Houston County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

17 precincts · 81,781 votes cast

Trump · R+11

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−11.2%	35,907	45,090	81,781
2020	R	−12.4%	32,232	41,534	74,823
2016	R	−21.3%	22,553	35,430	60,406
2012	R	−20.6%	22,702	34,662	58,175
2008	R	−20.2%	22,094	33,392	55,931
2004	R	−32.7%	15,054	29,862	45,226
2000	R	−26.7%	13,301	23,174	36,988
1996	R	−13.1%	12,760	17,050	32,678
1992	R	−5.6%	12,270	14,119	32,748
1988	R	−28.8%	8,664	15,748	24,597
1984	R	−21.4%	9,226	14,255	23,481
1980	D	+9.2%	10,915	9,005	20,695
1976	D	+41.8%	13,164	5,404	18,568
1972	R	−68.3%	2,556	13,576	16,132
1968	R	−10.1%	2,831	4,285	14,457
1964	R	−21.1%	4,258	6,532	10,791
1960	D	+39.3%	4,033	1,757	5,790
1956	D	+61.8%	4,483	1,060	5,543
1952	D	+69.0%	2,789	511	3,300
1948	D	+59.5%	1,437	204	2,072
1944	D	+47.6%	535	190	725
1940	D	+61.3%	622	149	772
1936	D	+91.1%	796	37	833
1932	D	+88.9%	460	27	487
1928	D	+55.7%	323	92	415
1924	D	+89.9%	1,611	75	1,709
1920	D	+89.8%	723	39	762
1916	D	+86.7%	806	52	870
1912	D	+92.0%	760	24	800
1908	D	+79.0%	855	27	1,048
1904	D	+79.5%	768	78	868
1900	D	+80.7%	798	81	889
1896	D	+62.7%	875	192	1,089
1892	D	+58.4%	1,953	507	2,476
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

0.7%

African American

25.9%

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: 36.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.8%

1.6%

75–84

2.3%

4.0%

65–74

4.6%

5.8%

55–64

6.2%

5.7%

45–54

6.1%

6.6%

35–44

7.6%

6.9%

25–34

7.3%

4.5%

18–24

4.1%

9.9%

5–17

9.5%

3.2%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$80,698

Houston County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Houston County$80,698

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.1%

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

22.3%

Other Christian

7.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

5.1%

Methodist

3.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.0%

Non-Christian

1.4%

Mainline Protestant

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Robins Air Force Base, Houston County's electorate skews toward active-duty and veteran households, a demographic mix that has kept presidential margins competitive even as the county's R+11 result in 2024 reflects a broader rural consolidation trend.

The shift began with civil rights. 1984 marked the realignment in Houston County, by a twenty-one points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty-eight points in 1972. The 2024 margin was eleven points.

The political shift has tracked, in Houston County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 54% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $80,698, and a 11% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Paulding County and York County.

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Houston County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.