Bacon County, Georgia: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+73%. Democratic peak: D+95 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+73MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 11,1092024 5-year
- Median household income
- $44,6942024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 73.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 13.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+95 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+80 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Jeff Davis County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Bacon CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Bacon County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | +72.4% |
| 1920 | +16.7% |
| 1924 | +83.6% |
| 1928 | +20.1% |
| 1932 | +95.5% |
| 1936 | +87.5% |
| 1940 | +78.4% |
| 1944 | +55.2% |
| 1948 | +55.1% |
| 1952 | +47.2% |
| 1956 | +72.2% |
| 1960 | +33.7% |
| 1964 | −28.9% |
| 1968 | −11.0% |
| 1972 | −80.4% |
| 1976 | +60.3% |
| 1980 | +6.3% |
| 1984 | −27.5% |
| 1988 | −28.6% |
| 1992 | +3.7% |
| 1996 | −6.6% |
| 2000 | −35.2% |
| 2004 | −50.7% |
| 2008 | −57.7% |
| 2012 | −58.5% |
| 2016 | −68.4% |
| 2020 | −72.7% |
| 2024 | −73.2% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 645 | 4,186 | 4,839 | ||
| R | 625 | 4,018 | 4,668 | ||
| R | 608 | 3,364 | 4,029 | ||
| R | 791 | 3,093 | 3,936 | ||
| R | 817 | 3,089 | 3,938 | ||
| R | 930 | 2,853 | 3,792 | ||
| R | 956 | 2,010 | 2,995 | ||
| R | 1,360 | 1,580 | 3,357 | ||
| D | 1,423 | 1,301 | 3,335 | ||
| R | 780 | 1,407 | 2,194 | ||
| R | 1,010 | 1,778 | 2,788 | ||
| D | 1,622 | 1,427 | 3,106 | ||
| D | 2,395 | 594 | 2,989 | ||
| R | 192 | 1,771 | 1,963 | ||
| O | 279 | 586 | 2,800 | ||
| R | 1,179 | 2,136 | 3,315 | ||
| D | 1,168 | 579 | 1,747 | ||
| D | 2,445 | 394 | 2,839 | ||
| D | 1,512 | 543 | 2,055 | ||
| D | 785 | 104 | 1,235 | ||
| D | 763 | 220 | 983 | ||
| D | 821 | 97 | 923 | ||
| D | 929 | 62 | 991 | ||
| D | 515 | 11 | 528 | ||
| D | 305 | 203 | 508 | ||
| D | 961 | 79 | 1,055 | ||
| D | 307 | 219 | 526 | ||
| D | 287 | 46 | 333 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.2%
Irish
9.4%
American
8.9%
German
3.8%
Scottish
3.1%
African American
10.7%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$44,694
Bacon County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Bacon County$44,694
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Bacon County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
24.5%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1832.1%
Working age (18–64)22.1%
Seniors (65+)18.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.0%
speak English only
Spanish6.5%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
This small southeast Georgia county of roughly 10,000 delivered an R+73.2 margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most one-sided jurisdictions and reflecting the deep red shift across rural wiregrass Georgia.
The Republican margin here reached eighty points in 1972. The 2024 margin was seventy-three points.
A median household income of $44,694, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 11,109 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jeff Davis County and Appling County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Bacon County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Bacon County, Georgia voted Republican by 73.2 points (R+73), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,839 votes cast, 645 went Democratic and 4,186 went Republican.
What is Bacon County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Bacon County, Georgia in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 12 times, and other 1 times.
When did Bacon County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Bacon County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Bacon County, Georgia?
Bacon County, Georgia has a population of 11,109 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bacon County, Georgia?
Median household income in Bacon County, Georgia is $44,694 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Bacon County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bacon County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.