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
GroupMontgomery CountyGeorgiaUnited States
English12.7%10.3%9.5%
American7.3%7.6%5.3%
Irish7.0%6.9%9.4%
German3.3%6.3%12.5%
Scottish2.5%1.7%1.3%
Italian2.1%2.2%4.8%
Scotch-Irish1.2%——
French1.1%1.0%1.6%
African American†22.2%27.4%9.9%
Jamaican0.5%0.7%0.4%
African0.4%0.8%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%0.5%0.2%
Mexican3.8%5.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.3%1.2%1.8%
Spaniard0.3%——
Guatemalan0.2%0.7%0.5%
Nicaraguan0.2%——
Spanish0.2%——
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
Montgomery County
Georgia
United States
Median age
40.6
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
12.6%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.9%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Montgomery County
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$51,941
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.6%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.9%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Montgomery County
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.7%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
5.4%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Montgomery County
Georgia
United States
Catholic
—
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
29.4%
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
62.4%
49.3%
51.5%
Black Protestant
5.6%
5.1%
2.2%
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.
Montgomery County, Georgia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
3 precincts · 3,973 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Montgomery County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -0101
489
980
8
1,477
33.1%
66.4%
R+33.2
Precinct -0202
228
1,207
4
1,439
15.8%
83.9%
R+68.0
Precinct -0303
210
846
1
1,057
19.9%
80.0%
R+60.2
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+38.9%
1896
+6.3%
1900
+44.5%
1904
+54.9%
1908
+18.2%
1912
+80.3%
1916
+90.1%
1920
+6.6%
1924
+58.7%
1928
+54.9%
1932
+95.3%
1936
+83.6%
1940
+79.7%
1944
+71.8%
1948
+55.0%
1952
+71.7%
1956
+59.0%
1960
+58.4%
1964
−23.2%
1968
+6.6%
1972
−60.5%
1976
+44.0%
1980
+27.1%
1984
−17.9%
1988
−15.2%
1992
+6.7%
1996
+2.6%
2000
−18.0%
2004
−36.1%
2008
−41.1%
2012
−39.8%
2016
−51.0%
2020
−49.9%
2024
−53.0%
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
23.3%Harris927
76.3%Trump3,033
0.2%Oliver9
R+53.0
R+3.1
R+51.5
3,973
R
24.7%Biden979
74.6%Trump2,960
0.7%Jorgensen27
R+49.9
D+1.0
R+54.4
3,966
R
23.7%Clinton847
74.7%Trump2,670
1.3%Johnson45
R+51.0
R+11.2
R+53.1
3,576
R
29.6%Obama1,135
69.4%Romney2,662
1.0%
R+39.8
D+1.3
R+43.7
3,835
R
29.1%Obama1,045
70.2%McCain2,521
0.7%
R+41.1
R+5.1
R+48.4
3,590
R
31.8%Kerry1,007
67.8%Bush2,150
0.4%
R+36.1
R+18.0
R+33.6
3,170
R
40.4%Gore1,013
58.4%Bush1,465
0.3%Nader8
R+18.0
R+20.6
R+18.5
2,509
D
45.9%Clinton1,233
43.3%Dole1,163
10.6%Perot284
D+2.6
R+4.1
R+5.9
2,685
D
45.3%Clinton1,185
38.6%Bush1,009
15.9%Perot416
D+6.7
D+21.9
D+1.2
2,617
R
42.3%Dukakis903
57.5%Bush1,228
0.2%
R+15.2
D+2.7
R+7.5
2,136
R
41.0%Mondale950
59.0%Reagan1,365
0.0%
R+17.9
R+45.0
D+0.3
2,315
D
63.0%Carter1,663
35.9%Reagan948
1.1%
D+27.1
R+16.9
D+36.8
2,640
D
72.0%Carter1,610
28.0%Ford626
0.0%
D+44.0
D+104.5
D+41.9
2,236
R
19.7%McGovern337
80.3%Nixon1,370
0.0%
R+60.5
R+67.1
R+37.4
1,707
O
22.0%Humphrey503
15.4%Nixon352
62.6%
Wallace +40.6
D+29.8
D+7.3
2,288
R
38.4%Johnson878
61.6%Goldwater1,409
0.0%
R+23.2
R+81.6
R+45.8
2,287
D
79.2%Kennedy1,451
20.8%Nixon381
0.0%
D+58.4
R+0.6
D+58.2
1,832
D
