Orangeburg County, South Carolina

2024 results by precinct

53 precincts · 36,970 votes cast

Harris · D+25

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+24.6%	22,832	13,750	36,970
2020	D	+33.2%	27,295	13,603	41,205
2016	D	+37.0%	26,318	11,931	38,910
2012	D	+43.4%	30,720	12,022	43,041
2008	D	+38.1%	27,263	12,115	39,754
2004	D	+32.0%	24,698	12,695	37,564
2000	D	+21.8%	19,802	12,657	32,734
1996	D	+26.8%	18,610	10,494	30,315
1992	D	+22.1%	18,440	11,328	32,234
1988	D	+4.9%	14,655	13,281	28,049
1984	D	+2.8%	15,121	14,286	29,636
1980	D	+17.5%	16,178	11,313	27,733
1976	D	+21.5%	13,652	8,794	22,604
1972	R	−20.6%	7,652	11,711	19,745
1968	D	+18.0%	8,971	5,144	21,259
1964	R	−30.2%	5,607	10,456	16,063
1960	R	−14.7%	3,890	5,233	9,123
1956	D	+15.1%	2,511	1,467	6,921
1952	R	−24.8%	2,829	4,695	7,524
1948	D	+7.2%	435	164	3,763
1944	D	+87.4%	2,440	87	2,693
1940	D	+95.4%	2,356	56	2,412
1936	D	+98.0%	2,947	0	3,006
1932	D	+95.9%	2,643	0	2,757
1928	D	+88.8%	1,545	92	1,637
1924	D	+91.9%	1,727	67	1,807
1920	D	+78.5%	2,526	304	2,831
1916	D	+87.7%	2,641	159	2,831
1912	D	+92.0%	1,550	0	1,685
1908	D	+73.8%	2,687	405	3,093
1904	D	+85.0%	2,941	238	3,179
1900	D	+87.3%	2,457	167	2,624
1896	D	+81.3%	2,729	282	3,011
1892	D	+53.7%	2,792	838	3,637
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

1.2%

African American

48.6%

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: 40.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.4%

2.8%

75–84

3.8%

5.5%

65–74

6.7%

6.5%

55–64

7.5%

4.9%

45–54

5.8%

4.9%

35–44

5.7%

5.5%

25–34

6.0%

5.2%

18–24

5.6%

8.3%

5–17

8.0%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$45,675

Orangeburg County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

Orangeburg County$45,675

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

22.4%

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

Baptist

19.8%

Methodist

17.7%

Other Christian

16.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.8%

Non-Christian

3.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.1%

Mainline Protestant

1.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Orangeburg's electorate is majority Black, anchoring consistent Democratic margins that have exceeded 20 points in recent presidential cycles. The county seat hosts South Carolina State University, adding a student population to its historically rural demographic base.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Orangeburg County peaked at ninety-eight points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1976 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-one points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Orangeburg County's median household income of $45,675 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Williamsburg County and Lee County.

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For twenty years, Orangeburg County voted Republican. Then it stopped.