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
GroupAtkinson CountyGeorgiaUnited States
American8.5%7.6%5.3%
Irish5.8%6.9%9.4%
English5.5%10.3%9.5%
German2.0%6.3%12.5%
Italian1.1%2.2%4.8%
Norwegian0.8%——
Scotch-Irish0.6%——
Mexican22.2%5.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.2%1.2%1.8%
Honduran1.0%0.4%0.3%
Guatemalan0.5%0.7%0.5%
Salvadoran0.5%0.5%0.7%
Spaniard0.3%——
African American†13.6%27.4%9.9%
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
Atkinson County
Georgia
United States
Median age
35.9
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
7.4%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.2%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Atkinson County
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$42,347
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
25.0%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
8.9%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Atkinson County
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
25.7%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
25.7%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Atkinson County
Georgia
United States
Catholic
1.2%
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
18.5%
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
67.3%
49.3%
51.5%
Latter-day Saints
6.2%
0.8%
2.0%
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.
Atkinson County, Georgia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
4 precincts · 3,057 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Atkinson County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -11
144
1,127
1
1,272
11.3%
88.6%
R+77.3
Precinct -33
283
580
3
866
32.7%
67.0%
R+34.3
Precinct -22
40
460
2
502
8.0%
91.6%
R+83.7
Precinct -44
233
183
1
417
55.9%
43.9%
D+12.0
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1920–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1920
+58.4%
1924
+84.6%
1928
+48.6%
1932
+89.0%
1936
+94.1%
1940
+82.7%
1944
+79.0%
1948
+77.9%
1952
+77.9%
1956
+86.7%
1960
+68.9%
1964
−17.6%
1968
+15.7%
1972
−49.9%
1976
+63.6%
1980
+31.6%
1984
−2.3%
1988
−11.8%
1992
+12.7%
1996
+2.1%
2000
−19.7%
2004
−35.1%
2008
−34.5%
2012
−34.7%
2016
−45.2%
2020
−46.8%
2024
−54.0%
DemocraticRepublican
38 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
22.9%Harris700
76.9%Trump2,350
0.2%Oliver6
R+54.0
R+7.2
R+52.5
3,057
R
26.1%Biden825
72.9%Trump2,300
1.0%Jorgensen30
R+46.8
R+1.5
R+51.2
3,155
R
26.7%Clinton697
72.0%Trump1,878
1.3%Johnson35
R+45.2
R+10.6
R+47.3
2,610
R
32.0%Obama930
66.7%Romney1,938
1.3%
R+34.7
R+0.1
R+38.5
2,907
R
32.3%Obama938
66.8%McCain1,941
0.9%
R+34.5
D+0.5
R+41.8
2,904
R
32.3%Kerry799
67.4%Bush1,666
0.3%
R+35.1
R+15.4
R+32.6
2,473
R
39.6%Gore821
59.3%Bush1,228
0.0%Nader1
R+19.7
R+21.8
R+20.2
2,071
D
45.1%Clinton823
42.9%Dole784
11.8%Perot215
D+2.1
R+10.5
R+6.4
1,826
D
48.3%Clinton1,056
35.7%Bush779
15.7%Perot342
D+12.7
D+24.5
D+7.1
2,185
R
43.8%Dukakis887
55.6%Bush1,126
0.6%
R+11.8
R+9.5
R+4.1
2,025
R
48.8%Mondale901
51.2%Reagan944
0.0%
R+2.3
R+33.9
D+15.9
1,845
D
65.2%Carter1,449
33.6%Reagan747
1.2%
D+31.6
R+32.0
D+41.3
2,222
D
81.8%Carter1,560
18.2%Ford347
0.0%
D+63.6
D+113.5
D+61.5
1,907
R
25.1%McGovern309
74.9%Nixon924
0.0%
R+49.9
R+65.6
R+26.7
1,233
O
27.1%Humphrey686
11.4%Nixon288
61.5%
Wallace +34.3
D+33.3
D+16.4
2,528
R
41.2%Johnson811
58.8%Goldwater1,157
0.1%
R+17.6
R+86.5
R+40.2
1,969
D
84.5%Kennedy1,298
15.5%Nixon239
0.0%
D+68.9
R+17.8
D+68.7
1,537
D
93.4%Stevenson1,719
6.6%Eisenhower122
0.0%
D+86.7
D+8.9
D+102.1
1,841
D
88.9%Stevenson1,560
11.1%Eisenhower194
0.0%
D+77.9
±0.0
D+88.6
1,754
D
83.8%Truman938
5.9%Dewey66
10.4%
D+77.9
R+1.1
D+73.4
1,120
D
89.5%Roosevelt766
10.5%Dewey90
0.0%
D+79.0
R+3.8
D+71.5
856
D
91.3%Roosevelt703
8.6%Willkie66
0.1%
D+82.7
R+11.4
D+72.8
770
D
97.1%Roosevelt958
2.9%Landon29
0.0%
D+94.1
D+5.1
D+69.9
987
D
94.2%Roosevelt747
5.2%Hoover41
0.6%
D+89.0
D+40.4
D+71.2
793
D
74.3%Smith350
25.7%Hoover121
0.0%
D+48.6
R+36.0
D+66.1
471
D
90.4%Davis394
5.7%Coolidge25
3.9%La Follette17
D+84.6
D+26.2
D+109.8
436
D
79.2%Cox453
20.8%Harding119
0.0%
D+58.4
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Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
22.4%502
76.4%1,709
2,238
2020
R
25.0%1,525
73.0%4,448
6,092
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Atkinson County, GA
Year
Total registered
2016
4,405
2018
4,467
2020
4,876
2022
4,804
2024
5,068
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−114 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −996 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $31,521 in average income, against $46,779 for residents who stayed — 33% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+45.1 on average — 8.8 points more Democratic-leaning than Atkinson County, GA itself (R+54.0).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Coffee County, GA65R+45.1
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Coffee County, GA70
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Atkinson County, GA in Atkinson County, GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−77
2012
−151
2013
−38
2014
−117
2015
+60
2016
−151
2017
−95
2018
+25
2019
−156
2021
+20
2022
−236
2023
+35
2024
−1
2025
−114
Atkinson County's sparse population and heavily Republican presidential margins place it among Georgia's most lopsided rural counties, where Republican candidates have routinely exceeded 70% of the vote across recent election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 54.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 7.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 54.0 points.
A population of 8,337, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $42,347 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Charlton County and Crowley County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties 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, Atkinson County, Georgia voted Republican by 54.0 points (R+54.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,057 votes cast, 700 went Democratic and 2,350 went Republican.
When did Atkinson County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Atkinson County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Atkinson County, Georgia?
Atkinson County, Georgia has a population of 8,337 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Atkinson County, Georgia?
Median household income in Atkinson County, Georgia is $42,347 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Atkinson County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Atkinson County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
