Bryan County, Georgia: Realigning Affluent Suburb county. In 2024, voted R+36%. Democratic peak: D+90 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+36MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
- Population
- 48,2632024 5-year
- Median household income
- $103,4082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 13.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+90 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hall County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Bryan CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Bryan County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Harris +50Trump +50
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 | +32.7% |
| 1896 | +20.0% |
| 1900 | +19.4% |
| 1904 | +29.4% |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +77.7% |
| 1916 | +86.6% |
| 1920 | +78.6% |
| 1924 | +89.9% |
| 1928 | +18.4% |
| 1932 | +90.1% |
| 1936 | +81.4% |
| 1940 | +89.2% |
| 1944 | +76.9% |
| 1948 | +57.5% |
| 1952 | +49.2% |
| 1956 | +57.9% |
| 1960 | +51.1% |
| 1964 | −25.2% |
| 1968 | +7.6% |
| 1972 | −68.5% |
| 1976 | +45.8% |
| 1980 | +23.3% |
| 1984 | −23.7% |
| 1988 | −32.6% |
| 1992 | −12.8% |
| 1996 | −22.7% |
| 2000 | −37.7% |
| 2004 | −47.8% |
| 2008 | −42.6% |
| 2012 | −43.4% |
| 2016 | −42.7% |
| 2020 | −35.2% |
| 2024 | −36.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 7,779 | 16,738 | 24,663 | ||
| R | 6,739 | 14,244 | 21,340 | ||
| R | 4,014 | 10,529 | 15,271 | ||
| R | 3,707 | 9,560 | 13,476 | ||
| R | 3,636 | 9,112 | 12,845 | ||
| R | 2,590 | 7,363 | 9,994 | ||
| R | 2,172 | 4,835 | 7,059 | ||
| R | 2,152 | 3,577 | 6,269 | ||
| R | 2,031 | 2,789 | 5,928 | ||
| R | 1,423 | 2,802 | 4,235 | ||
| R | 1,398 | 2,265 | 3,663 | ||
| D | 1,966 | 1,212 | 3,235 | ||
| D | 2,045 | 761 | 2,806 | ||
| R | 263 | 1,409 | 1,672 | ||
| O | 560 | 381 | 2,369 | ||
| R | 857 | 1,433 | 2,290 | ||
| D | 1,323 | 428 | 1,751 | ||
| D | 1,242 | 331 | 1,573 | ||
| D | 971 | 331 | 1,302 | ||
| D | 1,147 | 135 | 1,759 | ||
| D | 688 | 90 | 778 | ||
| D | 874 | 49 | 925 | ||
| D | 632 | 63 | 699 | ||
| D | 353 | 17 | 373 | ||
| D | 219 | 151 | 370 | ||
| D | 196 | 9 | 208 | ||
| D | 175 | 21 | 196 | ||
| D | 295 | 17 | 321 | ||
| D | 236 | 23 | 274 | ||
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| D | 259 | 125 | 456 | ||
| D | 246 | 165 | 417 | ||
| D | 259 | 171 | 439 | ||
| D | 292 | 147 | 443 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
16.7%
German
14.0%
Irish
11.7%
American
8.1%
Italian
7.4%
French
2.0%
Scottish
2.0%
African American
10.7%
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: 35.0 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
$103,408
Bryan County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Bryan County$103,408
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Bryan County ranks in the top 5% 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
6.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.5%
Working age (18–64)5.9%
Seniors (65+)6.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.4%
speak English only
Spanish5.4%
Other Indo-European3.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other languages0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Bryan County sits at the southeastern edge of Georgia's development corridor, drawing suburban spillover from Savannah while maintaining lopsided Republican presidential margins — R+36.3 in 2024 — that have held steady across recent cycles.
Once reliably Republican — a margin of sixty-nine points in 1972 at its widest — Bryan County has trended Democratic. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-six points.
A median household income of $103,408 — among the higher at this geographic scale — and a population of 48,263 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hall County and Coweta County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Bryan County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Bryan County, Georgia voted Republican by 36.3 points (R+36), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 24,663 votes cast, 7,779 went Democratic and 16,738 went Republican.
What is Bryan County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Bryan County, Georgia in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology — College-educated, affluent suburbs — the one bloc moving toward the Democratic Party. 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 19 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.
When did Bryan County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Bryan County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Bryan County, Georgia?
Bryan County, Georgia has a population of 48,263 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bryan County, Georgia?
Median household income in Bryan County, Georgia is $103,408 — above the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Bryan County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bryan County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.