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
GroupMcRae-HelenaGeorgiaUnited States
American8.9%7.6%5.3%
English5.7%10.3%9.5%
Irish3.3%6.9%9.4%
German2.3%6.3%12.5%
Scotch-Irish1.9%——
Polish0.6%0.8%2.2%
Italian0.5%2.2%4.8%
Greek0.5%——
African American†44.0%27.4%9.9%
African0.9%0.8%0.5%
Haitian0.4%0.4%0.3%
Mexican4.1%5.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.1%1.2%1.8%
Cuban0.7%0.3%0.7%
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
McRae-Helena
Georgia
United States
Median age
41.3
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
5.1%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.5%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
McRae-Helena
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$43,618
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
31.5%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
8.0%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
McRae-Helena
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.7%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.4%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
McRae-Helena
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.
McRae-Helena, Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−0.5%
2008
+1.2%
2012
−1.8%
2016
−16.9%
2020
−16.8%
2024
−20.6%
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
R
39.6%Harris660
60.2%Trump1,003
0.2%
R+20.6
R+3.8
R+19.1
1,666
R
41.3%Biden715
58.1%Trump1,006
0.6%
R+16.8
D+0.1
R+21.3
1,732
R
41.1%Clinton620
57.9%Trump875
1.0%
R+16.9
R+15.1
R+19.0
1,510
R
48.5%Obama867
50.3%Romney899
1.2%
R+1.8
R+3.0
R+5.6
1,788
D
49.3%Obama870
48.0%McCain848
2.7%
D+1.2
D+1.8
R+6.0
1,766
R
49.5%Kerry767
50.0%Bush775
0.5%
R+0.5
—
D+1.9
1,549
McRae-Helena, formed by the 2015 merger of two adjacent cities, anchors Telfair County — a small, majority-Black rural county that has backed Democratic presidential candidates even as surrounding south Georgia counties shifted sharply Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 1.2 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 20.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.6 points.
A population of 6,030, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $43,618 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Marianna and Hamlet.
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, McRae-Helena, Georgia voted Republican by 20.6 points (R+20.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,666 votes cast, 660 went Democratic and 1,003 went Republican.
When did McRae-Helena, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which McRae-Helena, Georgia voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in McRae-Helena, Georgia?
McRae-Helena, Georgia has a population of 6,030 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in McRae-Helena, Georgia?
Median household income in McRae-Helena, Georgia is $43,618 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of McRae-Helena, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in McRae-Helena, Georgia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.
