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
GroupBen Hill CountyGeorgiaUnited States
English7.9%10.3%9.5%
American5.6%7.6%5.3%
Irish3.3%6.9%9.4%
German3.2%6.3%12.5%
Scottish1.2%1.7%1.3%
French0.7%1.0%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.7%——
Italian0.4%2.2%4.8%
African American†37.7%27.4%9.9%
African0.2%0.8%0.5%
Mexican4.0%5.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.1%1.2%1.8%
Dominican0.2%—0.7%
Argentinean0.2%——
Colombian0.2%0.4%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
Ben Hill County
Georgia
United States
Median age
38.7
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
7.4%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.1%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Ben Hill County
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$41,758
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
25.2%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
13.0%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Ben Hill County
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.1%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
5.7%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Ben Hill County
Georgia
United States
Catholic
0.6%
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
53.8%
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
37.2%
49.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.1%
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.
Ben Hill County, Georgia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
1 precincts · 6,501 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Ben Hill County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -11
2,199
4,281
21
6,501
33.8%
65.9%
R+32.0
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1908–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1908
−0.5%
1912
+60.2%
1916
+80.5%
1920
+40.1%
1924
+42.1%
1928
+37.2%
1932
+84.3%
1936
+77.4%
1940
+73.6%
1944
+69.2%
1948
+64.1%
1952
+49.2%
1956
+59.0%
1960
+54.2%
1964
−15.7%
1968
+6.4%
1972
−49.9%
1976
+50.1%
1980
+26.7%
1984
−10.9%
1988
−3.5%
1992
+19.5%
1996
+16.7%
2000
−3.2%
2004
−20.8%
2008
−13.7%
2012
−14.8%
2016
−27.6%
2020
−26.2%
2024
−32.0%
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
33.8%Harris2,199
65.9%Trump4,281
0.2%Oliver14
R+32.0
R+5.8
R+30.6
6,501
R
36.5%Biden2,392
62.7%Trump4,110
0.9%Jorgensen58
R+26.2
D+1.4
R+30.6
6,560
R
35.4%Clinton2,101
63.0%Trump3,739
1.5%Johnson91
R+27.6
R+12.8
R+29.7
5,936
R
42.1%Obama2,512
56.9%Romney3,396
1.0%
R+14.8
R+1.1
R+18.7
5,970
R
42.9%Obama2,590
56.6%McCain3,417
0.5%
R+13.7
D+7.1
R+21.0
6,036
R
39.3%Kerry2,180
60.1%Bush3,331
0.6%
R+20.8
R+17.6
R+18.3
5,545
R
47.9%Gore2,234
51.1%Bush2,381
1.0%
R+3.2
R+19.8
R+3.7
4,661
D
53.8%Clinton2,198
37.1%Dole1,516
8.8%Perot358
D+16.7
R+2.9
D+8.2
4,088
D
52.6%Clinton2,348
33.1%Bush1,476
13.9%Perot619
D+19.5
D+23.1
D+14.0
4,464
R
47.7%Dukakis1,867
51.2%Bush2,005
1.2%
R+3.5
D+7.4
D+4.2
3,918
R
44.6%Mondale1,859
55.4%Reagan2,313
0.0%
R+10.9
R+37.6
D+7.3
4,172
D
62.6%Carter2,544
35.9%Reagan1,459
1.6%
D+26.7
R+23.4
D+36.4
4,067
D
75.1%Carter2,449
24.9%Ford814
0.0%
D+50.1
D+100.0
D+48.0
3,263
R
25.0%McGovern703
75.0%Nixon2,104
0.0%
R+49.9
R+56.3
R+26.8
2,807
O
26.0%Humphrey876
19.6%Nixon661
54.4%
Wallace +28.4
D+22.0
D+7.1
3,371
R
42.2%Johnson1,523
57.8%Goldwater2,089
0.0%
R+15.7
R+69.9
R+38.2
3,613
D
77.1%Kennedy1,881
22.9%Nixon558
0.0%
D+54.2
R+4.8
D+54.1
2,439
D
79.5%Stevenson2,150
20.5%Eisenhower554
0.0%
D+59.0
D+9.8
D+74.4
2,704
D
74.6%Stevenson2,048
25.4%Eisenhower697
0.0%
D+49.2
R+14.9
D+60.0
2,745
D
75.8%Truman1,438
11.8%Dewey223
12.4%
D+64.1
R+5.1
D+59.6
1,896
D
84.6%Roosevelt1,046
15.4%Dewey190
0.1%
D+69.2
R+4.4
D+61.7
1,237
D
86.6%Roosevelt1,206
13.0%Willkie181
0.4%
D+73.6
R+3.7
D+63.7
1,392
D
88.6%Roosevelt1,147
11.3%Landon146
0.1%
D+77.4
R+7.0
D+53.1
1,294
D
91.9%Roosevelt1,026
7.6%Hoover85
0.4%
D+84.3
D+47.1
D+66.5
1,116
D
68.6%Smith1,006
31.4%Hoover460
0.0%
D+37.2
R+4.9
D+54.7
1,466
D
59.9%Davis507
17.7%Coolidge150
22.4%La Follette190
D+42.1
D+2.0
D+67.3
847
D
70.1%Cox543
29.9%Harding232
0.0%
D+40.1
R+40.4
D+66.3
775
D
81.5%Wilson627
1.0%Hughes8
17.4%
D+80.5
D+20.3
D+77.4
769
D
64.3%Wilson535
4.1%Taft34
31.6%
D+60.2
D+60.7
D+40.7
832
R
41.9%Bryan407
42.4%Taft412
15.7%
R+0.5
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D+9.0
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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
34.8%1,767
63.7%3,235
5,075
2020
R
35.5%4,588
62.6%8,085
12,921
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Ben Hill County, GA
Year
Total registered
2016
9,707
2018
9,797
2020
10,816
2022
10,888
2024
11,243
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+58 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −940 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $35,335 in average income, against $62,104 for residents who stayed — 43% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+47.5 on average — 15 points more Republican-leaning than Ben Hill County, GA itself (R+32.0).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Irwin County, GA66R+54.2
Tift County, GA32R+35.7
Coffee County, GA28R+45.1
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Irwin County, GA82
Tift County, GA34
Coffee County, GA20
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 Ben Hill County, GA in Ben Hill County, GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−106
2012
−42
2013
−121
2014
−16
2015
−134
2016
−110
2017
−212
2018
−211
2019
−100
2021
+69
2022
+19
2023
+114
2024
−148
2025
+58
Ben Hill's roughly 17,000 residents are split between the city of Fitzgerald and rural farmland, a mix that once produced competitive results but has shifted toward lopsided Republican margins in recent presidential contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 84.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 49.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 5.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.0 points.
A population of 17,089, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $41,758 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Turner County and Monroe 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, Ben Hill County, Georgia voted Republican by 32.0 points (R+32.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,501 votes cast, 2,199 went Democratic and 4,281 went Republican.
When did Ben Hill County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ben Hill County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Ben Hill County, Georgia?
Ben Hill County, Georgia has a population of 17,089 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ben Hill County, Georgia?
Median household income in Ben Hill County, Georgia is $41,758 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Ben Hill County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Ben Hill County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
