South Atlantic Census Division — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

South Atlantic

TrumpR+3.1

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	50.8%	17,031,766
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	47.7%	15,991,284
OtherAll other candidates	1.5%	499,758

D+60

R+60

588 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 1876–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	+11.6%
1880	+8.3%
1884	+7.8%
1888	+11.6%
1892	+19.4%
1896	+6.8%
1900	+12.6%
1904	+39.6%
1908	+25.4%
1912	+51.9%
1916	+24.9%
1920	+7.7%
1924	+13.0%
1928	−9.7%
1932	+35.2%
1936	+39.5%
1940	+35.3%
1944	+27.0%
1948	+16.4%
1952	+1.7%
1956	−4.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+11.1%
1968	−4.6%
1972	−37.0%
1976	+11.1%
1980	−4.0%
1984	−21.6%
1988	−16.0%
1992	+1.4%
1996	+3.6%
2000	−3.4%
2004	−6.4%
2008	+3.9%
2012	+1.8%
2016	+0.6%
2020	+2.5%
2024	−3.1%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	47.7%Harris15,991,284	50.8%Trump17,031,766	1.5%	−3.1%	33,522,808
2020	D	50.5%Biden16,795,478	48.1%Trump15,977,862	1.4%incl. Jorgensen	+2.5%	33,245,157
2016	D	48.2%Clinton13,794,255	47.6%Trump13,624,843	4.1%incl. Johnson	+0.6%	28,605,046
2012	D	50.2%Obama13,452,257	48.5%Romney12,981,559	1.3%	+1.8%	26,790,802
2008	D	51.4%Obama13,524,141	47.6%McCain12,508,330	1.0%	+3.9%	26,290,657
2004	R	46.4%Kerry10,656,139	52.8%Bush12,136,272	0.8%	−6.4%	22,976,816
2000	R	47.1%Gore8,860,828	50.5%Bush9,491,340	2.3%incl. Nader	−3.4%	18,793,526
1996	D	47.7%Clinton7,894,234	44.1%Dole7,293,526	8.3%incl. Perot	+3.6%	16,554,512
1992	D	42.8%Clinton7,350,194	41.3%Bush7,101,603	15.9%incl. Perot	+1.4%	17,190,234
1988	R	41.6%Dukakis5,927,387	57.7%Bush8,206,540	0.7%	−16.0%	14,234,395
1984	R	39.1%Mondale5,518,575	60.6%Reagan8,564,770	0.3%	−21.6%	14,123,412
1980	R	45.3%Carter5,695,184	49.2%Reagan6,196,329	5.5%incl. Anderson	−4.0%	12,583,347
1976	D	55.0%Carter6,263,435	44.0%Ford5,003,053	1.0%	+11.1%	11,378,307
1972	R	31.0%McGovern3,080,727	68.0%Nixon6,758,250	1.0%	−37.0%	9,933,514
1968	R	34.5%Humphrey3,256,379	39.2%Nixon3,691,764	26.3%incl. Wallace	−4.6%	9,428,225
1964	D	55.5%Johnson4,609,305	44.4%Goldwater3,689,212	0.0%	+11.1%	8,302,222
1960	D	52.1%Kennedy3,587,637	47.9%Nixon3,299,546	0.1%	+4.2%	6,892,505
1956	R	46.7%Stevenson2,748,506	51.0%Eisenhower3,003,185	2.3%	−4.3%	5,884,390
1952	D	50.8%Stevenson2,928,487	49.0%Eisenhower2,827,686	0.2%	+1.7%	5,766,113
1948	D	52.6%Truman2,014,435	36.2%Dewey1,387,652	11.2%incl. Thurmond	+16.4%	3,831,605
1944	D	63.4%Roosevelt2,244,273	36.4%Dewey1,288,625	0.3%	+27.0%	3,542,518
1940	D	67.5%Roosevelt2,519,781	32.2%Willkie1,203,397	0.2%	+35.3%	3,731,485
1936	D	69.6%Roosevelt2,431,288	30.1%Landon1,050,850	0.3%	+39.5%	3,492,441
1932	D	67.0%Roosevelt2,018,047	31.8%Hoover959,002	1.2%	+35.2%	3,012,616
1928	R	44.9%Smith1,243,205	54.6%Hoover1,511,248	0.5%	−9.7%	2,769,288
1924	D	53.1%Davis1,097,007	40.2%Coolidge829,612	6.7%incl. La Follette	+13.0%	2,064,537
1920	D	53.1%Cox1,149,160	45.4%Harding981,701	1.5%	+7.7%	2,164,028
1916	D	60.7%Wilson820,307	35.8%Hughes484,185	3.5%	+24.9%	1,351,765
1912	D	68.4%Wilson785,835	16.5%Taft189,634	15.1%incl. Roosevelt	+51.9%	1,148,596
1908	D	78.2%Bryan743,322	52.9%Taft502,212	-31.1%	+25.4%	950,079
1904	D	90.0%Parker738,584	50.4%Roosevelt413,340	-40.4%	+39.6%	820,288
1900	D	68.5%Bryan676,648	56.0%McKinley552,330	-24.5%	+12.6%	987,147
1896	D	52.3%Bryan705,330	45.5%McKinley614,124	2.2%	+6.8%	1,348,737
1892	D	54.8%Cleveland703,510	35.4%Harrison453,966	9.8%incl. Weaver	+19.4%	1,283,258
1888	D	55.1%Cleveland16,414	43.6%Harrison12,973	1.3%	+11.6%	29,787
1884	D	53.9%Cleveland36,234	46.1%Blaine31,002	0.0%	+7.8%	67,246
1880	D	53.6%Hancock3,993	45.3%Garfield3,373	1.1%	+8.3%	7,449
1876	D	55.8%Tilden3,490	44.2%Hayes2,763	0.0%	+11.6%	6,253

