† 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
GroupCorneliaGeorgiaUnited States
English12.0%10.3%9.5%
American10.5%7.6%5.3%
Irish7.3%6.9%9.4%
German5.0%6.3%12.5%
Scottish1.3%1.7%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.3%——
Italian1.0%2.2%4.8%
French0.6%1.0%1.6%
Mexican20.0%5.5%11.3%
Guatemalan1.7%0.7%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.9%1.2%1.8%
Colombian0.6%0.4%0.4%
African American†6.5%27.4%9.9%
African0.7%0.8%0.5%
Laotian1.6%——
Filipino0.9%0.2%0.9%
Asian Indian0.3%1.6%1.4%
Cambodian0.3%——
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
Cornelia
Georgia
United States
Median age
36.9
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
8.5%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.5%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Cornelia
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$39,775
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
30.4%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
19.1%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Cornelia
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
26.0%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
18.4%
8.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.8%
1.6%
2.0%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
2.7%
0.2%
0.6%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.5%
0.9%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Cornelia
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.
Cornelia, Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−50.3%
2008
−52.3%
2012
−59.0%
2016
−60.2%
2020
−57.8%
2024
−58.6%
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
20.6%Harris369
79.2%Trump1,420
0.3%
R+58.6
R+0.8
R+57.1
1,794
R
20.6%Biden360
78.4%Trump1,372
1.1%
R+57.8
D+2.4
R+62.2
1,751
R
18.6%Clinton261
78.7%Trump1,107
2.7%
R+60.2
R+1.2
R+62.3
1,406
R
19.8%Obama232
78.8%Romney924
1.4%
R+59.0
R+6.7
R+62.8
1,173
R
22.9%Obama285
75.2%McCain937
1.9%
R+52.3
R+2.1
R+59.6
1,246
R
24.8%Kerry274
75.0%Bush830
0.2%
R+50.3
—
R+47.8
1,106
Cornelia, seat of Habersham County, grew around the railroad junction economy and remains a small working-class hub. Its modest population keeps municipal contests highly personal, with turnout patterns driven more by community networks than party infrastructure.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 60.2 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 58.6 points.
A population of 4,992, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $39,775 describe the city.
In 2024, Cornelia, Georgia voted Republican by 58.6 points (R+58.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,794 votes cast, 369 went Democratic and 1,420 went Republican.
How many people live in Cornelia, Georgia?
Cornelia, Georgia has a population of 4,992 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cornelia, Georgia?
Median household income in Cornelia, Georgia is $39,775 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Cornelia, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Cornelia, Georgia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
