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
GroupBleckley CountyGeorgiaUnited States
American12.0%7.6%5.3%
English10.7%10.3%9.5%
Irish4.1%6.9%9.4%
German2.2%6.3%12.5%
Italian1.7%2.2%4.8%
Scottish1.5%1.7%1.3%
Dutch0.9%——
Welsh0.5%——
African American†25.5%27.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.8%0.5%
Mexican1.9%5.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.7%1.2%1.8%
Guatemalan0.3%0.7%0.5%
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
Bleckley County
Georgia
United States
Median age
37.7
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
13.9%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.1%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bleckley County
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$62,008
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.3%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.8%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bleckley County
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.6%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.5%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bleckley County
Georgia
United States
Catholic
—
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
35.7%
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
58.6%
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.
Bleckley County, Georgia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
1 precincts · 6,044 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Bleckley County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -PCT 1PCT 1
1,339
4,685
20
6,044
22.2%
77.5%
R+55.4
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1916–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
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
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
22.2%Harris1,339
77.5%Trump4,685
0.2%Oliver13
R+55.4
R+2.5
R+53.9
6,044
R
23.0%Biden1,311
75.8%Trump4,328
1.2%Jorgensen67
R+52.9
R+0.2
R+57.3
5,706
R
22.1%Clinton1,101
74.8%Trump3,719
2.5%Johnson123
R+52.6
R+5.5
R+54.7
4,974
R
25.8%Obama1,269
72.9%Romney3,587
1.3%
R+47.1
R+2.2
R+51.0
4,920
R
27.2%Obama1,380
72.1%McCain3,657
0.7%
R+44.9
R+2.7
R+52.2
5,071
R
28.7%Kerry1,281
70.8%Bush3,167
0.5%
R+42.2
R+11.2
R+39.7
4,471
R
34.0%Gore1,273
65.0%Bush2,436
0.0%Nader1
R+31.0
R+23.0
R+31.5
3,749
R
41.3%Clinton1,365
49.3%Dole1,632
9.1%Perot300
R+8.1
R+11.6
R+16.6
3,308
D
43.2%Clinton1,710
39.7%Bush1,570
16.7%Perot662
D+3.5
D+28.2
R+2.0
3,956
R
37.4%Dukakis1,175
62.1%Bush1,950
0.4%
R+24.7
R+11.5
R+17.0
3,138
R
43.4%Mondale1,465
56.6%Reagan1,912
0.0%
R+13.2
R+35.1
D+5.0
3,377
D
58.5%Carter2,014
36.7%Reagan1,261
4.8%
D+21.9
R+23.8
D+31.6
3,440
D
72.8%Carter2,605
27.2%Ford972
0.0%
D+45.7
D+117.6
D+43.6
3,577
R
14.0%McGovern377
86.0%Nixon2,308
0.0%
R+71.9
R+61.9
R+48.8
2,685
O
11.0%Humphrey396
20.9%Nixon756
68.1%
Wallace +47.2
D+35.0
R+9.3
3,611
R
27.5%Johnson978
72.5%Goldwater2,578
0.0%
R+45.0
R+91.9
R+67.6
3,556
D
73.4%Kennedy1,751
26.6%Nixon633
0.0%
D+46.9
R+36.8
D+46.7
2,384
D
91.9%Stevenson1,537
8.1%Eisenhower136
0.0%
D+83.7
D+5.7
D+99.1
1,673
D
89.0%Stevenson1,517
11.0%Eisenhower187
0.0%
D+78.1
D+22.6
D+88.8
1,704
D
64.0%Truman536
8.5%Dewey71
27.6%
D+55.5
R+3.1
D+51.0
838
D
79.3%Roosevelt815
20.7%Dewey213
0.0%
D+58.6
R+18.6
D+51.1
1,028
D
88.4%Roosevelt785
11.3%Willkie100
0.3%
D+77.1
R+3.4
D+67.2
888
D
90.1%Roosevelt649
9.6%Landon69
0.3%
D+80.6
R+14.0
D+56.3
720
D
97.2%Roosevelt1,338
2.7%Hoover37
0.1%
D+94.5
D+14.5
D+76.8
1,376
D
90.0%Smith641
10.0%Hoover71
0.0%
D+80.1
R+5.4
D+97.5
712
D
90.6%Davis367
5.2%Coolidge21
4.2%La Follette17
D+85.4
R+14.6
D+110.6
405
D
100.0%Cox262
0.0%Harding0
0.0%
D+100.0
D+6.8
D+126.2
262
D
94.8%Wilson362
1.6%Hughes6
3.7%
D+93.2
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D+90.0
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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
21.7%1,039
76.7%3,675
4,791
2020
R
22.3%2,514
75.8%8,538
11,257
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Bleckley County, GA
Year
Total registered
2016
7,129
2018
7,275
2020
8,015
2022
8,077
2024
8,551
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+230 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +363 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $45,283 in average income, against $69,423 for residents who stayed — 35% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+26.5 on average — 29 points more Democratic-leaning than Bleckley County, GA itself (R+55.4).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Houston County, GA51R+11.3
Dodge County, GA28R+49.9
Laurens County, GA20R+32.7
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Houston County, GA46
Dodge County, GA36
Laurens County, GA31
Pulaski County, GA22
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 Bleckley County, GA in Bleckley County, GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+47
2012
−209
2013
−147
2014
−16
2015
−17
2016
+152
2017
−93
2018
+51
2019
+28
2021
−174
2022
+85
2023
+228
2024
+198
2025
+230
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.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1920 and a Republican high of 71.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 55.4 points.
A population of 12,430, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,008 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Montgomery County and Worth 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, Bleckley County, Georgia voted Republican by 55.4 points (R+55.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,044 votes cast, 1,339 went Democratic and 4,685 went Republican.
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.
