† 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
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · 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
GroupSavannahGeorgiaUnited States
African American†47.5%27.4%9.9%
African1.3%0.8%0.5%
Jamaican1.3%0.7%0.4%
Nigerian0.4%0.5%0.2%
Haitian0.3%0.4%0.3%
West Indian0.3%——
English7.9%10.3%9.5%
Irish7.5%6.9%9.4%
German6.4%6.3%12.5%
American3.8%7.6%5.3%
Italian2.6%2.2%4.8%
Scottish1.4%1.7%1.3%
French1.0%1.0%1.6%
Polish0.9%0.8%2.2%
Mexican2.9%5.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.4%1.2%1.8%
Guatemalan0.5%0.7%0.5%
Honduran0.5%0.4%0.3%
Cuban0.4%0.3%0.7%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Nicaraguan0.2%——
Colombian0.2%0.4%0.4%
Asian Indian1.0%1.6%1.4%
Chinese0.7%0.6%1.3%
Filipino0.5%0.2%0.9%
Vietnamese0.3%0.6%0.6%
Korean0.3%0.5%0.4%
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
Savannah
Georgia
United States
Median age
34
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
13.9%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.2%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Savannah
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$57,137
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.7%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
33.3%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Savannah
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.4%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
5.4%
8.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.4%
1.6%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Savannah
Georgia
United States
Catholic
—
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.3%
51.5%
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.
Savannah, Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+37.8%
2008
+49.4%
2012
+47.4%
2016
+47.6%
2020
+48.8%
2024
+46.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
72.8%Harris45,953
26.4%Trump16,674
0.8%
D+46.4
R+2.5
D+47.8
63,141
D
73.7%Biden44,486
24.8%Trump14,990
1.5%
D+48.8
D+1.2
D+44.4
60,393
D
72.2%Clinton37,772
24.6%Trump12,881
3.1%
D+47.6
D+0.2
D+45.5
52,287
D
73.1%Obama38,381
25.7%Romney13,494
1.3%
D+47.4
R+2.0
D+43.5
52,537
D
74.2%Obama42,313
24.9%McCain14,174
0.9%
D+49.4
D+11.6
D+42.1
56,992
D
68.5%Kerry30,795
30.7%Bush13,815
0.8%
D+37.8
—
D+40.2
44,977
Savannah's electorate blends a majority-Black urban core with a fast-growing hospitality and logistics workforce, producing Democratic margins in municipal races while countywide contests remain more competitive.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.4 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.4 points.
A population of 147,898, a 36% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,137 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Birmingham and Norfolk.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Savannah, Georgia voted Democratic by 46.4 points (D+46.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 63,141 votes cast, 45,953 went Democratic and 16,674 went Republican.
How many people live in Savannah, Georgia?
Savannah, Georgia has a population of 147,898 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Savannah, Georgia?
Median household income in Savannah, Georgia is $57,137 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Savannah, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Savannah, Georgia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
