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Beaufort County, SC


Metropolitan Statistical Area: Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, SC
Designated Market Area: Savannah, GA-SC
USDA County Type (2025): Recreation/Tourism, Retirement Destination
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Military Posts

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2024 population: 201,775   ( 14,677 from 2020)
Land area: 576.0 square miles
Population density: 350.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:138,369 68.58% 9.6%
Black:30,71615.22% 1.9%
Indian:4850.24% 13.8%
Asian:3,1731.57% 19.6%
2+ races:3,5131.74% 10.9%
Hispanic:25,51912.65% 9.6%
Total non-White:63,40631.42% 4.2%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:7,865 10.5
Deaths:8,84911.8
Net Migration: 13,10417.5
Net Immigration: 2,5683.4
Change in White population:12,137 6.5
Change in Non-White pop.:2,540 1.4



Historical Presidential Election Results for Beaufort County, SC



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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St)
Diff
(US)
PSV
2024 64% Donald Trump (R) 59,123 56.6% Kamala Harris (D) 44,002 42.1% 1,278 [+] 1.2% 104,403 -2 7 4.10%
2020 64% Donald Trump* (R) 53,194 54.4% Joe Biden (D) 43,419 44.4% 1,222 [+] 1.2% 97,835 -1 8 3.89%
2016 55% Donald Trump (R) 42,922 54.7% Hillary Clinton (D) 32,138 40.9% 3,464 [+] 4.4% 78,524 0 9 3.73%
2012 55% Mitt Romney (R) 42,687 58.2% Barack Obama* (D) 29,848 40.7% 762 [+] 1.0% 73,297 4 11 3.73%
2008 57% John McCain (R) 37,821 54.9% Barack Obama (D) 30,396 44.1% 653 [+] 0.9% 68,870 1 9 3.59%
2004 52% George W. Bush* (R) 33,331 60.3% John Kerry (D) 21,505 38.9% 399 [+] 0.7% 55,235 2 10 3.41%
2000 48% George W. Bush (R) 25,561 57.9% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 17,487 39.6% 1,100 [+] 2.5% 44,148 1 10 3.19%
1996 41% Robert Dole (R) 17,575 53.0% Bill Clinton* (D) 13,532 40.8% 2,055 [+] 6.2% 33,162 3 12 2.89%
1992 45% George Bush* (R) 14,735 47.1% Bill Clinton (D) 11,466 36.6% 5,086 [+] 16.3% 31,287 -1 10 2.60%
1988 41% George Bush (R) 16,184 64.7% Michael Dukakis (D) 8,691 34.7% 146 [+] 0.6% 25,021 3 11 2.54%
1984 39% Ronald Reagan* (R) 13,668 64.7% Walter Mondale (D) 7,347 34.8% 103 0.5% 21,118 1 6 2.18%
1980 35% Ronald Reagan (R) 8,620 51.6% Jimmy Carter* (D) 7,415 44.4% 665 [+] 4.0% 16,700 2 1 1.88%
1976 30% Jimmy Carter (D) 6,049 50.3% Gerald Ford* (R) 5,935 49.3% 45 [+] 0.4% 12,029 6 1 1.50%
1972 26% Richard Nixon* (R) 5,929 64.1% George McGovern (D) 3,237 35.0% 81 [+] 0.9% 9,247 -6 3 1.36%
1968 30% Hubert Humphrey (D) 3,740 45.5% Richard Nixon (R) 2,983 36.3% 1,498 [+] 18.2% 8,221 -2 -7 1.23%
1964 24% Barry Goldwater (R) 3,432 55.5% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 2,747 44.5% 0 0.0% 6,179 -3 17 1.18%
1960 16% Richard Nixon (R) 2,021 52.9% John Kennedy (D) 1,800 47.1% 0 0.0% 3,821 4 3 0.99%
1956 13% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 1,051 37.8% Write-ins (I) 1,016 36.6% 710 [+] 25.6% 2,777 13 -20 0.92%
1952 16% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 1,599 59.1% Adlai Stevenson (D) 1,106 40.9% 0 0.0% 2,705 10 4 0.79%
1948 9% Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 850 67.6% Harry Truman* (D) 253 20.1% 154 [+] 12.3% 1,257 8 -33 0.88%
1944 6% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 594 74.5% Thomas Dewey (R) 108 13.6% 95 11.9% 797 9 -32 0.77%
1940 6% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 582 86.5% Wendell Willkie (R) 91 13.5% 0 0.0% 673 9 -31 0.67%
1936 5% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 501 92.1% Alf Landon (R) 43 7.9% 0 0.0% 544 6 -29 0.47%
1932 6% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 555 88.9% Herbert Hoover* (R) 63 10.1% 6 [+] 1.0% 624 8 -30 0.60%
1928 5% Al Smith (D) 414 76.5% Herbert Hoover (R) 124 22.9% 3 [+] 0.6% 541 14 -35 0.79%
1924 4% John Davis (D) 365 83.3% Calvin Coolidge (R) 64 14.6% 9 [+] 2.1% 438 12 -39 0.86%
1920 4% James Cox (D) 265 64.0% Warren Harding (R) 149 36.0% 0 0.0% 414 32 -24 0.62%
1916 4% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 376 77.5% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 105 21.6% 4 [+] 0.8% 485 19 -24 0.76%
1912 4% Woodrow Wilson (D) 464 80.6% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 62 10.8% 50 [+] 8.7% 576 8 -15 1.14%
1908 6% William J. Bryan (D) 522 65.7% William Taft (R) 272 34.3% 0 0.0% 794 28 -17 1.20%
1904 5% Alton Parker (D) 415 56.5% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 319 43.5% 0 0.0% 734 39 -13 1.32%
1900 5% William McKinley* (R) 385 50.5% William J. Bryan (D) 378 49.5% 0 0.0% 763 43 -1 1.50%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote

