† 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
4 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
GroupValdosta, GAGeorgiaUnited States
English9.3%10.3%9.5%
American6.9%7.6%5.3%
Irish6.8%6.9%9.4%
German5.5%6.3%12.5%
Scottish1.8%1.7%1.3%
Italian1.8%2.2%4.8%
French1.0%1.0%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.8%——
African American†33.5%27.4%9.9%
African0.4%0.8%0.5%
Jamaican0.3%0.7%0.4%
Haitian0.3%0.4%0.3%
Nigerian0.2%0.5%0.2%
Mexican3.7%5.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.5%1.2%1.8%
Cuban0.4%0.3%0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%0.7%0.5%
Colombian0.3%0.4%0.4%
Spanish0.2%——
Venezuelan0.2%0.3%—
Filipino0.4%0.2%0.9%
Korean0.3%0.5%0.4%
Asian Indian0.3%1.6%1.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.6%0.6%
Pakistani0.2%——
Nepalese0.2%——
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
Valdosta, GA
Georgia
United States
Median age
33.4
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
14.4%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.3%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Valdosta, GA
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$56,519
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.2%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
25.7%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Valdosta, GA
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.1%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.6%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Valdosta, GA
Georgia
United States
Catholic
1.3%
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
34.1%
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
52.7%
49.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.0%
6.6%
5.2%
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.
Valdosta, GA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+30.9%
1896
+11.4%
1900
+40.0%
1904
+53.6%
1908
+37.6%
1912
+88.1%
1916
+86.6%
1920
+73.1%
1924
+83.7%
1928
+49.1%
1932
+90.8%
1936
+89.4%
1940
+79.9%
1944
+71.4%
1948
+39.1%
1952
+34.7%
1956
+42.3%
1960
+23.4%
1964
−24.4%
1968
−2.5%
1972
−59.5%
1976
+38.4%
1980
+5.0%
1984
−22.7%
1988
−22.8%
1992
−3.4%
1996
−2.1%
2000
−14.4%
2004
−20.9%
2008
−12.2%
2012
−11.4%
2016
−20.2%
2020
−16.5%
2024
−22.3%
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
38.6%Harris23,238
60.9%Trump36,674
0.4%
R+22.3
R+5.9
R+20.9
60,179
R
41.2%Biden24,093
57.7%Trump33,716
1.1%
R+16.5
D+3.7
R+20.9
58,472
R
38.3%Clinton18,554
58.5%Trump28,327
3.2%
R+20.2
R+8.7
R+22.3
48,452
R
43.7%Obama21,895
55.2%Romney27,618
1.1%
R+11.4
D+0.8
R+15.3
50,058
R
43.6%Obama21,529
55.8%McCain27,544
0.5%
R+12.2
D+8.7
R+19.5
49,339
R
39.3%Kerry15,871
60.2%Bush24,291
0.5%
R+20.9
R+6.5
R+18.4
40,381
R
42.1%Gore13,816
56.5%Bush18,530
1.3%
R+14.4
R+12.2
R+14.9
32,785
R
45.0%Clinton12,573
47.2%Dole13,170
7.8%
R+2.1
D+1.2
R+10.7
27,923
R
41.3%Clinton12,037
44.7%Bush13,016
14.0%
R+3.4
D+19.5
R+8.9
29,131
R
38.4%Dukakis8,870
61.3%Bush14,138
0.3%
R+22.8
R+0.1
R+15.1
23,079
R
38.6%Mondale8,796
61.4%Reagan13,971
0.0%
R+22.7
R+27.7
R+4.5
22,767
D
51.5%Carter9,850
46.5%Reagan8,897
2.0%
D+5.0
R+33.4
D+14.7
19,126
D
69.2%Carter13,337
30.8%Ford5,932
0.0%
D+38.4
D+97.9
D+36.4
19,269
R
20.2%McGovern2,919
79.8%Nixon11,496
0.0%
R+59.5
R+57.0
R+36.3
14,415
O
20.6%Humphrey3,522
23.1%Nixon3,956
56.3%
Wallace +33.2
D+21.9
R+1.8
