Pierce County, Georgia: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+77%. Democratic peak: D+94 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+77MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 20,2022024 5-year
- Median household income
- $60,5172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+77 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Archer County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Pierce CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Pierce County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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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 | +46.8% |
| 1896 | +18.4% |
| 1900 | −4.0% |
| 1904 | +55.4% |
| 1908 | +28.0% |
| 1912 | +55.3% |
| 1916 | +67.4% |
| 1920 | +53.9% |
| 1924 | +62.7% |
| 1928 | +29.5% |
| 1932 | +94.3% |
| 1936 | +93.5% |
| 1940 | +83.4% |
| 1944 | +73.3% |
| 1948 | +52.8% |
| 1952 | +52.5% |
| 1956 | +71.1% |
| 1960 | +45.4% |
| 1964 | −33.7% |
| 1968 | −2.2% |
| 1972 | −76.1% |
| 1976 | +65.7% |
| 1980 | +29.8% |
| 1984 | −13.7% |
| 1988 | −11.1% |
| 1992 | −1.1% |
| 1996 | −22.0% |
| 2000 | −43.8% |
| 2004 | −58.2% |
| 2008 | −62.5% |
| 2012 | −66.3% |
| 2016 | −73.8% |
| 2020 | −75.1% |
| 2024 | −77.3% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,089 | 8,655 | 9,790 | ||
| R | 1,100 | 7,899 | 9,048 | ||
| R | 903 | 6,302 | 7,311 | ||
| R | 1,124 | 5,667 | 6,855 | ||
| R | 1,253 | 5,500 | 6,791 | ||
| R | 1,234 | 4,680 | 5,925 | ||
| R | 1,300 | 3,348 | 4,681 | ||
| R | 1,420 | 2,319 | 4,088 | ||
| R | 1,852 | 1,899 | 4,472 | ||
| R | 1,558 | 1,947 | 3,509 | ||
| R | 1,501 | 1,978 | 3,479 | ||
| D | 1,918 | 1,027 | 2,985 | ||
| D | 2,628 | 544 | 3,172 | ||
| R | 269 | 1,982 | 2,251 | ||
| O | 507 | 579 | 3,230 | ||
| R | 982 | 1,981 | 2,963 | ||
| D | 1,449 | 544 | 1,993 | ||
| D | 1,766 | 298 | 2,064 | ||
| D | 1,903 | 592 | 2,495 | ||
| D | 908 | 108 | 1,514 | ||
| D | 1,069 | 165 | 1,234 | ||
| D | 943 | 84 | 1,030 | ||
| D | 1,494 | 45 | 1,549 | ||
| D | 1,094 | 29 | 1,129 | ||
| D | 523 | 285 | 808 | ||
| D | 397 | 83 | 501 | ||
| D | 407 | 122 | 529 | ||
| D | 489 | 85 | 599 | ||
| D | 408 | 83 | 588 | ||
| D | 295 | 150 | 517 | ||
| D | 354 | 73 | 507 | ||
| R | 267 | 290 | 571 | ||
| D | 329 | 215 | 621 | ||
| D | 397 | 107 | 619 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
12.9%
English
12.3%
Irish
5.9%
Scottish
2.7%
German
2.6%
Italian
1.2%
French
1.0%
African American
7.9%
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: 40.2 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
$60,517
Pierce County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Pierce County$60,517
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Pierce 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
13.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.9%
Working age (18–64)11.4%
Seniors (65+)15.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.1%
speak English only
Spanish2.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Pierce County, a rural timber-belt community in southeast Georgia, recorded a 77.5-point Republican margin in 2024—placing it among the state's most one-sided presidential results and reflecting the deep partisan lean common to small, majority-white rural counties in the region.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at seventy-seven points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved two points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was seventy-seven points.
A median household income of $60,517, a 14% poverty rate, and a 84% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Archer County and Young County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Pierce County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pierce County, Georgia voted Republican by 77.3 points (R+77), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,790 votes cast, 1,089 went Democratic and 8,655 went Republican.
What is Pierce County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Pierce 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 19 times, Republican 14 times, and other 1 times.
When did Pierce County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Pierce County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Pierce County, Georgia?
Pierce County, Georgia has a population of 20,202 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pierce County, Georgia?
Median household income in Pierce County, Georgia is $60,517 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Pierce County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Pierce County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.