Historical Statewide Election Results for Beaufort County, SC

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YearTypeTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal VotesDiff PSV
2022 S3 44% Tim Scott* (R) 45,023 63.1% Krystle Matthews (D) 26,337 36.9% 45 [+] 0.1% 71,405 0 4.21%
2022 G 44% Henry McMaster* (R) 41,839 58.3% Joe Cunningham (D) 29,265 40.8% 602 [+] 0.8% 71,706 0 4.21%
2020 S2 64% Lindsey Graham* (R) 53,575 54.7% Jaime Harrison (D) 43,489 44.4% 913 [+] 0.9% 97,977 0 3.90%
2018 G 48% Henry McMaster* (R) 38,399 54.5% James Smith (D) 31,971 45.4% 63 [+] 0.1% 70,433 1 4.12%
2016 S3 54% Tim Scott* (R) 48,125 63.1% Thomas Dixon (D) 26,619 34.9% 1,549 [+] 2.0% 76,293 3 3.72%
2014 S3 35% Tim Scott (R) 31,283 65.5% Joyce Dickerson (D) 15,685 32.9% 763 [+] 1.6% 47,731 4 3.85%
2014 S2 35% Lindsey Graham* (R) 29,732 62.4% Brad Hutto (D) 15,837 33.2% 2,113 [+] 4.4% 47,682 8 3.85%
2014 G 35% Nikki Haley* (R) 30,241 63.3% Vincent Sheheen (D) 16,849 35.2% 715 [+] 1.5% 47,805 7 3.84%
2010 S3 39% Jim DeMint* (R) 32,333 64.7% Alvin Greene (D) 11,194 22.4% 6,440 [+] 12.9% 49,967 3 3.79%
2010 G 40% Nikki Haley (R) 29,958 58.6% Vincent Sheheen (D) 20,229 39.6% 894 [+] 1.8% 51,081 7 3.80%
2008 S2 55% Lindsey Graham* (R) 39,932 59.7% Bob Conley (D) 26,879 40.2% 128 [+] 0.2% 66,939 2 3.58%
2006 G 35% Mark Sanford* (R) 24,120 61.0% Tommy Moore (D) 15,374 38.9% 28 [+] 0.1% 39,522 6 3.62%
2004 S3 51% Jim DeMint (R) 31,724 58.7% Inez Tenenbaum (D) 20,884 38.6% 1,440 [+] 2.7% 54,048 5 3.38%
2002 S2 37% Lindsey Graham (R) 22,738 61.0% Alex Sanders (D) 14,086 37.8% 480 [+] 1.3% 37,304 7 3.38%
2002 G 38% Mark Sanford (R) 22,164 59.0% Jim Hodges* (D) 15,381 40.9% 24 [+] 0.1% 37,569 6 3.39%
1998 S3 37% Bob Inglis (R) 16,443 51.4% Ernest Hollings* (D) 15,147 47.4% 398 [+] 1.2% 31,988 6 2.99%
1998 G 37% David Beasley* (R) 17,064 53.3% Jim Hodges (D) 14,598 45.6% 353 [+] 1.1% 32,015 8 2.99%
1996 S2 41% Strom Thurmond* (R) 18,382 55.1% Elliot Close (D) 13,952 41.8% 1,032 [+] 3.1% 33,366 2 2.87%
1994 G 33% David Beasley (R) 12,354 49.7% Nick Theodore (D) 12,104 48.7% 400 [+] 1.6% 24,858 -1 2.66%
1992 S3 44% Thomas Hartnett (R) 16,681 53.6% Ernest Hollings* (D) 13,479 43.3% 973 [+] 3.1% 31,133 7 2.64%
