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STIPULATIONS

From L776 through 1981r Do county was divided so as to putportions of one county in one district and portions of Lr,e
same county in another district for either House or senatedistricts.

From ].776 through 1981r rro county was divided in the formationof either House or senate districts, so as to have more than
one district in a county, with the exception of six ancl sub-sequently seven borough town districts provided for by theConstitution of 7776-

From 1836 through 1981r Do county was divided so as to have
more than one Senate or House district for the North Carolinalegislature wj-thin the same county.

If Durham County should be divided into single-member districts,for either House or senate districts, the division of Durham
county wourd be the fi rst division ever of that county forlegislative districts.

The current chairman of the Du::ham county Democratic party is
Jeanne Lucas, who is b1ack.

At all times since 1973, one of Durham Countyrs three
Representatives to the North Caro1ina House of Representatives
has been black. Brack members froin Durham county during thatperior are as follows:

Henry M. Michaux, Jr elected to the 1973 , 1975,
and 1,977 General Assemblies (resigned in )-977 to be-
come United States Attorney for the Midd1e District
of North Carolina).

A. J. Howard Clernentrfllrappointed to the cxpiration
of lvlichaux's term in the L977 General Assembly.

Kenneth B. Spaulding elected to terms in the !979,
1981, and 1983 General Assemblies, where he continues
to serve.

Durham county is a single-county Judicial DisLrict with four
District court Judges, of whom two are black. They are Karen
Galloway, appointecl in 7979, and elected in ITBZ; and WiIIiam
G. Pearson, appointed in L977, and elected in 1978.

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Eor each year since 1969, the North Carolina State Board
of Elections has had at least one black member, out of a
total of five members. For each year since 198I, the
State Board of Elections has had two black members. Black
members serving on the Board of Elections during the period
from 1968 through the presenL are as follows:

L. H. Jones, L969 L977
Dr. Sidney Y. Barnwe1l, 1977 - 1981
William Marsh, 19BI still serving on the Board
EIIoree Erwin, 19BI still serving on the Board

North Carolina has not had an anti-single shot provision
since L972.

North Carolina has not had a numbered seat plan for election
of legislators since 1972.

At least since 1915, North Carolina has not had. any provisions
for slating in the nomination or election of members of the
General Assembly in any count.y or district with any significant
concentration of minority vo'Eers. (There have, during this
period, been some provis.i-ons for nomination by convention from
some western counties with very few, if doy, minority voters.)

At least since 1915, North Carolina has at no time had an
anti--single shot provision for nomination or election of
candidates for the North Carolina General Assembly.

If Wake County should be divided into single-member House
districts, it would be the first division ever of that county
for llo:rse districts. (Wake County was djvj-ded for the fjrst- tjme
ever for Senate districts in L9B2l.
If Mecklenburg County should be divided into single-member
districts, for either the House or Senate, it would be the
first division ever of that county for legislative districts.

The 1971 plan for election of members to the General Assembly
placed Mecklenburg County in a four-member Senate District
consisting of Mecklenburg and Cabarrus Counties. Fred D.
Alexander, who is black and is f rom l4ecklenburg County, rras
elected. to the North Carolina Senate from that District for
the L975-76, L977-78, and 1979-80 Geueral Assemblies.
Alexander filed for reelection in 1980, but died before the
primary was held.

Mecklenburg County has a five-member Board cf County Commis*
sioners, all of whom are elected-at-Iarge. Currently, one of
those five members, Robert L. Walton, is b1ack.



The following black persons serve in the indicated positions
in the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party:



Mecklenburg Coun'ty is a single-member: Jucli-c-iaI District.,
which elccts ten District Court Judges. Currently, one of
tlrose judges, Mike Todd, eppointed i.n 1979 and el.ected in
1980, is b1ack.

Clifton E. Johnson, who is blilck, rvas .rppoilL.ed. to the Norttr Carolina
Court of Appeals in 1982, where he is currently serving- Johnsofl h'<is

appoirrted. tt *,. D.istrict Court for Irlecklenbr"rrg County in 1969 arC was

=i,L=.q,r"rrtly elected and re-elected to that position. [Ie was e]ected
o r"=i.l..rt 

'iuperior 
Court Judge frctn l'1::cJclenburg Cor-:rty in 1978,-having

been norninated by voters jl the l"lecl<lenlcurg County pr-imary ancl elected
by statauiCe vote in the general election ancl sr:r:vecl in t.hal role until
his apSxli:rtrnent to the Court of Appea1s.

In the L9B2 elections for meinbers of th..,r:l 983 Gcrreral Assembly,
Flerman C. Gist, who is black, aI),'1. vrho is from Guilforcl County,
was electecl from the 26th llouse District consisting of Providence
Torvnship crf Randolph County, Greensboro Precincts 5, 6 , 7 , B ,L9, 29, and 30 ancl Fentress Township of Guil.forC Countyr ds a
member of the North Carolina House of Represent;t1:ives for the
19B3-84 General Assembly.

In the L9B2 elections for members of the 1983 Gcneral Assembly,
VJilliam N. Martin, \vho is bl.ack, vras elected fr:orn the 31st
Scnate District, cons-Lsting of .-i :fferson Torvnship, Greensboro
Prec.i-ncts 3, 4r 5r 6, -l , B, 9,1r, 19, 25, 29, and 30, lligh
Poirrt- Precincts 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, and 19, Jamestor.rn Precincts
1, 2, and 3, Sumner Township, and Block 92L of Census Tract
L66 iir lligh Point To'rvnship, all in Guilford County.

Henrr,r g. Frye, who was appointecl to the I'iort-h Carolina Supreme
Coui:t in 1983 ancl rvho is biack, was eiected to the North
Carol:i.na General Assembly as a Representat"-.ive from Guilforcl
County for the L969-70, L97L-72, 1973-74,1975-76,1977-78 and
1979-80 General Assemblies and was electecl as a Sena'tor from
Guilfr;i.cl Countl, for the 1981-82 General Asr,':nbIy. Frye clid not-
run irr L982.

Guilford County is in a single-county judi.ci;rJ- district elecbing
eight District Court Judges of rvhom currently one, lVilliam
Hunter, is black.

In thc L9B2 General Elections for members of the North Carolina
General Assembly, District thirty-nine eJected five Representa-
tives of whom trvo, C. B. fiauser and Annie Kennedy Bror^rn, are
black. District 35 consists solely of Forsyth County, not
inclurling two townships of Forsyth County p.r.accd in District 29 .



Richard C. Erwin, who is black, was elected. as a member of
the North Carolina House of Representatives from Forsyth
county for 1975-76 and 1977-78. He resigned from the
Cenerll Assembly upon his appointment as a Judge of the
North Carolina Court of Appeals in J.977, to which he was
elected in 1978, and where he continued to serve until his
appointment as a United States District Court Judge for the
Middle District of North Carolina-

Harold L. Kennedy, Jr., was appointed February 9, 1978, to
replace Richard C. Erwin in the North Carolina General
asiembly upon Erwin's appointment to the North Carolina
Court oi Appeals. Kennedy is black and is from Forsyth County.

