Miller County, Georgia: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+50%. Democratic peak: D+99 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+50MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,8502024 5-year
- Median household income
- $51,4252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 64.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 28.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+83 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Grady County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Miller CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Miller 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 | +70.5% |
| 1896 | +66.5% |
| 1900 | +70.1% |
| 1904 | +59.0% |
| 1908 | +60.5% |
| 1912 | +77.3% |
| 1916 | +92.4% |
| 1920 | +67.6% |
| 1924 | +44.3% |
| 1928 | +52.2% |
| 1932 | +99.0% |
| 1936 | +89.4% |
| 1940 | +87.9% |
| 1944 | +86.4% |
| 1948 | +80.3% |
| 1952 | +75.8% |
| 1956 | +56.0% |
| 1960 | +89.5% |
| 1964 | −71.6% |
| 1968 | −3.4% |
| 1972 | −83.0% |
| 1976 | +52.7% |
| 1980 | +11.1% |
| 1984 | −43.9% |
| 1988 | −36.3% |
| 1992 | +4.9% |
| 1996 | +3.1% |
| 2000 | −26.3% |
| 2004 | −39.2% |
| 2008 | −39.5% |
| 2012 | −37.9% |
| 2016 | −49.8% |
| 2020 | −46.5% |
| 2024 | −50.5% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 670 | 2,045 | 2,724 | ||
| R | 749 | 2,066 | 2,835 | ||
| R | 623 | 1,891 | 2,544 | ||
| R | 852 | 1,905 | 2,780 | ||
| R | 818 | 1,899 | 2,738 | ||
| R | 736 | 1,694 | 2,442 | ||
| R | 783 | 1,349 | 2,150 | ||
| D | 909 | 847 | 1,996 | ||
| D | 934 | 826 | 2,217 | ||
| R | 515 | 1,105 | 1,625 | ||
| R | 526 | 1,348 | 1,874 | ||
| D | 1,127 | 900 | 2,053 | ||
| D | 1,536 | 476 | 2,012 | ||
| R | 118 | 1,269 | 1,387 | ||
| O | 171 | 249 | 2,282 | ||
| R | 274 | 1,658 | 1,932 | ||
| D | 1,116 | 62 | 1,178 | ||
| D | 1,563 | 441 | 2,004 | ||
| D | 1,617 | 223 | 1,840 | ||
| D | 723 | 32 | 861 | ||
| D | 809 | 59 | 868 | ||
| D | 775 | 50 | 825 | ||
| D | 653 | 36 | 690 | ||
| D | 392 | 0 | 396 | ||
| D | 322 | 101 | 423 | ||
| D | 126 | 45 | 183 | ||
| D | 155 | 30 | 185 | ||
| D | 464 | 15 | 486 | ||
| D | 200 | 2 | 256 | ||
| D | 161 | 23 | 228 | ||
| D | 174 | 1 | 293 | ||
| D | 183 | 19 | 234 | ||
| D | 315 | 55 | 391 | ||
| D | 371 | 0 | 526 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
20.2%
English
12.9%
Irish
6.5%
German
2.6%
Italian
1.6%
Scottish
1.4%
Polish
1.2%
African American
22.6%
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: 43.6 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
$51,425
Miller County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Miller County$51,425
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Miller 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
23.8%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1833.8%
Working age (18–64)19.4%
Seniors (65+)30.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.2%
speak English only
Spanish2.9%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Miller County's roughly 6,400 residents have delivered lopsided Republican margins for over a decade, making it a stable anchor in southwest Georgia's deep-red rural belt rather than a competitive target.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at eighty-three points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty points.
A median household income of $51,425, a 24% poverty rate, and a 65% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grady County and Franklin Parish.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Miller County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Miller County, Georgia voted Republican by 50.5 points (R+50), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,724 votes cast, 670 went Democratic and 2,045 went Republican.
What is Miller County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Miller 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 22 times, Republican 11 times, and other 1 times.
When did Miller County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Miller County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Miller County, Georgia?
Miller County, Georgia has a population of 5,850 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Miller County, Georgia?
Median household income in Miller County, Georgia is $51,425 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Miller County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Miller County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.