1990 S2 30% Strom Thurmond* (R) 11,467 59.6% Bob Cunningham (D) 6,971 36.3% 787 [+] 4.1% 19,225 -5 2.56%
1990 G 30% Carroll Campbell* (R) 13,561 70.2% Theo Mitchell (D) 5,295 27.4% 452 [+] 2.3% 19,308 1 2.54%
1986 S3 27% Ernest Hollings* (D) 7,838 51.3% Henry McMaster (R) 6,980 45.7% 466 [+] 3.0% 15,284 10 2.07%
1986 G 27% Carroll Campbell (R) 8,616 56.1% Mike Daniel (D) 6,361 41.4% 388 [+] 2.5% 15,365 5 2.04%
1984 S2 38% Strom Thurmond* (R) 14,482 71.2% Melvin Purvis (D) 5,620 27.6% 246 [+] 1.2% 20,348 4 2.11%
1982 G 29% Richard Riley* (D) 9,478 64.2% William Workman (R) 5,283 35.8% 0 0.0% 14,761 6 2.20%
1980 S3 35% Ernest Hollings* (D) 10,024 61.3% Marshall Mays (R) 6,322 38.7% 0 0.0% 16,346 9 1.88%
1978 S2 27% Strom Thurmond* (R) 6,254 55.4% Charles Ravenel (D) 5,031 44.6% 3 [+] 0.0% 11,288 0 1.78%
1978 G 26% Richard Riley (D) 5,623 50.9% Edward Young (R) 5,182 46.9% 243 [+] 2.2% 11,048 9 1.76%
1974 S3 20% Ernest Hollings* (D) 5,296 70.1% Gwen Bush (R) 2,157 28.5% 103 [+] 1.4% 7,556 0 1.47%
1974 G 20% James Edwards (R) 4,318 58.1% W.J. Bryan Dorn (D) 3,017 40.6% 95 [+] 1.3% 7,430 7 1.42%
1972 S2 24% Strom Thurmond* (R) 5,378 61.7% Eugene Zeigler (D) 3,340 38.3% 0 0.0% 8,718 -2 1.30%
1970 G 17% John West (D) 2,773 51.4% Albert Watson (R) 2,431 45.0% 195 [+] 3.6% 5,399 -1 1.11%
1968 S3 29% Ernest Hollings* (D) 5,504 68.7% Marshall Parker (R) 2,508 31.3% 0 0.0% 8,012 -7 1.23%
1966 S3 20% Ernest Hollings (D) 2,905 55.5% Marshall Parker (R) 2,329 44.5% 0 0.0% 5,234 -4 1.20%
1966 S2 20% Strom Thurmond* (R) 3,048 57.8% Bradley Morrah (D) 2,225 42.2% 0 0.0% 5,273 -4 1.21%
1966 G 20% Robert McNair* (D) 3,240 60.6% Joseph Rogers (R) 2,110 39.4% 0 0.0% 5,350 -2 1.22%
1962 S3 16% Olin Johnston* (D) 2,367 58.0% William Workman (R) 1,717 42.0% 0 0.0% 4,084 -1 1.31%
1962 G County data not available for this election: Donald Russell (D) was unopposed.
1960 S2 County data not available for this election: Strom Thurmond* (D) was unopposed.
*: incumbent               +: ran on additional party lines               Type: G: Governor; S1,S2,S3: Senate Class 1, 2 or 3
italics: special election           RO: runoff election           PSV: percent of state vote


