Horry County, South Carolina

2024 results by precinct

125 precincts · 205,954 votes cast

Trump · R+39

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−38.5%	62,325	141,719	205,954
2020	R	−33.2%	59,180	118,821	179,744
2016	R	−37.5%	39,410	89,288	132,920
2012	R	−29.6%	38,885	72,127	112,393
2008	R	−24.6%	38,879	64,609	104,798
2004	R	−25.7%	29,547	50,447	81,347
2000	R	−15.7%	29,113	40,300	71,265
1996	R	−4.5%	23,722	26,159	54,653
1992	R	−9.0%	18,896	23,489	51,204
1988	R	−30.0%	13,316	24,843	38,409
1984	R	−38.9%	8,940	20,396	29,463
1980	R	−1.5%	13,888	14,323	28,864
1976	D	+25.4%	15,720	9,339	25,117
1972	R	−54.6%	4,437	15,324	19,944
1968	D	+0.0%	3,924	3,924	14,549
1964	R	−20.7%	5,444	8,293	13,737
1960	D	+22.9%	6,006	3,768	9,774
1956	D	+45.8%	4,835	1,092	8,171
1952	D	+9.4%	4,489	3,716	8,205
1948	D	+9.8%	503	113	3,961
1944	D	+83.1%	2,403	137	2,728
1940	D	+85.6%	2,111	164	2,275
1936	D	+100.0%	2,927	0	2,927
1932	D	+99.1%	3,224	0	3,253
1928	D	+95.7%	1,224	27	1,251
1924	D	+99.6%	1,346	1	1,350
1920	D	+94.4%	1,709	49	1,758
1916	D	+99.6%	1,638	0	1,645
1912	D	+97.7%	863	0	883
1908	D	+91.4%	1,247	56	1,303
1904	D	+92.2%	980	40	1,020
1900	D	+88.8%	1,330	79	1,409
1896	D	+75.0%	1,372	196	1,568
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
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

9.4%

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: 48.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.0%

3.7%

75–84

3.9%

8.0%

65–74

9.0%

7.4%

55–64

8.6%

5.7%

45–54

6.1%

5.2%

35–44

5.5%

5.1%

25–34

5.3%

3.9%

18–24

3.9%

6.5%

5–17

6.2%

2.2%

2.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,880

Horry County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Horry County$66,880

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

13.2%

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

14.2%

Baptist

12.1%

Other Christian

11.3%

Methodist

4.4%

Mainline Protestant

1.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.1%

Non-Christian

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Horry County's tourism-driven economy has drawn steady in-migration for two decades, swelling its population while its presidential margins have remained among the widest in the state, hitting R+38.5 in 2024.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Horry County peaked at 100 points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of two points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Horry County's median household income of $66,880 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bristol city and Miami County.

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