Brooks County, Georgia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+27%. Democratic peak: D+90 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+27MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 16,2932024 5-year
- Median household income
- $46,8072024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 33.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+90 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Screven County, GA · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Brooks CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Brooks 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 | +27.6% |
| 1896 | +10.3% |
| 1900 | +58.8% |
| 1904 | +53.3% |
| 1908 | +11.6% |
| 1912 | +85.0% |
| 1916 | +78.9% |
| 1920 | +77.4% |
| 1924 | +79.6% |
| 1928 | +60.1% |
| 1932 | +89.7% |
| 1936 | +85.9% |
| 1940 | +67.9% |
| 1944 | +66.4% |
| 1948 | +46.9% |
| 1952 | +40.0% |
| 1956 | +56.8% |
| 1960 | +32.5% |
| 1964 | −39.0% |
| 1968 | +5.2% |
| 1972 | −58.2% |
| 1976 | +41.3% |
| 1980 | +17.9% |
| 1984 | −14.6% |
| 1988 | −17.4% |
| 1992 | +2.7% |
| 1996 | +5.9% |
| 2000 | −6.8% |
| 2004 | −14.1% |
| 2008 | −13.5% |
| 2012 | −6.2% |
| 2016 | −18.5% |
| 2020 | −20.7% |
| 2024 | −26.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,629 | 4,560 | 7,210 | ||
| R | 2,790 | 4,260 | 7,100 | ||
| R | 2,528 | 3,701 | 6,336 | ||
| R | 3,138 | 3,554 | 6,754 | ||
| R | 2,669 | 3,507 | 6,201 | ||
| R | 2,193 | 2,912 | 5,117 | ||
| R | 2,096 | 2,406 | 4,551 | ||
| D | 1,977 | 1,738 | 4,054 | ||
| D | 1,895 | 1,779 | 4,315 | ||
| R | 1,500 | 2,136 | 3,649 | ||
| R | 1,661 | 2,229 | 3,890 | ||
| D | 2,230 | 1,546 | 3,827 | ||
| D | 2,653 | 1,102 | 3,755 | ||
| R | 643 | 2,430 | 3,073 | ||
| O | 787 | 589 | 3,780 | ||
| R | 1,027 | 2,342 | 3,370 | ||
| D | 1,500 | 765 | 2,265 | ||
| D | 1,936 | 534 | 2,470 | ||
| D | 1,866 | 800 | 2,666 | ||
| D | 975 | 188 | 1,677 | ||
| D | 1,381 | 279 | 1,660 | ||
| D | 1,300 | 248 | 1,549 | ||
| D | 1,277 | 94 | 1,377 | ||
| D | 1,426 | 75 | 1,506 | ||
| D | 770 | 192 | 962 | ||
| D | 1,179 | 128 | 1,321 | ||
| D | 597 | 76 | 673 | ||
| D | 969 | 103 | 1,097 | ||
| D | 695 | 37 | 774 | ||
| D | 472 | 362 | 946 | ||
| D | 429 | 102 | 613 | ||
| D | 429 | 103 | 554 | ||
| D | 528 | 423 | 1,024 | ||
| D | 944 | 516 | 1,548 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
8.8%
English
8.6%
American
7.6%
German
4.7%
Scottish
1.4%
French
1.2%
Italian
1.0%
African American
27.1%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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: 43.5 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
$46,807
Brooks County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Brooks County$46,807
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Brooks County ranks in the bottom 25% 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
25.4%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1834.6%
Working age (18–64)23.5%
Seniors (65+)19.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.9%
speak English only
Spanish5.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.9%
Other Indo-European0.2%
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.
Brooks County sits in Georgia's wiregrass region, where a declining population and an agricultural economy have pushed presidential margins steadily rightward over the past decade and a half.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-seven points. The recent movement, modest against a deep Democratic baseline, mirrors a broader rightward drift across the Black Belt.
The economic context is part of the story: a median household income of $46,807 and a 25% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Screven County and Pickens County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Brooks County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Brooks County, Georgia voted Republican by 26.8 points (R+27), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,210 votes cast, 2,629 went Democratic and 4,560 went Republican.
What is Brooks County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Brooks County, Georgia in the "Black Belt" typology — Black-majority counties of the rural South — long the most Democratic ground in the region, now trending Republican at the margins. 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 22 times, Republican 11 times, and other 1 times.
When did Brooks County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Brooks County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Brooks County, Georgia?
Brooks County, Georgia has a population of 16,293 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brooks County, Georgia?
Median household income in Brooks County, Georgia is $46,807 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Brooks County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Brooks County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.