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1876–2024
Evans County, Georgia
Evans County·Georgia

Evans County changed its political identity.

One of Georgia's smallest counties, with one of its widest presidential gaps

18762024·38 elections
Evans County, Georgia · JohnnyReb1977 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+42
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
10,757
2024 ACS
Most similar
Laurens County
GA · similarity 1.00
1 precincts · 4,244 votes cast
Trump · R+42
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−42.3%
1,2143,0114,244
2020R
−36.8%
1,3242,8884,247
2016R
−35.1%
1,1302,4043,628
2012R
−28.1%
1,2682,2683,565
2008R
−28.2%
1,3742,4623,855
2004R
−30.7%
1,2132,2913,516
2000R
−20.3%
1,2171,8413,080
1996R
−3.5%
1,1171,2062,538
1992R
−0.5%
1,2301,2442,960
1988R
−24.8%
1,0231,7072,753
1984R
−14.6%
1,1931,6012,794
1980D
+14.2%
1,4561,0902,575
1976D
+37.2%
1,6317462,377
1972R
−63.3%
3751,6662,041
1968R
−2.0%
4925432,510
1964R
−32.6%
7991,5722,371
1960D
+30.7%
1,0695671,636
1956D
+52.8%
1,1523561,508
1952D
+47.7%
1,2244331,657
1948D
+59.6%
9531181,402
1944D
+73.1%
756117874
1940D
+84.7%
1,3991121,520
1936D
+90.5%
73335771
1932D
+91.5%
54821576
1928D
+43.6%
489192681
1924D
+92.9%
79021828
1920D
+92.9%
43216448
1916D
+70.4%
33434426
1912
No data
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
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
1.4%
African American
22.6%
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.
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
33.1%
Methodist
7.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.6%
Other Christian
1.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Evans County's roughly 10,500 residents have delivered lopsided Republican margins for over a decade, making it a reliable data point for analysts tracking rural southeast Georgia's partisan consolidation.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Evans County peaked at ninety-three points in 1924; 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 fifteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Evans County's median household income of $53,259 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Laurens County and Upson County.