Historical U.S. House Election Results for Beaufort County, SC

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DateDistrictWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
2024-11-05 SC01Nancy Mace* (R) 60,676 59.7% Michael Moore (D) 40,874 40.2% 159 0.2% 101,709
County Total for 2024-11-05:   101,709
2022-11-08 SC01Nancy Mace* (R) 42,524 59.5% Annie Andrews (D) 28,280 39.6% 674 0.9% 71,478
County Total for 2022-11-08:   71,478
2020-11-03 SC01Nancy Mace (R) 50,358 54.6% Joe Cunningham* (D) 41,809 45.3% 66 0.1% 92,233
2020-11-03 SC06James Clyburn* (D) 3,370 61.7% John McCollum (R) 2,034 37.2% 58 1.1% 5,462
County Total for 2020-11-03:   97,695
2018-11-06 SC01Katie Arrington (R) 36,159 54.3% Joe Cunningham (D) 30,456 45.7% 37 0.1% 66,652
2018-11-06 SC06James Clyburn* (D) 2,639 64.7% Gerhard Gressman (R) 1,393 34.1% 48 1.2% 4,080
County Total for 2018-11-06:   70,732
2016-11-08 SC01Mark Sanford* (R) 43,172 60.7% Dimitri Cherny (D,Grn,WF) 25,294 35.6% 2,601 3.7% 71,067
2016-11-08 SC06James Clyburn* (D) 2,959 62.3% Laura Sterling (R) 1,684 35.5% 103 2.2% 4,746
County Total for 2016-11-08:   75,813
2014-11-04 SC01Mark Sanford (R) 29,924 95.9% 1,269 4.1% 31,193
2014-11-04 SC06James Clyburn* (D) 1,973 66.5% Anthony Culler (R) 949 32.0% 45 1.5% 2,967
County Total for 2014-11-04:   34,160
2013-05-07 sp SC01Mark Sanford (R) 17,896 52.6% Elizabeth Busch (D) 15,936 46.8% 188 0.6% 34,020
County Total for 2013-05-07:   34,020
2012-11-06 SC01Tim Scott* (R) 40,460 61.1% Bobbie Rose (D,WF) 24,488 37.0% 1,256 1.9% 66,204
2012-11-06 SC06James Clyburn* (D) 3,666 93.7% Nammu Muhammad (Green) 212 5.4% 35 0.9% 3,913
County Total for 2012-11-06:   70,117
2010-11-02 SC02Joe Wilson* (R) 29,364 57.4% Rob Miller (D) 20,442 39.9% 1,389 2.7% 51,195
County Total for 2010-11-02:   51,195
2008-11-04 SC02Joe Wilson* (R) 38,279 57.1% Rob Miller (D) 28,685 42.8% 59 0.1% 67,023
County Total for 2008-11-04:   67,023
2006-11-07 SC02Joe Wilson* (R) 24,198 62.0% Mickey Ellisor (D) 14,811 37.9% 24 0.1% 39,033
County Total for 2006-11-07:   39,033
2004-11-02 SC02Joe Wilson* (R) 36,903 69.9% Mickey Ellisor (D) 14,597 27.7% 1,291 2.4% 52,791
County Total for 2004-11-02:   52,791
2002-11-05 SC02Joe Wilson* (R) 26,065 84.1% Mark Whittington (United Citizens) 2,866 9.3% 2,046 6.6% 30,977
County Total for 2002-11-05:   30,977
2001-12-18 sp SC02Joe Wilson (R) 8,213 71.9% Brent Weaver (D) 3,045 26.7% 164 1.4% 11,422
County Total for 2001-12-18:   11,422
2000-11-07 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 23,453 56.2% Jane Frederick (D) 17,365 41.6% 904 2.2% 41,722
2000-11-07 SC06James Clyburn* (D) 987 76.9% Vince Ellison (R) 266 20.7% 30 2.3% 1,283
County Total for 2000-11-07:   43,005
1998-11-03 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 16,746 54.3% Jane Frederick (D) 13,781 44.7% 336 1.1% 30,863
1998-11-03 SC06James Clyburn* (D) 678 78.4% Gary McLeod (R) 178 20.6% 9 1.0% 865
County Total for 1998-11-03:   31,728
1996-11-05 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 21,441 88.2% Maurice Raiford (Natural Law) 2,865 11.8% 0 0.0% 24,306
1996-11-05 SC06James Clyburn* (D) 740 76.2% Gary McLeod (R) 223 23.0% 8 0.8% 971
County Total for 1996-11-05:   25,277
1994-11-08 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 17,430 100.0% 7 0.0% 17,437
1994-11-08 SC06James Clyburn* (D) 588 76.8% Gary McLeod (R) 178 23.2% 0 0.0% 766
County Total for 1994-11-08:   18,203
1992-11-03 SC02Floyd Spence* (R) 20,084 86.4% Geb Sommer (Libertarian) 3,152 13.6% 3 0.0% 23,239
1992-11-03 SC06James Clyburn (D) 797 78.6% John Chase (R) 217 21.4% 0 0.0% 1,014
County Total for 1992-11-03:   24,253
*: incumbent           sp: special election           RO: runoff election

