Emanuel County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

11 precincts · 9,619 votes cast

Trump · R+44

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−44.1%	2,673	6,919	9,619
2020	R	−38.6%	2,884	6,551	9,501
2016	R	−36.7%	2,435	5,335	7,896
2012	R	−26.9%	2,927	5,100	8,089
2008	R	−24.8%	3,068	5,110	8,242
2004	R	−25.3%	2,774	4,666	7,473
2000	R	−8.1%	2,835	3,343	6,263
1996	D	+8.4%	2,947	2,451	5,873
1992	D	+4.5%	2,951	2,662	6,425
1988	R	−19.1%	2,387	3,530	5,988
1984	R	−22.9%	2,458	3,920	6,378
1980	D	+28.3%	3,971	2,199	6,251
1976	D	+51.0%	4,603	1,493	6,096
1972	R	−60.2%	916	3,684	4,600
1968	D	+3.5%	1,508	1,297	6,112
1964	R	−18.5%	2,279	3,311	5,590
1960	D	+38.3%	2,513	1,120	3,633
1956	D	+55.6%	2,373	678	3,051
1952	D	+60.0%	2,642	661	3,303
1948	D	+49.8%	1,436	241	2,398
1944	D	+67.5%	1,635	317	1,953
1940	D	+89.1%	1,428	81	1,511
1936	D	+87.4%	1,943	125	2,081
1932	D	+97.2%	2,420	33	2,457
1928	D	+50.4%	1,076	355	1,431
1924	D	+86.7%	710	39	774
1920	D	+76.7%	1,444	190	1,634
1916	D	+82.1%	1,500	28	1,794
1912	D	+79.3%	715	22	874
1908	D	+1.2%	549	530	1,560
1904	D	+42.4%	519	94	1,003
1900	D	+6.4%	513	444	1,079
1896	D	+13.7%	690	507	1,335
1892	D	+46.4%	903	61	1,815
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

1.2%

African American

25.5%

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: 38.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.9%

2.2%

75–84

2.9%

4.6%

65–74

5.5%

6.0%

55–64

6.4%

5.6%

45–54

5.5%

7.6%

35–44

6.3%

6.7%

25–34

6.2%

4.7%

18–24

3.7%

9.7%

5–17

8.8%

3.4%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$52,772

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

Emanuel County$52,772

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

25.7%

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

18.5%

Methodist

6.6%

Other Christian

2.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.3%

Mainline Protestant

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Emanuel County's pine-belt economy and shrinking population have accompanied a steady shift toward lopsided Republican margins — the 2024 gap of 44 points reflects a pattern consistent across similar rural Georgia counties.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Emanuel County peaked at ninety-seven 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 eight points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Emanuel County's median household income of $52,772 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 Levy County and Lamar County.

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