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1876–2024
Peach County, Georgia
Peach County·Georgia

Peach County votes the way the country votes.

A Middle Georgia county where Fort Valley anchors a narrowing presidential margin

18762024·38 elections
Peach County, Georgia · Bubba73 (Jud McCranie) · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+6
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
28,560
2024 ACS
Most similar
Granville County
NC · similarity 0.94
7 precincts · 13,454 votes cast
Trump · R+6
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−6.0%
6,2937,10413,454
2020R
−4.6%
5,9206,50212,545
2016R
−2.9%
5,1005,41310,809
2012D
+7.5%
6,1485,28711,537
2008D
+6.8%
5,9275,17311,165
2004R
−6.9%
3,9614,5548,554
2000D
+0.2%
3,5403,5257,137
1996D
+13.4%
3,5822,6766,752
1992D
+19.4%
3,6772,3276,973
1988D
+3.3%
2,9722,7825,796
1984D
+11.9%
3,3692,6526,021
1980D
+34.3%
3,4151,6425,170
1976D
+54.9%
3,9891,1635,152
1972R
−21.7%
2,4133,7476,160
1968D
+11.7%
1,3629043,904
1964R
−10.8%
1,5851,9703,556
1960D
+39.1%
1,4336282,061
1956D
+53.9%
1,5414612,002
1952D
+60.5%
1,5233741,898
1948D
+39.9%
6421661,193
1944D
+59.1%
9192361,155
1940D
+64.8%
738155899
1936D
+86.6%
76749829
1932D
+82.2%
59556656
1928D
+46.7%
572208780
1924
No data
1920
No data
1916
No data
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%
English
1.0%
Polish
0.7%
African American
33.3%
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.
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
20.3%
Baptist
13.2%
Other Christian
5.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.1%
Non-Christian
1.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Mainline Protestant
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Peach County sits in the heart of Georgia's stone-fruit belt, where a majority-Black population and a significant Latino agricultural workforce have steadily compressed Republican presidential margins over the past two decades.

The Democratic margin in Peach County has rarely exceeded eighty-seven points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded twenty-two points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by six points.

Peach County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 46% non-Hispanic-white share, a 17% poverty rate, and a median household income of $71,293 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Granville County and Martin County.