combined metro areaGreenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+32.0
2008R+26.3
2012R+28.7
2016R+32.6
2020R+29.7
2024R+34.8
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 62.5% of 1,167,920 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
232,900
487,034
10,267
730,201
1,167,920
62.5%
2020
245,507
457,627
11,437
714,571
1,105,285
64.7%
2016
188,091
383,523
27,763
599,377
1,045,238
57.3%
2012
191,502
349,421
8,672
549,595
998,738
55.0%
2008
198,491
343,158
8,650
550,299
960,372
57.3%
2004
162,609
318,258
5,332
486,199
922,006†
52.7%
† 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
10 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · 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
GroupGreenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SCSouth CarolinaUnited States
English13.4%12.1%9.5%
Irish10.0%9.1%9.4%
German9.2%9.4%12.5%
American8.5%8.2%5.3%
Italian2.7%3.4%4.8%
Scottish2.5%2.1%1.3%
Scotch-Irish2.1%1.4%—
French0.7%1.1%1.6%
African American†15.4%23.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.6%0.5%
Mexican3.8%3.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.0%1.0%1.8%
Colombian0.8%0.4%0.4%
Guatemalan0.4%0.3%0.5%
Honduran0.4%0.4%0.3%
Cuban0.3%0.3%0.7%
Asian Indian0.5%0.5%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.2%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.3%0.9%
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
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC
South Carolina
United States
Median age
39.3
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
9.4%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.8%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC
South Carolina
United States
Median household income
$67,213
$69,324
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.1%
14.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
30.6%
32.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC
South Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.5%
8.4%
22.3%
Spanish
6.0%
5.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC
South Carolina
United States
Catholic
6.6%
8.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
39.3%
28.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
41.8%
47.5%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
6.4%
7.4%
5.2%
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.
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+69.0%
1896
+81.4%
1900
+93.1%
1904
+94.4%
1908
+91.1%
1912
+96.0%
1916
+95.8%
1920
+94.6%
1924
+96.5%
1928
+83.7%
1932
+98.6%
1936
+98.8%
1940
+93.5%
1944
+84.4%
1948
+34.3%
1952
+23.5%
1956
+34.8%
1960
+18.3%
1964
−3.5%
1968
−17.3%
1972
−55.9%
1976
+14.5%
1980
−1.6%
1984
−38.8%
1988
−33.7%
1992
−19.1%
1996
−16.7%
2000
−30.1%
2004
−32.0%
2008
−26.3%
2012
−28.7%
2016
−32.6%
2020
−29.7%
2024
−34.8%
DemocraticRepublican
34 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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
31.9%Harris232,900
66.7%Trump487,034
1.4%
R+34.8
R+5.1
R+33.3
730,201
R
34.4%Biden245,507
64.0%Trump457,627
1.6%
R+29.7
D+2.9
R+34.1
714,571
R
31.4%Clinton188,091
64.0%Trump383,523
4.6%
R+32.6
R+3.9
R+34.7
599,377
R
34.8%Obama191,502
63.6%Romney349,421
1.6%
R+28.7
R+2.4
R+32.6
549,595
R
36.1%Obama198,491
62.4%McCain343,158
1.6%
R+26.3
D+5.7
R+33.6
550,299
R
33.4%Kerry162,609
65.5%Bush318,258
1.1%
R+32.0
R+1.9
R+29.6
486,199
R
33.7%Gore140,098
63.8%Bush265,113
2.4%
R+30.1
R+13.4
R+30.6
415,240
R
38.0%Clinton131,615
54.6%Dole189,493
7.4%
R+16.7
D+2.5
R+25.2
346,741
R
33.7%Clinton119,427
52.9%Bush187,230
13.4%
R+19.1
D+14.6
R+24.7
354,189
R
32.8%Dukakis97,647
66.5%Bush198,090
0.7%
R+33.7
D+5.1
R+26.0
297,781
R
30.2%Mondale85,632
69.0%Reagan195,622
0.7%
R+38.8
R+37.2
R+20.6
283,316
R
48.0%Carter127,998
49.6%Reagan132,254
2.4%
