Charlton County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 4,628 votes cast

Trump · R+56

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−56.2%	1,007	3,607	4,628
2020	R	−50.7%	1,103	3,419	4,566
2016	R	−48.3%	1,004	2,951	4,031
2012	R	−35.3%	1,197	2,527	3,765
2008	R	−34.4%	1,197	2,466	3,685
2004	R	−36.8%	1,064	2,311	3,391
2000	R	−26.8%	1,015	1,770	2,816
1996	R	−0.2%	1,368	1,374	3,031
1992	R	−7.1%	1,127	1,333	2,892
1988	R	−16.7%	943	1,327	2,304
1984	R	−10.4%	1,111	1,368	2,479
1980	D	+30.2%	1,469	779	2,286
1976	D	+58.9%	1,750	452	2,202
1972	R	−60.1%	310	1,244	1,554
1968	D	+6.3%	455	332	1,944
1964	R	−34.5%	574	1,179	1,753
1960	D	+43.4%	733	289	1,022
1956	D	+57.2%	750	204	954
1952	D	+47.8%	815	288	1,103
1948	D	+47.4%	339	70	568
1944	D	+67.7%	462	89	551
1940	D	+80.7%	562	60	622
1936	D	+88.5%	468	28	497
1932	D	+82.1%	330	32	363
1928	D	+44.3%	415	160	575
1924	D	+73.6%	151	20	178
1920	D	+69.7%	157	28	185
1916	D	+50.4%	169	52	232
1912	D	+57.0%	150	23	223
1908	D	+38.4%	124	53	185
1904	D	+73.9%	207	31	238
1900	D	+44.4%	168	64	234
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	D	+68.5%	192	22	248
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

0.7%

African American

19.8%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 37.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.1%

85+

0.5%

2.7%

75–84

2.7%

4.0%

65–74

4.3%

6.1%

55–64

6.4%

7.8%

45–54

4.5%

7.8%

35–44

4.9%

8.1%

25–34

4.5%

10.1%

18–24

5.6%

9.6%

5–17

6.5%

1.8%

2.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$61,276

Charlton County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Charlton County$61,276

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

18.1%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

26.8%

Methodist

3.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.6%

Other Christian

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Charlton, a sparsely populated county bordering Florida and the Okefenokee Swamp, recorded a 56-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most one-sided jurisdictions in recent cycles.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Charlton County peaked at eighty-nine points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of ten points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Charlton County's median household income of $61,276 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Anderson County and Larue County.

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For eighty-eight years, Charlton County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.