† 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
GroupCairoGeorgiaUnited States
African American†40.1%27.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.8%0.5%
American8.5%7.6%5.3%
English6.7%10.3%9.5%
Irish5.1%6.9%9.4%
German2.1%6.3%12.5%
Scottish1.0%1.7%1.3%
French0.5%1.0%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.5%——
Italian0.4%2.2%4.8%
Mexican15.1%5.5%11.3%
Guatemalan3.7%0.7%0.5%
Puerto Rican1.6%1.2%1.8%
Peruvian0.3%——
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
Cairo
Georgia
United States
Median age
32.1
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.1%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cairo
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$40,920
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
28.8%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
12.3%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cairo
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
18.6%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
18.5%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cairo
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.
Cairo, Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+22.3%
2008
+22.9%
2012
+15.4%
2016
+8.7%
2020
+10.4%
2024
+2.7%
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
51.1%Harris1,719
48.4%Trump1,628
0.4%
D+2.7
R+7.7
D+4.2
3,361
D
55.0%Biden1,967
44.6%Trump1,595
0.4%
D+10.4
D+1.7
D+5.9
3,577
D
53.6%Clinton1,663
45.0%Trump1,394
1.4%
D+8.7
R+6.7
D+6.6
3,101
D
57.3%Obama1,912
41.9%Romney1,399
0.7%
D+15.4
R+7.5
D+11.5
3,336
D
60.4%Obama1,594
37.5%McCain989
2.1%
D+22.9
D+0.6
D+15.7
2,639
D
61.1%Kerry1,391
38.8%Bush883
0.2%
D+22.3
—
D+24.8
2,278
Cairo serves as the commercial hub for rural Grady County in Georgia's southwestern corner, where agricultural ties and a majority-Black population shape a local electorate that has leaned heavily Democratic in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.9 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.7 points.
A population of 10,055, a 40% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $40,920 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Waynesboro and Palatka.
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, Cairo, Georgia voted Democratic by 2.7 points (D+2.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,361 votes cast, 1,719 went Democratic and 1,628 went Republican.
How many people live in Cairo, Georgia?
Cairo, Georgia has a population of 10,055 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cairo, Georgia?
Median household income in Cairo, Georgia is $40,920 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Cairo, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Cairo, Georgia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