R+1.6
R+16.1
D+8.1
266,590
D
56.9%Carter136,066
42.4%Ford101,344
0.8%
D+14.5
D+70.4
D+12.4
239,258
R
21.0%McGovern41,147
76.9%Nixon150,466
2.0%
R+55.9
R+38.5
R+32.7
195,611
R
22.4%Humphrey46,089
39.7%Nixon81,768
37.9%
R+17.3
R+13.9
R+16.6
205,732
R
48.3%Johnson78,728
51.7%Goldwater84,385
0.0%
R+3.5
R+21.7
R+26.1
163,116
D
59.1%Kennedy78,399
40.9%Nixon54,186
0.0%
D+18.3
R+16.6
D+18.1
132,585
D
61.1%Stevenson63,701
26.3%Eisenhower27,413
12.6%
D+34.8
D+11.3
D+50.2
104,194
D
61.8%Stevenson76,259
38.2%Eisenhower47,214
0.0%
D+23.5
R+10.7
D+34.3
123,473
O
39.4%Truman16,263
5.1%Dewey2,099
55.6%
Thurmond +16.2
R+50.1
D+29.8
41,328
D
89.5%Roosevelt30,619
5.1%Dewey1,748
5.4%
D+84.4
R+9.1
D+76.9
34,214
D
96.8%Roosevelt37,064
3.2%Willkie1,243
0.0%
D+93.5
R+5.3
D+83.6
38,307
D
98.8%Roosevelt40,945
0.0%Landon0
1.2%
D+98.8
D+0.3
D+74.6
41,426
D
98.6%Roosevelt38,369
0.0%Hoover0
1.4%
D+98.6
D+14.9
D+80.8
38,924
D
91.8%Smith21,906
8.1%Hoover1,939
0.0%
D+83.7
R+12.8
D+101.2
23,855
D
97.8%Davis14,865
1.3%Coolidge199
0.9%
D+96.5
D+1.9
D+121.6
15,203
D
97.3%Cox22,318
2.7%Harding619
0.0%
D+94.6
R+1.2
D+120.8
22,937
D
97.3%Wilson19,698
1.5%Hughes313
1.1%
D+95.8
R+0.2
D+92.6
20,237
D
96.0%Wilson17,325
0.0%Taft0
4.0%
D+96.0
D+4.9
D+76.5
18,042
D
95.4%Bryan19,703
4.3%Taft890
0.3%
D+91.1
R+3.4
D+100.6
20,653
D
97.2%Parker15,570
2.8%Roosevelt445
0.0%
D+94.4
D+1.3
D+114.1
16,015
D
96.6%Bryan14,562
3.4%McKinley517
0.0%
D+93.1
D+11.8
D+100.7
15,079
D
90.5%Bryan18,509
9.2%McKinley1,878
0.3%
D+81.4
D+12.3
D+87.4
20,442
D
81.2%Cleveland15,771
12.2%Harrison2,360
6.7%
D+69.0
—
D+67.4
19,423
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
28.3%136,413
71.5%344,296
481,340
2020
R
35.2%251,776
63.2%452,076
714,904
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC
Year
Total registered
2016
881,772
2018
979,534
2020
1,070,660
2022
1,033,436
2024
1,076,140
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+23,128 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +210,884 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC in Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+3,494
2012
+4,751
2013
+5,628
2014
+9,573
2015
+11,562
2016
+12,486
2017
+13,418
2018
+15,619
2019
+16,269
2021
+18,759
2022
+28,027
2023
+26,494
2024
+21,676
2025
+23,128
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 98.8 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 55.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 5.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.8 points.
A population of 1,567,701, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,213 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dothan-Enterprise-Ozark, AL and Chattanooga-Cleveland-Dalton, TN-GA-AL.
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How did Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, South Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, South Carolina voted Republican by 34.8 points (R+34.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 730,201 votes cast, 232,900 went Democratic and 487,034 went Republican.
When did Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, South Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, South Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, South Carolina?
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, South Carolina has a population of 1,567,701 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, South Carolina?
Median household income in Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, South Carolina is $67,213 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.
What is the political history of Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, South Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC, South Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
