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1876–2024
Early County, Georgia
Early County·Georgia

Early County votes the way the country votes.

A rural southwest Georgia county where margins have tightened over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Early County, Georgia · Robbie Honerkamp · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+11
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
10,603
2024 ACS
Most similar
Morehouse Parish
LA · similarity 0.88
5 precincts · 4,879 votes cast
Trump · R+11
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−11.5%
2,1582,7184,879
2020R
−5.5%
2,4372,7225,187
2016R
−8.0%
2,1682,5524,803
2012D
+3.9%
2,7652,5575,359
2008R
−2.0%
2,6032,7115,335
2004R
−18.8%
1,7012,4954,219
2000R
−8.8%
1,6221,9383,585
1996D
+8.4%
1,6481,3743,273
1992D
+12.4%
1,9701,4574,143
1988R
−17.0%
1,3591,9183,281
1984R
−20.0%
1,4942,2393,733
1980D
+15.5%
2,1101,5383,682
1976D
+35.0%
2,4051,1573,562
1972R
−64.7%
5132,3962,909
1968D
+11.7%
7853273,909
1964R
−51.3%
7712,3983,169
1960D
+76.5%
1,9042542,158
1956D
+80.8%
1,8181932,011
1952D
+70.9%
1,8033072,110
1948D
+75.1%
1,110941,353
1944D
+91.6%
1,753771,830
1940D
+88.7%
1,7511041,857
1936D
+91.7%
1,107461,157
1932D
+96.5%
1,131191,152
1928D
+49.0%
674231905
1924D
+75.6%
35122435
1920D
+83.6%
38134415
1916D
+96.3%
4424455
1912D
+86.5%
5017571
1908D
+28.9%
375173699
1904D
+65.2%
46612696
1900D
+71.0%
35542441
1896D
+25.0%
5913361,020
1892D
+33.5%
8823671,538
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
2.0%
African American
42.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
29.2%
Methodist
16.1%
Other Christian
3.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.7%
Mainline Protestant
0.4%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Early County sits in Georgia's historically Democratic Black Belt, but has shifted steadily toward Republican presidential margins since the early 2000s. Its small, majority-Black population makes precinct-level swings here a useful signal for rural southwest Georgia trends.

The Democratic margin in Early County has rarely exceeded ninety-seven points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded sixty-five points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by eleven points.

Early County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 41% non-Hispanic-white share, a 24% poverty rate, and a median household income of $54,083 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Morehouse Parish and Darlington County.