John W. Winteis, who is b1ack, was elected as a Senator from
Wake County for the L975-76 and L977-78 General Assemblies.
Upon Winteisir resignation, to accept an appointment as a
mLrnber of the North Carolina Utitities Commission, Clarence
E. Lightner, who is bIack, and is from Wake County, was appointed
to replace Winters in the North Carolina Senate.

Clarence E, Lightner, who is black, was elected as and served
as Mayor of Ra1eigh, the capital city of North Carolina located
in Wake County, from l-973 to L975-

Wake County is 4 single-county Judicial District with eight
District Court Judges of whom currently 2, Stafford Bullock and
George Greene, are black. Judge Bullock was appointed in L974
and was elected in 1976 and has been serving continuously
since L974. Judge Greene was elected in 1974 and has been
seruing continuously since then-

Wake County has a seven-member Board of County Commissioners,
who must reside in districts, but who are nominated and
elected-at-large. Elizabeth B. Cofield, who is black, is a
member of the Wake County Board of County Commissioners.

The sheriff of wake County, John H. Baker, Jr., is black- In
:-gB2, Sheriff Baker was re-elected to his second consecutive
term. Baker received 45,775 votes in the general election
November 2, L982, while his Republican opponent Clyde Cook,
received 25,646 votes. In the Democratic primary held June 29,
LgB2 Baker received 26,329 votes, Tracy Bowling received 12,zLg
votes, and Ira C. Fuller received 4,L62 votes. Cook, Bowling
and Fu1ler are all white.



On December 31, l97lr Alfreda Webb, who is black, ulas
appointed to replace McNeil Smith, who is whiter ds a member
of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Guilford
County.

On October L9, 1979, Annie B. Kennedy, who is black, was
appointed. to replace Judson DeRamus, who is whiter &s a
member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from
Forsyth County.

Robert L. Walton, who is black, is a member of the l4ecklenburg
County Board of County Commissioners, which consists of five
members elected-at-1arge .

Edgecombe County has a five-member Board of County Commissioners,
all of whom are elecLed. at large. Currently, trvo of those
County Commissioners, Thomas Walker and J.O. Thorne, are black.

North Carolina General Statutes 5163-11 r ds iL is currently in
effect, provides that upon a vacancy in the General Assembly,
the Governor appoints the person recommended by the County
Executive Committee of the political party of which Lhe
vacating member was affiliated when elected, from the County
in which the vacating member was resident. Set out below is
G.S. 5163-11 in the form in which it is currently in effect.

"5163-11. (Effective until certification of approval
of constitutjonal amendments) Filling vacancies in
the General Assembly. -If a vacancy shall occur in
the General Assembly by death, resignation, ot other-
wise than by expiration of term, the Governor shall
immediatety appoint for the unexpired part of the
term the perscn recommenrled by the county executive
committee of the political party with wtrich the vacating
member was affiliated when elected, it being the prarty
executive committee of the county in which he was
resident. Providecl, that in the case of a vacancy in
the General Assembly by death, resignation, or otherwise
than by expiration of term of a member elected or
appointed to represent a multi-county district, the
Governor shal1 appoint for the unexpired portion of the
term the person recommended by the State House of
Representatives district committee or the senatorial
district committee of the political party with which
the vacating member was affiliated when elected. The
Governor shall make the appointment within seven d.ays
of receiving the recommendation of the appropriate
committee. If the Governor fails to make the appoint-
ment within the required period, he shal-I be presumed



to have made the appointment and the legislative
body to which the appointee was recommended is
directed to seat the appointee as a member in good
standing for the duratj-on of the unexpired term.
The county convention or county executive committee
of each political party shall elect or appoint at
least one member from each county to serve as
State House of Representatives district committee
member and at least one member from each county to
serve as senatorial district committee member. The
State House of Representatives district committee
and the senatorial district committee shall be made
up of at least one member from each county within
the district, The State House of Representatives
district committee sha1l recornmend an appointee to
fill a vacancy in the State House of Representatives
and the senatorial district committee shall recom-
mend an appointee to fill a vacancy in the State
Senate. This member shall be entitled to cast for
his county one vote for each 300 persons or major
fraction thereof residing within the county based
upon th4 fast decennial census. Each State House of
Representatives clis'L.rict committee member and each
senatorial district committee member shall be en-
titled to cast all the votes allotted to his county,
but in the event more than one rnember is elected from
each county, then each member shall cast an equal
share of the votes allotted to the county. (1901,
c. 89, s. 74i Rev. , s.4298; C.S., s.5919; L947, c. 505,
s.1; 1953, c.1191, s.1; 1967, c.775, s.1; 1973, c.35.)"

North Carolina Generat Statutes St63-11 requires nomination by
primary election to be determined by a majority of the votes
case. The majority vote requirement has existed by North
Carolina Statutes since 1915, when it was enacted simultan-
eously with the Statutes providing for nomination by primary
election rather than by political party convention or otirer-
wise.

North Carolina does not have a majority-vote requirement for
general elections.

The Durham County Board of County Conmissioners has five
members elected-at-Iarge. William V. 8e11, the current chair-
man, has served on the Board continuously since his initial
election in L972. El na Spaulcling has served on the Board
continuously since her initial election in L97 4. Nathan
Garrett served on the Board from 1972 through 1974. Asa T.
Spaulding, Sr., was elected in 1968 and re-elected in 1970



to the Board. He resigned short-ly before the end of his
second term. BeII, EIna Sp.rulding, Garrett, and Asa Spaulding
are all black.

The Chartotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education has nine members
elected-at-}arge. Currently, two of those members, Sara
Stevenson and George Battle, Jr.r.are black. Until his resig-
nation to run successfully for the North Carolina llouse of
Representatives, Phillip O. Berry, who-is also black, was
ehairman of the Board, serving along with Stevenson and Battle.

