Clinch County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

5 precincts · 2,908 votes cast

Trump · R+52

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−51.5%	702	2,201	2,908
2020	R	−47.4%	747	2,105	2,864
2016	R	−42.2%	686	1,727	2,464
2012	R	−30.1%	852	1,598	2,475
2008	R	−25.6%	989	1,678	2,696
2004	R	−33.1%	750	1,501	2,268
2000	R	−14.3%	816	1,091	1,929
1996	D	+9.4%	973	789	1,952
1992	R	−1.7%	759	790	1,837
1988	R	−18.4%	594	863	1,465
1984	R	−15.9%	625	862	1,487
1980	D	+43.6%	1,325	513	1,864
1976	D	+57.4%	1,414	383	1,797
1972	R	−65.0%	239	1,127	1,366
1968	D	+1.7%	334	304	1,780
1964	R	−21.1%	706	1,084	1,790
1960	D	+38.7%	898	397	1,295
1956	D	+50.5%	1,577	518	2,095
1952	D	+53.9%	1,168	350	1,518
1948	D	+63.9%	1,283	168	1,744
1944	D	+80.2%	582	64	646
1940	D	+88.7%	1,049	63	1,112
1936	D	+86.6%	1,002	71	1,075
1932	D	+94.9%	461	11	474
1928	D	+66.7%	717	143	860
1924	D	+83.8%	235	13	265
1920	D	+58.5%	294	77	371
1916	D	+73.8%	374	53	435
1912	D	+69.1%	283	48	340
1908	D	+12.1%	202	157	371
1904	D	+31.9%	285	141	451
1900	D	+17.5%	290	203	496
1896	D	+9.3%	257	212	484
1892	D	+58.5%	481	102	648
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%

African American

20.6%

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

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: 37.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

0.6%

2.4%

75–84

4.1%

5.2%

65–74

5.3%

6.0%

55–64

6.1%

4.8%

45–54

5.0%

7.4%

35–44

6.7%

6.9%

25–34

7.4%

3.5%

18–24

3.6%

12.0%

5–17

6.2%

3.7%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$45,847

Clinch County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

Clinch County$45,847

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

26.1%

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

17.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

16.2%

Methodist

7.5%

Other Christian

4.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Clinch County, anchored by the small city of Homerville in the Okefenokee Swamp region, recorded a 51.5-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the deep-red tilt common across rural south Georgia's sparse, timber-economy communities.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Clinch County peaked at ninety-five points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of fourteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Clinch County's median household income of $45,847 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 26% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bourbon County and Emanuel County.

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