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1876–2024
Miller County, Georgia
Miller County·Georgia

Miller County changed its political identity.

One of Georgia's smallest counties, with margins that rarely budge

18762024·38 elections
Miller County, Georgia · The Bushranger · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+50
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
5,850
2024 ACS
Most similar
Grady County
GA · similarity 1.00
1 precincts · 2,724 votes cast
Trump · R+50
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−50.5%
6702,0452,724
2020R
−46.5%
7492,0662,835
2016R
−49.8%
6231,8912,544
2012R
−37.9%
8521,9052,780
2008R
−39.5%
8181,8992,738
2004R
−39.2%
7361,6942,442
2000R
−26.3%
7831,3492,150
1996D
+3.1%
9098471,996
1992D
+4.9%
9348262,217
1988R
−36.3%
5151,1051,625
1984R
−43.9%
5261,3481,874
1980D
+11.1%
1,1279002,053
1976D
+52.7%
1,5364762,012
1972R
−83.0%
1181,2691,387
1968R
−3.4%
1712492,282
1964R
−71.6%
2741,6581,932
1960D
+89.5%
1,116621,178
1956D
+56.0%
1,5634412,004
1952D
+75.8%
1,6172231,840
1948D
+80.3%
72332861
1944D
+86.4%
80959868
1940D
+87.9%
77550825
1936D
+89.4%
65336690
1932D
+99.0%
3920396
1928D
+52.2%
322101423
1924D
+44.3%
12645183
1920D
+67.6%
15530185
1916D
+92.4%
46415486
1912D
+77.3%
2002256
1908D
+60.5%
16123228
1904D
+59.0%
1741293
1900D
+70.1%
18319234
1896D
+66.5%
31555391
1892D
+70.5%
3710526
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
0.6%
African American
22.6%
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.
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
44.9%
Other Christian
7.2%
Methodist
5.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.0%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Miller County's roughly 6,400 residents have delivered lopsided Republican margins for over a decade, making it a stable anchor in southwest Georgia's deep-red rural belt rather than a competitive target.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Miller County peaked at ninety-nine 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-six points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Miller County's median household income of $51,425 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 24% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grady County and Franklin Parish.