The trlecklenburg County Board of Elections has three members.
From March 2, 1970, until his death in May of L972, Ivlr.
Wa}ter B. Nivens, who was black, served on that, Board, and
$ras Chairperson from March of L972, until his death. Jack
Martin allo served on the l,lecklenburg County Board of
Elections frorn July 13, L972, through March of L974, serving
as Chairperson for a Part of that time. Phyllis Lynch, who
is also Llact<, has served on the l"lecklenburg County Board' of
Elections since June of L977 through the present and has been
chairperson since June of 1981 through the present,

The immediate Past. Chainnan of the Mecklenburg County
Democratic Executive Committee, for the term from 1981
through 1983, was Robert Davis, who is black'

The Charlotte City Council has eleven members' seven elected.
from Districts and four elected-at-Iarge. Of the current
members, Charles Dannelly and Ronald Luper, both electecl from
Districis, and Harvey Gantt, elected-at-Iarge, are b}ack.
Gantt is Mayor Pro-tem of Charlotte'

The Wake County Board of Elections consists of three members.
J. J. Sansom, 3t. served from March 2, 1970 until December
of 1977, when he resigned. to take an appointed, position on a
higher education Board of Tr:ustees "- Rosa GiIl has been a
meirber since December 6, L977, and has been Chairperson since
april L9, Lg7g. Sansom and Gi1I are both black

The Forsyth County Board of Elections has three members. H. B.
Goodson, who is black, served on that Board from at leasL 1973
until lg7g, and was Chairperson part of that time. ,Joan
Cardwell, who is also black, has served on that Board from
LgTg through the present and is Secretary'

The Forsyth county school Board has eiglt members-elected-at-
J-arge. beauford gailey, who is black, is currently a member
of that Board.



The Forsyth County Board of County Commissioners has five
members elected at Iarge. Currently, that Board has one
black member, Mazie [Voodruf f .

The Edgecombe County Board of County Commissioners has five
members, all elected at large. Two of the current members,
Thomas Walker and J. O. Thorne, are black

It would not be possible to draw more than one majority-black
single-member Senate district if the Mecklenburg-Cabarrus
Senate district were divided into four single-member districts.

It is not possible to draw more than two majority-black
single-member House districts in Mecklenburg County.

It is not possible to draw more than one majority-b1ack
single-member House district in Durham County.

It is not possible to
Senate distirct which
substantial parts of

It i s not possible to
majority-b1ack House

draw a majority-bIack single-member
is in Durharn County or which incl.t'.c1es

Durham Cottnty.

draw more than two single-member
districts in Forsyth County.

It is not possible to draw a majority-black single-member
Senate district in Forsyth County.

Since 1915 North Carolina has had a majority vote requirement
for party primaries. The majority vote requirement rvas adopted
aL the same time t-he primary clection for nomination of candi-
dates. The majority provision is contained in N.C.G.S-
5163-111 and reads as follows:

" (a) Nomination Determined by I'lajority; Definition of
Majority. -Except as otherwise provided in this sectiotl,
nominations in primary elections shall be determined by a
majority of the votes cast. A majority within the meaning
of this section sha1l be determined as follows:

(1) If a nominee for a single office is Lo be selected,
and there is more than one person seeking nomi-
nation, the majority shall be ascertained by
dividing the total vote cast for all aspirants
by two. Any excess of the sum so ascertained shall
be a majority, and the aspirant who obtains a
majority shall be declared the nominee.



l2l If nominees for two or more offices (con-
stituting a group) are to be selected, and
there are more persons seeking nomination
than there are offices, the majority shall
be ascertained by dividing the total vote
cast for all aspirants by the number of
positions to be filled and. by dividing the
results by two. Any excess of the sum so
ascertained shall be a majority, and the

, aspirants who obtain a majority shall be
declared the nominees. If more candidates
obtain a majority than there are positions to
be fiIled, those having the highest vote (equaI
to the number of positions to be filled) shall
be declared the nominees.

(b) Right to Demand Second Primary. -ff an insufficient
number of aspirants receive a majority of the votes
cast for a given office or group of offices in a
primary, a second prinary, subject to the conditj.ons
specified in this section, shall be held:
(1) If a nominee for a single office is to be

selected and no aspirant receives a majority of
the votes cast, the aspirant receiving the highest
number of votes shall be declared nominated by the
appropriate board of elections unless the aspirant
receiving the second highest number of votes shall
request a second primary in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (c) of this section. In
the second primary only the two aspirants who re-
ceived Lhe highest and next highest number of votes
shall be voted for.

(21 If nonu-nees for two or nlore offices (ccnstituLing
' a group) are to be selected and aspirants for some

or alt of the positions within the group do not
receive a majority of the votes, those candidaLes
equal in number to the positions remaining to be
filled and having the highest number of votes shall
be declared the nominees unless some one or all of the
aspirants equal in number to the positions to be
filled and having the second highest number of votes
shall request a second primary in accordance with
the provisions of subsection (c) of this section.
fn the second primary to select nominees for the
positions in the group remaining to be filled, the
names of all those candidates receiving the highest
number of votes and all those receiving the second
highest number of votes and demanding a second
primary shaIl be printed on the ballot."

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Wake County has a nine-member Board of Education, all of
whom are elected from districts. Currently, one of those
nine members, Vernon Malone, is black. Malone was elected
from a majority black district.

The Raleigh City Council has 7 members, two elected at large
and five elected from wards, prus the mayor serving ex-officio
since L979, Father Arthur Cal1oway, who is black, fro= repre-
sented a majority black ward on the City Council. Calloway
initially defeated WiIIiam Knight, also black, who served from
L973 until L979.

The Durham City Council consists of twelve members, in ad.dition
to the mayor. Six are elected at large. Six are elected at
large, but must reside in wards. Currently, the following
three members are black: Ralph Hunt, representing a majority
black ward; Chester L. Jenkins elected at large; and A. K.
Howard Clement, appointed on May 16, 1983, to the expiration
of Maceo K. Sloan's term. Sloan, who is also black, was elected
at large and resigned April 18, 1983.

In the Lg82 general election, Mecklenburg County elected eight
members of the North Carolina House for 1983-84. One of those
members, Phillip O. Berry, is b1ack. James D. Richardson, who
is also bIack, was not elected. Richardson received 35,4L2
votes in that race, the ninth highest vote total. The candi-
date with the eighth highest vote totalr rvho was elected,
received 35,662 votes. The tenth highest vote total, out of
eighteen candidates, was 24,905 votes.

Dan 'I. Blue, Jr., who is bl-ack, was electecl as a member of the
House from Wake County for the 19Bl-82 and 1983-84 General
Assemblies. In the L9B2 Democratic primary, BIue received the
highest'vote total of the fifteen Democrats running. In the
l9B2 general election, BJ-ue received the second highest vote
total of the seventeen candidates for six seats.

The Winston-SaIem City Council has eight members elected from
wards in addition to the mayor. Currently there are four
black members on the Council. Larry Little, Vivj-an Burke,
Virginia NewelI, and Larry Womble. Little, Burke, and Newel1
were all elected in L977 and re-elected in 19BI from majority
black wards. Womble was first elected in 1981 by defeating
an incumbent white Democrat in the primary and a rvhite Repub-
lican in the general election. His rvard has 41536 white
registered voters, 2,893 black registered voters, and three of
other races. Prior to L977, C. C. Ross, Carl Russel1, and
Richard Davis, all b1ack, were elected in 1970 and 1974 from

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majority black warcls. (The election schedule was changed
frorn even to odd years between the 1974 and L977 election.)

