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1876–2024
Bryan County, Georgia
Bryan County·Georgia

For eighty-eight years, Bryan County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.

A fast-growing coastal-plain county where GOP margins run deep

18762024·38 elections
Bryan County, Georgia · David Benbennick · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+36
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
48,263
2024 ACS
Most similar
Hall County
GA · similarity 1.00
10 precincts · 24,663 votes cast
Trump · R+36
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−36.3%
7,77916,73824,663
2020R
−35.2%
6,73914,24421,340
2016R
−42.7%
4,01410,52915,271
2012R
−43.4%
3,7079,56013,476
2008R
−42.6%
3,6369,11212,845
2004R
−47.8%
2,5907,3639,994
2000R
−37.7%
2,1724,8357,059
1996R
−22.7%
2,1523,5776,269
1992R
−12.8%
2,0312,7895,928
1988R
−32.6%
1,4232,8024,235
1984R
−23.7%
1,3982,2653,663
1980D
+23.3%
1,9661,2123,235
1976D
+45.8%
2,0457612,806
1972R
−68.5%
2631,4091,672
1968D
+7.6%
5603812,369
1964R
−25.2%
8571,4332,290
1960D
+51.1%
1,3234281,751
1956D
+57.9%
1,2423311,573
1952D
+49.2%
9713311,302
1948D
+57.5%
1,1471351,759
1944D
+76.9%
68890778
1940D
+89.2%
87449925
1936D
+81.4%
63263699
1932D
+90.1%
35317373
1928D
+18.4%
219151370
1924D
+89.9%
1969208
1920D
+78.6%
17521196
1916D
+86.6%
29517321
1912D
+77.7%
23623274
1908
No data
1904D
+29.4%
259125456
1900D
+19.4%
246165417
1896D
+20.0%
259171439
1892D
+32.7%
292147443
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
10.7%
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.
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
13.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.3%
Other Christian
5.7%
Methodist
4.2%
Mainline Protestant
1.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bryan County sits at the southeastern edge of Georgia's development corridor, drawing suburban spillover from Savannah while maintaining lopsided Republican presidential margins — R+36.3 in 2024 — that have held steady across recent cycles.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Bryan County peaked at ninety points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-four points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Bryan County's median household income of $103,408 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hall County and Coweta County.