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This post examines changes in registered voters from the years 2013-2023. For an in depth analysis of North Carolina’s 7.3 million registered voters in 2023 and a breakdown of registered Republicans, Democrats, and Unaffiliated voters take a look at our earlier posts in our 2023 election series. With another November election in the rearview, we wanted to see how North Carolina’s voters have changed over the past decade. Since 2013, North Carolina has experienced extensive…
Teacher diversity has been found to be linked to improved educational outcomes for all students, with more targeted gains for students of color. Specifically, having a same-race teacher is associated with improved test scores, grades, and attendance, as well as a higher probability of taking advanced math courses, being selected for gifted and talented programs, graduating high school, and enrolling in college. Despite demographic shifts with the state population overall, data suggest there’s still a…
Dr. Michael Cline is the state demographer for North Carolina at the Office of State Budget and Management and has given us permission to re-post his content here. The original version of this piece is here. The official population estimates for counties and municipalities are now available. These population estimates were produced by the State Demographer in the Office of State Budget and Management and are used for analysis and planning. In addition, these estimates…
This is part of our series looking at NC’s registered voters. Other stories include an in-depth look at NC’s Republican voters and an in-depth look at NC’s Democrat voters. This is an update of our story from October 2022. As of September 23rd, 2023, North Carolina had 7.3 million registered voters. Of these, 2.6 million or 36.3% were registered unaffiliated. This post examines the characteristics of NC’s unaffiliated voters. Age Younger voters are the most…
This is part of our series looking at NC’s registered voters. Other stories include an in-depth look at NC’s Democrat voters and an in-depth look at NC’s unaffiliated voters. This is an update of our story from October 2022. As of September 23rd, 2023, North Carolina had 7.3 million registered voters. Of these, 2.2 million or 30.09% were registered as a Republican. Age Younger voters are the least likely to register as Republican, reflecting their…
This is part of our series looking at NC’s registered voters. Other stories include an in-depth look at NC’s Republican voters and an in-depth look at NC’s unaffiliated voters. This is an update of our story from October 2022. As of September 23rd, 2023, North Carolina had 7.3 million registered voters. Of these, 2.4 million or 32.89% were registered as a Democrat. Age Older voters are the most likely to register as a Democrat, partly…
This is the first in a four-part series on North Carolina’s voters. Today, we take a look at North Carolina’s 7.3 million registered voters. In the coming days, we will take a look at North Carolina’s registered Republicans, Democrats, and Unaffiliated Voters, respectively. As of September 23rd, 2023, North Carolina had about 7.9 million voting-eligible adults and 7.3 million registered voters. Their partisan affiliation was roughly split between three groups: unaffiliated, Democrat, and Republican, with…
The US Census Bureau released the 2020 Census Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File A (DDHC-A) on September 21, 2023. This release provides population and sex by age information for detailed race and ethnicity groups and American Indian or Alaska Native tribes. As an example - while previous releases from the 2020 Census reported White, Asian, American Indian and Alaska Native populations; the DDHC-A release reports data for the Irish, Korean, or Lumbee Tribe populations. …
How and why populations change is an issue that has implications for planners, policy makers, and the general public. We receive a lot of inquiries from local government officials, community organizations, members of the media, and individual residents about county-level population estimates and how they change over time. In this story recipe we provide the answers to questions that we often receive regarding county-level population estimates and where and how to access and understand data…
This blog post is part of a series on how to use the North Carolina Public Schools Statistical Profile. This blog post details how to download different indicators at the school level. We also have tutorials for how to download indicators at the state and district levels. The North Carolina Public Schools Statistical Profile (NCPSSP) is a great resource for obtaining data on North Carolina’s public school students, personnel and finances. This profile is especially…
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