York County, South Carolina, elections, 2022
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York County, South Carolina, held elections for local offices in 2022. Click the links below to learn more:
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County elections and candidates
June 14, 2022 (Primary)
Voting information
- See also: Voting in South Carolina
Demographics
| Demographic Data for York County, South Carolina | ||
|---|---|---|
| York County | South Carolina | |
| Population | 226,073 | 4,625,364 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 681 | 30,064 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 74.2% | 67.2% |
| Black/African American | 19.2% | 26.8% |
| Asian | 2.1% | 1.6% |
| Native American | 0.8% | 0.4% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.1% |
| Other (single race) | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| Multiple | 2% | 2.3% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 5.5% | 5.7% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 90.8% | 87.5% |
| College graduation rate | 33.3% | 28.1% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $65,361 | $53,199 |
| Persons below poverty level | 10.5% | 15.2% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019). | ||
| **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:
| County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
| Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
| Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
| New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
| Republican | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
| Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
| Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
| New Republican | D | D | R | ||||
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.
| South Carolina county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid Republican | 25 | 71.8% | |||||
| Solid Democratic | 13 | 23.6% | |||||
| Trending Republican | 6 | 3.5% | |||||
| New Republican | 2 | 1.2% | |||||
| Total voted Democratic | 13 | 23.6% | |||||
| Total voted Republican | 33 | 76.4% | |||||
Other counties in South Carolina
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See also
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