Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLanier CountyGeorgiaUnited States
Irish8.7%6.9%9.4%
English7.8%10.3%9.5%
American7.4%7.6%5.3%
German5.6%6.3%12.5%
Italian4.2%2.2%4.8%
Scottish1.2%1.7%1.3%
Polish1.0%0.8%2.2%
Welsh1.0%——
African American†24.2%27.4%9.9%
Mexican2.2%5.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.5%1.2%1.8%
Peruvian1.1%——
Guatemalan1.0%0.7%0.5%
Spanish0.7%——
Cuban0.4%0.3%0.7%
Colombian0.3%0.4%0.4%
Korean0.6%0.5%0.4%
Asian Indian0.3%1.6%1.4%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Aztec0.1%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Lanier County
Georgia
United States
Median age
36.8
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
10.3%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.3%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lanier County
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$47,186
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
26.1%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.3%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lanier County
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.0%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.9%
8.7%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.1%
0.3%
0.5%
Korean
1.1%
0.5%
0.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lanier County
Georgia
United States
Catholic
—
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
22.5%
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
68.6%
49.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Lanier County, Georgia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
1 precincts · 3,736 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Lanier County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -11
995
2,726
15
3,736
26.6%
73.0%
R+46.3
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1924–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1924
+76.9%
1928
+37.4%
1932
+95.9%
1936
+92.2%
1940
+94.6%
1944
+88.0%
1948
+57.9%
1952
+66.5%
1956
+70.8%
1960
+68.2%
1964
−4.2%
1968
+2.3%
1972
−63.0%
1976
+72.0%
1980
+40.3%
1984
−7.0%
1988
−1.9%
1992
+12.3%
1996
+19.9%
2000
−11.3%
2004
−27.4%
2008
−25.2%
2012
−23.7%
2016
−41.0%
2020
−41.7%
2024
−46.3%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
26.6%Harris995
73.0%Trump2,726
0.3%Oliver13
R+46.3
R+4.7
R+44.9
3,736
R
28.5%Biden1,019
70.2%Trump2,509
1.3%Jorgensen48
R+41.7
R+0.6
R+46.1
3,576
R
28.1%Clinton806
69.1%Trump1,984
2.5%Johnson73
R+41.0
R+17.3
R+43.1
2,871
R
37.4%Obama1,114
61.1%Romney1,820
1.5%
R+23.7
D+1.5
R+27.6
2,978
R
37.0%Obama1,062
62.2%McCain1,787
0.8%
R+25.2
D+2.2
R+32.5
2,873
R
36.0%Kerry931
63.4%Bush1,641
0.7%
R+27.4
R+16.1
R+25.0
2,589
R
43.7%Gore832
55.0%Bush1,048
0.2%Nader3
R+11.3
R+31.3
R+11.9
1,904
D
54.5%Clinton818
34.6%Dole519
10.7%Perot160
D+19.9
D+7.6
D+11.4
1,502
D
47.3%Clinton811
35.0%Bush600
17.4%Perot298
D+12.3
D+14.2
D+6.8
1,713
R
48.9%Dukakis698
50.8%Bush725
0.3%
R+1.9
D+5.1
D+5.8
1,427
R
46.5%Mondale741
53.5%Reagan852
0.0%
R+7.0
R+47.2
D+11.3
1,593
D
69.6%Carter1,116
29.3%Reagan470
1.1%
D+40.3
R+31.7
D+50.0
1,604
D
86.0%Carter1,269
14.0%Ford207
0.0%
D+72.0
D+134.9
D+69.9
1,476
R
18.5%McGovern193
81.5%Nixon850
0.0%
R+63.0
R+65.3
R+39.8
1,043
O
18.0%Humphrey277
15.6%Nixon241
66.4%
Wallace +48.4
D+6.5
D+3.0
1,542
R
47.9%Johnson661
52.1%Goldwater719
0.0%
R+4.2
R+72.4
R+26.8
1,380
D
84.1%Kennedy1,049
15.9%Nixon198
0.0%
D+68.2
R+2.6
D+68.1
1,247
D
85.4%Stevenson890
14.6%Eisenhower152
0.0%
D+70.8
D+4.3
D+86.2
1,042
D
83.3%Stevenson845
16.7%Eisenhower170
0.0%
D+66.5
D+8.6
D+77.3
1,015
D
71.5%Truman486
13.5%Dewey92
15.0%
D+57.9
R+30.0
D+53.5
680
D
94.0%Roosevelt625
6.0%Dewey40
0.0%
D+88.0
R+6.6
D+80.5
665
D
97.1%Roosevelt607
2.6%Willkie16
0.3%
D+94.6
D+2.3
D+84.6
625
D
95.8%Roosevelt800
3.6%Landon30
0.6%
D+92.2
R+3.6
D+68.0
835
D
97.2%Roosevelt211
1.4%Hoover3
1.4%
D+95.9
D+58.4
D+78.1
217
D
68.7%Smith303
31.3%Hoover138
0.0%
D+37.4
R+39.5
D+54.9
441
D
88.3%Davis356
11.4%Coolidge46
0.2%La Follette1
D+76.9
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Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
27.6%725
70.9%1,860
2,623
2020
R
26.8%1,862
70.4%4,890
6,947
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Lanier County, GA
Year
Total registered
2016
5,151
2018
5,645
2020
6,287
2022
6,483
2024
6,691
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+169 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +230 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $45,425 in average income, against $48,619 for residents who stayed — 7% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+27.1 on average — 19 points more Democratic-leaning than Lanier County, GA itself (R+46.3).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Lowndes County, GA145R+18.0
Berrien County, GA31R+69.8
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Lowndes County, GA114
Berrien County, GA33
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Lanier County, GA in Lanier County, GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+313
2012
−93
2013
−106
2014
−113
2015
−159
2016
+89
2017
−56
2018
−117
2019
+70
2021
+80
2022
+41
2023
+183
2024
−71
2025
+169
Lanier County sits in the Alapaha River lowlands of south Georgia, where a sparse, rural population has delivered lopsided Republican presidential margins for over a decade, hitting R+46.3 in 2024.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 63.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.3 points.
A population of 10,221, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,186 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Emanuel County and Treutlen County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Lanier County, Georgia voted Republican by 46.3 points (R+46.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,736 votes cast, 995 went Democratic and 2,726 went Republican.
When did Lanier County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Lanier County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Lanier County, Georgia?
Lanier County, Georgia has a population of 10,221 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lanier County, Georgia?
Median household income in Lanier County, Georgia is $47,186 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Lanier County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lanier County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
