Aiken County, South Carolina

2024 results by precinct

89 precincts · 86,091 votes cast

Trump · R+26

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−25.9%	31,298	53,592	86,091
2020	R	−22.7%	32,275	51,589	85,185
2016	R	−27.5%	25,455	46,025	74,851
2012	R	−26.6%	25,322	44,042	70,363
2008	R	−24.0%	26,101	42,849	69,770
2004	R	−32.4%	19,799	39,077	59,492
2000	R	−33.1%	16,409	33,203	50,782
1996	R	−28.4%	14,314	26,539	43,074
1992	R	−23.4%	14,802	25,731	46,778
1988	R	−44.3%	10,598	27,665	38,507
1984	R	−44.2%	9,892	25,872	36,133
1980	R	−17.2%	13,014	18,570	32,369
1976	R	−3.5%	14,927	16,011	31,173
1972	R	−56.1%	5,745	21,117	27,407
1968	R	−21.7%	6,319	12,264	27,398
1964	R	−39.2%	7,622	17,467	25,089
1960	R	−23.2%	6,674	10,715	17,389
1956	R	−15.6%	4,280	6,195	12,296
1952	D	+0.7%	4,346	4,282	8,628
1948	D	+8.6%	572	115	5,299
1944	D	+89.0%	2,403	60	2,633
1940	D	+93.8%	2,772	89	2,861
1936	D	+98.9%	3,298	0	3,333
1932	D	+98.6%	3,346	0	3,393
1928	D	+68.6%	1,308	242	1,553
1924	D	+97.5%	1,488	16	1,509
1920	D	+92.5%	1,649	64	1,713
1916	D	+96.5%	1,750	26	1,787
1912	D	+99.6%	1,452	0	1,458
1908	D	+95.3%	1,990	48	2,038
1904	D	+95.9%	1,672	35	1,707
1900	D	+93.0%	1,470	53	1,523
1896	D	+85.5%	1,819	137	1,967
1892	D	+62.0%	1,802	396	2,268
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

1.6%

African American

19.1%

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. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 42.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.4%

2.9%

75–84

3.4%

5.7%

65–74

6.6%

6.7%

55–64

7.1%

5.7%

45–54

6.1%

5.8%

35–44

6.2%

25–34

6.4%

3.8%

18–24

3.8%

8.1%

5–17

7.8%

2.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$70,609

Aiken County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Aiken County$70,609

South Carolina$69,324

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.3%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

28.2%

Other Christian

15.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.3%

Methodist

4.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.1%

Mainline Protestant

2.5%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Aiken's economy revolves around the Savannah River Site, a federal nuclear facility that draws a highly educated technical workforce — a demographic that has nonetheless not softened the county's consistent Republican margins, which held above 25 points in 2024.

The shift began with civil rights. 1956 marked the realignment in Aiken County, by a sixteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-six points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-six points.

The political shift has tracked, in Aiken County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 65% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $70,609, and a 14% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lexington County and Greenville County.

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Aiken County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.