Bleckley County, Georgia: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+55%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+55MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 12,4302024 5-year
- Median household income
- $62,0082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 26.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- West Carroll Parish, LA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Bleckley CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Bleckley County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +93.2% |
| 1920 | +100.0% |
| 1924 | +85.4% |
| 1928 | +80.1% |
| 1932 | +94.5% |
| 1936 | +80.6% |
| 1940 | +77.1% |
| 1944 | +58.6% |
| 1948 | +55.5% |
| 1952 | +78.1% |
| 1956 | +83.7% |
| 1960 | +46.9% |
| 1964 | −45.0% |
| 1968 | −10.0% |
| 1972 | −71.9% |
| 1976 | +45.7% |
| 1980 | +21.9% |
| 1984 | −13.2% |
| 1988 | −24.7% |
| 1992 | +3.5% |
| 1996 | −8.1% |
| 2000 | −31.0% |
| 2004 | −42.2% |
| 2008 | −44.9% |
| 2012 | −47.1% |
| 2016 | −52.6% |
| 2020 | −52.9% |
| 2024 | −55.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,339 | 4,685 | 6,044 | ||
| R | 1,311 | 4,328 | 5,706 | ||
| R | 1,101 | 3,719 | 4,974 | ||
| R | 1,269 | 3,587 | 4,920 | ||
| R | 1,380 | 3,657 | 5,071 | ||
| R | 1,281 | 3,167 | 4,471 | ||
| R | 1,273 | 2,436 | 3,749 | ||
| R | 1,365 | 1,632 | 3,308 | ||
| D | 1,710 | 1,570 | 3,956 | ||
| R | 1,175 | 1,950 | 3,138 | ||
| R | 1,465 | 1,912 | 3,377 | ||
| D | 2,014 | 1,261 | 3,440 | ||
| D | 2,605 | 972 | 3,577 | ||
| R | 377 | 2,308 | 2,685 | ||
| O | 396 | 756 | 3,611 | ||
| R | 978 | 2,578 | 3,556 | ||
| D | 1,751 | 633 | 2,384 | ||
| D | 1,537 | 136 | 1,673 | ||
| D | 1,517 | 187 | 1,704 | ||
| D | 536 | 71 | 838 | ||
| D | 815 | 213 | 1,028 | ||
| D | 785 | 100 | 888 | ||
| D | 649 | 69 | 720 | ||
| D | 1,338 | 37 | 1,376 | ||
| D | 641 | 71 | 712 | ||
| D | 367 | 21 | 405 | ||
| D | 262 | 0 | 262 | ||
| D | 362 | 6 | 382 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
12.0%
English
10.7%
Irish
4.1%
German
2.2%
Italian
1.7%
Scottish
1.5%
African American
20.9%
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: 37.7 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
$62,008
Bleckley County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Bleckley County$62,008
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Bleckley County ranks near the middle 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
19.3%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1831.6%
Working age (18–64)16.1%
Seniors (65+)13.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.4%
speak English only
Spanish1.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Bleckley County, anchored by the small city of Cochran, posts some of Georgia's widest Republican presidential margins — a pattern consistent across the past several election cycles in this sparsely populated Middle Georgia county.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at seventy-two points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-five points.
A median household income of $62,008, a 19% poverty rate, and a 68% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of West Carroll Parish and Bacon County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Bleckley County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Bleckley County, Georgia voted Republican by 55.4 points (R+55), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,044 votes cast, 1,339 went Democratic and 4,685 went Republican.
What is Bleckley County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Bleckley County, Georgia in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 Bleckley County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Bleckley County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Bleckley County, Georgia?
Bleckley County, Georgia has a population of 12,430 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bleckley County, Georgia?
Median household income in Bleckley County, Georgia is $62,008 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Bleckley County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bleckley County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.