† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCalhounGeorgiaUnited States
English9.9%10.3%9.5%
American7.9%7.6%5.3%
Irish5.9%6.9%9.4%
German5.8%6.3%12.5%
Scottish1.7%1.7%1.3%
French1.0%1.0%1.6%
Italian0.8%2.2%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.7%——
Mexican13.7%5.5%11.3%
Guatemalan4.3%0.7%0.5%
Puerto Rican1.7%1.2%1.8%
Ecuadorian1.1%——
Cuban0.9%0.3%0.7%
Salvadoran0.9%0.5%0.7%
Argentinean0.5%——
Costa Rican0.3%——
African American†5.1%27.4%9.9%
Nigerian1.3%0.5%0.2%
Jamaican0.9%0.7%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Calhoun
Georgia
United States
Median age
36
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.8%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.9%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Calhoun
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$58,750
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.1%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
20.2%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Calhoun
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
23.0%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
22.0%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Calhoun
Georgia
United States
Catholic
—
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Calhoun, Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−33.2%
2008
−35.3%
2012
−44.9%
2016
−47.1%
2020
−42.6%
2024
−43.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
27.8%Harris1,832
71.7%Trump4,723
0.4%
R+43.9
R+1.3
R+42.4
6,583
R
28.0%Biden1,640
70.6%Trump4,140
1.5%
R+42.6
D+4.5
R+47.1
5,866
R
24.9%Clinton1,099
71.9%Trump3,179
3.2%
R+47.1
R+2.1
R+49.2
4,419
R
26.6%Obama1,106
71.6%Romney2,971
1.8%
R+44.9
R+9.7
R+48.8
4,151
R
31.3%Obama963
66.6%McCain2,047
2.1%
R+35.3
R+2.0
R+42.5
3,075
R
33.3%Kerry913
66.5%Bush1,824
0.2%
R+33.2
—
R+30.8
2,743
Calhoun anchors Gordon County's economy through floor-covering manufacturing — Shaw Industries and related suppliers drive employment — giving it a blue-collar industrial identity uncommon among towns its size in the region.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 47.1 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.9 points.
A population of 18,183, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,750 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sulphur Springs and Brownwood.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Calhoun, Georgia voted Republican by 43.9 points (R+43.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,583 votes cast, 1,832 went Democratic and 4,723 went Republican.
How many people live in Calhoun, Georgia?
Calhoun, Georgia has a population of 18,183 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Calhoun, Georgia?
Median household income in Calhoun, Georgia is $58,750 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Calhoun, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Calhoun, Georgia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
