† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAmericus, GAGeorgiaUnited States
African American†44.5%27.4%9.9%
African0.2%0.8%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%0.5%0.2%
American7.6%7.6%5.3%
English7.1%10.3%9.5%
German4.2%6.3%12.5%
Irish3.9%6.9%9.4%
Scottish1.1%1.7%1.3%
Dutch0.8%——
Polish0.5%0.8%2.2%
French0.4%1.0%1.6%
Mexican4.2%5.5%11.3%
Cuban0.6%0.3%0.7%
Honduran0.3%0.4%0.3%
Filipino0.4%0.2%0.9%
Asian Indian0.3%1.6%1.4%
Japanese0.3%—0.2%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Americus, GA
Georgia
United States
Median age
38.4
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
12.8%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.4%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Americus, GA
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$44,565
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
22.4%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
21.5%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Americus, GA
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.3%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.8%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Americus, GA
Georgia
United States
Catholic
1.4%
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
35.9%
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
42.8%
49.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
9.1%
6.6%
5.2%
Black Protestant
7.9%
5.1%
2.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Americus, GA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+35.3%
1896
+31.2%
1900
+43.3%
1904
+63.9%
1908
+24.1%
1912
+92.5%
1916
+88.9%
1920
+58.0%
1924
+77.7%
1928
+61.7%
1932
+93.0%
1936
+91.3%
1940
+82.6%
1944
+78.1%
1948
+38.7%
1952
+40.8%
1956
+50.7%
1960
+42.7%
1964
−34.8%
1968
+6.0%
1972
−57.0%
1976
+44.9%
1980
+23.6%
1984
−11.7%
1988
−13.2%
1992
+9.2%
1996
+10.7%
2000
−3.2%
2004
−5.7%
2008
−0.3%
2012
+1.2%
2016
−6.4%
2020
−5.2%
2024
−8.6%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
45.5%Harris6,589
54.1%Trump7,839
0.3%
R+8.6
R+3.4
R+7.2
14,477
R
47.0%Biden6,780
52.2%Trump7,532
0.8%
R+5.2
D+1.2
R+9.7
14,425
R
45.7%Clinton5,921
52.0%Trump6,748
2.3%
R+6.4
R+7.5
R+8.5
12,970
D
50.1%Obama6,823
49.0%Romney6,664
0.9%
D+1.2
D+1.4
R+2.7
13,608
R
49.6%Obama6,933
49.9%McCain6,969
0.5%
R+0.3
D+5.4
R+7.5
13,973
R
47.0%Kerry6,026
52.6%Bush6,751
0.4%
R+5.7
R+2.5
R+3.2
12,830
R
47.9%Gore5,208
51.1%Bush5,553
1.0%
R+3.2
R+13.9
R+3.7
10,873
D
52.1%Clinton4,815
41.5%Dole3,828
6.4%
D+10.7
D+1.5
D+2.2
9,234
D
48.6%Clinton5,090
39.4%Bush4,127
11.9%
D+9.2
D+22.4
D+3.6
10,464
R
43.1%Dukakis3,771
56.3%Bush4,924
0.6%
R+13.2
R+1.5
R+5.5
8,746
R
44.2%Mondale4,128
55.8%Reagan5,221
0.0%
R+11.7
R+35.3
D+6.5
9,349
D
60.9%Carter5,569
37.3%Reagan3,410
1.8%
D+23.6
R+21.3
D+33.3
9,145
D
72.5%Carter6,111
27.5%Ford2,321
0.0%
D+44.9
D+102.0
D+42.9
8,432
R
21.5%McGovern1,430
78.5%Nixon5,227
0.0%
R+57.0
R+63.1
R+33.9
6,657
O
26.2%Humphrey2,010
20.2%Nixon1,547
53.6%
Wallace +27.4
D+40.9
D+6.7
7,665
R
32.6%Johnson2,104
67.4%Goldwater4,351
0.0%
R+34.8
R+77.5
R+57.4
6,455
D
71.4%Kennedy2,741
28.6%Nixon1,100
0.0%
D+42.7
R+8.0
D+42.6
3,841
D
75.4%Stevenson2,590
24.6%Eisenhower847
0.0%
D+50.7
D+9.9
D+66.1
3,437
D
70.4%Stevenson2,891
29.6%Eisenhower1,216
0.0%
D+40.8
D+2.0
D+51.5
4,107
D
50.6%Truman1,275
11.9%Dewey299
37.5%
D+38.7
R+39.4
D+34.3
2,519
D
89.1%Roosevelt1,879
10.9%Dewey231
0.0%
D+78.1
R+4.5
D+70.6
2,110
D
91.0%Roosevelt2,032
8.4%Willkie187
0.7%
D+82.6
R+8.7
D+72.6
2,234
D
95.5%Roosevelt2,289
4.2%Landon101
0.3%
D+91.3
R+1.6
D+67.1
2,396
D
96.0%Roosevelt2,017
3.1%Hoover65
0.9%
D+93.0
D+31.3
D+75.2
2,100
D
80.8%Smith1,565
19.2%Hoover371
0.0%
D+61.7
R+16.1
D+79.1
1,936
D
85.5%Davis1,491
7.8%Coolidge136
6.7%
D+77.7
D+19.8
D+102.9
1,743
D
79.0%Cox1,311
21.0%Harding349
0.0%
D+58.0
R+31.0
D+84.1
1,660
D
91.8%Wilson1,287
2.9%Hughes40
5.3%
D+88.9
R+3.5
D+85.8
1,402
D
94.6%Wilson1,216
2.1%Taft27
3.3%
D+92.5
D+68.3
D+72.9
1,286
D
59.2%Bryan1,095
35.1%Taft649
5.7%
D+24.1
R+39.8
D+33.7
1,850
D
78.3%Parker1,161
14.4%Roosevelt214
7.2%
D+63.9
D+20.6
D+83.6
1,482
D
69.7%Bryan1,001
26.4%McKinley379
3.9%
D+43.3
D+12.1
D+50.9
1,436
D
64.1%Bryan1,360
32.9%McKinley698
3.0%
D+31.2
R+4.1
D+37.3
2,121
D
61.4%Cleveland1,569
26.2%Harrison668
12.4%
D+35.3
—
D+33.6
2,554
Congressional elections · 1 Senate race
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2020
R
45.9%6,553
52.7%7,526
14,278
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Americus, GA
Year
Total registered
2016
21,127
2018
20,293
2020
21,420
2022
21,817
2024
22,669
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−228 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −4,356 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Americus, GA in Americus, GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−717
2012
−645
2013
−262
2014
−177
2015
−520
2016
−425
2017
−504
2018
−152
2019
−333
2021
−478
2022
−6
2023
+81
2024
+10
2025
−228
Americus, GA sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.0 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 57.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.6 points.
A population of 33,574, a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $44,565 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greenwood, MS and McComb, MS.
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In 2024, Americus, GA, Georgia voted Republican by 8.6 points (R+8.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,477 votes cast, 6,589 went Democratic and 7,839 went Republican.
When did Americus, GA, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Americus, GA, Georgia voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Americus, GA, Georgia?
Americus, GA, Georgia has a population of 33,574 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Americus, GA, Georgia?
Median household income in Americus, GA, Georgia is $44,565 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Americus, GA, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Americus, GA, Georgia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican.
