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
GroupSchley CountyGeorgiaUnited States
American14.2%7.6%5.3%
English10.2%10.3%9.5%
German4.5%6.3%12.5%
Irish3.6%6.9%9.4%
Scottish1.4%1.7%1.3%
Italian1.1%2.2%4.8%
Finnish0.6%——
Greek0.6%——
African American†13.9%27.4%9.9%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.5%——
Bahamian0.2%——
Mexican0.8%5.5%11.3%
Cuban0.6%0.3%0.7%
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
Schley County
Georgia
United States
Median age
41.5
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
6.7%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.7%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Schley County
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$56,875
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.9%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.2%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Schley County
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.3%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.3%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Schley County
Georgia
United States
Catholic
—
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
74.3%
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
9.4%
49.3%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
9.7%
6.6%
5.2%
Black Protestant
6.1%
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.
Schley County, Georgia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
1 precincts · 2,428 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Schley County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -PCT 1PCT 1
453
1,970
5
2,428
18.7%
81.1%
R+62.5
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+4.5%
1896
−10.1%
1900
+13.5%
1904
+51.8%
1908
+10.0%
1912
+88.6%
1916
+84.9%
1920
+63.2%
1924
+90.4%
1928
+62.0%
1932
+95.6%
1936
+81.4%
1940
+74.2%
1944
+79.8%
1948
+57.1%
1952
+49.3%
1956
+58.1%
1960
+54.4%
1964
−21.0%
1968
+13.3%
1972
−62.1%
1976
+49.0%
1980
+14.7%
1984
−20.7%
1988
−18.2%
1992
+6.9%
1996
+9.1%
2000
−20.9%
2004
−39.1%
2008
−44.5%
2012
−47.8%
2016
−55.7%
2020
−58.8%
2024
−62.5%
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
18.7%Harris453
81.1%Trump1,970
0.1%Oliver3
R+62.5
R+3.7
R+61.0
2,428
R
20.3%Biden462
79.1%Trump1,800
0.6%Jorgensen13
R+58.8
R+3.1
R+63.3
2,275
R
20.9%Clinton401
76.5%Trump1,472
1.9%Johnson36
R+55.7
R+7.9
R+57.8
1,923
R
25.6%Obama448
73.4%Romney1,286
1.0%
R+47.8
R+3.4
R+51.7
1,752
R
27.6%Obama479
72.0%McCain1,252
0.4%
R+44.5
R+5.4
R+51.7
1,738
R
30.3%Kerry464
69.4%Bush1,063
0.3%
R+39.1
R+18.2
R+36.6
1,532
R
39.1%Gore460
60.0%Bush706
0.1%Nader1
R+20.9
R+30.0
R+21.4
1,176
D
49.2%Clinton576
40.2%Dole470
10.5%Perot123
D+9.1
D+2.1
D+0.5
1,170
D
46.4%Clinton601
39.4%Bush511
13.9%Perot180
D+6.9
D+25.1
D+1.4
1,296
R
40.7%Dukakis439
58.9%Bush635
0.4%
R+18.2
D+2.6
R+10.5
1,078
R
39.6%Mondale403
60.4%Reagan614
0.0%
R+20.7
R+35.5
R+2.5
1,017
D
56.5%Carter613
41.8%Reagan453
1.8%
D+14.7
R+34.3
D+24.5
1,085
D
74.5%Carter783
25.5%Ford268
0.0%
D+49.0
D+111.2
D+46.9
1,051
R
18.9%McGovern162
81.1%Nixon694
0.0%
R+62.1
R+75.4
R+39.0
856
O
28.3%Humphrey309
15.0%Nixon164
56.7%
Wallace +28.4
D+34.2
D+14.0
1,092
R
39.5%Johnson377
60.5%Goldwater577
0.0%
R+21.0
R+75.3
R+43.5
954
D
77.2%Kennedy467
22.8%Nixon138
0.0%
D+54.4
R+3.7
D+54.2
605
D
79.0%Stevenson441
21.0%Eisenhower117
0.0%
D+58.1
D+8.7
D+73.5
558
D
74.7%Stevenson436
25.3%Eisenhower148
0.0%
D+49.3
R+7.8
D+60.1
584
D
68.5%Truman257
11.5%Dewey43
20.0%
D+57.1
R+22.7
D+52.6
375
D
89.9%Roosevelt329
10.1%Dewey37
0.0%
D+79.8
D+5.6
D+72.3
366
D
86.9%Roosevelt471
12.7%Willkie69
0.4%
D+74.2
R+7.2
D+64.2
542
D
90.7%Roosevelt419
9.3%Landon43
0.0%
D+81.4
R+14.2
D+57.1
462
D
97.5%Roosevelt398
2.0%Hoover8
0.5%
D+95.6
D+33.6
D+77.8
408
D
81.0%Smith328
19.0%Hoover77
0.0%
D+62.0
R+28.4
D+79.4
405
D
94.7%Davis266
4.3%Coolidge12
1.1%La Follette3
D+90.4
D+27.2
D+115.6
281
D
81.6%Cox235
18.4%Harding53
0.0%
D+63.2
R+21.7
D+89.4
288
D
85.7%Wilson222
0.8%Hughes2
13.5%
D+84.9
R+3.6
D+81.8
259
D
89.8%Wilson212
1.3%Taft3
8.9%
D+88.6
D+78.5
D+69.0
236
D
47.8%Bryan219
37.8%Taft173
14.4%
D+10.0
R+41.7
D+19.6
458
D
66.9%Parker243
15.2%Roosevelt55
17.9%
D+51.8
D+38.3
D+71.5
363
D
51.4%Bryan221
37.9%McKinley163
10.7%
D+13.5
D+23.6
D+21.0
430
R
44.1%Bryan266
54.2%McKinley327
1.7%
R+10.1
R+14.6
R+4.0
603
D
43.4%Cleveland310
38.9%Harrison278
17.8%
D+4.5
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D+2.8
715
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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
20.5%384
78.4%1,467
1,870
2020
R
19.6%879
78.9%3,538
4,482
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Schley County, GA
Year
Total registered
2016
2,782
2018
2,775
2020
2,996
2022
3,079
2024
3,251
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+68 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +101 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $50,374 in average income, against $61,669 for residents who stayed — 18% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+2.2 on average — 65 points more Democratic-leaning than Schley County, GA itself (R+62.5).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Sumter County, GA34D+2.2
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Sumter County, GA38
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 Schley County, GA in Schley County, GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−9
2012
−29
2013
+67
2014
+74
2015
+11
2016
−69
2017
+34
2018
−43
2019
+7
2021
−51
2022
+23
2023
+32
2024
−14
2025
+68
Schley County's roughly 3,700 residents make it one of Georgia's least populous jurisdictions, yet it has delivered consistent lopsided Republican margins—topping 60 points in 2024—reflecting the heavily Republican tilt common across rural southwest Georgia.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 62.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 62.5 points.
A population of 4,513, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,875 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Todd County and Union 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, Schley County, Georgia voted Republican by 62.5 points (R+62.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,428 votes cast, 453 went Democratic and 1,970 went Republican.
When did Schley County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Schley County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Schley County, Georgia?
Schley County, Georgia has a population of 4,513 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Schley County, Georgia?
Median household income in Schley County, Georgia is $56,875 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Schley County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Schley County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
