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
GroupTurner CountyGeorgiaUnited States
American11.3%7.6%5.3%
English7.5%10.3%9.5%
Irish5.1%6.9%9.4%
German4.9%6.3%12.5%
Scottish1.9%1.7%1.3%
Welsh1.3%——
French0.9%1.0%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.4%——
African American†35.9%27.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.8%0.5%
Haitian0.2%0.4%0.3%
Mexican4.3%5.5%11.3%
Salvadoran0.2%0.5%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
Turner County
Georgia
United States
Median age
36.6
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.0%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.3%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Turner County
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$36,799
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.3%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
9.8%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Turner County
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.1%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.6%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Turner County
Georgia
United States
Catholic
—
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
56.2%
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
36.7%
49.3%
51.5%
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.
Turner County, Georgia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
3 precincts · 3,833 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Turner County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -11
1,035
509
6
1,550
66.8%
32.8%
D+33.9
Precinct -22
252
1,219
3
1,474
17.1%
82.7%
R+65.6
Precinct -33
78
729
2
809
9.6%
90.1%
R+80.5
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1908–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1908
+31.3%
1912
+69.4%
1916
+35.6%
1920
+36.7%
1924
+32.1%
1928
−23.2%
1932
+87.0%
1936
+64.1%
1940
+38.4%
1944
+40.9%
1948
+54.9%
1952
+54.3%
1956
+59.6%
1960
+65.0%
1964
−39.9%
1968
−0.3%
1972
−65.8%
1976
+69.0%
1980
+37.4%
1984
−2.3%
1988
−7.3%
1992
+24.2%
1996
+14.2%
2000
−3.6%
2004
−22.9%
2008
−18.8%
2012
−14.5%
2016
−24.9%
2020
−24.8%
2024
−28.5%
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
35.6%Harris1,365
64.1%Trump2,457
0.3%Oliver10
R+28.5
R+3.7
R+27.0
3,833
R
37.2%Biden1,410
61.9%Trump2,349
0.9%Jorgensen33
R+24.8
D+0.2
R+29.2
3,792
R
36.6%Clinton1,246
61.5%Trump2,095
1.6%Johnson53
R+24.9
R+10.4
R+27.0
3,405
R
42.3%Obama1,510
56.9%Romney2,028
0.8%
R+14.5
D+4.3
R+18.4
3,567
R
40.2%Obama1,427
59.0%McCain2,096
0.8%
R+18.8
D+4.1
R+26.1
3,553
R
38.3%Kerry1,135
61.2%Bush1,815
0.5%
R+22.9
R+19.3
R+20.5
2,965
R
47.6%Gore1,169
51.2%Bush1,258
0.1%Nader2
R+3.6
R+17.8
R+4.1
2,456
D
51.8%Clinton1,272
37.6%Dole924
10.0%Perot246
D+14.2
R+10.1
D+5.7
2,455
D
55.2%Clinton1,669
31.0%Bush936
12.2%Perot370
D+24.2
D+31.6
D+18.7
3,024
R
43.2%Dukakis1,122
50.5%Bush1,312
6.3%
R+7.3
R+5.0
D+0.4
2,597
R
48.9%Mondale1,270
51.1%Reagan1,329
0.0%
R+2.3
R+39.7
D+15.9
2,599
D
68.1%Carter1,990
30.7%Reagan898
1.1%
D+37.4
R+31.6
D+47.1
2,921
D
84.5%Carter2,265
15.5%Ford416
0.0%
D+69.0
D+134.8
D+66.9
2,681
R
17.1%McGovern437
82.9%Nixon2,120
0.0%
R+65.8
R+65.6
R+42.7
2,557
O
15.4%Humphrey412
15.7%Nixon419
68.9%
Wallace +53.3
D+39.6
D+0.4
2,676
R
30.1%Johnson719
69.9%Goldwater1,672
0.0%
R+39.9
R+104.8
R+62.4
2,391
D
82.5%Kennedy1,545
17.5%Nixon328
0.0%
D+65.0
D+5.4
D+64.8
1,873
D
79.8%Stevenson1,398
20.2%Eisenhower354
0.0%
D+59.6
D+5.3
D+75.0
1,752
D
77.1%Stevenson1,357
22.9%Eisenhower402
0.0%
D+54.3
R+0.6
D+65.0
1,759
D
67.7%Truman774
12.9%Dewey147
19.4%
D+54.9
D+14.0
D+50.4
1,143
D
70.4%Roosevelt797
29.5%Dewey334
0.1%
D+40.9
D+2.5
D+33.4
1,132
D
69.0%Roosevelt791
30.6%Willkie351
0.4%
D+38.4
R+25.8
D+28.4
1,147
D
82.1%Roosevelt860
17.9%Landon188
0.0%
D+64.1
R+22.9
D+39.9
1,048
D
93.0%Roosevelt909
6.0%Hoover59
0.9%
D+87.0
D+110.2
D+69.2
977
R
38.4%Smith328
61.6%Hoover526
0.0%
R+23.2
R+55.3
R+5.7
854
D
63.1%Davis338
31.0%Coolidge166
6.0%La Follette32
D+32.1
R+4.6
D+57.3
536
D
68.3%Cox393
31.7%Harding182
0.0%
D+36.7
D+1.1
D+62.9
575
D
55.8%Wilson400
20.2%Hughes145
24.0%
D+35.6
R+33.8
D+32.4
717
D
74.2%Wilson385
4.8%Taft25
21.0%
D+69.4
D+38.1
D+49.8
519
D
50.5%Bryan276
19.2%Taft105
30.3%
D+31.3
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D+40.8
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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
37.3%1,152
61.3%1,892
3,086
2020
R
36.1%2,691
62.1%4,628
7,458
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Turner County, GA
Year
Total registered
2016
5,567
2018
5,478
2020
5,839
2022
5,953
2024
6,138
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−36 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −914 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $42,306 in average income, against $48,068 for residents who stayed — 12% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+32.8 on average — 4.3 points more Republican-leaning than Turner County, GA itself (R+28.5).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Tift County, GA52R+35.7
Crisp County, GA22R+25.9
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Tift County, GA48
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 Turner County, GA in Turner County, GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+29
2012
−529
2013
−269
2014
−139
2015
−38
2016
−44
2017
−33
2018
−4
2019
+59
2021
−30
2022
−67
2023
+101
2024
+86
2025
−36
Turner County's population has contracted steadily over recent decades, and its electorate—heavily rural, with agriculture as the economic anchor—has shifted toward Republican presidential candidates by double digits since it once reliably backed Democrats.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 87.0 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 65.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.5 points.
A population of 8,939, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $36,799 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ben Hill County and Wayne 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, Turner County, Georgia voted Republican by 28.5 points (R+28.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,833 votes cast, 1,365 went Democratic and 2,457 went Republican.
When did Turner County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Turner County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Turner County, Georgia?
Turner County, Georgia has a population of 8,939 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Turner County, Georgia?
Median household income in Turner County, Georgia is $36,799 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Turner County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Turner County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
