Kershaw County, South Carolina

2024 results by precinct

32 precincts · 33,533 votes cast

Trump · R+28

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−28.2%	11,826	21,289	33,533
2020	R	−23.1%	12,699	20,471	33,629
2016	R	−24.9%	10,330	17,542	28,995
2012	R	−18.1%	11,259	16,324	27,946
2008	R	−18.7%	11,226	16,466	27,985
2004	R	−24.6%	8,515	14,160	22,915
2000	R	−22.8%	7,428	11,911	19,677
1996	R	−10.7%	6,764	8,513	16,354
1992	R	−11.1%	6,585	8,499	17,301
1988	R	−32.5%	4,494	8,877	13,473
1984	R	−34.0%	4,323	8,822	13,226
1980	R	−12.9%	5,103	6,652	11,974
1976	D	+0.7%	6,211	6,126	12,402
1972	R	−51.2%	2,531	8,035	10,744
1968	R	−14.6%	2,539	4,079	10,578
1964	R	−27.9%	3,168	5,617	8,785
1960	R	−4.3%	3,178	3,465	6,643
1956	D	+6.6%	1,875	1,518	5,389
1952	R	−17.7%	2,052	2,935	4,987
1948	D	+12.9%	302	49	1,966
1944	D	+93.9%	1,872	21	1,971
1940	D	+96.6%	1,174	20	1,194
1936	D	+98.6%	1,400	0	1,420
1932	D	+99.2%	1,051	0	1,059
1928	D	+97.8%	1,274	14	1,288
1924	D	+99.7%	733	1	734
1920	D	+93.0%	1,156	42	1,198
1916	D	+96.5%	989	14	1,010
1912	D	+95.7%	708	0	740
1908	D	+90.6%	922	45	968
1904	D	+94.3%	850	25	875
1900	D	+91.0%	910	43	953
1896	D	+79.0%	1,191	139	1,332
1892	D	+50.8%	1,107	358	1,473
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%

African American

19.0%

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: 40.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

1.0%

2.7%

75–84

3.2%

5.4%

65–74

6.1%

6.5%

55–64

7.1%

5.9%

45–54

6.5%

6.4%

35–44

6.5%

5.6%

25–34

6.1%

3.7%

18–24

3.5%

9.3%

5–17

8.2%

3.0%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$68,231

Kershaw County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Kershaw County$68,231

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

13.2%

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

24.3%

Other Christian

8.3%

Methodist

7.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

4.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.3%

Mainline Protestant

1.7%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Kershaw County sits along the I-20 corridor northeast of Columbia, blending small-city Camden with rural townships. Its Republican presidential margins have widened steadily since 2012, now exceeding 28 points despite modest population growth.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Kershaw County, by a thirteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-one points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-eight points.

The political shift has tracked, in Kershaw County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 67% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $68,231, and a 13% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Middlesex County and Bulloch County.

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