Lowndes County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

18 precincts · 48,030 votes cast

Trump · R+18

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−17.9%	19,487	28,081	48,030
2020	R	−12.0%	20,117	25,691	46,355
2016	R	−17.3%	15,064	21,635	38,063
2012	R	−9.8%	17,470	21,327	39,221
2008	R	−9.4%	17,597	21,269	39,078
2004	R	−20.4%	12,516	18,981	31,684
2000	R	−15.1%	10,616	14,462	25,432
1996	R	−5.1%	9,470	10,578	21,624
1992	R	−5.7%	9,019	10,276	22,192
1988	R	−25.5%	6,427	10,855	17,333
1984	R	−25.7%	6,167	10,437	16,604
1980	R	−4.9%	5,989	6,622	12,912
1976	D	+32.4%	8,830	4,512	13,342
1972	R	−59.0%	2,015	7,812	9,827
1968	R	−6.0%	2,402	3,073	11,154
1964	R	−21.9%	4,363	6,811	11,175
1960	D	+10.7%	3,605	2,908	6,513
1956	D	+29.7%	3,936	2,135	6,071
1952	D	+21.9%	3,245	2,079	5,324
1948	D	+31.2%	1,867	634	3,958
1944	D	+67.8%	2,092	401	2,493
1940	D	+81.2%	2,551	260	2,822
1936	D	+90.9%	3,099	130	3,266
1932	D	+89.7%	1,840	97	1,944
1928	D	+40.7%	1,413	596	2,009
1924	D	+85.7%	1,095	57	1,211
1920	D	+71.2%	1,308	220	1,528
1916	D	+89.7%	1,870	60	2,018
1912	D	+89.3%	847	24	922
1908	D	+56.9%	681	154	927
1904	D	+49.2%	888	289	1,218
1900	D	+22.6%	444	277	739
1896	D	+4.3%	586	536	1,175
1892	D	+27.3%	988	509	1,752
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

0.5%

African American

29.8%

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

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: 31.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

0.9%

1.8%

75–84

2.3%

3.6%

65–74

4.4%

4.6%

55–64

5.3%

4.8%

45–54

5.3%

5.8%

35–44

6.3%

7.2%

25–34

7.2%

7.5%

18–24

8.0%

9.0%

5–17

8.9%

3.4%

3.2%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$58,541

Lowndes County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Lowndes County$58,541

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

19.2%

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

18.8%

Other Christian

18.1%

Methodist

6.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.6%

Mainline Protestant

1.4%

Non-Christian

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lowndes County's population is nearly 40% Black, yet it has delivered Republican presidential margins above 15 points in recent cycles, reflecting a voting pattern that diverges sharply from demographic expectations common elsewhere in the South.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Lowndes County, by a five points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 1972. The 2024 margin was eighteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Lowndes County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 53% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $58,541, and a 19% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of McDuffie County and St. Mary's County.

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