Early County, Georgia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+11%. Democratic peak: D+97 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+11MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 10,6032024 5-year
- Median household income
- $54,0832024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 41.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 53.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Morehouse Parish, LA · similarity 0.88
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Early CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Early 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 | +33.5% |
| 1896 | +25.0% |
| 1900 | +71.0% |
| 1904 | +65.2% |
| 1908 | +28.9% |
| 1912 | +86.5% |
| 1916 | +96.3% |
| 1920 | +83.6% |
| 1924 | +75.6% |
| 1928 | +49.0% |
| 1932 | +96.5% |
| 1936 | +91.7% |
| 1940 | +88.7% |
| 1944 | +91.6% |
| 1948 | +75.1% |
| 1952 | +70.9% |
| 1956 | +80.8% |
| 1960 | +76.5% |
| 1964 | −51.3% |
| 1968 | +11.7% |
| 1972 | −64.7% |
| 1976 | +35.0% |
| 1980 | +15.5% |
| 1984 | −20.0% |
| 1988 | −17.0% |
| 1992 | +12.4% |
| 1996 | +8.4% |
| 2000 | −8.8% |
| 2004 | −18.8% |
| 2008 | −2.0% |
| 2012 | +3.9% |
| 2016 | −8.0% |
| 2020 | −5.5% |
| 2024 | −11.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,158 | 2,718 | 4,879 | ||
| R | 2,437 | 2,722 | 5,187 | ||
| R | 2,168 | 2,552 | 4,803 | ||
| D | 2,765 | 2,557 | 5,359 | ||
| R | 2,603 | 2,711 | 5,335 | ||
| R | 1,701 | 2,495 | 4,219 | ||
| R | 1,622 | 1,938 | 3,585 | ||
| D | 1,648 | 1,374 | 3,273 | ||
| D | 1,970 | 1,457 | 4,143 | ||
| R | 1,359 | 1,918 | 3,281 | ||
| R | 1,494 | 2,239 | 3,733 | ||
| D | 2,110 | 1,538 | 3,682 | ||
| D | 2,405 | 1,157 | 3,562 | ||
| R | 513 | 2,396 | 2,909 | ||
| O | 785 | 327 | 3,909 | ||
| R | 771 | 2,398 | 3,169 | ||
| D | 1,904 | 254 | 2,158 | ||
| D | 1,818 | 193 | 2,011 | ||
| D | 1,803 | 307 | 2,110 | ||
| D | 1,110 | 94 | 1,353 | ||
| D | 1,753 | 77 | 1,830 | ||
| D | 1,751 | 104 | 1,857 | ||
| D | 1,107 | 46 | 1,157 | ||
| D | 1,131 | 19 | 1,152 | ||
| D | 674 | 231 | 905 | ||
| D | 351 | 22 | 435 | ||
| D | 381 | 34 | 415 | ||
| D | 442 | 4 | 455 | ||
| D | 501 | 7 | 571 | ||
| D | 375 | 173 | 699 | ||
| D | 466 | 12 | 696 | ||
| D | 355 | 42 | 441 | ||
| D | 591 | 336 | 1,020 | ||
| D | 882 | 367 | 1,538 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
13.0%
English
6.8%
Irish
2.8%
German
2.2%
Italian
1.0%
French
0.6%
African American
42.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 41.1 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
$54,083
Early County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Early County$54,083
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Early 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
23.6%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1837.5%
Working age (18–64)19.4%
Seniors (65+)17.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
99.0%
speak English only
Spanish1.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Early County sits in Georgia's historically Democratic Black Belt, but has shifted steadily toward Republican presidential margins since the early 2000s. Its small, majority-Black population makes precinct-level swings here a useful signal for rural southwest Georgia trends.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-seven points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eleven 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 $54,083 and a 24% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Morehouse Parish and Darlington County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Early County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Early County, Georgia voted Republican by 11.5 points (R+11), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,879 votes cast, 2,158 went Democratic and 2,718 went Republican.
What is Early County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Early 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 23 times, Republican 10 times, and other 1 times.
When did Early County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Early County, Georgia voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Early County, Georgia?
Early County, Georgia has a population of 10,603 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Early County, Georgia?
Median household income in Early County, Georgia is $54,083 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Early County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Early County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.