Columbia County, Georgia: Old Confederacy county. In 2024, voted R+26%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+26MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 162,4342024 5-year
- Median household income
- $95,5922024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 19.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hanover County, VA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Columbia CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Columbia County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 31,624 | 53,657 | 86,182 | ||
| R | 29,236 | 50,013 | 80,579 | ||
| R | 18,887 | 43,085 | 65,207 | ||
| R | 16,451 | 41,765 | 59,071 | ||
| R | 15,703 | 39,322 | 55,351 | ||
| R | 11,442 | 35,549 | 47,203 | ||
| R | 8,969 | 26,660 | 36,008 | ||
| R | 8,601 | 21,291 | 31,693 | ||
| R | 7,115 | 16,657 | 28,200 | ||
| R | 4,617 | 16,401 | 21,094 | ||
| R | 3,727 | 12,294 | 16,021 | ||
| R | 5,335 | 6,293 | 11,938 | ||
| D | 4,674 | 3,423 | 8,097 | ||
| R | 946 | 4,839 | 5,785 | ||
| O | 905 | 1,636 | 4,748 | ||
| R | 1,428 | 2,575 | 4,003 | ||
| D | 1,190 | 1,155 | 2,345 | ||
| D | 866 | 463 | 1,329 | ||
| D | 849 | 530 | 1,379 | ||
| O | 164 | 59 | 1,060 | ||
| D | 508 | 72 | 580 | ||
| D | 627 | 46 | 677 | ||
| D | 659 | 34 | 700 | ||
| D | 528 | 11 | 539 | ||
| D | 279 | 234 | 513 | ||
| D | 213 | 47 | 300 | ||
| D | 476 | 0 | 476 | ||
| D | 521 | 6 | 545 | ||
| D | 234 | 2 | 266 | ||
| O | 144 | 12 | 342 | ||
| D | 189 | 2 | 333 | ||
| D | 215 | 42 | 268 | ||
| R | 192 | 401 | 606 | ||
| O | 451 | 101 | 2,125 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.6%
German
9.4%
Irish
8.4%
American
8.3%
Italian
3.3%
Scottish
1.5%
Polish
1.3%
African American
15.2%
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. 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: 37.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$95,592
Columbia County ranks in the top 5% of US counties.
Columbia County$95,592
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
7.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.5%
Working age (18–64)6.3%
Seniors (65+)8.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
88.8%
speak English only
Spanish5.2%
Other Indo-European2.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.6%
Other languages0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Columbia County has expanded rapidly as a bedroom community for Augusta, drawing higher-income households whose voting patterns have consistently produced Republican presidential margins above 20 points across the past several election cycles.
The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Columbia County, by a eight points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty-seven points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-six points.
The political shift has tracked, in Columbia County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 66% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $95,592, and a 8% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hanover County and Greenville County.
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Columbia County, Georgia — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://akashic.app/county/13073/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Columbia County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Columbia County, Georgia voted Republican by 25.6 points (R+26), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 86,182 votes cast, 31,624 went Democratic and 53,657 went Republican.
What is Columbia County, Georgia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Columbia County, Georgia as a "Old Confederacy" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 15 times, and other 4 times.
When did Columbia County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Columbia County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Columbia County, Georgia?
Columbia County, Georgia has a population of 162,434 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Columbia County, Georgia?
Median household income in Columbia County, Georgia is $95,592 — above the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Columbia County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Columbia County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.