† 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
2 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
GroupMyrtle Beach-Conway, SCSouth CarolinaUnited States
English13.4%12.1%9.5%
Irish11.7%9.1%9.4%
German11.1%9.4%12.5%
American8.2%8.2%5.3%
Italian6.7%3.4%4.8%
Polish2.4%—2.2%
Scottish2.0%2.1%1.3%
French1.8%1.1%1.6%
African American†13.2%23.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.6%0.5%
Jamaican0.3%0.2%0.4%
Mexican3.3%3.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.9%1.0%1.8%
Guatemalan0.6%0.3%0.5%
Spanish0.3%——
Honduran0.3%0.4%0.3%
Cuban0.2%0.3%0.7%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.4%0.4%
Filipino0.3%0.3%0.9%
Vietnamese0.3%0.2%0.6%
Asian Indian0.2%0.5%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.2%1.3%
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
Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC
South Carolina
United States
Median age
49.2
40.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
27.0%
18.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC
South Carolina
United States
Median household income
$67,145
$69,324
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.5%
14.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
27.9%
32.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC
South Carolina
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.0%
8.4%
22.3%
Spanish
5.0%
5.2%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
0.8%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC
South Carolina
United States
Catholic
13.3%
8.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
21.7%
28.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
52.7%
47.5%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.2%
7.4%
5.2%
Black Protestant
5.1%
5.8%
2.2%
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.
Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−23.3%
1896
+32.2%
1900
+54.0%
1904
+95.4%
1908
+83.2%
1912
+95.0%
1916
+99.3%
1920
+91.5%
1924
+96.4%
1928
+89.4%
1932
+98.8%
1936
+98.6%
1940
+83.8%
1944
+82.5%
1948
+11.4%
1952
−1.7%
1956
+29.6%
1960
+16.1%
1964
−18.9%
1968
+3.4%
1972
−41.0%
1976
+26.1%
1980
+2.7%
1984
−28.7%
1988
−25.8%
1992
−5.9%
1996
−1.6%
2000
−13.4%
2004
−21.8%
2008
−20.2%
2012
−24.8%
2016
−32.8%
2020
−29.7%
2024
−35.6%
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
31.7%Harris77,290
67.3%Trump164,045
1.0%
R+35.6
R+5.9
R+34.1
243,708
R
34.7%Biden75,002
64.4%Trump139,308
1.0%
R+29.7
D+3.1
R+34.2
216,412
R
32.0%Clinton52,720
64.8%Trump106,677
3.1%
R+32.8
R+7.9
R+34.9
164,577
R
37.0%Obama53,048
61.8%Romney88,653
1.2%
R+24.8
R+4.6
R+28.7
143,358
R
39.3%Obama53,078
59.5%McCain80,399
1.2%
R+20.2
D+1.6
R+27.5
135,088
R
38.3%Kerry40,149
60.1%Bush63,053
1.7%
R+21.8
R+8.4
R+19.4
104,940
R
42.1%Gore38,558
55.5%Bush50,835
2.4%
R+13.4
R+11.8
R+13.9
91,616
R
45.1%Clinton32,020
46.7%Dole33,182
8.2%
R+1.6
D+4.2
R+10.2
71,005
R
39.1%Clinton26,390
45.0%Bush30,359
15.9%
R+5.9
D+20.0
R+11.4
67,476
R
36.8%Dukakis18,718
62.6%Bush31,875
0.6%
R+25.8
D+2.9
R+18.1
50,915
R
35.4%Mondale15,332
64.1%Reagan27,766
0.5%
R+28.7
R+31.4
R+10.5
43,293
D
50.3%Carter20,589
47.6%Reagan19,474
2.1%
D+2.7
R+23.4
D+12.5
40,906
D
62.9%Carter22,889
36.8%Ford13,397
0.3%
D+26.1
D+67.1
D+24.0
36,400
R
29.0%McGovern8,883
70.0%Nixon21,438
1.0%
R+41.0
R+44.4
R+17.8
30,620
O
32.7%Humphrey8,034
29.3%Nixon7,193
38.0%
Wallace +5.3
D+22.3
D+4.1
24,570
R
40.6%Johnson8,867
59.4%Goldwater12,998
0.0%
R+18.9
R+35.0
R+41.5
21,865
D
58.0%Kennedy8,817
42.0%Nixon6,375
0.0%
D+16.1
R+13.5
D+15.9
15,192
D
46.7%Stevenson5,855
17.1%Eisenhower2,149
36.1%
D+29.6
D+31.2
D+45.0
12,532
R
49.2%Stevenson5,859
50.8%Eisenhower6,056
0.0%
R+1.7
R+13.0
D+9.1
11,915
O
14.5%Truman935
3.2%Dewey205
82.3%
Thurmond +67.7
R+71.1
D+6.9
6,431
D
87.0%Roosevelt3,600
4.6%Dewey189
8.4%
D+82.5
R+1.3
D+75.0
4,136
D
91.9%Roosevelt3,614
8.1%Willkie319
0.0%
D+83.8
R+14.8
D+73.8
3,933
D
98.6%Roosevelt4,200
0.0%Landon0
1.4%
D+98.6
R+0.2
D+74.3
4,261
D
98.8%Roosevelt4,908
0.0%Hoover0
1.2%
D+98.8
D+9.3
D+81.0
4,970
D
94.7%Smith1,810
5.3%Hoover101
0.0%
D+89.4
R+6.9
D+106.9
1,911
D
98.0%Davis1,480
1.7%Coolidge25
0.3%
D+96.4
D+4.9
D+121.5
1,510
D
95.7%Cox1,954
4.3%Harding87
0.0%
D+91.5
R+7.8
D+117.7
2,041
D
99.4%Wilson2,108
0.1%Hughes2
0.5%
D+99.3
D+4.3
D+96.1
2,121
D
95.0%Wilson1,268
0.0%Taft0
5.0%
D+95.0
D+11.8
D+75.4
1,335
D
91.6%Bryan1,791
8.4%Taft164
0.1%
D+83.2
R+12.2
D+92.7
1,956
D
97.7%Parker1,708
2.3%Roosevelt40
0.0%
D+95.4
D+41.4
D+115.1
1,748
D
77.0%Bryan1,776
23.0%McKinley530
0.0%
D+54.0
D+21.8
D+61.6
2,306
D
65.5%Bryan1,831
33.2%McKinley930
1.3%
D+32.2
D+55.5
D+38.3
2,797
R
38.3%Cleveland552
61.6%Harrison888
0.1%
R+23.3
—
R+25.0
1,441
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
28.7%46,083
71.2%114,398
160,562
2020
R
35.3%76,397
63.3%137,007
216,368
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC
Year
Total registered
2016
249,802
2018
294,216
2020
335,133
2022
341,318
2024
361,901
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+14,454 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +165,264 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC in Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+4,536
2012
+5,318
2013
+7,339
2014
+8,612
2015
+11,562
2016
+12,375
2017
+12,193
2018
+12,451
2019
+11,132
2021
+16,251
2022
+18,186
2023
+15,993
2024
+14,862
2025
+14,454
Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 99.3 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 41.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 5.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.6 points.
A population of 447,827, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,145 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of New Bern-Morehead City, NC and Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH.
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How did Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC, South Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC, South Carolina voted Republican by 35.6 points (R+35.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 243,708 votes cast, 77,290 went Democratic and 164,045 went Republican.
When did Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC, South Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC, South Carolina voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC, South Carolina?
Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC, South Carolina has a population of 447,827 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC, South Carolina?
Median household income in Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC, South Carolina is $67,145 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.
What is the political history of Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC, South Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC, South Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
