McCormick County, South Carolina: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+17%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+17MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 9,7602024 5-year
- Median household income
- $55,7982024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 40.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+31 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Twiggs County, GA · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of McCormick CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for McCormick 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 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | +99.7% |
| 1920 | +100.0% |
| 1924 | +91.7% |
| 1928 | +93.6% |
| 1932 | +99.1% |
| 1936 | +98.8% |
| 1940 | +94.9% |
| 1944 | +86.4% |
| 1948 | +4.0% |
| 1952 | +3.9% |
| 1956 | +44.1% |
| 1960 | +32.4% |
| 1964 | −30.7% |
| 1968 | +23.6% |
| 1972 | −21.2% |
| 1976 | +46.7% |
| 1980 | +37.5% |
| 1984 | +12.5% |
| 1988 | +18.9% |
| 1992 | +31.0% |
| 1996 | +24.1% |
| 2000 | +5.2% |
| 2004 | +4.9% |
| 2008 | +6.1% |
| 2012 | +3.6% |
| 2016 | −3.3% |
| 2020 | −4.8% |
| 2024 | −17.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,513 | 3,565 | 6,153 | ||
| R | 2,687 | 2,958 | 5,697 | ||
| R | 2,479 | 2,652 | 5,216 | ||
| D | 2,653 | 2,467 | 5,160 | ||
| D | 2,755 | 2,437 | 5,232 | ||
| D | 2,648 | 2,396 | 5,122 | ||
| D | 1,896 | 1,704 | 3,661 | ||
| D | 1,858 | 1,104 | 3,123 | ||
| D | 1,846 | 899 | 3,052 | ||
| D | 1,722 | 1,172 | 2,914 | ||
| D | 1,526 | 1,186 | 2,726 | ||
| D | 1,774 | 797 | 2,605 | ||
| D | 1,774 | 640 | 2,427 | ||
| R | 844 | 1,302 | 2,162 | ||
| D | 988 | 466 | 2,211 | ||
| R | 498 | 939 | 1,437 | ||
| D | 680 | 347 | 1,027 | ||
| D | 485 | 102 | 869 | ||
| D | 624 | 577 | 1,201 | ||
| O | 30 | 0 | 743 | ||
| D | 307 | 1 | 354 | ||
| D | 419 | 11 | 430 | ||
| D | 656 | 0 | 664 | ||
| D | 530 | 0 | 535 | ||
| D | 615 | 20 | 636 | ||
| D | 520 | 15 | 551 | ||
| D | 557 | 0 | 557 | ||
| D | 637 | 0 | 639 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.2%
Irish
9.1%
German
8.4%
American
6.1%
French
2.5%
Italian
1.6%
Scottish
1.4%
African American
32.1%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 59.5 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
$55,798
McCormick County ranks near the middle of US counties.
McCormick County$55,798
South Carolina$69,324
United States$80,734
McCormick County ranks near the middle 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
17.6%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1843.6%
Working age (18–64)14.5%
Seniors (65+)16.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
99.1%
speak English only
Spanish0.4%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
McCormick County sits along the Georgia border wrapped around the Savannah River reservoir, with a population under 10,000 that voted Republican by 17 points in 2024 despite a substantial Black residential share that historically kept margins closer.
The Democratic margin here reached 100 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved twelve points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventeen 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 $55,798 and a 18% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Twiggs County and Jefferson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did McCormick County, South Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, McCormick County, South Carolina voted Republican by 17.1 points (R+17), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,153 votes cast, 2,513 went Democratic and 3,565 went Republican.
What is McCormick County, South Carolina's political typology?
Akashic places McCormick 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 22 times, Republican 5 times, and other 1 times.
When did McCormick County, South Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which McCormick County, South Carolina voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in McCormick County, South Carolina?
McCormick County, South Carolina has a population of 9,760 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in McCormick County, South Carolina?
Median household income in McCormick County, South Carolina is $55,798 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.
What is the political history of McCormick County, South Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in McCormick County, South Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 5 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.