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1876–2024
Worth County, Georgia
Worth County·Georgia

Worth County changed its political identity.

A deep-red farming county where Republicans routinely clear 70% of the vote

18762024·38 elections
Worth County, Georgia · Michael Rivera · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+50
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
20,451
2024 ACS
Most similar
Evans County
GA · similarity 1.00
12 precincts · 9,324 votes cast
Trump · R+50
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−50.3%
2,3006,9919,324
2020R
−47.8%
2,3956,8309,285
2016R
−49.7%
2,0206,1528,319
2012R
−40.1%
2,4875,8698,436
2008R
−38.7%
2,5425,7808,370
2004R
−39.2%
2,2195,1057,356
2000R
−26.0%
2,2143,7926,061
1996R
−7.9%
2,3002,7525,725
1992D
+4.0%
2,5782,3445,837
1988R
−33.8%
1,3112,6684,009
1984R
−26.7%
1,6852,9104,595
1980D
+10.5%
2,5672,0764,695
1976D
+41.4%
2,7901,1563,946
1972R
−68.9%
5422,9423,484
1968D
+2.7%
7196034,372
1964R
−57.1%
8623,1574,019
1960D
+72.4%
2,1103382,448
1956D
+75.3%
2,0782932,371
1952D
+63.5%
1,9864442,430
1948D
+68.8%
1,1591241,504
1944D
+66.8%
1,0962181,314
1940D
+66.1%
9361901,129
1936D
+78.9%
1,1241321,257
1932D
+96.6%
2,269382,310
1928D
+50.9%
9523101,262
1924D
+78.8%
61640731
1920D
+49.0%
626214840
1916D
+83.5%
69031789
1912D
+82.2%
50012594
1908D
+23.3%
457237945
1904D
+24.5%
5292721,047
1900D
+15.8%
5994301,071
1896D
+7.5%
5284471,079
1892D
+19.0%
7594681,531
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
20.2%
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.
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
40.1%
Methodist
4.2%
Other Christian
3.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Worth County's economy centers on agriculture — peanuts, cotton, and timber — and its electorate has delivered Republican presidential margins above 40 points in each of the last three cycles, making it one of southwest Georgia's most reliably conservative counties.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Worth County peaked at ninety-seven 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 eight points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Worth County's median household income of $58,694 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 Evans County and Floyd County.