firearm injury was recorded as the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.

North Carolina compared with the U.S.

Age-adjusted firearm death rate

North Carolina: 16.3 per 100,000
United States: 13.1 per 100,000

North Carolina's rate was 3.2 deaths per 100,000 higher than the national rate.

Both rates use 2024 National Vital Statistics System mortality data and are age-adjusted.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted firearm death rate: 16.3 per 100,000

How it was measured: CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data.

Keep in mind

The total combines firearm homicides, suicides, accidents, legal-intervention deaths, and deaths of undetermined intent.
It does not measure nonfatal injuries, defensive uses, ownership, or the effect of a specific policy.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

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Strengthen gun-safety lawsProtect gun rights

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Immigration and border policy

Border enforcement, legal immigration, and pathways to citizenship.

North Carolina snapshot9.1%

Residents who are foreign-born

2020–2024 estimate

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Share of North Carolina residents who were not U.S. citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens, and people without lawful status.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate.

Keep in mind

Foreign-born is not a measure of unauthorized immigration or border crossings.
The survey does not assign legal status and this statewide estimate does not show recent arrivals or local distribution.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Prioritize border enforcementCreate legal pathways

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Environment and energy

Clean water, conservation, climate, and energy production.

North Carolina snapshot9,901.1 MW

Renewable generating capacity

June 2026

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

Net summer generating capacity at North Carolina utility-scale facilities using primarily renewable energy sources.

Utility-scale renewable capacity

Solar photovoltaic: 7,083.0 MW
Hydroelectric: 2,012.0 MW
Wind: 397.0 MW
Biomass: 409.1 MW

How it was measured: U.S. Energy Information Administration Electric Power Monthly generator reporting.

Keep in mind

Capacity is not actual electricity generation, total energy use, emissions, reliability, or consumer cost.
Small-scale solar is estimated separately and is not included in the 9,901.9 MW utility-scale total.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

North Carolina snapshot$3.78/gal

Lower Atlantic regular gasoline price

Week of August 31, 2026

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Estimated average retail price of regular-grade gasoline across all formulations, including taxes, in EIA's Lower Atlantic petroleum subdistrict. The region includes Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

North Carolina compared with the U.S.

Regular gasoline price

North Carolina: $3.783/gal
United States: $4.071/gal

The Lower Atlantic average was 28.8 cents per gallon lower, or about 7.1% below the U.S. average.

Both figures are EIA weekly retail estimates for regular gasoline, including taxes, for the week of August 31, 2026. The North Carolina-side figure is the Lower Atlantic regional average, not a North Carolina statewide estimate.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Recent weekly prices

Prior week: $3.785/gal
Weekly change: −0.2¢
One year earlier: $2.912/gal
Change from one year earlier: +87.1¢

How it was measured: U.S. Energy Information Administration weekly retail motor-gasoline survey estimate for the Lower Atlantic region. FactVote displays the published dollars-per-gallon value and calculates changes from EIA's published prior-week and nearest year-earlier weekly observations.

Keep in mind

EIA does not publish a current North Carolina statewide weekly gasoline-price series; this Lower Atlantic regional estimate should not be read as North Carolina's statewide average.
The regional estimate combines six states and does not represent the price at every station or in every North Carolina community.
The series is nominal and not adjusted for inflation or seasonal patterns, and weekly estimates can be revised.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

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Prioritize conservation and clean energyExpand domestic energy production

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Taxes and the economy

Taxes, government spending, jobs, wages, and small business.

North Carolina snapshot$72,388

Median household income

2020–2024 estimate

Understand this number

Median inflation-adjusted money income received by North Carolina households during the five-year estimate period.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

Household income is not take-home pay and does not account directly for taxes, benefits, household size, debt, or local costs.
This multi-year survey estimate is not a current economic forecast.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Lower taxes and spendingInvest in workers and services

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Voting, democracy, and government accountability

Voting access, election administration, ethics, transparency, and corruption.

North Carolina snapshot

73.73%

Eligible-voter turnout

November 5, 2024 general election

19.72%

Primary election turnout

March 3, 2026 primary election

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Ballots cast as a share of voters the North Carolina State Board of Elections lists as eligible for the 2024 general election.

