Wilkinson County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

9 precincts · 4,908 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	−17.8%	2,012	2,888	4,908
2020	R	−12.3%	2,075	2,664	4,770
2016	R	−10.2%	1,894	2,333	4,297
2012	R	−1.5%	2,181	2,246	4,456
2008	R	−1.1%	2,298	2,349	4,673
2004	R	−0.6%	2,235	2,261	4,518
2000	D	+2.2%	1,884	1,800	3,740
1996	D	+24.2%	2,278	1,332	3,909
1992	D	+25.9%	2,286	1,232	4,072
1988	D	+8.4%	1,831	1,546	3,413
1984	D	+9.0%	2,102	1,756	3,858
1980	D	+35.4%	2,365	1,116	3,532
1976	D	+52.0%	2,652	837	3,489
1972	R	−49.0%	751	2,196	2,947
1968	D	+4.3%	829	685	3,384
1964	R	−38.6%	963	2,172	3,135
1960	D	+35.4%	1,324	631	1,955
1956	D	+53.5%	1,299	393	1,692
1952	D	+62.3%	1,629	378	2,007
1948	D	+36.9%	501	96	1,099
1944	D	+47.6%	763	271	1,034
1940	D	+72.0%	906	147	1,054
1936	D	+70.5%	695	118	818
1932	D	+100.0%	726	0	726
1928	D	+36.4%	487	227	714
1924	D	+64.6%	284	56	353
1920	D	+74.7%	256	37	293
1916	D	+81.9%	371	28	419
1912	D	+89.8%	335	10	362
1908	D	+57.5%	280	55	391
1904	D	+75.1%	539	37	668
1900	D	+38.3%	422	184	621
1896	D	+12.2%	610	476	1,097
1892	D	+33.0%	576	205	1,123
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

30.2%

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: 42.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.8%

2.4%

75–84

3.3%

5.5%

65–74

6.6%

7.6%

55–64

7.7%

4.6%

45–54

5.9%

6.8%

35–44

5.7%

4.7%

25–34

6.1%

4.4%

18–24

4.2%

8.9%

5–17

7.5%

2.6%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$45,465

Wilkinson County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

Wilkinson County$45,465

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

21.6%

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

27.2%

Methodist

15.1%

Other Christian

5.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.5%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wilkinson County sits atop Georgia's kaolin belt, a stretch of industrial mineral extraction that shapes both its economy and its sparse, aging population of roughly 10,000. It shifted from a competitive county a decade ago to an R+18 result in 2024.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached 100 points in 1932; the Republican margin reached forty-nine points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Wilkinson County's demographics — a population of 8,747, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $45,465 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Landry Parish and Bienville Parish.

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Wilkinson County delivered a near-tie in 2024.