† 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
GroupDawsonGeorgiaUnited States
African American†84.9%27.4%9.9%
African0.3%0.8%0.5%
American6.5%7.6%5.3%
English2.4%10.3%9.5%
Irish1.2%6.9%9.4%
German0.9%6.3%12.5%
Scotch-Irish0.5%——
French0.3%1.0%1.6%
Italian0.2%2.2%4.8%
Scottish0.2%1.7%1.3%
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
Dawson
Georgia
United States
Median age
38.1
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.5%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.1%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Dawson
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$28,533
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
53.8%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
11.7%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Dawson
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
0.6%
15.5%
22.3%
Religious landscape
Measure
Dawson
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.
Dawson, Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+52.0%
2008
+59.6%
2012
+53.8%
2016
+52.8%
2020
+52.7%
2024
+51.7%
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
75.7%Harris1,280
24.0%Trump406
0.3%
D+51.7
R+1.0
D+53.2
1,691
D
75.8%Biden1,328
23.1%Trump405
1.0%
D+52.7
R+0.1
D+48.3
1,751
D
76.0%Clinton1,292
23.2%Trump395
0.8%
D+52.8
R+1.0
D+50.7
1,700
D
76.6%Obama1,419
22.8%Romney422
0.6%
D+53.8
R+5.8
D+49.9
1,853
D
79.0%Obama1,145
19.4%McCain281
1.7%
D+59.6
D+7.6
D+52.3
1,450
D
76.0%Kerry887
24.0%Bush280
0.0%
D+52.0
—
D+54.5
1,167
Dawson anchors Terrell County, a majority-Black rural county whose presidential margins have shifted sharply rightward over the past decade despite a demographic composition that once reliably produced different outcomes.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 59.6 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.7 points.
A population of 4,247, a 15% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $28,533 describe the city.
In 2024, Dawson, Georgia voted Democratic by 51.7 points (D+51.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,691 votes cast, 1,280 went Democratic and 406 went Republican.
How many people live in Dawson, Georgia?
Dawson, Georgia has a population of 4,247 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dawson, Georgia?
Median household income in Dawson, Georgia is $28,533 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Dawson, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Dawson, Georgia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
