Beaufort County, South Carolina

2024 results by precinct

126 precincts · 104,403 votes cast

Trump · R+14

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−14.5%	44,002	59,123	104,403
2020	R	−10.0%	43,419	53,194	97,835
2016	R	−13.7%	32,138	42,922	78,524
2012	R	−17.5%	29,848	42,687	73,297
2008	R	−10.8%	30,396	37,821	68,870
2004	R	−21.4%	21,505	33,331	55,235
2000	R	−18.3%	17,487	25,561	44,148
1996	R	−12.2%	13,532	17,575	33,162
1992	R	−10.4%	11,466	14,735	31,287
1988	R	−29.9%	8,691	16,184	25,021
1984	R	−29.9%	7,347	13,668	21,118
1980	R	−7.2%	7,415	8,620	16,700
1976	D	+0.9%	6,049	5,935	12,029
1972	R	−29.1%	3,237	5,929	9,247
1968	D	+9.2%	3,740	2,983	8,221
1964	R	−11.1%	2,747	3,432	6,179
1960	R	−5.8%	1,800	2,021	3,821
1956	R	−12.3%	710	1,051	2,777
1952	R	−18.2%	1,106	1,599	2,705
1948	D	+8.2%	253	150	1,257
1944	D	+61.0%	594	108	797
1940	D	+73.0%	582	91	673
1936	D	+92.1%	501	0	544
1932	D	+88.9%	555	0	624
1928	D	+53.6%	414	124	541
1924	D	+68.7%	365	64	438
1920	D	+28.0%	265	149	414
1916	D	+55.9%	376	105	485
1912	D	+80.6%	464	0	576
1908	D	+31.5%	522	272	794
1904	D	+13.1%	415	319	734
1900	R	−0.9%	378	385	763
1896	R	−21.1%	289	444	733
1892	R	−21.0%	175	268	443
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

12.6%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 48.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.2%

85+

1.4%

4.6%

75–84

4.9%

7.4%

65–74

8.8%

6.5%

55–64

7.6%

4.8%

45–54

5.3%

4.9%

35–44

5.0%

5.2%

25–34

5.1%

5.9%

18–24

3.7%

6.6%

5–17

6.2%

2.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$86,573

Beaufort County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Beaufort County$86,573

South Carolina$69,324

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.6%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

21.5%

Other Christian

9.2%

Baptist

5.2%

Mainline Protestant

3.9%

Methodist

2.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.1%

Non-Christian

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Beaufort's combination of military retirees, resort communities, and a steadily expanding professional transplant population has compressed its presidential margin from R+20-plus a decade ago to R+14.5 in 2024, making it one of South Carolina's closer watches.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Beaufort County, by a seven points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at thirty points in 1988. The 2024 margin was fourteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Beaufort County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 69% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $86,573, and a 10% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Fauquier County and Escambia County.

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Beaufort County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.