Dougherty County, Georgia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+41%. Democratic peak: D+92 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+41MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 83,0912024 5-year
- Median household income
- $49,0442024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 23.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 70.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Richland County, SC · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Dougherty CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Dougherty County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican 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 | +47.4% |
| 1896 | +53.6% |
| 1900 | +84.4% |
| 1904 | +82.7% |
| 1908 | +56.9% |
| 1912 | +92.1% |
| 1916 | +89.8% |
| 1920 | +71.1% |
| 1924 | +68.3% |
| 1928 | +44.3% |
| 1932 | +90.6% |
| 1936 | +90.9% |
| 1940 | +84.7% |
| 1944 | +80.9% |
| 1948 | +48.5% |
| 1952 | +27.3% |
| 1956 | +11.9% |
| 1960 | +2.2% |
| 1964 | −41.8% |
| 1968 | −9.5% |
| 1972 | −56.1% |
| 1976 | +10.2% |
| 1980 | +2.6% |
| 1984 | −13.5% |
| 1988 | −9.6% |
| 1992 | +9.0% |
| 1996 | +16.0% |
| 2000 | +15.1% |
| 2004 | +18.1% |
| 2008 | +35.0% |
| 2012 | +39.1% |
| 2016 | +38.1% |
| 2020 | +40.0% |
| 2024 | +41.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 23,831 | 9,904 | 33,850 | ||
| D | 24,577 | 10,454 | 35,311 | ||
| D | 23,311 | 10,232 | 34,303 | ||
| D | 26,295 | 11,449 | 37,975 | ||
| D | 26,135 | 12,547 | 38,846 | ||
| D | 19,805 | 13,711 | 33,687 | ||
| D | 16,650 | 12,248 | 29,064 | ||
| D | 15,600 | 11,144 | 27,872 | ||
| D | 15,236 | 12,455 | 30,931 | ||
| R | 12,579 | 15,520 | 30,517 | ||
| R | 12,904 | 16,920 | 29,824 | ||
| D | 13,430 | 12,726 | 26,615 | ||
| D | 11,461 | 9,337 | 20,798 | ||
| R | 3,625 | 12,878 | 16,503 | ||
| O | 3,831 | 5,611 | 18,762 | ||
| R | 5,248 | 12,776 | 18,024 | ||
| D | 4,522 | 4,323 | 8,845 | ||
| D | 4,126 | 3,248 | 7,374 | ||
| D | 4,435 | 2,535 | 6,970 | ||
| D | 2,517 | 614 | 3,921 | ||
| D | 3,199 | 338 | 3,537 | ||
| D | 2,175 | 180 | 2,356 | ||
| D | 2,591 | 122 | 2,716 | ||
| D | 2,012 | 95 | 2,117 | ||
| D | 982 | 379 | 1,361 | ||
| D | 1,065 | 167 | 1,314 | ||
| D | 621 | 105 | 726 | ||
| D | 836 | 37 | 890 | ||
| D | 731 | 21 | 771 | ||
| D | 583 | 158 | 747 | ||
| D | 475 | 45 | 520 | ||
| D | 360 | 29 | 392 | ||
| D | 404 | 120 | 530 | ||
| D | 1,254 | 446 | 1,706 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
6.9%
English
4.0%
Irish
3.5%
German
3.0%
Italian
1.1%
Scottish
0.7%
French
0.6%
African American
56.4%
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: 36.6 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
$49,044
Dougherty County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Dougherty County$49,044
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Dougherty 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
25.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1836.1%
Working age (18–64)21.6%
Seniors (65+)18.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.5%
speak English only
Spanish3.0%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Anchored by Albany, Dougherty County posts some of the widest Democratic presidential margins in Georgia, driven by a majority-Black population and an urban core that has shaped its political identity for decades.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-two points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-one points.
The economic context is part of the story: a median household income of $49,044 and a 25% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Richland County and Hampton city.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Dougherty County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Dougherty County, Georgia voted Democratic by 41.1 points (D+41), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 33,850 votes cast, 23,831 went Democratic and 9,904 went Republican.
What is Dougherty County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Dougherty 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 29 times, Republican 4 times, and other 1 times.
When did Dougherty County, Georgia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Dougherty County, Georgia voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Dougherty County, Georgia?
Dougherty County, Georgia has a population of 83,091 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dougherty County, Georgia?
Median household income in Dougherty County, Georgia is $49,044 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Dougherty County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Dougherty County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 29 went Democratic and 4 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.