McIntosh County, Georgia: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+29%. Democratic peak: D+91 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 11,3122024 5-year
- Median household income
- $50,2732024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 28.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+91 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+39 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lincoln County, AR · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of McIntosh CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for McIntosh 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 | −39.0% |
| 1896 | −38.0% |
| 1900 | +9.6% |
| 1904 | −13.7% |
| 1908 | −4.5% |
| 1912 | +90.6% |
| 1916 | +68.1% |
| 1920 | +50.6% |
| 1924 | +48.0% |
| 1928 | −12.1% |
| 1932 | +86.9% |
| 1936 | +70.6% |
| 1940 | +63.1% |
| 1944 | +46.1% |
| 1948 | +22.1% |
| 1952 | +18.0% |
| 1956 | −17.4% |
| 1960 | +27.6% |
| 1964 | +20.0% |
| 1968 | +29.9% |
| 1972 | −24.3% |
| 1976 | +57.4% |
| 1980 | +40.3% |
| 1984 | +8.6% |
| 1988 | +9.0% |
| 1992 | +25.5% |
| 1996 | +20.5% |
| 2000 | +7.3% |
| 2004 | −5.8% |
| 2008 | −6.1% |
| 2012 | −8.6% |
| 2016 | −19.9% |
| 2020 | −21.0% |
| 2024 | −28.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,628 | 4,747 | 7,408 | ||
| R | 2,612 | 4,016 | 6,696 | ||
| R | 2,303 | 3,487 | 5,937 | ||
| R | 2,864 | 3,409 | 6,354 | ||
| R | 2,905 | 3,282 | 6,229 | ||
| R | 2,523 | 2,837 | 5,382 | ||
| D | 2,047 | 1,766 | 3,837 | ||
| D | 1,927 | 1,219 | 3,448 | ||
| D | 1,925 | 1,027 | 3,517 | ||
| D | 1,527 | 1,273 | 2,824 | ||
| D | 1,796 | 1,512 | 3,308 | ||
| D | 2,104 | 876 | 3,049 | ||
| D | 1,978 | 535 | 2,513 | ||
| R | 833 | 1,367 | 2,200 | ||
| D | 943 | 315 | 2,099 | ||
| D | 1,193 | 795 | 1,988 | ||
| D | 794 | 451 | 1,245 | ||
| R | 624 | 886 | 1,510 | ||
| D | 724 | 503 | 1,227 | ||
| D | 425 | 233 | 870 | ||
| D | 406 | 149 | 558 | ||
| D | 468 | 106 | 574 | ||
| D | 308 | 53 | 361 | ||
| D | 271 | 19 | 290 | ||
| R | 141 | 180 | 321 | ||
| D | 127 | 44 | 173 | ||
| D | 119 | 39 | 158 | ||
| D | 114 | 20 | 138 | ||
| D | 118 | 2 | 128 | ||
| R | 147 | 161 | 308 | ||
| R | 144 | 190 | 336 | ||
| D | 259 | 211 | 500 | ||
| R | 234 | 538 | 800 | ||
| R | 302 | 689 | 993 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.5%
Irish
10.5%
German
7.6%
American
7.0%
Scottish
3.7%
French
2.9%
Italian
2.0%
African American
22.5%
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: 51.8 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
$50,273
McIntosh County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
McIntosh County$50,273
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
McIntosh 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
23.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1836.2%
Working age (18–64)21.0%
Seniors (65+)18.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.7%
speak English only
Spanish1.3%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
McIntosh County sits along Georgia's tidal coast and has delivered Republican presidential margins above 25 points in recent cycles, even as its small population of roughly 11,000 keeps it far from statewide influence.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at thirty-nine points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved eight points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-nine points.
A median household income of $50,273, a 23% poverty rate, and a 64% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lincoln County and Franklin County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did McIntosh County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, McIntosh County, Georgia voted Republican by 28.6 points (R+29), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,408 votes cast, 2,628 went Democratic and 4,747 went Republican.
What is McIntosh County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places McIntosh County, Georgia in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 21 times, Republican 13 times, and other 0 times.
When did McIntosh County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which McIntosh County, Georgia voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in McIntosh County, Georgia?
McIntosh County, Georgia has a population of 11,312 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in McIntosh County, Georgia?
Median household income in McIntosh County, Georgia is $50,273 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of McIntosh County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in McIntosh County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.