† 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
GroupSandersvilleGeorgiaUnited States
African American†61.8%27.4%9.9%
African1.6%0.8%0.5%
Bahamian0.2%——
American6.1%7.6%5.3%
English5.7%10.3%9.5%
Irish3.5%6.9%9.4%
German2.5%6.3%12.5%
Scottish0.6%1.7%1.3%
Italian0.5%2.2%4.8%
French0.4%1.0%1.6%
Scotch-Irish0.3%——
Mexican0.8%5.5%11.3%
Ecuadorian0.3%——
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
Sandersville
Georgia
United States
Median age
34.3
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
11.1%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.7%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sandersville
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$49,833
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
18.5%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.2%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sandersville
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
2.6%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.5%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sandersville
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.
Sandersville, Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+8.8%
2008
+17.4%
2012
+15.7%
2016
+11.4%
2020
+12.4%
2024
+11.5%
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
55.6%Harris1,598
44.1%Trump1,267
0.3%
D+11.5
R+0.8
D+13.0
2,873
D
55.7%Biden1,606
43.4%Trump1,250
0.9%
D+12.4
D+0.9
D+7.9
2,882
D
55.0%Clinton1,418
43.6%Trump1,123
1.4%
D+11.4
R+4.3
D+9.4
2,577
D
57.5%Obama1,546
41.7%Romney1,123
0.8%
D+15.7
R+1.6
D+11.9
2,690
D
57.6%Obama1,235
40.3%McCain863
2.1%
D+17.4
D+8.5
D+10.1
2,144
D
54.1%Kerry992
45.3%Bush830
0.6%
D+8.8
—
D+11.3
1,833
Sandersville anchors one of the world's leading kaolin-mining regions, and its majority-Black population has made Washington County a closely watched marker of rural Black voter turnout in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 17.4 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.5 points.
A population of 5,601, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,833 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Walterboro 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, Sandersville, Georgia voted Democratic by 11.5 points (D+11.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 2,873 votes cast, 1,598 went Democratic and 1,267 went Republican.
How many people live in Sandersville, Georgia?
Sandersville, Georgia has a population of 5,601 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sandersville, Georgia?
Median household income in Sandersville, Georgia is $49,833 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Sandersville, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sandersville, Georgia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
