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1876–2024
Terrell County, Georgia
Terrell County·Georgia

Terrell County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

A small southwest Georgia county where tight margins belie deep demographic shifts

18762024·38 elections
Terrell County, Georgia · Michael Rivera · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+4
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
8,850
2024 ACS
Most similar
Randolph County
GA · similarity 0.96
6 precincts · 4,341 votes cast
Harris · D+4
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+4.1%
2,2532,0754,341
2020D
+8.4%
2,3762,0044,416
2016D
+9.3%
2,2671,8744,204
2012D
+16.1%
2,5441,8344,407
2008D
+13.8%
2,5011,8904,416
2004D
+2.4%
1,9511,8593,827
2000D
+2.6%
1,5841,5043,113
1996D
+14.4%
1,5091,1112,755
1992D
+23.0%
1,9421,1433,474
1988R
−4.6%
1,3831,5172,905
1984R
−4.4%
1,5981,7443,342
1980D
+18.5%
2,0101,3783,420
1976D
+33.6%
2,3481,1683,516
1972R
−50.0%
6862,0572,743
1968D
+20.2%
1,2755453,619
1964R
−54.3%
5691,9212,490
1960D
+65.2%
1,3522851,637
1956D
+73.0%
1,3002031,503
1952D
+57.7%
1,3753691,744
1948D
+53.4%
608100951
1944D
+94.2%
1,639491,688
1940D
+100.0%
1,04001,040
1936D
+91.1%
1,336611,399
1932D
+95.0%
1,000241,027
1928D
+77.1%
8971161,013
1924D
+84.1%
63045696
1920D
+82.5%
50048548
1916D
+87.3%
67740730
1912D
+88.3%
60829656
1908D
+53.4%
528142723
1904D
+71.4%
63077775
1900D
+50.3%
679213926
1896D
+25.5%
8094671,339
1892D
+42.4%
9083561,301
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
48.0%
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.
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
24.6%
Methodist
9.7%
Other Christian
8.6%
Non-Christian
2.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.4%
Mainline Protestant
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Terrell County's slim Democratic lean in 2024 reflects a majority-Black population navigating an economy anchored in agriculture, making it a closely watched data point in Georgia's evolving rural political map.

The Democratic margin in Terrell County reached its widest at 100 points in 1940. The margin in 2024 was four points — still decisive.

Terrell County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $46,171, a 37% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,850 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Randolph County and Jefferson County.