Habersham County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 23,370 votes cast

Trump · R+65

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−64.6%	4,036	19,142	23,370
2020	R	−64.0%	3,563	16,637	20,432
2016	R	−65.6%	2,483	13,190	16,333
2012	R	−67.2%	2,301	12,166	14,676
2008	R	−59.9%	2,900	11,766	14,808
2004	R	−57.9%	2,750	10,434	13,276
2000	R	−45.8%	2,530	6,964	9,691
1996	R	−17.1%	3,170	4,730	9,108
1992	R	−16.1%	3,098	4,569	9,134
1988	R	−39.3%	2,114	4,871	7,014
1984	R	−37.2%	2,125	4,647	6,772
1980	D	+32.0%	4,394	2,224	6,781
1976	D	+59.1%	5,120	1,315	6,435
1972	R	−69.9%	172	971	1,143
1968	R	−9.5%	1,070	1,611	5,689
1964	D	+36.3%	3,412	1,595	5,009
1960	D	+47.7%	2,530	895	3,425
1956	D	+45.4%	2,276	855	3,131
1952	D	+48.4%	2,647	921	3,568
1948	D	+53.5%	1,477	368	2,071
1944	D	+57.0%	1,842	504	2,346
1940	D	+62.5%	1,840	421	2,270
1936	D	+62.7%	1,884	424	2,328
1932	D	+75.4%	1,693	225	1,947
1928	R	−11.9%	1,105	1,404	2,509
1924	D	+40.8%	808	322	1,192
1920	R	−10.9%	503	626	1,129
1916	D	+66.2%	1,032	48	1,486
1912	D	+53.6%	497	42	849
1908	D	+19.3%	364	230	694
1904	D	+39.2%	681	229	1,153
1900	D	+42.2%	589	218	879
1896	D	+49.6%	782	242	1,089
1892	D	+53.8%	1,019	180	1,559
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

2.6%

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: 39.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.6%

2.6%

75–84

3.2%

5.3%

65–74

5.8%

6.1%

55–64

6.2%

5.9%

45–54

6.4%

5.7%

35–44

6.3%

5.5%

25–34

6.8%

4.6%

18–24

5.2%

8.1%

5–17

8.2%

2.7%

2.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,309

Habersham County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Habersham County$67,309

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.1%

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

23.5%

Other Christian

10.2%

Catholic & Orthodox

8.5%

Methodist

4.0%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.0%

Mainline Protestant

1.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Nestled in the Blue Ridge foothills northeast of Atlanta, Habersham delivered a 64.9-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, placing it among Georgia's most consistently one-sided counties in statewide contests.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Habersham County peaked at seventy-five 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 thirty-seven points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Habersham County's median household income of $67,309 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Harris County and White County.

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