Wilcox County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 3,347 votes cast

Trump · R+49

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−49.2%	847	2,493	3,347
2020	R	−47.0%	862	2,403	3,281
2016	R	−41.8%	852	2,096	2,976
2012	R	−31.7%	1,060	2,053	3,132
2008	R	−37.3%	978	2,159	3,163
2004	R	−30.7%	902	1,705	2,616
2000	R	−17.7%	962	1,381	2,365
1996	D	+8.7%	1,067	882	2,122
1992	D	+16.5%	1,365	916	2,723
1988	R	−6.7%	1,079	1,235	2,319
1984	R	−0.2%	1,212	1,218	2,430
1980	D	+36.2%	1,780	827	2,630
1976	D	+72.3%	2,153	346	2,499
1972	R	−71.1%	315	1,863	2,178
1968	D	+3.1%	465	381	2,668
1964	R	−33.2%	900	1,794	2,694
1960	D	+69.7%	1,714	306	2,020
1956	D	+75.8%	1,686	232	1,918
1952	D	+72.4%	1,878	301	2,179
1948	D	+64.2%	791	75	1,115
1944	D	+73.8%	1,364	206	1,570
1940	D	+75.9%	890	118	1,017
1936	D	+69.0%	1,066	195	1,263
1932	D	+92.1%	619	25	645
1928	D	+36.0%	459	216	675
1924	D	+83.7%	431	21	490
1920	D	+63.9%	481	106	587
1916	D	+87.6%	590	12	660
1912	D	+89.5%	525	15	570
1908	D	+49.7%	380	120	523
1904	D	+41.7%	501	194	737
1900	D	+28.0%	407	228	639
1896	D	+61.3%	623	145	780
1892	D	+55.3%	712	199	928
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

0.8%

African American

25.8%

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: 41.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

0.6%

3.2%

75–84

4.5%

5.0%

65–74

5.6%

6.9%

55–64

4.9%

9.3%

45–54

4.2%

10.8%

35–44

4.4%

9.5%

25–34

4.0%

4.3%

18–24

2.9%

8.4%

5–17

6.2%

2.0%

2.5%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$54,138

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

Wilcox County$54,138

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

21.9%

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

40.2%

Methodist

4.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wilcox County's small, agriculture-dependent population in south-central Georgia has delivered some of the state's widest presidential margins for decades, reflecting a pattern common to sparsely populated Black Belt-adjacent counties where rural consolidation has accelerated partisan sorting.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Wilcox County peaked at ninety-two 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 eighteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Wilcox County's median household income of $54,138 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 Dodge County and Irwin County.

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