Elbert County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

11 precincts · 9,589 votes cast

Trump · R+43

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−43.4%	2,700	6,860	9,589
2020	R	−36.5%	2,879	6,226	9,171
2016	R	−34.3%	2,539	5,292	8,027
2012	R	−20.6%	3,181	4,859	8,156
2008	R	−18.1%	3,366	4,868	8,317
2004	R	−21.4%	2,984	4,626	7,668
2000	R	−12.6%	2,527	3,262	5,853
1996	D	+8.7%	2,900	2,393	5,857
1992	D	+10.6%	3,025	2,372	6,167
1988	R	−13.8%	2,118	2,796	4,925
1984	R	−11.5%	2,670	3,366	6,036
1980	D	+33.8%	4,014	1,967	6,061
1976	D	+66.2%	4,730	961	5,691
1972	R	−53.0%	884	2,875	3,759
1968	D	+5.6%	1,216	914	5,382
1964	D	+25.4%	3,172	1,887	5,059
1960	D	+71.5%	3,672	609	4,281
1956	D	+78.1%	3,635	447	4,082
1952	D	+71.2%	3,279	552	3,831
1948	D	+69.0%	1,617	152	2,123
1944	D	+61.7%	1,564	370	1,936
1940	D	+69.8%	2,052	357	2,429
1936	D	+59.8%	1,772	438	2,232
1932	D	+91.8%	2,023	77	2,119
1928	D	+6.1%	1,052	931	1,983
1924	D	+74.0%	1,024	72	1,287
1920	D	+73.9%	1,247	187	1,434
1916	D	+90.6%	1,756	0	1,939
1912	D	+76.7%	882	13	1,133
1908	D	+53.6%	714	103	1,140
1904	D	+82.6%	877	6	1,055
1900	D	+92.7%	782	7	836
1896	R	−5.3%	134	155	400
1892	D	+74.6%	1,486	6	1,983
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

17.8%

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: 43.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.6%

2.9%

75–84

3.7%

5.6%

65–74

6.4%

6.3%

55–64

7.3%

6.2%

45–54

6.4%

35–44

6.9%

4.7%

25–34

6.0%

3.4%

18–24

3.2%

7.9%

5–17

8.4%

3.5%

2.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$58,450

Elbert County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Elbert County$58,450

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

18.0%

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

35.1%

Methodist

13.1%

Other Christian

10.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.1%

Mainline Protestant

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Elbert County sits along the South Carolina border in Georgia's Piedmont, where a shrinking but stable population has shifted its presidential margin decisively rightward over the past decade, reaching R+43.4 in 2024.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Elbert County peaked at ninety-three points in 1900; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Elbert County's median household income of $58,450 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Seminole County and Treutlen County.

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