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	South AtlanticCensus division	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	57.2%	61.0%
Black	21.1%	12.2%
Asian	4.0%	6.0%
Two or more races	11.9%	12.6%
Other race	5.8%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$82,004	$84,427
Poverty rate	12.4%	12.5%
Median age	40.6	39.1
Age 18–24	8.8%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	18.2%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	36.4%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	20.1%	22.3%
Spanish	12.8%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	1.8%	2.0%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)	1.3%	0.7%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	English 10.3%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	German 9.2%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	Irish 8.5%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	12.9%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	21.1%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	51.9%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	6.3%	5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

English

10.3%

German

9.2%

Irish

8.5%

American

7.5%

Italian

4.2%

Scottish

1.7%

Polish

1.6%

French

1.3%

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

Haitian

0.9%

Jamaican

0.8%

African

0.7%

Nigerian

0.3%

Ethiopian

0.2%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Mexican

3.7%

Puerto Rican

2.6%

Cuban

2.6%

Colombian

0.9%

Salvadoran

0.8%

Dominican

0.6%

Guatemalan

0.6%

Venezuelan

0.6%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Asian Indian

1.2%

Chinese

0.6%

Filipino

0.5%

Vietnamese

0.4%

Korean

0.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.2%

2.5%

75–84

3.2%

4.9%

65–74

5.7%

6.3%

55–64

6.7%

6.1%

45–54

6.3%

6.4%

35–44

6.6%

25–34

6.6%

4.5%

18–24

4.3%

8.1%

5–17

7.7%

2.8%

2.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$82,004

South Atlantic$82,004

United States$84,954

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.4%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1816.5%

Working age (18–64)11.3%

Seniors (65+)12.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

79.9%

speak English only

Spanish12.8%

Other Indo-European1.8%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)1.3%

Other languages0.8%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.8%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.5%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.5%

Vietnamese0.4%

Arabic0.4%

German or other West Germanic0.3%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.3%

Korean0.3%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Evangelical Protestant

21.1%

Catholic

12.9%

Mainline Protestant

6.3%

Black Protestant

3.3%

Other Christian

1.1%

Muslim

1.1%

Latter-day Saints

0.8%

Jewish

0.4%

Hindu

0.3%

Orthodox Christian

0.3%

Buddhist

0.2%

Other faiths

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted51.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

South Atlantic sits in United States. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 51.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 37.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the division moved 5.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.1 points.

A population of 67,775,152, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $82,004 describe the division.

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Frequently asked questions

How did South Atlantic, United States vote in 2024?

In 2024, South Atlantic, United States voted Republican by 3.1 points (R+3.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 33,522,808 votes cast, 15,991,284 went Democratic and 17,031,766 went Republican.

When did South Atlantic, United States last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which South Atlantic, United States voted Democratic was 2020.

How many people live in South Atlantic, United States?

South Atlantic, United States has a population of 67,775,152 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in South Atlantic, United States?

Median household income in South Atlantic, United States is $82,004 — above the national median of $80,734. The United States state median is $84,954.

What is the political history of South Atlantic, United States?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in South Atlantic, United States from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 28 went Democratic and 10 went Republican.

South Atlantic moved 5.6 points toward the Republican candidate between 2020 and 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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