Jeff Davis County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

9 precincts · 5,872 votes cast

Trump · R+68

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−68.3%	924	4,935	5,872
2020	R	−63.5%	1,028	4,695	5,771
2016	R	−62.6%	901	4,104	5,119
2012	R	−51.0%	1,275	3,996	5,339
2008	R	−47.6%	1,356	3,867	5,278
2004	R	−46.9%	1,277	3,549	4,845
2000	R	−33.6%	1,379	2,797	4,221
1996	R	−5.8%	1,576	1,796	3,815
1992	D	+1.7%	2,031	1,947	4,952
1988	R	−24.4%	1,242	2,050	3,305
1984	R	−23.6%	1,380	2,233	3,613
1980	D	+26.2%	2,059	1,191	3,311
1976	D	+58.9%	2,405	622	3,027
1972	R	−72.0%	302	1,857	2,159
1968	R	−6.9%	376	577	2,911
1964	R	−43.1%	745	1,875	2,620
1960	D	+34.5%	825	402	1,227
1956	D	+74.0%	1,656	247	1,903
1952	D	+56.6%	1,323	367	1,690
1948	D	+59.8%	611	70	905
1944	D	+72.0%	737	120	857
1940	D	+74.5%	696	101	799
1936	D	+74.3%	631	93	724
1932	D	+91.6%	1,179	50	1,232
1928	D	+27.3%	315	180	495
1924	D	+49.7%	122	39	167
1920	R	−7.6%	260	303	563
1916	D	+77.2%	299	14	369
1912	D	+73.5%	268	19	339
1908	D	+4.7%	172	156	339
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
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%

English

1.0%

African American

9.6%

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: 39.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.2%

85+

0.7%

1.8%

75–84

2.5%

4.2%

65–74

5.2%

6.5%

55–64

6.3%

7.3%

45–54

6.5%

5.7%

35–44

7.5%

4.3%

25–34

4.9%

5.4%

18–24

4.4%

12.1%

5–17

8.2%

2.6%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$40,283

Jeff Davis County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.

Jeff Davis County$40,283

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

21.8%

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

42.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

11.6%

Other Christian

9.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

4.1%

Methodist

2.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Jeff Davis County, anchored by the small city of Hazlehurst in southeastern Georgia's timber belt, recorded an R+68.3 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most one-sided jurisdictions in recent cycles.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Jeff Davis County peaked at ninety-two points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1996 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of six points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Jeff Davis County's median household income of $40,283 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 Bacon County and Appling County.

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