Colleton County, South Carolina

2024 results by precinct

32 precincts · 18,276 votes cast

Trump · R+18

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−18.2%	7,376	10,696	18,276
2020	R	−9.5%	8,602	10,440	19,283
2016	R	−8.5%	7,627	9,091	17,251
2012	D	+0.2%	8,475	8,443	17,086
2008	D	+0.5%	8,616	8,525	17,321
2004	R	−4.0%	6,699	7,264	14,106
2000	R	−2.4%	6,449	6,767	13,390
1996	D	+8.3%	5,329	4,462	10,401
1992	D	+8.0%	5,455	4,545	11,314
1988	R	−4.8%	4,508	4,962	9,547
1984	R	−11.6%	4,910	6,200	11,145
1980	D	+9.7%	5,745	4,719	10,543
1976	D	+21.2%	5,134	3,324	8,522
1972	R	−40.7%	2,376	5,723	8,233
1968	R	−2.1%	2,651	2,824	8,145
1964	R	−38.7%	2,051	4,637	6,688
1960	R	−12.5%	1,962	2,521	4,483
1956	D	+20.5%	1,463	635	4,048
1952	R	−18.3%	1,905	2,760	4,665
1948	D	+7.1%	223	39	2,599
1944	D	+80.5%	1,653	45	1,997
1940	D	+89.7%	1,197	65	1,262
1936	D	+99.5%	1,463	0	1,471
1932	D	+99.7%	1,908	0	1,914
1928	D	+96.1%	1,122	22	1,145
1924	D	+97.0%	800	11	813
1920	D	+97.0%	990	15	1,005
1916	D	+93.7%	974	31	1,006
1912	D	+96.8%	797	0	823
1908	D	+87.8%	1,399	91	1,490
1904	D	+83.1%	1,421	131	1,552
1900	D	+76.0%	889	121	1,010
1896	D	+65.3%	1,646	343	1,995
1892	D	+47.1%	1,312	472	1,784
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

0.6%

African American

27.0%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

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. 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

0.6%

85+

1.0%

2.8%

75–84

3.5%

6.0%

65–74

6.5%

6.9%

55–64

7.7%

5.5%

45–54

6.1%

5.3%

35–44

6.0%

25–34

6.2%

3.6%

18–24

3.6%

8.2%

5–17

9.1%

2.7%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$51,114

Colleton County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Colleton County$51,114

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

19.6%

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

18.1%

Methodist

14.1%

Other Christian

12.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.1%

Mainline Protestant

1.3%

Non-Christian

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Colleton sits in South Carolina's coastal plain, where a predominantly rural economy and a population split almost evenly by race has produced shifting but consistently competitive statewide margins, even as the 2024 presidential result landed at R+18.2.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached 100 points in 1932; the Republican margin reached forty-one points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Colleton County's demographics — a population of 38,783, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $51,114 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chesterfield County and Chowan County.

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Colleton County delivered a near-tie in 2024.