Jenkins County, Georgia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+30%. Democratic peak: D+93 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+30MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 8,7112024 5-year
- Median household income
- $44,3892024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 54.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 37.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+93 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Howard County, AR · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Jenkins CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Jenkins 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 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | +42.6% |
| 1912 | +86.6% |
| 1916 | +92.1% |
| 1920 | +74.2% |
| 1924 | +76.7% |
| 1928 | +10.4% |
| 1932 | +92.5% |
| 1936 | +93.0% |
| 1940 | +86.2% |
| 1944 | +74.7% |
| 1948 | +51.3% |
| 1952 | +52.0% |
| 1956 | +58.6% |
| 1960 | +62.4% |
| 1964 | −24.9% |
| 1968 | +5.1% |
| 1972 | −57.0% |
| 1976 | +52.7% |
| 1980 | +32.4% |
| 1984 | −11.6% |
| 1988 | −14.9% |
| 1992 | +17.3% |
| 1996 | +15.5% |
| 2000 | −2.6% |
| 2004 | −11.9% |
| 2008 | −13.2% |
| 2012 | −11.8% |
| 2016 | −25.3% |
| 2020 | −25.9% |
| 2024 | −30.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,179 | 2,217 | 3,417 | ||
| R | 1,266 | 2,161 | 3,455 | ||
| R | 1,123 | 1,895 | 3,056 | ||
| R | 1,488 | 1,887 | 3,394 | ||
| R | 1,482 | 1,936 | 3,440 | ||
| R | 1,494 | 1,898 | 3,405 | ||
| R | 1,250 | 1,317 | 2,593 | ||
| D | 1,336 | 955 | 2,463 | ||
| D | 1,401 | 929 | 2,728 | ||
| R | 953 | 1,288 | 2,248 | ||
| R | 1,108 | 1,399 | 2,507 | ||
| D | 1,632 | 824 | 2,493 | ||
| D | 1,820 | 563 | 2,383 | ||
| R | 484 | 1,769 | 2,253 | ||
| O | 704 | 574 | 2,527 | ||
| R | 908 | 1,509 | 2,417 | ||
| D | 1,354 | 313 | 1,667 | ||
| D | 1,000 | 261 | 1,261 | ||
| D | 1,166 | 368 | 1,534 | ||
| D | 595 | 98 | 969 | ||
| D | 698 | 101 | 799 | ||
| D | 940 | 69 | 1,011 | ||
| D | 880 | 32 | 912 | ||
| D | 510 | 20 | 530 | ||
| D | 409 | 332 | 741 | ||
| D | 200 | 16 | 240 | ||
| D | 331 | 49 | 380 | ||
| D | 402 | 7 | 429 | ||
| D | 279 | 13 | 307 | ||
| D | 188 | 53 | 317 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
14.8%
American
8.2%
Irish
6.5%
German
3.0%
Italian
1.9%
Scottish
0.7%
French
0.5%
African American
29.7%
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: 41.8 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
$44,389
Jenkins County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Jenkins County$44,389
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Jenkins County ranks in the bottom 10% 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
22.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.8%
Working age (18–64)26.2%
Seniors (65+)8.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.9%
speak English only
Spanish6.7%
Other Indo-European0.2%
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 37.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Jenkins County, tucked in east-central Georgia's coastal plain, is one of the state's least-populated counties, with an economy long anchored in agriculture. Republican presidential margins here have grown alongside demographic shifts away from the older Black Belt voting patterns that once defined the region.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-three points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty 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 $44,389 and a 23% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Howard County and Arkansas County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Jenkins County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Jenkins County, Georgia voted Republican by 30.4 points (R+30), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,417 votes cast, 1,179 went Democratic and 2,217 went Republican.
What is Jenkins County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Jenkins 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 18 times, Republican 11 times, and other 1 times.
When did Jenkins County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jenkins County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Jenkins County, Georgia?
Jenkins County, Georgia has a population of 8,711 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jenkins County, Georgia?
Median household income in Jenkins County, Georgia is $44,389 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Jenkins County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Jenkins County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 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.