Heard County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 6,225 votes cast

Trump · R+72

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−71.9%	859	5,335	6,225
2020	R	−68.5%	824	4,516	5,391
2016	R	−61.9%	743	3,370	4,244
2012	R	−52.9%	948	3,160	4,178
2008	R	−49.5%	1,042	3,133	4,225
2004	R	−41.5%	1,148	2,788	3,956
2000	R	−24.0%	1,178	1,947	3,198
1996	D	+2.7%	1,248	1,170	2,844
1992	D	+8.1%	1,456	1,190	3,273
1988	R	−27.8%	874	1,551	2,432
1984	R	−29.6%	810	1,492	2,302
1980	D	+20.7%	1,348	875	2,283
1976	D	+57.3%	1,593	433	2,026
1972	R	−63.6%	276	1,239	1,515
1968	D	+2.9%	356	303	1,812
1964	D	+13.6%	1,061	807	1,869
1960	D	+74.2%	1,224	181	1,405
1956	D	+70.2%	1,106	194	1,300
1952	D	+73.2%	1,189	184	1,373
1948	D	+74.1%	670	77	800
1944	D	+50.1%	557	185	742
1940	D	+49.0%	647	221	870
1936	D	+64.6%	725	155	883
1932	D	+95.0%	989	24	1,016
1928	D	+11.7%	493	390	883
1924	D	+79.1%	327	35	369
1920	D	+94.1%	461	14	475
1916	D	+83.6%	439	11	512
1912	D	+78.4%	326	11	402
1908	D	+81.8%	203	5	242
1904	D	+75.9%	361	9	464
1900	D	+88.1%	548	32	586
1896	D	+62.5%	620	138	771
1892	D	+41.0%	837	322	1,257
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

6.2%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 41.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.7%

2.3%

75–84

2.7%

5.6%

65–74

5.8%

7.0%

55–64

7.5%

7.0%

45–54

6.6%

5.3%

35–44

5.5%

6.6%

25–34

6.1%

3.4%

18–24

4.4%

9.2%

5–17

8.8%

2.4%

2.7%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$65,868

Heard County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Heard County$65,868

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.9%

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

39.1%

Methodist

4.5%

Other Christian

1.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Heard County, a small Piedmont community west of Atlanta with a population just over 11,000, delivered a 72-point Republican margin in 2024 — among the widest in a state that has become a national bellwether.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Heard County peaked at ninety-five points in 1932; 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 twenty-four points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Heard County's median household income of $65,868 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 Gilchrist County and Lamar County.

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