† 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
GroupThomastonGeorgiaUnited States
English8.1%10.3%9.5%
American6.5%7.6%5.3%
Irish5.1%6.9%9.4%
German2.1%6.3%12.5%
Scottish1.6%1.7%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.9%——
Italian0.7%2.2%4.8%
Polish0.3%0.8%2.2%
African American†36.0%27.4%9.9%
Mexican3.2%5.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.3%1.2%1.8%
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
Thomaston
Georgia
United States
Median age
41.4
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
5.2%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.3%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Thomaston
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$38,917
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
28.1%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.9%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Thomaston
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.8%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
4.0%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Thomaston
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.
Thomaston, Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−24.8%
2008
−20.3%
2012
−19.0%
2016
−16.8%
2020
−14.5%
2024
−21.0%
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
39.3%Harris1,694
60.3%Trump2,596
0.3%
R+21.0
R+6.4
R+19.5
4,305
R
42.3%Biden1,778
56.8%Trump2,389
1.0%
R+14.5
D+2.3
R+19.0
4,207
R
40.7%Clinton1,461
57.6%Trump2,065
1.7%
R+16.8
D+2.2
R+18.9
3,587
R
40.1%Obama1,468
59.1%Romney2,165
0.8%
R+19.0
D+1.2
R+22.9
3,662
R
39.1%Obama1,135
59.4%McCain1,723
1.4%
R+20.3
D+4.5
R+27.5
2,900
R
37.5%Kerry939
62.3%Bush1,561
0.2%
R+24.8
—
R+22.4
2,506
Thomaston anchors a rural Middle Georgia county that shifted decisively toward Republican margins as its once-dominant textile industry contracted over the past three decades, leaving a majority-white working-class population with few large employers.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 24.8 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.0 points.
A population of 9,831, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $38,917 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Columbia and Bainbridge.
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, Thomaston, Georgia voted Republican by 21.0 points (R+21.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,305 votes cast, 1,694 went Democratic and 2,596 went Republican.
How many people live in Thomaston, Georgia?
Thomaston, Georgia has a population of 9,831 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Thomaston, Georgia?
Median household income in Thomaston, Georgia is $38,917 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Thomaston, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Thomaston, Georgia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
