† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupNinety SixSouth CarolinaUnited States
English11.0%12.1%9.5%
Irish8.2%9.1%9.4%
German8.0%9.4%12.5%
American6.8%8.2%5.3%
Scotch-Irish2.6%1.4%—
Scottish2.2%2.1%1.3%
Italian2.1%3.4%4.8%
Polish1.4%—2.2%
African American†21.9%23.4%9.9%
African0.4%0.6%0.5%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Ninety Six
South Carolina
United States
Median age
40
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
5.2%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.0%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ninety Six
South Carolina
United States
Median household income
$55,417
$69,324
$84,427
Poverty rate
22.6%
14.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.9%
32.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ninety Six
South Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.0%
8.4%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ninety Six
South Carolina
United States
Catholic
—
8.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
28.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
47.5%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Ninety Six, South Carolina
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−40.5%
2008
−33.0%
2012
−33.6%
2016
−49.7%
2020
−52.4%
2024
−57.0%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
20.8%Harris207
77.8%Trump774
1.4%
R+57.0
R+4.6
R+55.5
995
R
23.2%Biden235
75.6%Trump765
1.2%
R+52.4
R+2.7
R+56.8
1,012
R
23.2%Clinton223
72.9%Trump700
3.9%
R+49.7
R+16.1
R+51.8
960
R
32.6%Obama306
66.2%Romney622
1.3%
R+33.6
R+0.6
R+37.5
940
R
32.5%Obama343
65.5%McCain691
2.0%
R+33.0
D+7.5
R+40.3
1,055
R
29.5%Kerry244
70.0%Bush579
0.5%
R+40.5
—
R+38.1
827
Ninety Six sits in Greenwood County, where Republican candidates have carried presidential contests by double-digit margins in recent cycles. Its tiny electorate makes precinct-level swings statistically volatile but directionally consistent with the surrounding rural Piedmont.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 57.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 57.0 points.
A population of 2,521, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,417 describe the city.
In 2024, Ninety Six, South Carolina voted Republican by 57.0 points (R+57.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 995 votes cast, 207 went Democratic and 774 went Republican.
How many people live in Ninety Six, South Carolina?
Ninety Six, South Carolina has a population of 2,521 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ninety Six, South Carolina?
Median household income in Ninety Six, South Carolina is $55,417 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.
What is the political history of Ninety Six, South Carolina?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Ninety Six, South Carolina from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
