Meriwether County, Georgia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+25%. Democratic peak: D+96 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+25MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 20,9292024 5-year
- Median household income
- $57,3402024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 39.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Choctaw County, AL · similarity 0.97
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Meriwether CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Meriwether 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 | +8.9% |
| 1896 | +2.2% |
| 1900 | +49.2% |
| 1904 | +59.6% |
| 1908 | +46.6% |
| 1912 | +85.6% |
| 1916 | +86.6% |
| 1920 | +70.1% |
| 1924 | +58.8% |
| 1928 | +68.1% |
| 1932 | +95.8% |
| 1936 | +89.3% |
| 1940 | +87.8% |
| 1944 | +84.1% |
| 1948 | +73.2% |
| 1952 | +74.0% |
| 1956 | +68.2% |
| 1960 | +62.9% |
| 1964 | +3.7% |
| 1968 | +11.7% |
| 1972 | −47.6% |
| 1976 | +53.8% |
| 1980 | +35.1% |
| 1984 | −5.5% |
| 1988 | −2.8% |
| 1992 | +22.4% |
| 1996 | +19.7% |
| 2000 | +4.2% |
| 2004 | −8.5% |
| 2008 | −5.4% |
| 2012 | −5.9% |
| 2016 | −15.3% |
| 2020 | −20.6% |
| 2024 | −25.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,373 | 7,375 | 11,846 | ||
| R | 4,287 | 6,524 | 10,877 | ||
| R | 3,804 | 5,222 | 9,248 | ||
| R | 4,311 | 4,856 | 9,254 | ||
| R | 4,465 | 4,982 | 9,504 | ||
| R | 3,709 | 4,402 | 8,155 | ||
| D | 3,441 | 3,162 | 6,709 | ||
| D | 3,492 | 2,259 | 6,253 | ||
| D | 4,002 | 2,364 | 7,320 | ||
| R | 2,934 | 3,101 | 6,044 | ||
| R | 2,864 | 3,195 | 6,059 | ||
| D | 3,876 | 1,838 | 5,805 | ||
| D | 4,830 | 1,450 | 6,280 | ||
| R | 1,213 | 3,420 | 4,633 | ||
| O | 1,760 | 1,120 | 5,451 | ||
| D | 2,423 | 2,250 | 4,674 | ||
| D | 3,100 | 706 | 3,806 | ||
| D | 3,137 | 592 | 3,729 | ||
| D | 3,551 | 531 | 4,082 | ||
| D | 1,967 | 204 | 2,409 | ||
| D | 2,187 | 189 | 2,376 | ||
| D | 2,726 | 174 | 2,908 | ||
| D | 2,438 | 138 | 2,577 | ||
| D | 2,604 | 53 | 2,662 | ||
| D | 1,515 | 287 | 1,802 | ||
| D | 886 | 103 | 1,331 | ||
| D | 1,059 | 186 | 1,245 | ||
| D | 1,118 | 36 | 1,250 | ||
| D | 882 | 26 | 1,000 | ||
| D | 683 | 211 | 1,013 | ||
| D | 765 | 98 | 1,120 | ||
| D | 734 | 234 | 1,016 | ||
| D | 991 | 946 | 2,039 | ||
| D | 1,287 | 1,046 | 2,699 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
9.5%
American
7.2%
Irish
7.1%
German
4.5%
Italian
2.1%
Scottish
1.2%
French
0.9%
African American
31.3%
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: 43.5 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
$57,340
Meriwether County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Meriwether County$57,340
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Meriwether County ranks near the middle 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
18.9%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1832.3%
Working age (18–64)15.2%
Seniors (65+)17.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.6%
speak English only
Other Indo-European0.7%
Spanish0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Meriwether sits in Georgia's Piedmont region with a population under 23,000 split between a sizable Black community and a white rural majority, a demographic mix that once made it competitive but has trended decisively Republican over the past four election cycles.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-six points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved five points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-five 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 $57,340 and a 19% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Choctaw County and McIntosh County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Meriwether County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Meriwether County, Georgia voted Republican by 25.3 points (R+25), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 11,846 votes cast, 4,373 went Democratic and 7,375 went Republican.
What is Meriwether County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Meriwether 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 24 times, Republican 9 times, and other 1 times.
When did Meriwether County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Meriwether County, Georgia voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Meriwether County, Georgia?
Meriwether County, Georgia has a population of 20,929 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Meriwether County, Georgia?
Median household income in Meriwether County, Georgia is $57,340 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Meriwether County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Meriwether County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 9 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.