Meriwether County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

14 precincts · 11,846 votes cast

Trump · R+25

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−25.3%	4,373	7,375	11,846
2020	R	−20.6%	4,287	6,524	10,877
2016	R	−15.3%	3,804	5,222	9,248
2012	R	−5.9%	4,311	4,856	9,254
2008	R	−5.4%	4,465	4,982	9,504
2004	R	−8.5%	3,709	4,402	8,155
2000	D	+4.2%	3,441	3,162	6,709
1996	D	+19.7%	3,492	2,259	6,253
1992	D	+22.4%	4,002	2,364	7,320
1988	R	−2.8%	2,934	3,101	6,044
1984	R	−5.5%	2,864	3,195	6,059
1980	D	+35.1%	3,876	1,838	5,805
1976	D	+53.8%	4,830	1,450	6,280
1972	R	−47.6%	1,213	3,420	4,633
1968	D	+11.7%	1,760	1,120	5,451
1964	D	+3.7%	2,423	2,250	4,674
1960	D	+62.9%	3,100	706	3,806
1956	D	+68.2%	3,137	592	3,729
1952	D	+74.0%	3,551	531	4,082
1948	D	+73.2%	1,967	204	2,409
1944	D	+84.1%	2,187	189	2,376
1940	D	+87.8%	2,726	174	2,908
1936	D	+89.3%	2,438	138	2,577
1932	D	+95.8%	2,604	53	2,662
1928	D	+68.1%	1,515	287	1,802
1924	D	+58.8%	886	103	1,331
1920	D	+70.1%	1,059	186	1,245
1916	D	+86.6%	1,118	36	1,250
1912	D	+85.6%	882	26	1,000
1908	D	+46.6%	683	211	1,013
1904	D	+59.6%	765	98	1,120
1900	D	+49.2%	734	234	1,016
1896	D	+2.2%	991	946	2,039
1892	D	+8.9%	1,287	1,046	2,699
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

1.1%

African American

31.3%

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: 43.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

1.6%

3.1%

75–84

3.5%

5.9%

65–74

6.9%

7.2%

55–64

7.7%

5.5%

45–54

6.2%

5.8%

35–44

6.6%

5.7%

25–34

5.7%

3.6%

18–24

3.6%

7.9%

5–17

7.4%

3.1%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$57,340

Meriwether County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Meriwether County$57,340

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

18.9%

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

17.1%

Other Christian

10.5%

Methodist

9.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.2%

Mainline Protestant

0.9%

Non-Christian

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Meriwether sits in Georgia's Piedmont region with a population under 23,000 split between a sizable Black community and a white rural majority, a demographic mix that once made it competitive but has trended decisively Republican over the past four election cycles.

The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in Meriwether County, by a eight points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-eight points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-five points.

The political shift has tracked, in Meriwether County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 57% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $57,340, and a 19% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Choctaw County and McIntosh County.

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