Talbot County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

7 precincts · 3,379 votes cast

Harris · D+12

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+12.0%	1,888	1,483	3,379
2020	D	+20.5%	2,114	1,392	3,522
2016	D	+24.7%	2,002	1,196	3,261
2012	D	+30.4%	2,265	1,202	3,493
2008	D	+28.9%	2,369	1,301	3,700
2004	D	+24.7%	1,830	1,103	2,947
2000	D	+32.3%	1,662	844	2,531
1996	D	+39.5%	1,579	652	2,346
1992	D	+40.9%	1,768	671	2,682
1988	D	+21.7%	1,248	802	2,060
1984	D	+31.5%	1,494	778	2,272
1980	D	+47.4%	1,635	572	2,243
1976	D	+56.1%	1,634	459	2,093
1972	R	−32.2%	508	990	1,498
1968	D	+12.7%	510	317	1,515
1964	R	−4.0%	627	679	1,306
1960	D	+57.7%	771	207	978
1956	D	+67.8%	710	136	846
1952	D	+59.0%	678	175	853
1948	D	+60.3%	582	92	812
1944	D	+89.7%	832	45	877
1940	D	+86.0%	656	49	706
1936	D	+89.6%	796	41	843
1932	D	+90.3%	912	45	960
1928	D	+75.7%	536	74	610
1924	D	+87.1%	491	33	526
1920	D	+79.6%	379	43	422
1916	D	+91.1%	511	17	542
1912	D	+81.0%	446	8	541
1908	D	+47.4%	408	129	588
1904	D	+70.1%	484	74	585
1900	D	+56.9%	405	107	524
1896	D	+48.8%	472	156	648
1892	D	+39.1%	619	242	965
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

43.0%

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: 51.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.7%

85+

2.2%

1.9%

75–84

4.0%

8.8%

65–74

8.8%

8.5%

55–64

9.0%

6.4%

45–54

5.9%

3.8%

35–44

6.6%

5.4%

25–34

2.7%

3.2%

18–24

4.7%

6.5%

5–17

7.1%

1.3%

1.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$41,597

Talbot County ranks in the bottom 10% of US counties.

Talbot County$41,597

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

25.2%

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

26.2%

Methodist

8.0%

Other Christian

0.9%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Talbot County's population of roughly 6,500 is majority Black, a demographic pattern that has anchored its Democratic lean across multiple election cycles despite the broader rightward shift of rural Georgia.

The Democratic margin in Talbot County peaked at ninety-one points in 1916. By 1976 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twelve points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Talbot County's median household income of $41,597 sits well below state and national norms, and 25% 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 Taliaferro County and Phillips County.

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