17,118
R
37.8%Johnson6,235
62.2%Goldwater10,271
0.0%
R+24.4
R+47.9
R+47.0
16,508
D
61.7%Kennedy6,411
38.3%Nixon3,979
0.0%
D+23.4
R+18.9
D+23.2
10,390
D
71.2%Stevenson7,290
28.8%Eisenhower2,955
0.0%
D+42.3
D+7.6
D+57.7
10,245
D
67.4%Stevenson6,488
32.6%Eisenhower3,143
0.0%
D+34.7
R+4.4
D+45.5
9,631
D
52.8%Truman3,660
13.6%Dewey946
33.6%
D+39.1
R+32.3
D+34.6
6,938
D
85.7%Roosevelt4,564
14.3%Dewey762
0.0%
D+71.4
R+8.5
D+63.9
5,326
D
89.8%Roosevelt4,899
9.9%Willkie542
0.3%
D+79.9
R+9.5
D+69.9
5,456
D
94.3%Roosevelt5,476
4.9%Landon284
0.8%
D+89.4
R+1.4
D+65.1
5,809
D
95.2%Roosevelt3,891
4.4%Hoover180
0.4%
D+90.8
D+41.7
D+73.0
4,086
D
74.6%Smith2,800
25.4%Hoover955
0.0%
D+49.1
R+34.5
D+66.6
3,755
D
90.7%Davis3,112
7.1%Coolidge242
2.2%
D+83.7
D+10.6
D+108.9
3,430
D
86.6%Cox1,905
13.4%Harding296
0.0%
D+73.1
R+13.5
D+99.3
2,201
D
91.6%Wilson3,012
5.0%Hughes163
3.4%
D+86.6
R+1.5
D+83.5
3,288
D
91.4%Wilson1,686
3.3%Taft61
5.3%
D+88.1
D+50.5
D+68.6
1,844
D
63.8%Bryan1,293
26.2%Taft531
10.1%
D+37.6
R+16.0
D+47.1
2,028
D
73.7%Parker1,476
20.1%Roosevelt403
6.1%
D+53.6
D+13.6
D+73.3
2,002
D
68.7%Bryan1,003
28.6%McKinley418
2.7%
D+40.0
D+28.6
D+47.6
1,461
D
53.1%Bryan1,288
41.7%McKinley1,011
5.2%
D+11.4
R+19.5
D+17.5
2,426
D
60.6%Cleveland2,202
29.7%Harrison1,079
9.8%
D+30.9
—
D+29.2
3,636
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
39.6%22,837
58.2%33,583
57,685
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Valdosta, GA
Year
Total registered
2016
84,427
2018
91,505
2020
102,087
2022
103,944
2024
108,284
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−142 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −747 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Valdosta, GA in Valdosta, GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+810
2012
+548
2013
−2,410
2014
−668
2015
−1,292
2016
−25
2017
+87
2018
−20
2019
+409
2021
+138
2022
+280
2023
+910
2024
+628
2025
−142
Moody Air Force Base anchors a economy that blends defense employment with timber and row-crop agriculture, producing a voter profile that has leaned Republican by double digits in recent presidential cycles while retaining a substantial Black electorate concentrated in Lowndes County's urban core.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 90.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 59.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.3 points.
A population of 150,188, a 52% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,519 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Tuscaloosa, AL and Troy, AL.
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In 2024, Valdosta, GA, Georgia voted Republican by 22.3 points (R+22.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 60,179 votes cast, 23,238 went Democratic and 36,674 went Republican.
When did Valdosta, GA, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Valdosta, GA, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Valdosta, GA, Georgia?
Valdosta, GA, Georgia has a population of 150,188 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Valdosta, GA, Georgia?
Median household income in Valdosta, GA, Georgia is $56,519 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Valdosta, GA, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Valdosta, GA, Georgia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