General and latest primary turnout

General: Nov. 5, 2024 · Primary: Mar. 3, 2026

General election turnout: 73.73%
Primary election turnout: 19.72%

North Carolina's State Board of Elections labels the denominator 'eligible voters' for each election.

The agency's election-specific eligible-voter denominator differs between the primary and general election.

North Carolina State Board of Elections ↗

Official participation totals

General ballots cast: 5,723,987
General eligible voters: 7,763,502
Primary ballots cast: 1,511,050
Primary eligible voters: 7,664,465

How it was measured: North Carolina State Board of Elections statewide voter-turnout tables for the 2024 general election and the latest completed statewide primary in 2026.

Keep in mind

The agency's eligible-voter denominator is election-specific and differs between the primary and general.
The primary and general offered different contests and choices, so the rates should not be read as a causal comparison.

North Carolina State Board of Elections ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand voting accessIncrease election safeguardsStrengthen ethics and transparency

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Public safety and criminal justice

Policing, crime prevention, sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation.

North Carolina snapshot382.9 per 100,000

Reported violent-crime rate

2024

Understand this number

Violent offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

How it was measured: FactVote sums the 12 monthly state offense rates returned by the FBI Crime Data Explorer for each calendar year. The accompanying coverage value is the mean of the 12 monthly population-coverage percentages returned with the same query.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
North Carolina's average monthly population coverage was below 90% in 2017 and 2019; those years are flagged and should not be treated as directly comparable with the higher-coverage years.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 97.1%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

North Carolina snapshot2,007.7 per 100,000

Reported property-crime rate

2024

Understand this number

Property offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
North Carolina's average monthly population coverage was below 90% in 2017 and 2019; those years are flagged and should not be treated as directly comparable with the higher-coverage years.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 97.1%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

North Carolina snapshot39,812

Violent crimes reported to participating agencies

2024

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Murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated-assault offenses reported to participating North Carolina law-enforcement agencies under the Uniform Crime Reporting program.

North Carolina compared with the U.S.

Reported violent-crime rate

North Carolina: 388.4 per 100,000
United States: 359.1 per 100,000

North Carolina's published rate was 29.3 offenses per 100,000 higher than the national estimate.

North Carolina's SBI rate uses agency-reported UCR data; the FBI national figure is an estimate. The comparison is contextual and not evidence of a policy effect.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Violent-crime categories

Murder: 789
Rape: 2,982
Robbery: 5,404
Aggravated assault: 30,637

How it was measured: North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation summary-based UCR reporting.

Keep in mind

Reported offenses are not the same as arrests, prosecutions, convictions, victimization-survey estimates, or every crime that occurred.
Changes can reflect reporting participation, definitions, and recording practices as well as underlying crime.

North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Emphasize policing and enforcementEmphasize prevention and justice reform

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Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

Retirement benefits, Medicare, and the long-term financing of these programs.

North Carolina snapshot2,385,531

North Carolinians receiving Social Security benefits

December 2025

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People in North Carolina whose Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits were in current-payment status in December 2025.

Benefit categories

Retired workers: 1,827,895
Disabled workers: 275,659
Widow(er)s and parents: 110,681
Spouses: 41,283
Children: 130,013

How it was measured: Social Security Administration Master Beneficiary Record administrative data.

Keep in mind

The total includes retirement, survivor, dependent, and disability beneficiaries and is not limited to retirees.
People whose benefits were withheld are excluded; residence is assigned from administrative mailing information.

Social Security Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect or expand benefitsChange benefits to address long-term costs

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Foreign policy and diplomacy

Diplomacy, alliances, and the use of U.S. military force abroad.

Strengthen diplomacy and alliancesLimit U.S. military intervention abroad

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Veterans and military families

Veterans' care, benefits, housing, work, and transition to civilian life.

Protect or expand veterans' care and benefitsExpand veterans' housing, education, and work support

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National defense

Military readiness, modernization, and defense spending.

Invest in military readiness and modernizationReduce military spending

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Digital privacy and surveillance

Personal data rights and limits on surveillance.

Strengthen personal data rightsLimit government and workplace surveillance

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Artificial intelligence

AI safeguards, accountability, research, and development.

Set AI rules and safeguardsInvest in AI research and development

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Libraries and access to books

Public library services and access to books.

Support and expand library servicesProtect access to library books

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