Lancaster County, South Carolina

2024 results by precinct

36 precincts · 54,427 votes cast

Trump · R+25

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−24.8%	20,146	33,623	54,427
2020	R	−22.8%	18,937	30,312	49,868
2016	R	−25.4%	13,812	23,719	38,938
2012	R	−17.8%	13,419	19,333	33,144
2008	R	−14.9%	12,139	16,441	28,921
2004	R	−25.4%	7,631	12,916	20,814
2000	R	−14.0%	8,782	11,676	20,705
1996	D	+6.7%	8,752	7,544	17,957
1992	D	+2.9%	8,307	7,757	18,655
1988	R	−19.3%	6,181	9,152	15,393
1984	R	−28.2%	5,804	10,383	16,244
1980	D	+12.3%	8,283	6,410	15,170
1976	D	+24.9%	8,324	4,997	13,385
1972	R	−56.6%	2,461	9,016	11,580
1968	R	−13.3%	3,151	4,874	12,911
1964	D	+2.3%	4,970	4,742	9,712
1960	D	+31.3%	5,561	2,909	8,470
1956	D	+42.0%	4,398	1,610	6,637
1952	D	+23.7%	4,989	3,080	8,069
1948	D	+32.6%	855	30	2,534
1944	D	+93.5%	2,383	13	2,536
1940	D	+99.1%	3,205	14	3,219
1936	D	+100.0%	2,631	0	2,631
1932	D	+99.8%	3,103	0	3,108
1928	D	+98.9%	1,436	8	1,444
1924	D	+98.8%	1,355	8	1,363
1920	D	+98.8%	1,633	10	1,643
1916	D	+99.8%	1,426	1	1,428
1912	D	+99.0%	1,140	0	1,151
1908	D	+93.4%	1,730	58	1,790
1904	D	+91.2%	1,504	69	1,573
1900	D	+89.8%	1,300	70	1,370
1896	D	+79.6%	1,557	177	1,734
1892	D	+44.9%	1,744	624	2,492
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%

Polish

0.5%

African American

15.4%

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: 42.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.9%

3.2%

75–84

3.4%

5.5%

65–74

6.9%

5.9%

55–64

6.4%

6.6%

45–54

6.3%

6.7%

35–44

6.8%

5.8%

25–34

5.8%

3.3%

18–24

3.1%

8.2%

5–17

7.7%

3.0%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$78,869

Lancaster County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Lancaster County$78,869

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

11.4%

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

Baptist

21.9%

Methodist

9.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.0%

Other Christian

6.6%

Mainline Protestant

1.2%

Non-Christian

0.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lancaster sits in South Carolina's fast-growing Piedmont corridor, where exurban expansion from the Charlotte metro has reinforced an already strong Republican lean, producing a 24.8-point margin in 2024.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Lancaster County, by a fourteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-seven points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-five points.

The political shift has tracked, in Lancaster County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 69% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $78,869, and a 11% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Floyd County and Miller County.

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