Hampton County, South Carolina: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+6%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1904.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+6MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 18,2542024 5-year
- Median household income
- $44,7112024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 41.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 52.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1900MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+35 in 1952MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Phillips County, AR · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Hampton CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Hampton County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +62.4% |
| 1896 | +95.4% |
| 1900 | +99.8% |
| 1904 | +100.0% |
| 1908 | +100.0% |
| 1912 | +100.0% |
| 1916 | +100.0% |
| 1920 | +100.0% |
| 1924 | +98.6% |
| 1928 | +96.6% |
| 1932 | +99.0% |
| 1936 | +99.4% |
| 1940 | +96.1% |
| 1944 | +67.3% |
| 1948 | +4.4% |
| 1952 | −35.0% |
| 1956 | +10.0% |
| 1960 | −25.2% |
| 1964 | −22.2% |
| 1968 | +8.3% |
| 1972 | −16.0% |
| 1976 | +37.6% |
| 1980 | +32.0% |
| 1984 | +3.8% |
| 1988 | +9.7% |
| 1992 | +26.2% |
| 1996 | +37.1% |
| 2000 | +27.0% |
| 2004 | +21.6% |
| 2008 | +25.4% |
| 2012 | +27.4% |
| 2016 | +19.1% |
| 2020 | +15.2% |
| 2024 | +6.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 4,328 | 3,801 | 8,233 | ||
| D | 5,323 | 3,906 | 9,305 | ||
| D | 5,170 | 3,488 | 8,806 | ||
| D | 5,834 | 3,312 | 9,206 | ||
| D | 5,816 | 3,439 | 9,350 | ||
| D | 4,832 | 3,097 | 8,016 | ||
| D | 4,896 | 2,798 | 7,759 | ||
| D | 4,828 | 2,111 | 7,317 | ||
| D | 4,332 | 2,402 | 7,361 | ||
| D | 3,435 | 2,826 | 6,306 | ||
| D | 3,736 | 3,464 | 7,228 | ||
| D | 4,329 | 2,217 | 6,603 | ||
| D | 3,923 | 1,773 | 5,722 | ||
| R | 2,086 | 2,891 | 5,023 | ||
| D | 2,107 | 1,671 | 5,230 | ||
| R | 1,439 | 2,259 | 3,698 | ||
| R | 790 | 1,322 | 2,112 | ||
| O | 564 | 359 | 2,056 | ||
| R | 787 | 1,633 | 2,420 | ||
| O | 81 | 10 | 1,622 | ||
| D | 575 | 3 | 850 | ||
| D | 1,198 | 24 | 1,222 | ||
| D | 1,253 | 0 | 1,261 | ||
| D | 1,782 | 0 | 1,800 | ||
| D | 1,098 | 19 | 1,117 | ||
| D | 730 | 3 | 737 | ||
| D | 623 | 0 | 623 | ||
| D | 852 | 0 | 852 | ||
| D | 631 | 0 | 631 | ||
| D | 1,138 | 0 | 1,138 | ||
| D | 1,079 | 0 | 1,079 | ||
| D | 936 | 1 | 937 | ||
| D | 1,072 | 25 | 1,097 | ||
| D | 1,097 | 254 | 1,351 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
9.1%
English
7.2%
Irish
4.8%
German
2.9%
French
1.2%
Scottish
0.7%
African American
42.1%
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. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$44,711
Hampton County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Hampton County$44,711
South Carolina$69,324
United States$80,734
Hampton County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
20.7%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1824.5%
Working age (18–64)18.7%
Seniors (65+)28.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.5%
speak English only
Spanish3.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Hampton County's small-town, majority-Black electorate has kept it in the Democratic column even as rural South Carolina has shifted sharply rightward, making its D+6.4 margin in 2024 a notable holdout in a sea of red.
The Democratic margin here reached 100 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved nine points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was six points. The recent movement, modest against a deep Democratic baseline, mirrors a broader rightward drift across the Black Belt.
The economic context is part of the story: a median household income of $44,711 and a 21% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Phillips County and Marlboro County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Hampton County, South Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Hampton County, South Carolina voted Democratic by 6.4 points (D+6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 8,233 votes cast, 4,328 went Democratic and 3,801 went Republican.
What is Hampton County, South Carolina's political typology?
Akashic places Hampton County, South Carolina in the "Black Belt" typology — Black-majority counties of the rural South — long the most Democratic ground in the region, now trending Republican at the margins. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 28 times, Republican 4 times, and other 2 times.
When did Hampton County, South Carolina last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Hampton County, South Carolina voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Hampton County, South Carolina?
Hampton County, South Carolina has a population of 18,254 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hampton County, South Carolina?
Median household income in Hampton County, South Carolina is $44,711 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.
What is the political history of Hampton County, South Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Hampton County, South Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 28 went Democratic and 4 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.