Toombs County, Georgia: Sunbelt Conservative county. In 2024, voted R+51%. Democratic peak: D+94 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+51MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
- Population
- 27,1022024 5-year
- Median household income
- $52,6212024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Thomas County, GA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Toombs CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Toombs County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican 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 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | +14.1% |
| 1912 | +72.6% |
| 1916 | +72.1% |
| 1920 | +23.5% |
| 1924 | +74.6% |
| 1928 | +5.5% |
| 1932 | +93.7% |
| 1936 | +85.2% |
| 1940 | +77.6% |
| 1944 | +77.0% |
| 1948 | +48.0% |
| 1952 | +57.0% |
| 1956 | +61.9% |
| 1960 | +36.1% |
| 1964 | −35.5% |
| 1968 | −8.8% |
| 1972 | −71.6% |
| 1976 | +31.1% |
| 1980 | +6.8% |
| 1984 | −30.4% |
| 1988 | −58.4% |
| 1992 | −12.8% |
| 1996 | −12.5% |
| 2000 | −25.6% |
| 2004 | −41.1% |
| 2008 | −38.1% |
| 2012 | −40.4% |
| 2016 | −46.8% |
| 2020 | −45.2% |
| 2024 | −50.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,674 | 8,208 | 10,912 | ||
| R | 2,939 | 7,872 | 10,914 | ||
| R | 2,338 | 6,615 | 9,138 | ||
| R | 2,746 | 6,524 | 9,357 | ||
| R | 2,964 | 6,658 | 9,688 | ||
| R | 2,567 | 6,196 | 8,820 | ||
| R | 2,643 | 4,487 | 7,210 | ||
| R | 2,763 | 3,646 | 7,037 | ||
| R | 2,648 | 3,609 | 7,490 | ||
| R | 1,152 | 4,433 | 5,619 | ||
| R | 2,385 | 4,470 | 6,855 | ||
| D | 3,255 | 2,835 | 6,197 | ||
| D | 4,047 | 2,126 | 6,173 | ||
| R | 675 | 4,080 | 4,755 | ||
| O | 896 | 1,397 | 5,698 | ||
| R | 1,685 | 3,543 | 5,228 | ||
| D | 2,209 | 1,038 | 3,247 | ||
| D | 2,397 | 565 | 2,962 | ||
| D | 2,641 | 723 | 3,364 | ||
| D | 1,161 | 193 | 2,016 | ||
| D | 1,825 | 237 | 2,062 | ||
| D | 1,061 | 134 | 1,195 | ||
| D | 1,001 | 78 | 1,083 | ||
| D | 1,868 | 54 | 1,936 | ||
| D | 615 | 551 | 1,166 | ||
| D | 314 | 32 | 378 | ||
| D | 397 | 246 | 643 | ||
| D | 425 | 33 | 544 | ||
| D | 327 | 20 | 423 | ||
| D | 282 | 200 | 583 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
11.3%
English
11.0%
Irish
9.5%
German
4.8%
Italian
1.5%
Scottish
1.2%
Polish
0.6%
African American
18.9%
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: 37.3 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
$52,621
Toombs County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Toombs County$52,621
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Toombs County ranks in the bottom 25% 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
22.5%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1831.3%
Working age (18–64)19.4%
Seniors (65+)18.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.3%
speak English only
Spanish9.0%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Toombs County, anchored by Vidalia and its famous sweet onion trade, has posted Republican presidential margins above 40 points in every cycle since 2008, reflecting a rural southeast Georgia electorate that moves little regardless of the top of the ticket.
The Republican margin here reached seventy-two points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-one points.
A median household income of $52,621, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 27,102 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Thomas County and Carroll County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Toombs County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Toombs County, Georgia voted Republican by 50.7 points (R+51), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,912 votes cast, 2,674 went Democratic and 8,208 went Republican.
What is Toombs County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Toombs County, Georgia in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology — Affluent, predominantly white Sunbelt counties — reliably Republican. 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 16 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.
When did Toombs County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Toombs County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Toombs County, Georgia?
Toombs County, Georgia has a population of 27,102 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Toombs County, Georgia?
Median household income in Toombs County, Georgia is $52,621 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Toombs County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Toombs County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.