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1876–2024
Savannah, GA·Georgia

Savannah, GA votes the way the country votes.

A port city where coastal growth is reshuffling long-stable margins

1876 — 2024·38 elections
GA
Latest
R+1
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
418,285
2024 ACS

Savannah, GA, Georgia: Bellwether metro. In 2024, voted R+1%. Democratic peak: D+79 in 1912.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+1MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
BellwetherAkashic typology
Population
418,2852024 5-year
Median household income
$77,6922024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
54.3%2024 5-year
Black
31.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
8.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+79 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+45 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
3 counties · 1 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−0.7%
99,681101,017203,003
D
+1.0%
92,71390,839186,330
R
−1.9%
71,15774,091151,925
R
−2.4%
68,90072,360143,151
D
+0.1%
71,32771,171143,399
R
−11.5%
51,83365,350117,847
R
−7.4%
42,99450,00894,184
D
+0.4%
40,96440,58686,394
R
−2.6%
36,25438,52885,960
R
−19.6%
28,39142,35871,383
R
−17.3%
31,72445,01376,737
D
+4.5%
33,16230,23965,393
D
+16.4%
37,02626,57563,601
R
−44.6%
16,32642,66358,989
O
+0.2%
19,39619,25659,879
R
−20.2%
24,71337,25061,964
R
−2.1%
18,44319,24837,691
R
−19.0%
10,55115,48826,039
R
−1.7%
16,14116,69232,833
D
+22.6%
12,3586,26126,949
D
+59.3%
9,8462,51312,359
D
+67.2%
11,5552,26113,837
D
+77.3%
11,2631,43212,724
D
+66.3%
8,8911,77610,727
R
−1.3%
5,9166,06611,982
D
+51.4%
6,6911,8489,429
D
+63.9%
5,1441,1346,278
D
+73.8%
4,5423935,624
D
+79.5%
3,8532664,513
D
+46.2%
3,6071,2985,003
D
+68.9%
3,2745353,978
D
+55.1%
3,9851,1465,154
D
+18.2%
3,1372,0775,817
D
+56.4%
6,0201,6297,787
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.0%
Irish
9.6%
German
9.1%
American
6.3%
Italian
3.6%
Scottish
1.9%
French
1.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
1.0%
2.0%
75–84
2.5%
4.2%
65–74
5.1%
5.6%
55–64
6.2%
5.6%
45–54
6.1%
6.8%
35–44
7.1%
7.4%
25–34
7.5%
4.8%
18–24
4.9%
8.5%
5–17
8.2%
3.1%
<5
2.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$77,692
Savannah, GA ranks near the middle of US counties.
Savannah, GA$77,692
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
12.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.5%
Working age (18–64)10.9%
Seniors (65+)9.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.7%
speak English only
Spanish5.7%
Other Indo-European2.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other languages0.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
11.7%
Other Christian
11.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
5.6%
Methodist
4.8%
Mainline Protestant
2.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.7%
Non-Christian
1.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Savannah's metropolitan area has shifted measurably as in-migration tied to port expansion and tourism drives demographic change, compressing the double-digit margins that once defined Chatham County's predictable election-night patterns.

The Democratic margin in Savannah, GA has rarely exceeded seventy-nine points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded forty-five points. 2024 delivered the metro to the Republican candidate by one points.

Its demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most metros. A 54% non-Hispanic-white share, a 12% poverty rate, and a median household income of $77,692 — all within the broad national range.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Savannah, GA, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Savannah, GA, Georgia voted Republican by 0.7 points (R+1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 203,003 votes cast, 99,681 went Democratic and 101,017 went Republican.
What is Savannah, GA, Georgia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Savannah, GA, Georgia as a "Bellwether" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 19 times, Republican 14 times, and other 1 times.
When did Savannah, GA, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Savannah, GA, Georgia voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Savannah, GA, Georgia?
Savannah, GA, Georgia has a population of 418,285 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Savannah, GA, Georgia?
Median household income in Savannah, GA, Georgia is $77,692 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Savannah, GA, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Savannah, GA, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Bellwether" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.