Decatur County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

10 precincts · 11,549 votes cast

Trump · R+24

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−24.0%	4,372	7,140	11,549
2020	R	−17.0%	4,780	6,758	11,627
2016	R	−18.4%	4,124	6,020	10,317
2012	R	−11.7%	4,591	5,824	10,500
2008	R	−14.1%	4,424	5,890	10,374
2004	R	−19.8%	3,577	5,348	8,956
2000	R	−10.3%	3,398	4,187	7,648
1996	D	+3.1%	3,245	3,035	6,797
1992	D	+0.8%	3,198	3,142	7,419
1988	R	−24.3%	2,348	3,866	6,241
1984	R	−21.8%	2,656	4,134	6,790
1980	D	+5.2%	3,242	2,919	6,243
1976	D	+19.8%	3,736	2,500	6,236
1972	R	−56.4%	1,196	4,292	5,488
1968	D	+13.9%	1,729	749	7,054
1964	R	−43.1%	2,011	5,060	7,072
1960	D	+50.4%	2,780	918	3,698
1956	D	+55.4%	3,699	1,062	4,761
1952	D	+44.1%	2,581	1,001	3,582
1948	D	+40.2%	1,209	296	2,272
1944	D	+69.1%	1,606	294	1,900
1940	D	+78.2%	1,781	217	2,000
1936	D	+91.9%	1,965	79	2,053
1932	D	+87.8%	1,169	65	1,257
1928	R	−22.3%	734	1,156	1,890
1924	D	+52.7%	637	151	922
1920	D	+53.2%	982	300	1,282
1916	D	+85.7%	1,147	35	1,298
1912	D	+67.9%	1,150	52	1,617
1908	D	+16.8%	782	537	1,455
1904	D	+61.5%	985	182	1,306
1900	D	+54.3%	1,007	260	1,375
1896	D	+15.6%	972	700	1,749
1892	D	+33.2%	1,349	561	2,374
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

33.7%

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: 38.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.6%

2.2%

75–84

2.8%

4.5%

65–74

5.5%

6.3%

55–64

6.8%

5.7%

45–54

6.2%

5.8%

35–44

5.9%

6.3%

25–34

6.6%

4.7%

18–24

4.3%

8.6%

5–17

8.9%

3.2%

3.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$53,317

Decatur County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Decatur County$53,317

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

22.0%

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

Baptist

31.6%

Methodist

8.4%

Other Christian

7.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.5%

Mainline Protestant

0.9%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Decatur County sits in Georgia's agricultural southwest, where a predominantly rural economy and small-town demographics have produced consistent double-digit Republican presidential margins across multiple election cycles.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Decatur County, by a ten points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-six points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-four points.

The political shift has tracked, in Decatur County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 49% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $53,317, and a 22% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lincoln Parish and Crisp County.

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Decatur County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.