Senate District 2 is 55.1? black. It is not possible to
draw a Senate district with a 609a or more black majority in
the area of Senate District 2 without decreasing the 49.3? black
percentage in the area of Senate District 6. Nor is it
possible to draw two majority black Senate districts in these
areas while complying with the strong recommendation of the
United States Attorney General's office that a Senate district
with at least a 55e" black majority should be created in the
area of Senate District 2.

Exhibits through are the most current registration
figures by precincts avallab1e for Mecklenburg County, Forysth
County, Durham County, Wake Count-y, Nash County, Wilson County,
and Edgecombe County.

Exhibits _ through __ are the official election returns
by precinct for the lgSTlrimary and general elections for
the House in Mecklenburg, Forsyth, Durham, Wal<e, Nash, Edgecombe,
and Wilson Counties.

The Durham County Board of Elections is a three-member board..
From March 2, L97O, until June of 1981, William Marsh was a
member of that board. Marsh, who is black, served as chairman
for six years during his tenure on the board.

It is not possible to draw mol:e than one single-member majority
black Horrse dj.strj.ct j.n Wake Cor.rnty.

It is not possible to draw a single-member majority black
Senate district which is in Wake County or includes substantial
parts of Wake County.

It is not possible to draw more than one single-member ma3ority
black Senate district in Guilford County. The current plan
includes a majority-black single-member Senate district in
Guilford County.

It is not possible to draw more than two single-member majority
black House districts in Guilford County.

Thomas Hofeller is an expert in the areas of redistricting,
voting trends and practices, and electoral demographics, and
is an expert in data base compilation and analysis regarding
those areas.

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John Sanders is an expert on the history of legislative
reapportionment in Norttr Carolina.

The City of Raleigh, located in Wake County, has a total
population of 150,255 according to 1980 census figures.
The majority of Raleigh residents and registered voters in
Raleigh are white.

The City of Durham, located in Durham County, has a total
population of 1O0r53B according to corrected census figures.
The majority of Durham residents and registered voters are
white.

The City of Winston Salem, located in Forsyth County, has a
total population of 131,885 according to 1980 census figures.
The majority of Winston Salem residents and registered voters
are white.

The city of charlotte, located j-n Mecklenburg .county, has a
total population of 3L4,447 according to 1980 censlls figrrres.
The majority of Charlotte residents and registered voters are
white.

The Chairmanship of the Durham County Democratic Party has been
held by a black for approximately ten of the l-ast fourteen years.
Persons serving in the chairmanship during that period are as
follows:

Name Election
* Lavonia Allison, B

Howard Clement, B
Wilr-ie Lovett, B
Barbara Smith, W

Robert Sugg, W

Jeanne Lucas, B

1959 or 1970
L97 4
L977
L979
t9 B1
I983

Charles L. Becton, a black resident of Durham County was
appointed to the North Carolina Court of Appeals as one of its
twelve judges in 1981 and elected by a statewide vote to that
office in L982.

James Arthur Beaty, Jr., a black resident of Forsyth County,
was appointed as a special Superior Court Judge in 1981.

* B indicates black
W - indicates white

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Exhibit , "Registration Statistics Part II, " is the most
recent compftation of voter registration figures for each
county, broken down by race, reported as of October 4, L982.

Exhibit , entiLled "Vital Statistics of Counties in
North CaIo-ITiar" is a compilation of registration_figures for
each county as of February 9, 1982, with estimated percentages
of voting population registered figured for white, non-white,
and total voting age PoPulations-

Exhibits through reflect all known black mayors,
city council members for munici-

North Carolina.

In the :-982 general election for senator in the four-member
Mecklenburg-iabarrus district, James K. PoIk, who is b}ack,
ran fifth. Polk received 45,449 votes while Benjamin T.
Tison, the successful candidate with the fourth-highest
vote iotal, received 461808 votes, only 1359 votes more than
PoIk.

county coffi'IEEioners, and
palities and counties in

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II,IAJORIIY OF REGISIERM \DTERS

H. l!,ilton Ardrews

E. V. Wilkins
*Wendel1 Perry
Robert Drakeford

*Dmaruel S. Dang1a.s

Emett McRae

Nellie G. ltlelton
Eih{ard E. Credle

Aloc Brcmrn

fiiley I. Iasfi
Benjanin F. Gaige, Sr.
Itrebaud Jeffers
Gallor,vay Itrcrryson

ft'Nur*i" Potts

Pa::rele

Roper

C,arlzshrrg

Ca:rboro

Southern Pines

Renrprt
Cofield
ltlesic

Greener,rers

Salisbury
Elast fuencer
Gastonia

Sinpson

Cornelius

B

B

B

w

w

B

B

B

B

w

B

w

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* Mayor selected by ard frcnr ouncil
fn. elected to ouncil, ctrosen try co:ncil as malor vitren elecbed. mayor resigrned



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BIACI{ mu}ffY COIIMISSIOI'IERS

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EVa M. C1alrton

Francis L. Alston
C,eorge B. Shearin,Sr. Warren

COUNIY NO.

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5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

7

5

5

5

5

5

5

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7

5

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Warren

Orange

Pender

Pender

Edgeccrnlce

Edgecombe

Washington

Durhanr

Durhan

Northampton

Northarpton

Wayne

Ckratham

A].amance

Person

Wake

Neh, Hanover

Greene

Ivloore

Jones

C\:mberland

Hertford
Lenoir

Mecklerrlcurg

Eorsyth
Rockingham

DISTRIgI

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*Ricfrard Vfhitted

Willie B. Nixon

Bonnie W. Parker

J. O. Itrorne

Thcmas L. Walker

C. M. Stokes
*William V. Bel1

Elma Spaulding

J. W. Faison

Morris Shearin

Sherman e. eeit
CarI Tltcrq>son

J*Jack O'Kel1ey

Curtis W. Bradsher

Elizabeth Cofield
Jonathan Barfield
Jasper E. Ornond

W. E. Sinnons

James E. Vh/nn

Maqz l4cAllister
Hcrvlard Hr.mter, Jr.
George Graham

Robert Walton

ldazie Woodruff

Clarence E. Tucker

w

w

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B

C. Harold Morris, ft. Scotland

W

w

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BIACX( @]NIY OCSOIISSICNERS

Ltu@uNry No. DJSERTCT MArORny Af, IABtr! Ue,rOnrfr

I.Ieil w. Ir{cPhatter [lcke 5

Cleo Bratckrer Ibke 5

U !{ajority refers tci majority of registered voters in district or ounty
r' O Required to reside i:l District altlpugh rsninat€d ard elected at large
* Chaiunan

+ Died l,tay 2, L983

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BLACK CIflT OOT]I\iCIL MET{BERS

