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1876–2024
Twiggs County, Georgia
Twiggs County·Georgia

Twiggs County votes the way the country votes.

A rural Middle Georgia county where timber and poultry shape daily life

18762024·38 elections
Twiggs County, Georgia · Calvin Beale · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+15
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
7,803
2024 ACS
Most similar
Dooly County
GA · similarity 0.98
5 precincts · 4,456 votes cast
Trump · R+15
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−14.7%
1,8952,5494,456
2020R
−7.3%
2,0442,3704,444
2016R
−1.6%
1,9712,0354,059
2012D
+8.6%
2,2701,9074,205
2008D
+7.0%
2,4022,0874,519
2004D
+2.5%
2,2202,1124,369
2000D
+11.3%
1,9771,5703,615
1996D
+31.2%
1,9279583,110
1992D
+36.7%
2,0978533,392
1988D
+15.6%
1,7301,2613,005
1984D
+21.1%
1,7551,1432,898
1980D
+49.2%
2,2137472,980
1976D
+66.1%
2,5155133,028
1972R
−10.1%
1,1131,3632,476
1968D
+20.6%
8123362,315
1964R
−20.0%
7861,1781,964
1960D
+52.5%
8452631,108
1956D
+71.3%
1,0021681,170
1952D
+69.9%
1,0801911,271
1948D
+37.7%
35952815
1944D
+45.8%
457170627
1940D
+77.6%
72391814
1936D
+79.1%
49157549
1932D
+95.0%
64615664
1928D
+77.1%
57174645
1924D
+77.8%
41739486
1920D
+72.2%
27344317
1916D
+86.3%
36520400
1912D
+94.1%
3073323
1908D
+57.7%
30173395
1904D
+81.5%
37830427
1900D
+69.9%
32156379
1896D
+51.2%
397128525
1892D
+19.6%
4352351,018
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
31.5%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
26.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
7.6%
Methodist
4.3%
Other Christian
4.0%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Twiggs sits along the fall line separating Georgia's Piedmont and Coastal Plain, with a population split nearly evenly between Black and white residents — a demographic mix that has kept presidential margins closer here than in surrounding rural counties for decades.

The Democratic margin in Twiggs County has rarely exceeded ninety-five points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded twenty points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by fifteen points.

Twiggs County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 55% non-Hispanic-white share, a 18% poverty rate, and a median household income of $56,324 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dooly County and McCormick County.