Voter Registration Data for Beaufort County, SC

Party registration is not used in this state, however as of 2022 registrations in Beaufort County, SC were estimated to be 51% Republican and 37% Democrat.

YearTotalRepublicanDemocratOtherR/D EdgeR/D Edge %VAPOP %
2024 143,908 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 143,908 100.0% n/a n/a 89%
2022 138,812 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 138,812 100.0% n/a n/a 85%
2020 138,180 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 138,180 100.0% n/a n/a 85%
2018 125,963 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 125,963 100.0% n/a n/a 81%
2016 111,976 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 111,976 100.0% n/a n/a 75%
2014 110,042 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 110,042 100.0% n/a n/a 78%
2012 105,120 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 105,120 100.0% n/a n/a 78%
2010 96,262 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 96,262 100.0% n/a n/a 75%
2008 90,887 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 90,887 100.0% n/a n/a 75%
2006 84,830 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 84,830 100.0% n/a n/a 74%
2004 76,933 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 76,933 100.0% n/a n/a 72%
2002 64,650 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 64,650 100.0% n/a n/a 65%
2000 68,183 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 68,183 100.0% n/a n/a 73%
1994 39,719 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 39,719 100.0% n/a n/a 52%
1986 29,692 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 29,692 100.0% n/a n/a 52%
VAPOP% is the estimated percentage of voting age population that is registered.
Registration data may include "inactive" voters.   Data for each year pertains to the November elections.