Wheeler County, Georgia: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+45%. Democratic peak: D+95 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+45MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 7,3352024 5-year
- Median household income
- $40,5392024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 58.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 37.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+95 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Cleveland County, AR · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Wheeler CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Wheeler 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 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | +77.0% |
| 1920 | +55.2% |
| 1924 | +88.8% |
| 1928 | +51.1% |
| 1932 | +94.9% |
| 1936 | +72.6% |
| 1940 | +61.5% |
| 1944 | +54.8% |
| 1948 | +58.9% |
| 1952 | +66.1% |
| 1956 | +73.9% |
| 1960 | +62.2% |
| 1964 | +7.2% |
| 1968 | +14.2% |
| 1972 | −57.6% |
| 1976 | +60.0% |
| 1980 | +48.0% |
| 1984 | −3.7% |
| 1988 | −3.7% |
| 1992 | +16.4% |
| 1996 | +21.4% |
| 2000 | −3.9% |
| 2004 | −16.8% |
| 2008 | −27.8% |
| 2012 | −27.4% |
| 2016 | −36.9% |
| 2020 | −39.1% |
| 2024 | −45.1% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 622 | 1,648 | 2,276 | ||
| R | 689 | 1,583 | 2,285 | ||
| R | 646 | 1,421 | 2,102 | ||
| R | 772 | 1,366 | 2,165 | ||
| R | 794 | 1,408 | 2,210 | ||
| R | 847 | 1,192 | 2,054 | ||
| R | 752 | 813 | 1,575 | ||
| D | 751 | 460 | 1,357 | ||
| D | 880 | 601 | 1,699 | ||
| R | 658 | 709 | 1,373 | ||
| R | 774 | 833 | 1,607 | ||
| D | 1,599 | 550 | 2,186 | ||
| D | 1,378 | 344 | 1,722 | ||
| R | 294 | 1,093 | 1,387 | ||
| O | 488 | 251 | 1,673 | ||
| D | 980 | 849 | 1,829 | ||
| D | 970 | 226 | 1,196 | ||
| D | 992 | 149 | 1,141 | ||
| D | 1,280 | 261 | 1,541 | ||
| D | 560 | 39 | 885 | ||
| D | 517 | 151 | 668 | ||
| D | 495 | 117 | 615 | ||
| D | 594 | 94 | 689 | ||
| D | 1,127 | 29 | 1,157 | ||
| D | 312 | 101 | 413 | ||
| D | 772 | 0 | 869 | ||
| D | 350 | 101 | 451 | ||
| D | 372 | 31 | 443 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
8.5%
English
6.6%
Irish
1.3%
German
0.8%
Italian
0.8%
Scottish
0.7%
African American
29.8%
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: 32.0 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
$40,539
Wheeler County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Wheeler County$40,539
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Wheeler 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
32.7%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1836.3%
Working age (18–64)32.5%
Seniors (65+)26.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.0%
speak English only
Spanish3.3%
Other languages0.4%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 71.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Wheeler County's roughly 6,000 residents make it one of Georgia's smallest by population, and its presidential margins have exceeded 40 points Republican in recent cycles, reflecting the deep-red lean common across rural south-central Georgia.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at fifty-eight points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-five points.
A median household income of $40,539, a 33% poverty rate, and a 59% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cleveland County and Prairie County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Wheeler County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wheeler County, Georgia voted Republican by 45.1 points (R+45), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,276 votes cast, 622 went Democratic and 1,648 went Republican.
What is Wheeler County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Wheeler 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 17 times, Republican 10 times, and other 1 times.
When did Wheeler County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wheeler County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Wheeler County, Georgia?
Wheeler County, Georgia has a population of 7,335 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wheeler County, Georgia?
Median household income in Wheeler County, Georgia is $40,539 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Wheeler County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wheeler County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.