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Laurens County, South Carolina, elections, 2024

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Laurens County, South Carolina, held elections for local offices in 2024. Click the links below to learn more:

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County elections and candidates

November 5, 2024 (General)

June 25, 2024 (Primary Runoff)

June 11, 2024 (Primary)

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December 10, 2024 (Special)

November 5, 2024 (General)

July 30, 2024 (Special)

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November 5, 2024 (General)

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November 5, 2024 (General)

Demographics

Demographic Data for Laurens County, South Carolina
Laurens County South Carolina
Population 67,539 5,118,425
Land area (sq mi) 712 30,064
Race and ethnicity**
White 69.9% 66.5%
Black/African American 23.5% 26.4%
Asian 0.5% 1.6%
Native American 0.1% 0.3%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.1%
Other (single race) 1.8% 2%
Multiple 4% 3%
Hispanic/Latino 5.1% 5.8%
Education
High school graduation rate 82.1% 88.3%
College graduation rate 17.2% 29%
Income
Median household income $44,374 $54,864
Persons below poverty level 20.4% 14.7%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential election results by county, 2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:


Following the 2020 presidential election, 71.8% of South Carolinians lived in one of the state's 25 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 23.6% lived in one of 13 Solid Democratic counties. Overall, South Carolina was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in South Carolina following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

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