DISTRICT

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Lloyd T. Bellamy

PauI J. Williams
Ora Staton, Jr.
John H. Cabarrus

Elsie R. Andrews

Qrjnton D. Jones

Corge L. Worsley

Willian E. Honeyblue Williamston
Jaruas fdd.ie McCoy, Jr. Oxford

Jarnes P. Green

J. Clyde Watkins

H. Lester Ratliff
Daniel Kel1y

l'troses A. Ray

Johnnie M. $rLith

fheodore E. Blmrm

Travis Knight
George W. Dudley

Robert L. Wilkins
ltlelvin M. Cordon

R:gene Pailin
Ralph A. Hunt
(hester L. Jenkins
Maceo Sloan
(resigned 4/lB/83

Janes O. Gibbs

Melvin Broadnay

Elizabeth Alston
IoIa Ausby

Fred&ie Fresnan

Millard Grant

Li.rxrrcod Ivey

Burgaw

Clinton
Hamilton

Jarewille
Parnele

Parmele

Parnele

Henderson

Rockingham

Hofftnan

Hoffrnan

Tarboro

Tarboro

Pinetops

Speed

Rocky Mount

Pllmouth

Pllzlrouth

Rog:r

Drrham

Durham

Durham

Forest City
Seaboard

Garlzsburg

Gaqrsburg

Garlzsburg

Garlzsburg

Garrysburg

Ll
MA]ORTTY

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NO.

5

4

5

5

5

7

8

5

5

5

8

8

5

7

6

6

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L2

L2

5

3

5

5

5

5

5

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w

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B

B

w

w

w

w

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B

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B

w

W

Hcna:rcl Clsnent appointed 5/l6/831

B

W

w

w

W

w

B

B

B

B

B



tsIACK CITY COI,NCTL MEI\4]FPS

DISTRTCTCITT

Wilbert Tabb

Joe Gordan

Watson Drer^r, Jr.
EarI V[hitted, Jr.
Ceorge Spruill
G:rtha L. Bynun

David L, Malmard

Hillard Caldwell
R. D. Srnith

H. Ir{elvin Bates

Aubrey Backus

Ctrarles Swindell
John D. Allison
Janes E. Barbour

J. L. Ferurer, Sr.
Willis I{. Privott
Leander Morgan

Gaston

Rich Sguare

Rictr Sguare

Goldsboro

Eurel<a

l{ount Olive
Burlington
Carrboro
Ctrapel HilI
Roxboro

Weldon

Enfield
Scotland Neck

Smithfield
Edenton

Edenton

Nevl Bern
(former mayor 2 terms)

Clarice Atwater A;>ex

William M. Fresnan F\rguay Varina
Jackie Johns, Sr. Garner

Pa:rish Wcnrble ..Ho11y Springs
Arttrur J. Calloway Raleigh
De1ler:va W. Collins l4anteo

*J. J. Brcrarn Alzden

C,arnie Barks Elizabeth City
E. A. (Tony) Pate Wilrnington

Luther H. Jordan, ft. Wilrnington

Lionel D. I{oore Snow HilI
C;eorge Reid Nerton

Webster Lytle Hickory
John L. Sinnons Pollocl<sville
William H- Frost Maysville

B

u
NO.

5

5

5

5

3

5

4

6

8

5

5

5

5

7

6

6

5

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A3 IARGE

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s0/s0

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w

W

w

W

w

w

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B

w

w

W

W

w

IrI

5

5

5

5

7

6

5

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6

6

5

6

6

5

5

B

W

w

W

w

w

B

w

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w

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BIACK CITY OOi]iSCIL MEMBERS

DISIRTCT

Page 3 of 5

Lt
AT IARGE MAJORITT

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NA}48 clry

Aaron Johnson

Ethe1 Thcmas Clark
Marvin W. Lucas

Cafvin Haggins

Rudolph Currie
E. B. f\rrner
Robert i. oavis
Willian H. Gaines

Wilson Terry

(harles E. Johnson

Mary B. Carroll
Herqz Marsh

Jacob Ruffin, Jr.
William C. Clark
Jesse CCInbo

Verta Janes

Iielen Pugh

Ulysses G. HaIl
Fletcher F. Lassiter Winton

Larkix Horton
Vivian Burke

Larry Litt1e
Virginia Newell

Iarqf Wcrnble

William C. Sturdivant, ft., Polkton

B

B

B

w

w

B

B

B

B

w

W

W

w

w

W

B

B

B

/
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B

B

B

w

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NO-

6

5

5

6

6

8

5

5

6

4

4

4

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

7

B

8

B

B

5

5

5

5

5

5

!/
l0\foRrry

William Horton

Eddie Tootle
James Cooper

Leroy Credle
Holon Gibbs

Fayettazille
Spring Iake
Spring Iake
Fairnnnt
Fairnont
Lr.unlcerton

Maxton

Maxton

Red Springs

Rerurert

Ror,vland

Ropland

Atroskie

Murfreesboro

Cofield
Cofield.

Cofield
Cofield
Winton

I€no:r
' Winston-Salem

Winston-Sa1sn

Winston-Salsn

Winston-Salsn

It4oretread City
Newtrnrt

Mesic

Mesic

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Page 4 of 5

BIACK CITY G)TNICTL },IUVIBERS

B. H. Jones

Janes C\:rtis
I{i1liam O. Jones

Joseph D. Himbry, Sr,
W. C. Dorbch

Eddie Kornegay

Fred Staten, Sr.
Ca]-&rye11 Bourser

Janes W. Ster,art
Floyd Brothers
CLrarles Dannelly

Ronald Luper
*Ha:rrey Gantt
Frarklin Boyette

Libby Lewis Blykin
Annie Ruth Bryant

T. Ihcnns Dixon

Nathan l"lurray

William P. f'ennell
Rudolph Becton

David E. Jordan

W. E. Foster
James E. Haley

Barbara L. Johnson

Sam A. Mills
John F. Carr, Jr.
John Edruard. Jones

John G. Noble, III
Regirnld C. Wee)<, Sr.
JanES E. Abernathy

Braso Tillman, Sr.
Louis Turner, Sr.

