Hancock County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

10 precincts · 4,240 votes cast

Harris · D+35

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+35.4%	2,864	1,364	4,240
2020	D	+43.8%	2,985	1,159	4,165
2016	D	+51.8%	2,701	843	3,588
2012	D	+62.1%	3,308	769	4,090
2008	D	+63.1%	3,535	795	4,344
2004	D	+53.2%	2,715	822	3,555
2000	D	+56.8%	2,414	662	3,086
1996	D	+64.1%	2,135	438	2,646
1992	D	+61.9%	2,461	506	3,157
1988	D	+51.2%	1,947	621	2,589
1984	D	+53.2%	2,109	644	2,753
1980	D	+58.1%	2,205	573	2,809
1976	D	+53.0%	2,117	651	2,768
1972	R	−3.0%	1,502	1,595	3,097
1968	D	+48.9%	2,165	381	3,650
1964	D	+7.5%	1,074	925	1,999
1960	D	+46.3%	780	286	1,066
1956	D	+41.7%	860	354	1,214
1952	D	+64.7%	1,245	267	1,512
1948	D	+42.7%	441	111	772
1944	D	+55.4%	380	109	489
1940	D	+53.1%	501	153	655
1936	D	+78.4%	504	57	570
1932	D	+92.7%	529	18	551
1928	D	+64.8%	552	118	670
1924	D	+81.2%	272	22	308
1920	D	+80.8%	498	53	551
1916	D	+86.6%	562	30	614
1912	D	+89.5%	549	12	600
1908	D	+61.7%	457	80	611
1904	D	+70.2%	482	31	642
1900	D	+92.4%	526	16	552
1896	D	+74.7%	952	122	1,111
1892	D	+55.2%	1,436	218	2,207
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

55.8%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 47.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

2.2%

85+

2.0%

2.1%

75–84

3.6%

7.5%

65–74

7.8%

7.7%

55–64

7.8%

7.0%

45–54

6.6%

6.9%

35–44

4.2%

9.6%

25–34

2.4%

6.1%

18–24

2.6%

3.1%

5–17

9.3%

0.5%

0.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$40,082

Hancock County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.

Hancock County$40,082

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

30.6%

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

Methodist

18.4%

Baptist

8.1%

Other Christian

4.7%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hancock County, anchored by the small city of Sparta, is majority Black and has delivered double-digit Democratic presidential margins for decades, making it among the most reliably left-leaning jurisdictions in a state that has grown increasingly competitive statewide.

The Democratic margin in Hancock County peaked at ninety-three points in 1932. By 1976 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty-five points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Hancock County's median household income of $40,082 sits well below state and national norms, and 31% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Wyandotte County and Macon County.

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Hancock County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.