Cherokee County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

42 precincts · 162,591 votes cast

Trump · R+39

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−38.9%	48,838	112,142	162,591
2020	R	−39.2%	42,794	99,587	144,830
2016	R	−49.1%	25,231	80,649	112,784
2012	R	−57.6%	19,841	76,514	98,439
2008	R	−51.1%	22,350	70,279	93,772
2004	R	−58.9%	14,824	58,238	73,727
2000	R	−49.2%	12,295	38,033	52,348
1996	R	−35.5%	10,802	24,527	38,677
1992	R	−27.2%	8,113	16,054	29,214
1988	R	−53.5%	4,378	14,593	19,088
1984	R	−52.2%	3,499	11,146	14,645
1980	D	+6.6%	6,020	5,250	11,678
1976	D	+43.0%	6,539	2,609	9,148
1972	R	−65.2%	1,159	5,509	6,668
1968	R	−16.6%	1,434	2,675	7,462
1964	R	−3.2%	3,189	3,398	6,587
1960	D	+13.6%	3,077	2,341	5,418
1956	D	+7.1%	2,110	1,829	3,939
1952	D	+20.5%	2,452	1,618	4,070
1948	D	+29.5%	1,267	631	2,153
1944	D	+12.0%	1,348	1,059	2,407
1940	D	+20.7%	1,552	1,017	2,582
1936	D	+17.9%	1,211	842	2,060
1932	D	+68.6%	1,727	314	2,059
1928	R	−48.6%	581	1,679	2,260
1924	D	+16.4%	848	601	1,503
1920	R	−35.3%	544	1,138	1,682
1916	D	+35.0%	855	292	1,608
1912	D	+43.4%	603	21	1,342
1908	R	−30.5%	326	665	1,112
1904	D	+30.7%	622	246	1,225
1900	R	−1.3%	535	550	1,143
1896	D	+0.7%	712	702	1,486
1892	D	+25.9%	927	382	2,104
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

5.8%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.9%

2.1%

75–84

2.5%

4.5%

65–74

5.2%

6.5%

55–64

6.6%

7.1%

45–54

7.2%

6.8%

35–44

6.9%

6.0%

25–34

6.1%

4.3%

18–24

4.0%

8.9%

5–17

8.4%

2.8%

2.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$108,115

Cherokee County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.

Cherokee County$108,115

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

22.1%

Other Christian

7.6%

Catholic & Orthodox

7.0%

Methodist

5.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.5%

Mainline Protestant

0.8%

Non-Christian

0.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cherokee sits at Atlanta's northern exurban edge, where rapid population growth since 2000 has not eroded its deep Republican lean — the 2024 presidential margin held near R+39, consistent with its pattern over the past two decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Cherokee County peaked at sixty-nine points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of fifty-two points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Cherokee County's median household income of $108,115 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Goochland County and Williamson County.

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