† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
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
GroupBlakelyGeorgiaUnited States
African American†74.9%27.4%9.9%
African2.9%0.8%0.5%
American6.6%7.6%5.3%
English3.5%10.3%9.5%
Irish1.4%6.9%9.4%
German1.1%6.3%12.5%
Italian0.5%2.2%4.8%
French0.3%1.0%1.6%
Portuguese0.2%——
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
Blakely
Georgia
United States
Median age
39.8
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.1%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.0%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Blakely
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$49,821
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
26.8%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
12.0%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Blakely
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
1.1%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.1%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Blakely
Georgia
United States
Catholic
—
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
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.
Blakely, Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+20.5%
2008
+36.0%
2012
+32.5%
2016
+23.1%
2020
+26.4%
2024
+25.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 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. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
62.6%Harris1,242
37.3%Trump740
0.1%
D+25.3
R+1.0
D+26.8
1,983
D
62.9%Biden1,407
36.5%Trump817
0.6%
D+26.4
D+3.2
D+21.9
2,238
D
60.9%Clinton1,230
37.8%Trump763
1.3%
D+23.1
R+9.4
D+21.0
2,019
D
65.9%Obama1,578
33.4%Romney799
0.7%
D+32.5
R+3.4
D+28.7
2,394
D
67.3%Obama1,143
31.3%McCain532
1.4%
D+36.0
D+15.4
D+28.7
1,699
D
60.2%Kerry748
39.7%Bush493
0.2%
D+20.5
—
D+23.0
1,243
Blakely sits in Early County, a persistently rural area where peanut agriculture shapes the local economy and a majority-Black population makes county-level turnout patterns notable in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.0 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.3 points.
A population of 5,238, a 25% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,821 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Brownsville and West Point.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities 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, Blakely, Georgia voted Democratic by 25.3 points (D+25.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,983 votes cast, 1,242 went Democratic and 740 went Republican.
How many people live in Blakely, Georgia?
Blakely, Georgia has a population of 5,238 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Blakely, Georgia?
Median household income in Blakely, Georgia is $49,821 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Blakely, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Blakely, Georgia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
