† 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
GroupPickensSouth CarolinaUnited States
English14.1%12.1%9.5%
Irish11.1%9.1%9.4%
German8.3%9.4%12.5%
American8.0%8.2%5.3%
Italian2.4%3.4%4.8%
Scottish2.0%2.1%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.7%1.4%—
Polish1.3%—2.2%
African American†10.2%23.4%9.9%
Mexican3.0%3.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.4%1.0%1.8%
Guatemalan0.5%0.3%0.5%
Cuban0.4%0.3%0.7%
Salvadoran0.2%—0.7%
Asian Indian0.5%0.5%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.2%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.3%0.9%
Korean0.2%—0.4%
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
Pickens
South Carolina
United States
Median age
40.6
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.7%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.7%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Pickens
South Carolina
United States
Median household income
$55,000
$69,324
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.7%
14.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.8%
32.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Pickens
South Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.5%
8.4%
22.3%
Spanish
4.5%
5.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Pickens
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.
Pickens, South Carolina
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−56.3%
2008
−56.0%
2012
−58.6%
2016
−66.9%
2020
−66.8%
2024
−64.6%
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
17.2%Harris281
81.8%Trump1,336
1.0%
R+64.6
D+2.2
R+63.1
1,633
R
16.0%Biden253
82.8%Trump1,308
1.2%
R+66.8
D+0.2
R+71.2
1,580
R
14.8%Clinton196
81.7%Trump1,083
3.5%
R+66.9
R+8.4
R+69.0
1,325
R
19.7%Obama260
78.3%Romney1,034
2.0%
R+58.6
R+2.5
R+62.4
1,321
R
20.8%Obama268
76.8%McCain991
2.4%
R+56.0
D+0.2
R+63.3
1,290
R
20.7%Kerry244
76.9%Bush908
2.4%
R+56.3
—
R+53.8
1,180
Pickens City anchors its namesake county in the Blue Ridge foothills, a region that has delivered some of South Carolina's widest statewide Republican margins over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 66.9 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 64.6 points.
A population of 3,155, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,000 describe the city.
In 2024, Pickens, South Carolina voted Republican by 64.6 points (R+64.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,633 votes cast, 281 went Democratic and 1,336 went Republican.
How many people live in Pickens, South Carolina?
Pickens, South Carolina has a population of 3,155 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pickens, South Carolina?
Median household income in Pickens, South Carolina is $55,000 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.
What is the political history of Pickens, South Carolina?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Pickens, South Carolina from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
