Terrell County, Georgia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted D+4%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1940.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+4MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 8,8502024 5-year
- Median household income
- $46,1712024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 36.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 60.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Randolph County, GA · similarity 0.96
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Terrell CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Terrell County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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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 | +42.4% |
| 1896 | +25.5% |
| 1900 | +50.3% |
| 1904 | +71.4% |
| 1908 | +53.4% |
| 1912 | +88.3% |
| 1916 | +87.3% |
| 1920 | +82.5% |
| 1924 | +84.1% |
| 1928 | +77.1% |
| 1932 | +95.0% |
| 1936 | +91.1% |
| 1940 | +100.0% |
| 1944 | +94.2% |
| 1948 | +53.4% |
| 1952 | +57.7% |
| 1956 | +73.0% |
| 1960 | +65.2% |
| 1964 | −54.3% |
| 1968 | +20.2% |
| 1972 | −50.0% |
| 1976 | +33.6% |
| 1980 | +18.5% |
| 1984 | −4.4% |
| 1988 | −4.6% |
| 1992 | +23.0% |
| 1996 | +14.4% |
| 2000 | +2.6% |
| 2004 | +2.4% |
| 2008 | +13.8% |
| 2012 | +16.1% |
| 2016 | +9.3% |
| 2020 | +8.4% |
| 2024 | +4.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2,253 | 2,075 | 4,341 | ||
| D | 2,376 | 2,004 | 4,416 | ||
| D | 2,267 | 1,874 | 4,204 | ||
| D | 2,544 | 1,834 | 4,407 | ||
| D | 2,501 | 1,890 | 4,416 | ||
| D | 1,951 | 1,859 | 3,827 | ||
| D | 1,584 | 1,504 | 3,113 | ||
| D | 1,509 | 1,111 | 2,755 | ||
| D | 1,942 | 1,143 | 3,474 | ||
| R | 1,383 | 1,517 | 2,905 | ||
| R | 1,598 | 1,744 | 3,342 | ||
| D | 2,010 | 1,378 | 3,420 | ||
| D | 2,348 | 1,168 | 3,516 | ||
| R | 686 | 2,057 | 2,743 | ||
| O | 1,275 | 545 | 3,619 | ||
| R | 569 | 1,921 | 2,490 | ||
| D | 1,352 | 285 | 1,637 | ||
| D | 1,300 | 203 | 1,503 | ||
| D | 1,375 | 369 | 1,744 | ||
| D | 608 | 100 | 951 | ||
| D | 1,639 | 49 | 1,688 | ||
| D | 1,040 | 0 | 1,040 | ||
| D | 1,336 | 61 | 1,399 | ||
| D | 1,000 | 24 | 1,027 | ||
| D | 897 | 116 | 1,013 | ||
| D | 630 | 45 | 696 | ||
| D | 500 | 48 | 548 | ||
| D | 677 | 40 | 730 | ||
| D | 608 | 29 | 656 | ||
| D | 528 | 142 | 723 | ||
| D | 630 | 77 | 775 | ||
| D | 679 | 213 | 926 | ||
| D | 809 | 467 | 1,339 | ||
| D | 908 | 356 | 1,301 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
17.0%
English
6.2%
Irish
3.1%
German
2.4%
French
0.9%
Italian
0.5%
Scottish
0.5%
African American
48.0%
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: 42.3 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
$46,171
Terrell County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Terrell County$46,171
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Terrell 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
33.3%
Nearly half of children live in poverty.
Children under 1856.2%
Working age (18–64)28.4%
Seniors (65+)12.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.8%
speak English only
Spanish2.3%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Terrell County's slim Democratic lean in 2024 reflects a majority-Black population navigating an economy anchored in agriculture, making it a closely watched data point in Georgia's evolving rural political map.
The Democratic margin here reached 100 points in 1940. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was four 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 $46,171 and a 33% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Randolph County and Jefferson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Terrell County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Terrell County, Georgia voted Democratic by 4.1 points (D+4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 4,341 votes cast, 2,253 went Democratic and 2,075 went Republican.
What is Terrell County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Terrell 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 29 times, Republican 4 times, and other 1 times.
When did Terrell County, Georgia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Terrell County, Georgia voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Terrell County, Georgia?
Terrell County, Georgia has a population of 8,850 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Terrell County, Georgia?
Median household income in Terrell County, Georgia is $46,171 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Terrell County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Terrell County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 29 went Democratic and 4 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.