Irwin County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

2 precincts · 4,342 votes cast

Trump · R+54

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−54.2%	986	3,340	4,342
2020	R	−51.0%	1,008	3,134	4,168
2016	R	−49.7%	891	2,716	3,670
2012	R	−37.6%	1,141	2,538	3,714
2008	R	−36.8%	1,197	2,605	3,828
2004	R	−37.9%	1,051	2,347	3,418
2000	R	−21.6%	1,105	1,720	2,852
1996	D	+5.5%	1,225	1,085	2,540
1992	D	+13.9%	1,366	973	2,820
1988	R	−14.3%	918	1,226	2,151
1984	R	−19.0%	905	1,330	2,235
1980	D	+19.0%	1,555	1,056	2,632
1976	D	+56.4%	2,012	561	2,573
1972	R	−69.4%	335	1,851	2,186
1968	D	+1.5%	474	430	2,860
1964	R	−46.3%	740	2,017	2,757
1960	D	+64.4%	1,625	352	1,977
1956	D	+66.6%	1,554	312	1,866
1952	D	+48.2%	1,475	516	1,991
1948	D	+59.0%	946	146	1,355
1944	D	+53.8%	862	259	1,121
1940	D	+65.8%	962	197	1,162
1936	D	+80.2%	1,025	110	1,141
1932	D	+96.9%	1,416	22	1,439
1928	D	+70.0%	917	162	1,079
1924	D	+71.9%	268	35	324
1920	D	+64.3%	525	114	639
1916	D	+84.6%	503	31	558
1912	D	+87.9%	428	6	480
1908	D	+36.1%	388	174	592
1904	D	+28.8%	658	342	1,099
1900	D	+9.0%	700	583	1,302
1896	D	+12.3%	626	486	1,135
1892	D	+70.4%	551	43	722
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

19.3%

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: 40.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.9%

2.2%

75–84

4.3%

5.1%

65–74

5.1%

5.9%

55–64

6.3%

6.9%

45–54

5.6%

5.3%

35–44

7.1%

7.4%

25–34

4.6%

4.7%

18–24

5.4%

11.0%

5–17

5.4%

3.7%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$51,384

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

Irwin County$51,384

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

22.4%

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

26.2%

Methodist

6.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.5%

Other Christian

3.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Irwin County, anchored by the small city of Ocilla in south-central Georgia, has delivered Republican presidential margins above 50 points in recent cycles, reflecting the deep-red lean common across the state's sparsely populated agricultural belt.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Irwin 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 twenty-two points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Irwin County's median household income of $51,384 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Atkinson County and Butts County.

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