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Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC·South Carolina

Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 33 points.

Upstate SC's engine: fast-growing, factory-floor, and reliably red

1876 — 2024·38 elections
SC
Latest
R+33
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
961,939
2024 ACS

Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, South Carolina: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+33%. Democratic peak: D+99 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+33MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
961,9392024 5-year
Median household income
$71,0832024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
71.4%2024 5-year
Black
14.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
9.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+99 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+59 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
4 counties · 0 D · 4 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−33.0%
148,015297,207452,276
R
−28.6%
154,003280,497442,282
R
−32.9%
114,823237,116371,263
R
−31.7%
111,949218,614336,366
R
−28.5%
117,287212,939335,854
R
−34.8%
95,536199,061297,894
R
−33.8%
80,263165,324251,966
R
−21.9%
74,489120,555210,636
R
−23.8%
65,636115,214208,572
R
−39.9%
51,502120,489172,907
R
−44.4%
44,254115,773160,910
R
−7.4%
66,58177,446147,736
D
+6.7%
70,89061,924134,121
R
−59.5%
20,28983,791106,750
R
−23.8%
23,17848,999108,505
R
−13.9%
36,81648,71985,538
D
+1.4%
34,97034,00268,972
D
+24.0%
28,73616,06252,890
D
+9.1%
33,08927,57760,666
O
+28.5%
6,2741,12818,075
D
+79.0%
13,3801,04915,600
D
+91.8%
16,70071617,416
D
+99.0%
18,082018,263
D
+98.7%
17,432017,664
D
+82.8%
8,9958439,844
D
+96.8%
8,3321098,493
D
+94.7%
10,11627510,391
D
+96.5%
9,0271089,242
D
+97.2%
7,67907,898
D
+91.4%
8,2743518,664
D
+94.9%
7,1321887,320
D
+93.5%
6,1082056,313
D
+80.8%
9,03193710,020
D
+69.6%
7,6491,0959,422
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
14.5%
Irish
10.6%
German
10.0%
American
8.5%
Italian
3.1%
Scottish
2.7%
French
1.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.6%
85+
1.1%
2.4%
75–84
3.1%
4.8%
65–74
5.5%
6.2%
55–64
6.6%
6.0%
45–54
6.2%
6.2%
35–44
6.4%
6.5%
25–34
6.7%
4.9%
18–24
4.9%
8.4%
5–17
8.1%
2.9%
<5
2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$71,083
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC ranks near the middle of US counties.
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$71,083
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
13.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.2%
Working age (18–64)11.9%
Seniors (65+)10.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.5%
speak English only
Spanish6.3%
Other Indo-European1.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
28.3%
Other Christian
11.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.1%
Methodist
4.7%
Mainline Protestant
3.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.3%
Non-Christian
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

BMW, Michelin, and a surge of in-migrants have reshaped this Upstate corridor into one of South Carolina's most economically dynamic metros, yet its Republicanism in federal contests has remained remarkably consistent even as the population diversifies.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, by a seven points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 1972. The 2024 margin was thirty-three points.

The political shift has tracked, in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 71% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $71,083, and a 13% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, South Carolina — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/24860/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, South Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, South Carolina voted Republican by 33.0 points (R+33), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 452,276 votes cast, 148,015 went Democratic and 297,207 went Republican.
What is Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, South Carolina's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, South Carolina as a "Old Confederacy" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 18 times, Republican 15 times, and other 1 times.
When did Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, South Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, South Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, South Carolina?
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, South Carolina has a population of 961,939 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, South Carolina?
Median household income in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, South Carolina is $71,083 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.
What is the political history of Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, South Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC, South Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.