Dorchester County, South Carolina

2024 results by precinct

81 precincts · 77,764 votes cast

Trump · R+15

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−14.6%	32,489	43,839	77,764
2020	R	−10.5%	33,824	41,913	77,278
2016	R	−17.5%	24,055	34,987	62,567
2012	R	−16.0%	23,445	32,531	56,855
2008	R	−15.5%	21,806	29,929	52,405
2004	R	−27.3%	14,733	26,006	41,317
2000	R	−25.5%	12,168	20,734	33,641
1996	R	−19.8%	9,931	15,283	26,987
1992	R	−20.8%	9,160	15,004	28,029
1988	R	−33.2%	7,371	14,756	22,232
1984	R	−36.8%	7,037	15,289	22,399
1980	R	−20.0%	7,237	10,893	18,298
1976	D	+9.1%	8,046	6,695	14,779
1972	R	−37.8%	3,606	8,095	11,886
1968	D	+4.7%	3,855	3,354	10,748
1964	R	−52.2%	1,604	5,109	6,713
1960	R	−19.9%	2,357	3,525	5,882
1956	D	+11.1%	862	504	3,217
1952	R	−46.3%	852	2,319	3,171
1948	D	+2.0%	143	85	2,950
1944	D	+66.6%	1,181	65	1,676
1940	D	+80.1%	993	110	1,103
1936	D	+96.9%	889	0	917
1932	D	+98.2%	1,412	0	1,438
1928	D	+92.3%	1,105	44	1,149
1924	D	+94.4%	697	20	717
1920	D	+87.2%	874	60	934
1916	D	+88.2%	716	44	762
1912	D	+94.9%	576	0	607
1908	D	+78.7%	883	103	991
1904	D	+82.2%	706	69	775
1900	D	+89.4%	770	43	813
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

Polish

0.6%

African American

20.2%

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: 38.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.8%

2.0%

75–84

2.5%

4.3%

65–74

5.1%

6.1%

55–64

6.5%

6.1%

45–54

6.4%

6.9%

35–44

7.4%

6.6%

25–34

6.9%

4.0%

18–24

3.8%

9.3%

5–17

8.9%

3.0%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$78,198

Dorchester County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Dorchester County$78,198

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

11.4%

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

Catholic & Orthodox

10.9%

Other Christian

10.1%

Baptist

9.2%

Methodist

8.2%

Mainline Protestant

2.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.3%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Dorchester County's population has surged as Charleston's metro footprint expands southward, bringing an influx of transplants that has gradually compressed Republican margins from the double-digit leads that defined the county a decade ago.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Dorchester County, by a twenty points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-two points in 1964. The 2024 margin was fifteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Dorchester County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 62% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $78,198, and a 11% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Escambia County and Ottawa County.

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