Calhoun County, Georgia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+12%. Democratic peak: D+98 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+12MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,4982024 5-year
- Median household income
- $46,9402024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 34.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 58.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Macon County, GA · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Calhoun CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Calhoun County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | +9.9% |
| 1896 | +95.9% |
| 1900 | +47.6% |
| 1904 | +82.7% |
| 1908 | +40.1% |
| 1912 | +95.3% |
| 1916 | +92.8% |
| 1920 | +97.8% |
| 1924 | +67.2% |
| 1928 | +72.5% |
| 1932 | +95.2% |
| 1936 | +96.2% |
| 1940 | +89.7% |
| 1944 | +90.4% |
| 1948 | +70.6% |
| 1952 | +69.3% |
| 1956 | +82.2% |
| 1960 | +71.9% |
| 1964 | −57.3% |
| 1968 | +24.2% |
| 1972 | −28.6% |
| 1976 | +52.3% |
| 1980 | +36.5% |
| 1984 | +16.2% |
| 1988 | +16.6% |
| 1992 | +41.5% |
| 1996 | +36.2% |
| 2000 | +18.0% |
| 2004 | +11.3% |
| 2008 | +21.7% |
| 2012 | +19.0% |
| 2016 | +17.2% |
| 2020 | +15.4% |
| 2024 | +12.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 1,153 | 900 | 2,056 | ||
| D | 1,260 | 923 | 2,194 | ||
| D | 1,179 | 830 | 2,025 | ||
| D | 1,298 | 883 | 2,189 | ||
| D | 1,342 | 862 | 2,211 | ||
| D | 1,119 | 890 | 2,019 | ||
| D | 1,107 | 768 | 1,887 | ||
| D | 1,217 | 541 | 1,868 | ||
| D | 1,301 | 464 | 2,018 | ||
| D | 901 | 644 | 1,551 | ||
| D | 1,077 | 776 | 1,853 | ||
| D | 1,414 | 652 | 2,087 | ||
| D | 1,394 | 436 | 1,830 | ||
| R | 495 | 892 | 1,387 | ||
| O | 697 | 234 | 1,910 | ||
| R | 289 | 1,066 | 1,355 | ||
| D | 803 | 131 | 934 | ||
| D | 1,094 | 107 | 1,201 | ||
| D | 810 | 147 | 957 | ||
| D | 399 | 36 | 514 | ||
| D | 736 | 37 | 773 | ||
| D | 610 | 33 | 643 | ||
| D | 777 | 14 | 793 | ||
| D | 483 | 10 | 497 | ||
| D | 571 | 91 | 662 | ||
| D | 343 | 66 | 412 | ||
| D | 449 | 5 | 454 | ||
| D | 265 | 9 | 276 | ||
| D | 328 | 5 | 339 | ||
| D | 272 | 106 | 414 | ||
| D | 345 | 19 | 394 | ||
| D | 289 | 97 | 403 | ||
| D | 406 | 5 | 418 | ||
| D | 527 | 427 | 1,014 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
14.3%
German
5.1%
Irish
3.5%
English
2.7%
Italian
0.8%
African American
46.7%
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: 40.2 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
$46,940
Calhoun County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Calhoun County$46,940
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Calhoun 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
22.8%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1831.7%
Working age (18–64)19.7%
Seniors (65+)25.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.0%
speak English only
Spanish6.8%
Other languages0.8%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Calhoun County sits in Georgia's historically Black Belt, where a majority-Black population has consistently produced double-digit Democratic margins even as rural southwest Georgia trends the other direction.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-eight points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twelve 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 $46,940 and a 23% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Macon County and Randolph County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Calhoun County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Calhoun County, Georgia voted Democratic by 12.3 points (D+12), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,056 votes cast, 1,153 went Democratic and 900 went Republican.
What is Calhoun County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Calhoun 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 31 times, Republican 2 times, and other 1 times.
When did Calhoun County, Georgia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Calhoun County, Georgia voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Calhoun County, Georgia?
Calhoun County, Georgia has a population of 5,498 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Calhoun County, Georgia?
Median household income in Calhoun County, Georgia is $46,940 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Calhoun County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Calhoun County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 31 went Democratic and 2 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.