Effingham County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

20 precincts · 36,297 votes cast

Trump · R+49

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−49.0%	9,144	26,943	36,297
2020	R	−49.5%	7,720	23,358	31,570
2016	R	−55.2%	4,853	17,874	23,603
2012	R	−51.1%	4,947	15,596	20,854
2008	R	−50.7%	4,936	15,230	20,316
2004	R	−54.9%	3,613	12,503	16,182
2000	R	−38.4%	3,232	7,326	10,650
1996	R	−22.5%	3,031	5,022	8,848
1992	R	−14.1%	2,690	3,814	7,963
1988	R	−34.6%	1,905	3,933	5,859
1984	R	−35.0%	2,055	4,266	6,321
1980	D	+4.7%	2,783	2,528	5,377
1976	D	+27.5%	2,906	1,654	4,560
1972	R	−72.9%	497	3,175	3,672
1968	R	−3.4%	635	769	3,965
1964	R	−59.5%	680	2,676	3,356
1960	R	−0.3%	880	885	1,765
1956	R	−2.1%	611	637	1,248
1952	R	−1.8%	800	829	1,629
1948	D	+14.5%	347	160	1,293
1944	D	+8.5%	433	365	798
1940	D	+47.2%	633	227	860
1936	D	+62.3%	612	142	755
1932	D	+70.2%	518	90	610
1928	R	−58.7%	163	627	790
1924	D	+73.4%	337	39	406
1920	D	+72.0%	726	118	844
1916	D	+84.7%	450	8	522
1912	D	+94.4%	343	5	358
1908	D	+47.7%	302	89	447
1904	D	+64.6%	370	47	500
1900	D	+69.7%	387	65	462
1896	D	+26.4%	372	209	617
1892	D	+51.2%	464	123	666
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

0.9%

African American

11.6%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 37.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

0.9%

1.6%

75–84

1.6%

3.8%

65–74

4.3%

6.0%

55–64

6.1%

6.4%

45–54

6.6%

7.5%

35–44

7.6%

6.6%

25–34

6.8%

3.9%

18–24

3.6%

10.2%

5–17

9.9%

3.3%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$88,438

Effingham County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Effingham County$88,438

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

6.8%

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

15.1%

Other Christian

6.2%

Methodist

4.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.6%

Mainline Protestant

3.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Effingham sits on Savannah's northwestern fringe, where rapid suburban spillover has brought new residents without meaningfully shifting its lopsided Republican presidential margins, which topped 49 points in 2024.

The shift began with civil rights. 1984 marked the realignment in Effingham County, by a thirty-five points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-three points in 1972. The 2024 margin was forty-nine points.

The political shift has tracked, in Effingham County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 75% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $88,438, and a 7% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Harris County and St. Clair County.

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Effingham County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.