Turner County, Georgia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+28%. Democratic peak: D+87 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+28MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 8,9392024 5-year
- Median household income
- $36,7992024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 54.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 36.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Ben Hill County, GA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Turner CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Turner County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
Turnout—
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 | +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
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,365 | 2,457 | 3,833 | ||
| R | 1,410 | 2,349 | 3,792 | ||
| R | 1,246 | 2,095 | 3,405 | ||
| R | 1,510 | 2,028 | 3,567 | ||
| R | 1,427 | 2,096 | 3,553 | ||
| R | 1,135 | 1,815 | 2,965 | ||
| R | 1,169 | 1,258 | 2,456 | ||
| D | 1,272 | 924 | 2,455 | ||
| D | 1,669 | 936 | 3,024 | ||
| R | 1,122 | 1,312 | 2,597 | ||
| R | 1,270 | 1,329 | 2,599 | ||
| D | 1,990 | 898 | 2,921 | ||
| D | 2,265 | 416 | 2,681 | ||
| R | 437 | 2,120 | 2,557 | ||
| O | 412 | 419 | 2,676 | ||
| R | 719 | 1,672 | 2,391 | ||
| D | 1,545 | 328 | 1,873 | ||
| D | 1,398 | 354 | 1,752 | ||
| D | 1,357 | 402 | 1,759 | ||
| D | 774 | 147 | 1,143 | ||
| D | 797 | 334 | 1,132 | ||
| D | 791 | 351 | 1,147 | ||
| D | 860 | 188 | 1,048 | ||
| D | 909 | 59 | 977 | ||
| R | 328 | 526 | 854 | ||
| D | 338 | 166 | 536 | ||
| D | 393 | 182 | 575 | ||
| D | 400 | 145 | 717 | ||
| D | 385 | 25 | 519 | ||
| D | 276 | 105 | 547 | ||
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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
7.5%
Irish
5.1%
German
4.9%
Scottish
1.9%
French
0.9%
African American
29.1%
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: 36.6 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
$36,799
Turner County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.
Turner County$36,799
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Turner County ranks in the bottom 5% 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
20.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.8%
Working age (18–64)21.4%
Seniors (65+)18.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.9%
speak English only
Spanish4.6%
Other Indo-European0.4%
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 36.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
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.
The Democratic margin here reached eighty-seven points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-eight 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 $36,799 and a 20% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ben Hill County and Clark County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Turner County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Turner County, Georgia voted Republican by 28.5 points (R+28), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,833 votes cast, 1,365 went Democratic and 2,457 went Republican.
What is Turner County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Turner 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 17 times, Republican 12 times, and other 1 times.
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. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.