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1876–2024
Gwinnett County, Georgia
Gwinnett County·Georgia

Gwinnett County votes the way the country votes.

Atlanta's largest suburb shifted 40 points toward Democrats in a decade

18762024·38 elections
Gwinnett County, Georgia · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+17
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
979,864
2024 ACS
Most similar
Cobb County
GA · similarity 0.99
156 precincts · 420,818 votes cast
Harris · D+17
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+16.5%
242,507173,041420,818
2020D
+18.2%
241,827166,413413,865
2016D
+5.8%
166,153146,989330,950
2012R
−9.2%
132,509159,855297,356
2008R
−10.2%
129,025158,746290,271
2004R
−32.2%
81,708160,445244,343
2000R
−31.6%
61,434121,756191,111
1996R
−26.3%
53,81996,610162,945
1992R
−25.0%
44,25381,822150,576
1988R
−51.7%
20,94866,37287,940
1984R
−59.0%
14,13954,74968,888
1980R
−10.2%
21,95827,18551,452
1976D
+19.9%
20,83813,91234,750
1972R
−72.5%
2,89618,18121,077
1968R
−12.1%
3,2265,35017,489
1964R
−0.9%
6,7056,82313,531
1960D
+47.0%
6,4792,3368,815
1956D
+59.5%
5,6871,4437,130
1952D
+71.2%
6,0261,0157,041
1948D
+64.9%
2,8324133,727
1944D
+64.8%
3,3397134,052
1940D
+69.1%
4,0237284,771
1936D
+62.9%
2,3825412,926
1932D
+93.2%
2,616912,708
1928R
−4.5%
9701,0622,032
1924D
+60.3%
1,0112071,334
1920D
+18.1%
1,6451,1402,785
1916D
+64.7%
1,5282222,020
1912D
+57.3%
997551,643
1908D
+8.2%
6775411,651
1904D
+49.3%
1,2191322,207
1900D
+41.0%
1,0523731,658
1896D
+22.1%
1,2507732,161
1892D
+47.9%
1,5722532,751
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%
Polish
1.1%
African American
22.7%
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.
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
Catholic & Orthodox
11.6%
Other Christian
11.5%
Baptist
10.2%
Methodist
5.4%
Non-Christian
4.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.5%
Mainline Protestant
1.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Gwinnett's rapid demographic transformation — driven by one of the country's most diverse immigrant populations — turned a reliably Republican Atlanta exurb into a double-digit Democratic county by 2020, a shift that continues to reshape statewide math.

The Democratic margin in Gwinnett County has rarely exceeded ninety-three points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded seventy-three points. 2024 delivered the county to the Democratic candidate by seventeen points.

Gwinnett County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 33% non-Hispanic-white share, a 11% poverty rate, and a median household income of $87,890 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cobb County and Frederick County.