Wilkinson County, Georgia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+18%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+18MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 8,7472024 5-year
- Median household income
- $45,4652024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 37.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- St. Landry Parish, LA · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Wilkinson CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Wilkinson 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 | +33.0% |
| 1896 | +12.2% |
| 1900 | +38.3% |
| 1904 | +75.1% |
| 1908 | +57.5% |
| 1912 | +89.8% |
| 1916 | +81.9% |
| 1920 | +74.7% |
| 1924 | +64.6% |
| 1928 | +36.4% |
| 1932 | +100.0% |
| 1936 | +70.5% |
| 1940 | +72.0% |
| 1944 | +47.6% |
| 1948 | +36.9% |
| 1952 | +62.3% |
| 1956 | +53.5% |
| 1960 | +35.4% |
| 1964 | −38.6% |
| 1968 | +4.3% |
| 1972 | −49.0% |
| 1976 | +52.0% |
| 1980 | +35.4% |
| 1984 | +9.0% |
| 1988 | +8.4% |
| 1992 | +25.9% |
| 1996 | +24.2% |
| 2000 | +2.2% |
| 2004 | −0.6% |
| 2008 | −1.1% |
| 2012 | −1.5% |
| 2016 | −10.2% |
| 2020 | −12.3% |
| 2024 | −17.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,012 | 2,888 | 4,908 | ||
| R | 2,075 | 2,664 | 4,770 | ||
| R | 1,894 | 2,333 | 4,297 | ||
| R | 2,181 | 2,246 | 4,456 | ||
| R | 2,298 | 2,349 | 4,673 | ||
| R | 2,235 | 2,261 | 4,518 | ||
| D | 1,884 | 1,800 | 3,740 | ||
| D | 2,278 | 1,332 | 3,909 | ||
| D | 2,286 | 1,232 | 4,072 | ||
| D | 1,831 | 1,546 | 3,413 | ||
| D | 2,102 | 1,756 | 3,858 | ||
| D | 2,365 | 1,116 | 3,532 | ||
| D | 2,652 | 837 | 3,489 | ||
| R | 751 | 2,196 | 2,947 | ||
| O | 829 | 685 | 3,384 | ||
| R | 963 | 2,172 | 3,135 | ||
| D | 1,324 | 631 | 1,955 | ||
| D | 1,299 | 393 | 1,692 | ||
| D | 1,629 | 378 | 2,007 | ||
| O | 501 | 96 | 1,099 | ||
| D | 763 | 271 | 1,034 | ||
| D | 906 | 147 | 1,054 | ||
| D | 695 | 118 | 818 | ||
| D | 726 | 0 | 726 | ||
| D | 487 | 227 | 714 | ||
| D | 284 | 56 | 353 | ||
| D | 256 | 37 | 293 | ||
| D | 371 | 28 | 419 | ||
| D | 335 | 10 | 362 | ||
| D | 280 | 55 | 391 | ||
| D | 539 | 37 | 668 | ||
| D | 422 | 184 | 621 | ||
| D | 610 | 476 | 1,097 | ||
| D | 576 | 205 | 1,123 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
10.5%
English
9.3%
Irish
5.4%
German
2.5%
Scottish
1.0%
French
0.6%
Italian
0.5%
African American
30.2%
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: 42.5 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
$45,465
Wilkinson County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.
Wilkinson County$45,465
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Wilkinson 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
21.6%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1833.1%
Working age (18–64)19.0%
Seniors (65+)12.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.3%
speak English only
Spanish1.5%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Wilkinson County sits atop Georgia's kaolin belt, a stretch of industrial mineral extraction that shapes both its economy and its sparse, aging population of roughly 10,000. It shifted from a competitive county a decade ago to an R+18 result in 2024.
The Democratic margin here reached 100 points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eighteen 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 $45,465 and a 22% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Landry Parish and Bienville Parish.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Wilkinson County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wilkinson County, Georgia voted Republican by 17.8 points (R+18), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,908 votes cast, 2,012 went Democratic and 2,888 went Republican.
What is Wilkinson County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Wilkinson 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 24 times, Republican 8 times, and other 2 times.
When did Wilkinson County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wilkinson County, Georgia voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Wilkinson County, Georgia?
Wilkinson County, Georgia has a population of 8,747 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wilkinson County, Georgia?
Median household income in Wilkinson County, Georgia is $45,465 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Wilkinson County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Wilkinson County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 8 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.