2024 results by precinct
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38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 771 | 663 | 1,442 | |
| 2020 | D | 790 | 637 | 1,434 | |
| 2016 | D | 697 | 566 | 1,273 | |
| 2012 | D | 862 | 537 | 1,403 | |
| 2008 | D | 879 | 558 | 1,440 | |
| 2004 | D | 798 | 509 | 1,310 | |
| 2000 | D | 821 | 448 | 1,277 | |
| 1996 | D | 787 | 293 | 1,143 | |
| 1992 | D | 778 | 264 | 1,197 | |
| 1988 | D | 595 | 398 | 994 | |
| 1984 | D | 750 | 419 | 1,169 | |
| 1980 | D | 909 | 316 | 1,241 | |
| 1976 | D | 947 | 295 | 1,242 | |
| 1972 | R | 283 | 632 | 915 | |
| 1968 | D | 516 | 133 | 1,258 | |
| 1964 | R | 360 | 544 | 906 | |
| 1960 | D | 528 | 84 | 612 | |
| 1956 | D | 390 | 103 | 493 | |
| 1952 | D | 481 | 176 | 657 | |
| 1948 | D | 295 | 39 | 367 | |
| 1944 | D | 442 | 35 | 477 | |
| 1940 | D | 488 | 33 | 523 | |
| 1936 | D | 484 | 13 | 499 | |
| 1932 | D | 433 | 12 | 448 | |
| 1928 | D | 405 | 56 | 461 | |
| 1924 | D | 246 | 51 | 331 | |
| 1920 | D | 230 | 63 | 293 | |
| 1916 | D | 225 | 9 | 244 | |
| 1912 | D | 369 | 8 | 394 | |
| 1908 | D | 242 | 161 | 447 | |
| 1904 | D | 270 | 47 | 433 | |
| 1900 | D | 271 | 81 | 381 | |
| 1896 | R | 240 | 534 | 853 | |
| 1892 | D | 506 | 104 | 726 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
48.4%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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: 45.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$49,147
Clay County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Clay County$49,147
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
21.0%
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
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 75.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Clay County, with barely 3,300 residents in Georgia's rural southwest, returned a Democratic presidential margin of 7.5 points in 2024—an outlier in a region that otherwise trends heavily Republican, driven largely by its majority-Black electorate.
The Democratic margin in Clay County reached its widest at ninety-four points in 1936. The margin in 2024 was seven points — still decisive.
Clay County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $49,147, a 37% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,850 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lee County and Chicot County.
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