Newberry, SC, South Carolina: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+34%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 38,4352024 5-year
- Median household income
- $61,7802024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 61.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 28.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Newberry, SC, SCOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 5,841 | 12,067 | 18,129 | ||
| R | 6,958 | 11,443 | 18,631 | ||
| R | 6,217 | 10,017 | 16,807 | ||
| R | 6,913 | 9,260 | 16,351 | ||
| R | 6,708 | 9,616 | 16,524 | ||
| R | 4,483 | 7,654 | 12,409 | ||
| R | 4,428 | 7,492 | 12,372 | ||
| R | 4,804 | 5,670 | 11,232 | ||
| R | 4,896 | 5,980 | 12,329 | ||
| R | 3,825 | 6,427 | 10,305 | ||
| R | 3,790 | 7,176 | 11,008 | ||
| R | 4,825 | 5,568 | 10,513 | ||
| D | 5,034 | 4,931 | 10,016 | ||
| R | 2,035 | 7,325 | 9,521 | ||
| R | 2,444 | 4,538 | 10,716 | ||
| R | 3,222 | 5,571 | 8,794 | ||
| D | 3,143 | 2,841 | 5,984 | ||
| D | 2,671 | 1,061 | 5,130 | ||
| R | 3,418 | 4,126 | 7,544 | ||
| O | 349 | 47 | 3,161 | ||
| D | 1,940 | 70 | 2,343 | ||
| D | 1,739 | 35 | 1,774 | ||
| D | 2,615 | 0 | 2,624 | ||
| D | 3,139 | 0 | 3,151 | ||
| D | 2,077 | 12 | 2,094 | ||
| D | 1,802 | 13 | 1,817 | ||
| D | 2,015 | 33 | 2,058 | ||
| D | 1,719 | 19 | 1,769 | ||
| D | 1,206 | 0 | 1,230 | ||
| D | 1,681 | 44 | 1,726 | ||
| D | 1,364 | 33 | 1,397 | ||
| D | 1,367 | 40 | 1,407 | ||
| D | 1,525 | 64 | 1,598 | ||
| D | 1,534 | 293 | 1,889 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
14.6%
English
9.1%
American
7.6%
Irish
5.9%
French
1.9%
Scottish
1.9%
Italian
1.8%
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: 41.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$61,780
Newberry, SC ranks near the middle of US counties.
Newberry, SC$61,780
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
17.4%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1829.1%
Working age (18–64)14.6%
Seniors (65+)9.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.8%
speak English only
Spanish7.3%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Newberry, SC sits in the Deep South. For nearly a century after Reconstruction, the metro voted Democratic — not because of New Deal politics, but because of the long memory of the Civil War. The Democratic party of the Solid South was the party of segregation, and in Newberry, SC as throughout the former Confederacy, Republican identification was politically untenable until the second half of the twentieth century.
The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Newberry, SC, by a seven points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-six points in 1972. The 2024 margin was thirty-four points.
The political shift has tracked, in Newberry, SC, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 62% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $61,780, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Newberry, SC, South Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Newberry, SC, South Carolina voted Republican by 34.3 points (R+34), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 18,129 votes cast, 5,841 went Democratic and 12,067 went Republican.
What is Newberry, SC, South Carolina's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Newberry, 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 17 times, Republican 16 times, and other 1 times.
When did Newberry, SC, South Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Newberry, SC, South Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Newberry, SC, South Carolina?
Newberry, SC, South Carolina has a population of 38,435 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Newberry, SC, South Carolina?
Median household income in Newberry, SC, South Carolina is $61,780 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.
What is the political history of Newberry, SC, South Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Newberry, SC, South Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.