Mesic

Mesic

Vandernere

Vandenrere

Bayboro

Kinston
Kinston
LaGrange

Colunbia

Laurinlci:rg

Washington

Charlotte
Charlotte
Charlotte
Beulaville
Callpso
Greenevers

Greenevers

Greenevers

Kenansville

. I{agnolia
\ Wallace

Warsaw

Four Oaks

Reidsville
Hendersonville
Cleveland

East Spencer

. East Spencer

East Spencer

East Spencer

East Spencer

East Spencer

AT IATGE

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5

5

5

3

5

5

6

5

5

5

1I
11

11

5

5

3

3

3

5

5

5

5

5

5

4

5

6

6

5

6

6

6

DISTRICT
v

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CITY

B].ACK CIry Gf,I.]T.iCTL MFfUBEf,{S

DISTTLTCII

Page 5 of 5

AT LqIGE}TTE-*
**Ttrcrnas S. cil;=pie

C,eorge Jaggers, Jr.
Glerdale Brooks

Richard Johnson

Charles Dawson, Jr.
J. J. Brcnarn

Walter H. Iv1cNeil, Jr.
WillahsrLia Bratton
Avant P. Colernan

Luttrer Batdradn

Janes Harb,sfield

P. E. Bazsnore

Roscrce ltrood

David Barnes

J. B. E\rans

Cornelius Hunt

**llarqf Jeffries

Lorrell
DaIlas
Gastonia

BetheI

Grinesland
Ayden

Sanford

AshevilIe
Wilson

louisburg
Bunn

Monroe

Wadraw

Waxhaw

Fair Bluff
Brenrard

Milton

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5

5

6

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4

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7

7

6

6

4

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V Majority refers to majority of registered voters in district or city.
2/ e<cluding Mayors
* Mayor Pro-Tsn

{D (AL) residence in district required
** Appointed. to fiII vacancy upon deatJ: or resigination of prior msnber.



srArrT NoRrlt cABotrt

STATE BOARD OF E,ECTIONS

\
(naclaf inA [isce]laneous Deslgnations )

i{

0onpiled bY: Alex K. Brock,
F;cecutive Se q retary-Direc tor

Beport as of: October 4, L982

CCIJNTY

No. Votlng
l.{achines llhite BIack IrdIan Obhcr

,llAlANCE
AI.EXANDER
/,.IJEG}IAifI
;lNS0N
ASm
AVERY
}SEAUFOB?
BERTIE
Bl.ADEN

BRUNSWICK

BUNCOI,EE
tsUR}CE

CABARRUS
CALD}IELI,
CAMDEI'I

CARTLRIT
CASTILIJ
CATAITtsA
CI.IATHAI'I

CHEBO}GE
CHOTIAIJ

CLAY
CLEVEIAIO
COIIDtsUS
cn[!rEN
CUI.iBERiA}ID
OUHRITUOK
DANE
DAVIDSON
DAVIE
DUPLIN
DUR}IA}T

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GNAHAI{
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HARNETT
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6,62?

14r 868
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l+1863
9 1563

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66,989
3L'51+7
32r5L?
29 r55t+

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)3 rl+99
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t9 r3l7
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L5 1288
598
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nonort! of: Octobor 4, 1982

COUNTT

No. Votlttg
Uachinos Uhlte

LINCOLN
MACSI
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i/,ARTIN
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ploNlEOt-EtU
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PA.l'&rc0
PASQUgTANK
PENDER
PEBQUT'Iq,NS
PER.SCh[

PITT
POIJ(
RAI,IDOLPH
BICH}IOND
NOBESON
iioclm'JGHAl.l
ROI,IAN
RIJTHERFORD

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SCOTI.AI'ID
sTANLY
STOI(E^S

SUNRY

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UNION
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411
3

22
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26
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55
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56
32

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81676
8'8?0

2t1296
2L13\6
381836

5 r?t+t
22rU*6
35,25L
3 1589
? 1350
7 rO94
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8 1736

zT ro],L
? r9l+9

4L,699
t3 rg7g
22r5L8
29 rl&
3? 

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L8r871

8'4^31
22rl+37
19 1929
27 r0og

5,7W
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L25,977
3,955
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18r083
23 1762
3L,373
19 1265
15 1293
to r35o

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35,L52
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3 1605
5 1955
812c/9-

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5 r@7
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3 rl+29
3 1919
L1283
3,108
7,5O9

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11rL76
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2r27
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21623

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2r2)tr}89



VITAL STATISTICS OF COUNTIES

IN

NORTH CAROLINA

Prepared by: StaEe Board of Elections February 9, 198?

Countv

( 1)
Vo Eer

Regi s tra tion

( 2)
Total

Popu 1a ti on

( 3)
Total

Voting Age
Popu 1a tion

Perc.enr.age
TotaI VoEing

Popu Ia r.ion
Regi s tered

To EaI
whi r.e

Vo ter s
Regi s tered

Percentage
itrhi te

Voting Age
Popu 1a tion
Regi s tered

TotaI
Non-Whi te

Voters
Regi s tered

PercenLage
Non-Whi te

Voting Age
Popu la tion
Regi s tered

Percentage Percentage
White Non-White

Registration Registratior

ALA}iANCE

ALEXANDER.

'ALLEGITANY

ANSON'

.A.SHE

.\VERY

sEAUFOB.T

tsER.TIE

BLADEN

BB,UNSWICK

tsUiICO}lBE

tsURKE

CABsARRUS

CALDWELL

CA}1DEN

C,\iITERET

,-rarrFtru-J.J,i r] LL

C..1,TA1./BA

Cii,.,TIIfuY

CiIEROKEE

CIiOWAN

(:LAY

44 ,409

13,269

5,662

9,63L

73,435

6r772

1 5, 808

7 ,997

74,241

t6 ,7 53

67 ,239
31_ ,7 26

3t+ r695

28 ,7 35

2,759

79,645

7 ,848

46,898

1 6,865

10,368

5,569

4,470

99,361

25,153

9 r625

25 167 6

22 r390

74,460

40,435

21,,026

30, 555

36,064

761,336

72r788

86,119

67 ,997

5,833

41,353

20 17 49

105,516

33,553

L9,002

12 r598

6 r657

7 2,992

77 ,7 59

7 ,223
1-8,1-1-2

76,326

10 ,'37 9

28 r97 4

74,564

21,500

24 r97I
719 ,77 3

5L,886

62,659

47 ,712
- 4,089

29 ,9t 6

14,598

75,880

24 r225

73 r770

9,748

4,950

39 ,0 31

72 r502

5,578

6,531

73 ,357

6r745

72,590

4,437

9,452

73,735

6 3 ,040

29,985

37,'J-28

27 ,222

2 rO5B

18,484

4 1985

44,023

13,163

70 1747

3,957

4 1443

65. 1

7 5.3

79.7

62.0

82.6

65.8

61.8

67 .O

69. B

66.7

57 ,8

62.6

57 .7

61 .0

7 7.4

67 .9

57 .5

63.5

7 2.2

7 5.8

7 7.3

90.2

5,378

767

B4

3 ,100

78

27

3 1278

3,565

41789

3r618

4 r\99
t,74L
3 ,567

1,513

707

L,767

2 r863

2r875

3 r7C2

227

7 1672

27

41 .0

66.2

48.5

40. 8

49.3

19. B

37 .2

44.2

59. 3

68 .0

39.2

43.6

43.3

59. 5

57 .8

42.0

48. 1

43. B

67.6

57 .4

44.7

100 .0

87 .9

94.3

98.6

67 .9

99, 5

99.7

79.7

55. 5

66.4

78.5

93.8

94.6

89. B

94.8

7 4.6

94.t
63.6

93.9

78,!
o?o

7 7.t
99,4

,:,J
7.4

32.1

0.5

0.3

20.3

44 .5

33.6

21.5

6,2

5.10
1.0.2

q)