79.5%Stevenson1,052
20.5%Eisenhower271
0.0%
D+59.0
R+12.6
D+74.4
1,323
D
85.8%Stevenson1,758
14.2%Eisenhower290
0.0%
D+71.7
D+16.7
D+82.4
2,048
D
61.9%Truman1,048
6.9%Dewey117
31.2%
D+55.0
R+16.8
D+50.5
1,693
D
85.8%Roosevelt575
14.0%Dewey94
0.1%
D+71.8
R+7.9
D+64.3
670
D
89.4%Roosevelt686
9.8%Willkie75
0.8%
D+79.7
R+3.9
D+69.7
767
D
91.4%Roosevelt945
7.8%Landon81
0.8%
D+83.6
R+11.7
D+59.3
1,034
D
97.2%Roosevelt868
1.9%Hoover17
0.9%
D+95.3
D+40.4
D+77.5
893
D
77.5%Smith337
22.5%Hoover98
0.0%
D+54.9
R+3.8
D+72.4
435
D
77.9%Davis353
19.2%Coolidge87
2.9%La Follette13
D+58.7
D+52.1
D+83.9
453
D
53.3%Cox169
46.7%Harding148
0.0%
D+6.6
R+83.5
D+32.8
317
D
92.0%Wilson1,002
1.9%Hughes21
6.1%
D+90.1
D+9.8
D+86.9
1,089
D
85.5%Wilson854
5.2%Taft52
9.3%
D+80.3
D+62.1
D+60.7
999
D
47.0%Bryan414
28.8%Taft254
24.2%
D+18.2
R+36.8
D+27.7
881
D
69.0%Parker593
14.1%Roosevelt121
16.9%
D+54.9
D+10.5
D+74.6
859
D
72.0%Bryan608
27.5%McKinley232
0.6%
D+44.5
D+38.2
D+52.0
845
D
51.2%Bryan503
44.9%McKinley441
3.9%
D+6.3
R+32.6
D+12.4
982
D
63.0%Cleveland724
24.1%Harrison277
13.0%
D+38.9
—
D+37.2
1,150
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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
23.0%742
75.9%2,450
3,226
2020
R
24.0%1,863
74.4%5,771
7,758
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Montgomery County, GA
Year
Total registered
2016
5,337
2018
5,455
2020
5,710
2022
5,714
2024
5,882
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+35 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −43 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $42,871 in average income, against $61,257 for residents who stayed — 30% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+50.7 on average — 2.3 points more Democratic-leaning than Montgomery County, GA itself (R+53.0).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Toombs County, GA90R+50.7
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Toombs County, GA85
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 Montgomery County, GA in Montgomery County, GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−139
2012
−183
2013
+40
2014
−7
2015
−14
2016
+33
2017
+29
2018
+108
2019
−14
2021
+103
2022
+24
2023
+120
2024
−178
2025
+35
Montgomery County's R+53 margin in 2024 places it among Georgia's most one-sided presidential results, reflecting patterns common to small, rural counties in the state's southeastern interior where population has steadily declined for decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 60.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 53.0 points.
A population of 8,640, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,941 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bleckley County and Irwin 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, Montgomery County, Georgia voted Republican by 53.0 points (R+53.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,973 votes cast, 927 went Democratic and 3,033 went Republican.
When did Montgomery County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Montgomery County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Montgomery County, Georgia?
Montgomery County, Georgia has a population of 8,640 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Montgomery County, Georgia?
Median household income in Montgomery County, Georgia is $51,941 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Montgomery County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Montgomery County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
