Telfair County, Georgia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
6 precincts · 4,214 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -MCRAE (MC)MCRAE (MC) | 650 | 879 | 2 | 1,531 | 42.5% | 57.4% | R+15.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -MILAN (MI)MILAN (MI) | 69 | 580 | 1 | 650 | 10.6% | 89.2% | R+78.6 |
| Precinct -HELENA (HE)HELENA (HE) | 205 | 443 | 1 | 649 | 31.6% | 68.3% | R+36.7 |
| Precinct -LUMBER CITY (LU)LUMBER CITY (LU) | 218 | 415 | 3 | 636 | 34.3% | 65.3% | R+31.0 |
| Precinct -JACKSONVILLE (JA)JACKSONVILLE (JA) | 83 | 402 | 1 | 486 | 17.1% | 82.7% | R+65.6 |
| Precinct -SCOTLAND (SC)SCOTLAND (SC) | 49 | 211 | 2 | 262 | 18.7% | 80.5% | R+61.8 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +56.7% |
| 1896 | +23.4% |
| 1900 | +63.4% |
| 1904 | +87.3% |
| 1908 | +67.2% |
| 1912 | +92.0% |
| 1916 | +90.4% |
| 1920 | +93.3% |
| 1924 | +63.6% |
| 1928 | +72.2% |
| 1932 | +88.0% |
| 1936 | +81.1% |
| 1940 | +85.3% |
| 1944 | +74.4% |
| 1948 | +56.5% |
| 1952 | +83.5% |
| 1956 | +75.9% |
| 1960 | +57.4% |
| 1964 | −1.1% |
| 1968 | +7.5% |
| 1972 | −53.1% |
| 1976 | +69.5% |
| 1980 | +38.7% |
| 1984 | +1.7% |
| 1988 | −1.1% |
| 1992 | +21.8% |
| 1996 | +21.4% |
| 2000 | +2.4% |
| 2004 | −15.4% |
| 2008 | −14.3% |
| 2012 | −15.6% |
| 2016 | −30.0% |
| 2020 | −30.9% |
| 2024 | −39.3% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 30.4%1,032 | 68.8%2,340 | 3,400 |
| 2020 | R | 34.2%2,887 | 64.4%5,441 | 8,444 |
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 6,086 |
| 2018 | 5,912 |
| 2020 | 6,423 |
| 2022 | 6,501 |
| 2024 | 6,731 |
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+108 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −2,124 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $30,106 in average income, against $48,521 for residents who stayed — 38% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+47.7 on average — 8.5 points more Republican-leaning than Telfair County, GA itself (R+39.3).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Dodge County, GA32R+49.9
- Wheeler County, GA26R+45.1
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Dodge County, GA41
- Wheeler County, GA25
- Jeff Davis County, GA21
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.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −291 |
| 2012 | +116 |
| 2013 | +234 |
| 2014 | −175 |
| 2015 | −52 |
| 2016 | −572 |
| 2017 | −62 |
| 2018 | −13 |
| 2019 | −146 |
| 2021 | −54 |
| 2022 | +125 |
| 2023 | −1,526 |
| 2024 | +184 |
| 2025 | +108 |
Telfair's rural, majority-Black population coexists with some of the widest Republican presidential margins in Georgia, a pattern common across the state's economically distressed wiregrass and coastal plain counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.3 points in 1920 and a Republican high of 53.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 8.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.3 points.
A population of 11,831, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,929 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Webster County and Marion County.
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Telfair County, Georgia. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/13271/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.