† 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
GroupThomsonGeorgiaUnited States
African American†65.3%27.4%9.9%
African0.7%0.8%0.5%
American7.7%7.6%5.3%
Irish4.5%6.9%9.4%
English4.3%10.3%9.5%
German2.9%6.3%12.5%
French1.0%1.0%1.6%
Scottish0.8%1.7%1.3%
Italian0.6%2.2%4.8%
Norwegian0.5%——
Mexican2.1%5.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.2%1.2%1.8%
Dominican0.9%—0.7%
Costa Rican0.3%——
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
Thomson
Georgia
United States
Median age
38.1
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
8.0%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.8%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Thomson
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$42,180
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
28.8%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
13.3%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Thomson
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.3%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.1%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Thomson
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.
Thomson, Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+13.9%
2008
+24.0%
2012
+16.6%
2016
+17.8%
2020
+16.8%
2024
+27.0%
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
63.3%Harris1,676
36.3%Trump962
0.4%
D+27.0
D+10.2
D+28.4
2,649
D
57.8%Biden1,615
41.0%Trump1,146
1.2%
D+16.8
R+1.0
D+12.3
2,794
D
58.3%Clinton1,508
40.5%Trump1,048
1.2%
D+17.8
D+1.2
D+15.7
2,586
D
57.9%Obama1,638
41.3%Romney1,168
0.9%
D+16.6
R+7.4
D+12.7
2,831
D
61.3%Obama1,519
37.3%McCain925
1.3%
D+24.0
D+10.1
D+16.7
2,477
D
56.6%Kerry1,104
42.7%Bush833
0.6%
D+13.9
—
D+16.4
1,949
Thomson sits in the eastern Georgia Piedmont, where small-city county seats like this one have trended heavily toward Republican margins in recent cycles while retaining a substantial Black voting-age population that shapes local contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.0 points.
A population of 6,821, a 25% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $42,180 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of McComb and El Dorado.
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, Thomson, Georgia voted Democratic by 27.0 points (D+27.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,649 votes cast, 1,676 went Democratic and 962 went Republican.
How many people live in Thomson, Georgia?
Thomson, Georgia has a population of 6,821 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Thomson, Georgia?
Median household income in Thomson, Georgia is $42,180 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Thomson, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Thomson, Georgia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