25.4

5.9

36.4

6.1_

21.s

2.1

28,9

0.6

60.3

7 4.7

7 8.3

53.1

82.2

65.2

54 ,5

54.5

65.9

67 ,0

56.1

61.1

55.3

60.9

67 .1

65.5

53.7

61. B

69. 6

7 5.2

60.3

90. 3



Vo ter
Regi s tra tion

Total
Popu la tion

TotaI
Voting Age
Popu 1a tion

Percentage
Total Voting

Popu la tion
Regi s tered

ToEaI
Whi te

Vo ter s

Regi s tered

Percentage
Whi te

Voting Age
Popu 1a tion
R egi s tered

Total
Non-Whi te

Vo ters
Regi s tered

Percentage
Non-Whi te

Voting Age
Popu 1a tion
Regi s tered

Percentage Percentag'
White Non-White

Registration Registrati
County

CLEVELAND

COLU}lBUS

CRAVEN

CU}iBES.LAND

C'URRiTUCK

DARE

DAVIDSON

DAVIE

DUPLIN

DURHA}1

EDGECOMBE

TORSYTiI

FRAIiKLIN

GASTON

UAILJ

GRAHA],1

CRA}iVILLE

GREE}iI1

GUILFORT)

IIALIFAX

iiAL:if,iT

IIAYWOOD

iiENDES.SON

IIIR.TFOiID

I-IOKE

3!,794
24 r53t
24,360

5 8,09 2

4,777

7 ,495
50,2.54

72 r264

\6,331
64, 398

18,637

7L4,7 65

t7 ,7 34

58 ,81 5

4 r69.5

4 r845

72 r8L4

6,859

L42,224

20 r331

23 r417

22,7L2

29 ,7 59

gr727

6,8L7

83,655

511729

7 7,267

247 ,922

71,225

1 3, 599

11 3, 584

24 17 62

40 1992

753 r295

56,052

244,382

30 , 116

762,843

8,894

7 ,229
34,051

16,168

377 r767

55,283

59 rB79

46,590

59,018

23,342

20 1477

58,7 13

35,978

50,833

77 6 ,927

8,081

9,887

81,575

\7 ,796
29 ,L7 1

111 ,840

38 r287

L77,443

2\,791
115,494

6r376

5,776

24,790

1.1. r105

229,568

38, 688

42,953

34,594

43,359

16,290

13,530

5:r.1

68. 1

47 ,9

3?..8

59. 1

75.8

61, .6
68. 9

56.0

51 .5

48. 6

64.6

53. B

l0.e
73,6
q3.6

52.9

61.7

61.9

52 .5

54.5

63.9

68, 6

i3.5
50. 3

27 ,025
18,063

19,190

44,049

4 r241

7 ,297
46 r365
71 ,327

\2 r734

47 ,193
72,492

92,352

8,182

53,502

2,555

4r673

8, 535

4,443

718,223

73 r356

79 r534

2!,826
28,930

5,002

3,481

56,4

7 2.7

51.6

38.0

61. B

7 3.9

62.7

70. 6

67.2

65.2

f,-t. o

67 .9

60. 3

52.4

77 .B

94.9

60. 3

65,9

67 ,6

63 .4

57 .9

64.4

69.2

63.9

54,7

4,769

6 r468

5 r\70
74 r043

536

204

3 ,889
937

4 1203

17 ,205
6,!45

22,473

3 r552

5, 313

2,74O

172

4r279

2 r416

24,007

6r975

3,877

286

829

3r725

3,336

38. 5

59,2

37 .7

22.9

43 .6

31.2

50. 7

52.9

44.8

43,4

34.0

54.0

43.7

39.2

69.1

67 .9

42.5

55.2

43.7

39. 5

47.9

40 .0

57,7

44,0

46.5

86. 6

7 3.6

7 8.8

7 5.8

88. E

97 .3

92.3

92,4
7 4.3

73.3

67 .0

80.5

69.7

91 .0

54,4

96.4

66 .6

64. 8

83.1

65.7

83.4

98. 7

97 .2

57 .3

51, 1

t3.4
26.4

27.2

:"1
2.7

7.7

7.6
25.7

26.7

33.0

19.5

30. 3

9.0

4o
3.6

33.4

35.2

16. 9

34,3

L6,6

1,.3

2.8

42.7

48. 9



Voter
Registration

TotaI
Popu Ia ti on

TotaI
Voting Age
Popu Ia tion

Percentage
ToEaI t/otinB
Population
Regi s !ered

Total
Whi te

Vo ters
Regi s tered

Percentage
Whi te

Voting Age
Poptrlation
Regi s tered

Total
Non-Whi te

Vo ters
Regi s Eered

Percentage
Non-Whi te

Voting Age
Popu la tion
B,egi s t ered

Percentage Percentag,
Whi te Non-Whi. te

Regi s t,ra tion Regi s tra ti,
Coun ty

HYDE

IREDELL

J.A.CKSON

JOHNSTON

JON'S

TFF

LENOIR

LINCOLN

}1ACON

I.IADISO}i

}li.RTIN

}iCDOHELL

}1!CKLENBURG

]'lITCHELL

I'lONTGOMERY

I100RE

N.{,Sil

\EW IIA}iOVER

}.:CRTi]A}iPTON

0lisLo'Vl

C'iAI.iCE

P.U.lLI CO

i,ASQUOTANK

?iiiIDER

PEiIQUTI.IANS

2r742

35,001

72,556

29 r275

5,072

15,106

2 3 ,088

22,077

10,909

9 r229

70,7 43

18,01_4

185,566

8,377

10,094.

