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
GroupBrantley CountyGeorgiaUnited States
American10.4%7.6%5.3%
English8.8%10.3%9.5%
Irish7.6%6.9%9.4%
German4.8%6.3%12.5%
Polish0.9%0.8%2.2%
Scottish0.9%1.7%1.3%
Italian0.8%2.2%4.8%
French0.7%1.0%1.6%
African American†3.0%27.4%9.9%
Jamaican0.2%0.7%0.4%
Mexican2.7%5.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%1.2%1.8%
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
Brantley County
Georgia
United States
Median age
40.5
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
8.2%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.3%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Brantley County
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$58,239
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.1%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
14.5%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Brantley County
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.6%
15.5%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Brantley County
Georgia
United States
Catholic
—
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
30.8%
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
66.3%
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.
Brantley County, Georgia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
3 precincts · 8,500 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Brantley County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -22
290
2,739
13
3,042
9.5%
90.0%
R+80.5
Precinct -33
280
2,660
4
2,944
9.5%
90.4%
R+80.8
Precinct -11
166
2,345
3
2,514
6.6%
93.3%
R+86.7
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1924–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1924
+82.1%
1928
−1.8%
1932
+93.6%
1936
+85.1%
1940
+86.7%
1944
+62.7%
1948
+50.1%
1952
+59.4%
1956
+68.2%
1960
+59.0%
1964
−15.0%
1968
+3.5%
1972
−64.9%
1976
+73.0%
1980
+39.8%
1984
−5.1%
1988
−3.0%
1992
+8.0%
1996
−6.7%
2000
−38.2%
2004
−54.7%
2008
−63.1%
2012
−66.9%
2016
−78.5%
2020
−81.2%
2024
−82.4%
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
8.7%Harris736
91.1%Trump7,744
0.2%Oliver16
R+82.4
R+1.2
R+81.0
8,500
R
9.0%Biden699
90.3%Trump6,991
0.7%Jorgensen56
R+81.2
R+2.7
R+85.7
7,746
R
9.8%Clinton619
88.4%Trump5,567
1.7%Johnson106
R+78.5
R+11.7
R+80.6
6,301
R
15.6%Obama939
82.5%Romney4,964
1.9%
R+66.9
R+3.8
R+70.7
6,020
R
17.8%Obama1,119
80.9%McCain5,080
1.2%
R+63.1
R+8.4
R+70.4
6,277
R
22.4%Kerry1,258
77.0%Bush4,333
0.6%
R+54.7
R+16.4
R+52.2
5,626
R
30.0%Gore1,372
68.3%Bush3,118
0.1%Nader5
R+38.2
R+31.5
R+38.8
4,566
R
41.1%Clinton1,494
47.8%Dole1,738
10.6%Perot386
R+6.7
R+14.7
R+15.2
3,634
D
44.1%Clinton1,883
36.1%Bush1,541
19.7%Perot840
D+8.0
D+11.0
D+2.4
4,274
R
48.2%Dukakis1,450
51.2%Bush1,539
0.6%
R+3.0
D+2.1
D+4.8
3,007
R
47.5%Mondale1,517
52.5%Reagan1,679
0.0%
R+5.1
R+44.8
D+13.2
3,196
D
69.4%Carter2,066
29.6%Reagan882
1.0%
D+39.8
R+33.2
D+49.5
2,977
D
86.5%Carter2,294
13.5%Ford358
0.0%
D+73.0
D+137.9
D+70.9
2,652
R
17.6%McGovern338
82.4%Nixon1,587
0.0%
R+64.9
R+68.4
R+41.7
1,925
O
14.0%Humphrey317
10.5%Nixon237
75.5%
Wallace +61.5
D+18.6
D+4.2
2,263
R
42.5%Johnson909
57.5%Goldwater1,231
0.0%
R+15.0
R+74.0
R+37.6
2,140
D
79.5%Kennedy1,333
20.5%Nixon344
0.0%
D+59.0
R+9.3
D+58.8
1,677
D
84.1%Stevenson1,208
15.9%Eisenhower228
0.0%
D+68.2
D+8.9
D+83.6
1,436
D
79.7%Stevenson1,082
20.3%Eisenhower276
0.0%
D+59.4
D+9.2
D+70.1
1,358
D
60.4%Truman463
10.3%Dewey79
29.2%
D+50.1
R+12.5
D+45.6
766
D
81.3%Roosevelt540
18.7%Dewey124
0.0%
D+62.7
R+24.0
D+55.2
664
D
93.2%Roosevelt960
6.5%Willkie67
0.3%
D+86.7
D+1.6
D+76.8
1,030
D
92.1%Roosevelt527
7.0%Landon40
0.9%
D+85.1
R+8.4
D+60.9
572
D
96.7%Roosevelt693
3.1%Hoover22
0.3%
D+93.6
D+95.4
D+75.8
717
R
49.1%Smith166
50.9%Hoover172
0.0%
R+1.8
R+83.9
D+15.7
338
D
85.3%Davis238
3.2%Coolidge9
11.5%La Follette32
D+82.1
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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
8.2%477
90.2%5,275
5,846
2020
R
8.9%1,340
89.0%13,358
15,004
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Brantley County, GA
Year
Total registered
2016
10,326
2018
10,628
2020
11,883
2022
12,146
2024
12,913
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+274 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +1,555 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $42,841 in average income, against $55,947 for residents who stayed — 23% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+39.7 on average — 43 points more Democratic-leaning than Brantley County, GA itself (R+82.4).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Glynn County, GA117R+26.0
Ware County, GA61R+43.2
Pierce County, GA39R+77.5
Camden County, GA20R+35.7
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Glynn County, GA85
Ware County, GA62
Pierce County, GA42
Wayne County, GA22
Camden 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 Brantley County, GA in Brantley County, GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+87
2012
−22
2013
−296
2014
+99
2015
+41
2016
−61
2017
+372
2018
+133
2019
+118
2021
+146
2022
+136
2023
+199
2024
+329
2025
+274
This rural southeast Georgia county of roughly 15,000 delivered an R+82.5 margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided presidential results in the state and reflecting the deep partisan sorting common across Georgia's wiregrass region.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 82.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 82.4 points.
A population of 18,315, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,239 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Holmes County and Adair 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, Brantley County, Georgia voted Republican by 82.4 points (R+82.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,500 votes cast, 736 went Democratic and 7,744 went Republican.
When did Brantley County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Brantley County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Brantley County, Georgia?
Brantley County, Georgia has a population of 18,315 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brantley County, Georgia?
Median household income in Brantley County, Georgia is $58,239 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Brantley County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Brantley County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
