York County, South Carolina

2024 results by precinct

100 precincts · 150,059 votes cast

Trump · R+19

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−19.1%	59,600	88,239	150,059
2020	R	−16.5%	59,008	82,727	144,050
2016	R	−22.0%	41,593	66,754	114,357
2012	R	−20.4%	39,131	59,546	100,210
2008	R	−17.7%	37,918	54,500	93,696
2004	R	−29.9%	24,226	45,234	70,181
2000	R	−26.7%	19,251	33,776	54,351
1996	R	−12.6%	16,873	22,222	42,523
1992	R	−12.5%	15,844	21,297	43,694
1988	R	−30.6%	11,458	21,657	33,308
1984	R	−36.5%	9,273	20,008	29,427
1980	D	+3.4%	12,075	11,265	24,043
1976	D	+17.7%	14,099	9,843	24,005
1972	R	−38.4%	6,374	14,441	21,026
1968	R	−10.0%	5,571	7,596	20,269
1964	D	+6.7%	8,346	7,292	15,642
1960	D	+22.5%	8,707	5,512	14,219
1956	D	+28.8%	6,835	3,508	11,535
1952	D	+17.3%	7,495	5,281	12,776
1948	D	+35.0%	1,412	167	3,562
1944	D	+89.9%	2,637	127	2,791
1940	D	+91.0%	2,508	118	2,626
1936	D	+97.8%	3,083	0	3,152
1932	D	+96.4%	3,476	0	3,605
1928	D	+66.7%	1,145	227	1,376
1924	D	+92.0%	1,385	31	1,472
1920	D	+95.7%	1,583	35	1,618
1916	D	+96.7%	1,393	23	1,417
1912	D	+98.5%	1,641	0	1,666
1908	D	+96.5%	1,606	29	1,635
1904	D	+95.9%	1,198	25	1,223
1900	D	+94.0%	1,198	37	1,235
1896	D	+85.8%	2,013	152	2,169
1892	D	+74.8%	2,212	319	2,531
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

14.7%

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: 39.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.8%

2.1%

75–84

2.5%

4.4%

65–74

5.2%

6.1%

55–64

6.4%

6.8%

45–54

7.0%

7.1%

35–44

7.5%

5.8%

25–34

6.2%

3.9%

18–24

4.2%

9.3%

5–17

8.9%

2.8%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$89,095

York County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

York County$89,095

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

8.4%

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

11.6%

Other Christian

9.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

8.5%

Methodist

6.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.0%

Mainline Protestant

3.7%

Non-Christian

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

York County's proximity to Charlotte has fueled decade-long population growth, drawing suburban transplants who have gradually narrowed Republican margins even as the county remained solidly red in 2024 at R+19.1.

The shift began with civil rights. 1984 marked the realignment in York County, by a thirty-six points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at thirty-eight points in 1972. The 2024 margin was nineteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in York County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 68% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $89,095, and a 8% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Campbell County and Kenton County.

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