Upson County, Georgia: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+40%. Democratic peak: D+97 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 28,0292024 5-year
- Median household income
- $55,4292024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 25.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Evans County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Upson CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Upson 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 | +29.8% |
| 1896 | +8.3% |
| 1900 | +42.8% |
| 1904 | +47.3% |
| 1908 | +29.4% |
| 1912 | +74.2% |
| 1916 | +70.8% |
| 1920 | +69.8% |
| 1924 | +76.9% |
| 1928 | +53.1% |
| 1932 | +97.4% |
| 1936 | +82.8% |
| 1940 | +86.7% |
| 1944 | +81.3% |
| 1948 | +72.5% |
| 1952 | +71.1% |
| 1956 | +65.6% |
| 1960 | +53.0% |
| 1964 | +2.7% |
| 1968 | −0.2% |
| 1972 | −69.0% |
| 1976 | +18.6% |
| 1980 | +25.2% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −26.6% |
| 1992 | −3.5% |
| 1996 | −3.6% |
| 2000 | −22.5% |
| 2004 | −31.8% |
| 2008 | −28.3% |
| 2012 | −29.0% |
| 2016 | −34.9% |
| 2020 | −34.1% |
| 2024 | −39.7% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,098 | 9,528 | 13,662 | ||
| R | 4,201 | 8,608 | 12,905 | ||
| R | 3,475 | 7,292 | 10,934 | ||
| R | 3,959 | 7,230 | 11,279 | ||
| R | 4,061 | 7,291 | 11,421 | ||
| R | 3,424 | 6,634 | 10,094 | ||
| R | 3,158 | 5,019 | 8,282 | ||
| R | 3,491 | 3,783 | 8,035 | ||
| R | 3,740 | 4,053 | 9,001 | ||
| R | 2,666 | 4,614 | 7,318 | ||
| R | 2,943 | 4,803 | 7,746 | ||
| D | 4,713 | 2,788 | 7,635 | ||
| D | 4,219 | 2,897 | 7,116 | ||
| R | 896 | 4,892 | 5,788 | ||
| O | 1,480 | 1,494 | 6,573 | ||
| D | 3,275 | 3,103 | 6,384 | ||
| D | 3,262 | 1,001 | 4,263 | ||
| D | 3,422 | 712 | 4,134 | ||
| D | 3,837 | 648 | 4,485 | ||
| D | 2,432 | 262 | 2,993 | ||
| D | 2,362 | 243 | 2,605 | ||
| D | 2,235 | 159 | 2,394 | ||
| D | 1,471 | 138 | 1,610 | ||
| D | 1,660 | 20 | 1,684 | ||
| D | 721 | 221 | 942 | ||
| D | 484 | 37 | 581 | ||
| D | 957 | 170 | 1,127 | ||
| D | 734 | 18 | 1,011 | ||
| D | 445 | 7 | 590 | ||
| D | 369 | 145 | 763 | ||
| D | 468 | 77 | 826 | ||
| D | 468 | 133 | 782 | ||
| D | 591 | 498 | 1,125 | ||
| D | 862 | 339 | 1,755 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
9.4%
American
7.6%
Irish
5.9%
German
2.4%
Scottish
1.9%
Italian
0.8%
African American
20.6%
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: 41.1 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
$55,429
Upson County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Upson County$55,429
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Upson 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
19.3%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1827.9%
Working age (18–64)17.0%
Seniors (65+)16.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.4%
speak English only
Spanish2.0%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Upson County, anchored by Thomaston, has drifted steadily toward lopsided Republican margins over two decades, reflecting a broader rural Piedmont pattern where manufacturing job losses reshaped the electorate well before Georgia's suburban counties drew national attention.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at sixty-nine points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty points.
A median household income of $55,429, a 19% poverty rate, and a 68% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Evans County and Colquitt County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Upson County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Upson County, Georgia voted Republican by 39.7 points (R+40), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 13,662 votes cast, 4,098 went Democratic and 9,528 went Republican.
What is Upson County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Upson County, Georgia in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. 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 21 times, Republican 12 times, and other 1 times.
When did Upson County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Upson County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Upson County, Georgia?
Upson County, Georgia has a population of 28,029 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Upson County, Georgia?
Median household income in Upson County, Georgia is $55,429 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Upson County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Upson County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.