22r772

24,901

43,556

9,279

24,7 23

37 ,666

4,7 43

10 ,09 1

9,909

3,745

5,886

82 r7 83

25,927

70 r794

9,695

36,857

59,974

42,670

20,283

16,853

25,966

35,270

405,428

74 r458

22 r525

50,819

67 ,328
10 3, 984

22 ,567
112,942

77 r572

70,420

28,518

22 r299

9,518

4 r74L

59,605

19,228

50 ,87 3

6, 800

26 r159

42 r666

30,42L

1 5,489

12,803

i8,302

25 r349

288, 687

t0 1961

t6 rl28
36 r136

47 ,856
7 4,048

15,855

87,7 67

59,L78

7 ,570
20,518

75 1911

6r930

66.2

58. 7

65,3

57 .4

7 3.7

57 .7

54.7

7 2,5

70.4

7 2.0

58. 5

71 .0

64,2

7 6.3

62 .5

6 3.0

52.0

58. 8

58. 5

3C.2

63.6

62.6

49.1

62.2

54.0

2,015

31,855

77 r779

25 ,7 47

3,036

72,855

t7 ,399

20 r492

10 ,7 90

9,180

7 ,392
\7 ,297

1-53,721,

8, 365

8 r323

79 ,7 49

20,544

36,520

4,772

21,784

32,947

3, 318

7 ,729

6,639

2r764

7 7,5

63.4

68.0

61,.5

7 4.2

62.0

63.4

7 3.5

71.0

7 2.4

69.4

7 1,.4

7 t.3
7 6.7

66.8

68.0

60.8

62.6

67 .4

34.0

67.2

62.6

53. 5

65.2

62.3

727

3 rL46

777

3r474

1r976

2 r253

5,689

1r585

179

49

3,357

7 1-7

32 r445

72

7r777

3,023

4 r357

7 ,036
4 ,566
3,539

417t9

L r425

2,962

3 1269

981

54. B

33.5

40.8

38.4

7 2.8

47.4

37 .3

61. 5

37 .7

35.s

43.7

62.0

43. 8

79.3

48.7

42.6

30.8

44.5

51.4

t8.2
46.4

62.7
' 41.0

56.9

39,2

7 3.5

91.0

93.8

88.1

60. 6

85. 1

r-5./+

92.8

98.9

9s.5

58. 8

9 6.0

82.5

99.9

82.5

86.7

82. 5

83.8

50. B

85.7

87.5

70.0

70.6

67 .O

73.8

26.5

9.0

6.2

:i5
74.9

24.6

7.2

L.1

0.5

31.2

4.0

17.5

0.1
,r.o
L3.3

77 .5

16.2

49.2

14.3

12.5

30 .0.
79L

33.0

26,2



Vo Eer
Regi s tra ti on

TotaI
PopuLation

TotaI
Voting Age
Population

Percentage
TotaI Vocing

Popu la tion
Regis tered

TotaI
I.Ihi te

Vo ters
Regi s !ered

Percentage
lihi te

Voting Age
Popu Ia tion
Regis Eered

Total
Non-Whi te

Vo ters
Regi s tered

Percentage
Non-Whi te

Voting Age
Popu la tion
Regi s tered

Percentage Percentage
Whi te Non-Whi te

Registration Registration
County

-',aDtr\'!

I-JASI{INGTON

i,,'ATAUGA

',.',\YNE

10,848

32,552

8,110

47,544

L7 ,147

39,656

32,870

40,650

2.3,L0?.

?2,959

11,303

23,332

1,8,569

26,511

5,801

7?,563

L ,7 41,

25,266

1,4 r514

L4L,657

7 ,255
6 r620

76 ,41,5

30,052

29,236

90, 581

13,u07

9 2 rL43

45 ,59 4

101,960

83,693

99,384

5 3, 888

49,780

32,395

48,658

33 r326

59,634

L0,326

23,505

3,97 5

70 1822

36,836

303,375

16, 280

14,804

31,885

97 ,299

20 1987

65,865

9,810

66, 668

37,928

67 ,658
60,241,

7 4,730

38,884

35, 663

22 r231

35 r7lt
23 r779

43,420

7 ,438
t6 r7 48

2,976

49,293

25,77 4

2L8,430

tlr7 77

10 ,048

24 r223

68 r!64

51. 6

49.4

82,6

62,3

53.7

58. 6

54.5

54. 8

59 .4

64.3

50.8

65.3

7 8.0

67.7

77,9

7 5.0

59.7

57.2

56.3

64. I
67.9

65.8

67 .7

44.0

8, 181

25 ,7 32

7 ,529
39,31L

L3 r2Z3

78,27 8

25,971

36,452

27 r618

16,677

8,153

21,388

77 r495

25,542

5r373

77,961

7 1226

22,654

9,748

12r,561

3,393
I+ r394

16 1376

22,64t

s5.0

56.9

83. 6

62.7

55.1

62.7

53.1

58.0

62.5

70,2

60.5

66.9

79.3

61.8

93 .7

7 5,3

6 5.0

54.1

63.4

71.3

77.3

7 2.4

68,7

48.5

2 r667

6r820

581

2 1233

3 1924

27 r37 8

6 ,899
4,198

1,484

6 1282

3,150

7 1944

1,07 4

! 1029

428

602

575

2,6t2
4,7 66

20,096

3 1862

2 1226

99

7 ,47t

43.4

32.9

7 7.9

54.8

49.4

55.5

60.4

36.9

34.4

52,6

35,9

51.5

61.9

48. 3

25,0

68. 1

50 ,0

35.0

45.8

41.9

55.4

55.9

20.2

34.4

7 5.4

79.0

92.8

94.6
11 a

46.t
79.0

89.7

93.6

7 2.6

7 2.7

97.7

94.2

96,L

92.6

95.2

70,4

89.7

67 .2

85. B

46.8

66,4

99. 4

7 5.3

24.6

2L.0

7,2

5,4

22.9

53.9

21.0

10. 3

6.4

27 .4

27 .9

8.3

5.8

3.9

7.4

4.8

29.6

10. 3

32,8

74.2

53.2

33,6

0.6

24.7



County

WlLKES

''/llLSOIi

YADKIN

YANCEY

Vo ter
Registration

30 r872

23 ,07 3

L5;170

9,497

Total
Population

58,87 3

63,295

28 r546

14,985

Total
Voting Age
Popu 1a tion

42,313

44,520

27,094

11 ,016

Percen tage
TotaI Voting
Population
Regis tered

7 2.8

51.8

7 7.9

86.i

TotaI
Whi te

Vo ters
RegL s Lered

29 r623

18, 313

14, 585

9,406

Percentage
Whi Ee

VoEing Age
Popu 1a tion
Regi s tered

7 3.5

60.9

7 2.4

87.0

TotaI
Non-Whi te

Vo ters
Regi s Lered

, LB9

,7 60

585

B5

Percentage
Non-Whi te

Voting Age
Population
Regi s tered

58.0

32.8

60. 3

40 .0

Percen tage
Whi Ee

Regi s Era tion

Percentage
Non-Whi Ee

Regi s tra tio

1

4

96.1

79.4

96.7

99.1

3,9

20. 6

3.9

0.9

2,081 r 836 63.2 407,962 42.7 83.8 16.2
TOTALS 2 -483.798 5,900 1942 4r234r774 58. 6

( 1)

(2)

( 3)

statisEics collected as of May 29, 1981 after completion of

July 1980 population updaEed as of JanuarY 29, 1982'

voting Age population determined by formula calculated by N.

purge.

C. Research and Planning Services.