Talbot County, Georgia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+12%. Democratic peak: D+91 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+12MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 5,7422024 5-year
- Median household income
- $41,5972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 40.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 53.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+91 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+32 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Taliaferro County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Talbot CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Talbot 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 | +39.1% |
| 1896 | +48.8% |
| 1900 | +56.9% |
| 1904 | +70.1% |
| 1908 | +47.4% |
| 1912 | +81.0% |
| 1916 | +91.1% |
| 1920 | +79.6% |
| 1924 | +87.1% |
| 1928 | +75.7% |
| 1932 | +90.3% |
| 1936 | +89.6% |
| 1940 | +86.0% |
| 1944 | +89.7% |
| 1948 | +60.3% |
| 1952 | +59.0% |
| 1956 | +67.8% |
| 1960 | +57.7% |
| 1964 | −4.0% |
| 1968 | +12.7% |
| 1972 | −32.2% |
| 1976 | +56.1% |
| 1980 | +47.4% |
| 1984 | +31.5% |
| 1988 | +21.7% |
| 1992 | +40.9% |
| 1996 | +39.5% |
| 2000 | +32.3% |
| 2004 | +24.7% |
| 2008 | +28.9% |
| 2012 | +30.4% |
| 2016 | +24.7% |
| 2020 | +20.5% |
| 2024 | +12.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 1,888 | 1,483 | 3,379 | ||
| D | 2,114 | 1,392 | 3,522 | ||
| D | 2,002 | 1,196 | 3,261 | ||
| D | 2,265 | 1,202 | 3,493 | ||
| D | 2,369 | 1,301 | 3,700 | ||
| D | 1,830 | 1,103 | 2,947 | ||
| D | 1,662 | 844 | 2,531 | ||
| D | 1,579 | 652 | 2,346 | ||
| D | 1,768 | 671 | 2,682 | ||
| D | 1,248 | 802 | 2,060 | ||
| D | 1,494 | 778 | 2,272 | ||
| D | 1,635 | 572 | 2,243 | ||
| D | 1,634 | 459 | 2,093 | ||
| R | 508 | 990 | 1,498 | ||
| O | 510 | 317 | 1,515 | ||
| R | 627 | 679 | 1,306 | ||
| D | 771 | 207 | 978 | ||
| D | 710 | 136 | 846 | ||
| D | 678 | 175 | 853 | ||
| D | 582 | 92 | 812 | ||
| D | 832 | 45 | 877 | ||
| D | 656 | 49 | 706 | ||
| D | 796 | 41 | 843 | ||
| D | 912 | 45 | 960 | ||
| D | 536 | 74 | 610 | ||
| D | 491 | 33 | 526 | ||
| D | 379 | 43 | 422 | ||
| D | 511 | 17 | 542 | ||
| D | 446 | 8 | 541 | ||
| D | 408 | 129 | 588 | ||
| D | 484 | 74 | 585 | ||
| D | 405 | 107 | 524 | ||
| D | 472 | 156 | 648 | ||
| D | 619 | 242 | 965 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
7.4%
English
5.5%
Irish
5.2%
German
4.0%
Scottish
1.8%
Italian
0.7%
French
0.5%
African American
43.0%
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: 51.0 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
$41,597
Talbot County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Talbot County$41,597
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Talbot County ranks in the bottom 10% 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
25.2%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1843.3%
Working age (18–64)23.1%
Seniors (65+)11.4%
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-European0.8%
Spanish0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Talbot County's population of roughly 6,500 is majority Black, a demographic pattern that has anchored its Democratic lean across multiple election cycles despite the broader rightward shift of rural Georgia.
The Democratic margin here reached ninety-one points in 1916. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved nine points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twelve 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 $41,597 and a 25% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Taliaferro County and Phillips County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Talbot County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Talbot County, Georgia voted Democratic by 12.0 points (D+12), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,379 votes cast, 1,888 went Democratic and 1,483 went Republican.
What is Talbot County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Talbot 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 31 times, Republican 2 times, and other 1 times.
When did Talbot County, Georgia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Talbot County, Georgia voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Talbot County, Georgia?
Talbot County, Georgia has a population of 5,742 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Talbot County, Georgia?
Median household income in Talbot County, Georgia is $41,597 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Talbot County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Talbot County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 31 went Democratic and 2 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.