Johnson County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

4 precincts · 3,984 votes cast

Trump · R+46

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−46.4%	1,066	2,913	3,984
2020	R	−39.7%	1,222	2,850	4,100
2016	R	−37.5%	1,136	2,519	3,686
2012	R	−30.1%	1,305	2,440	3,776
2008	R	−33.7%	1,198	2,426	3,644
2004	R	−28.6%	1,263	2,279	3,555
2000	R	−25.4%	1,065	1,797	2,883
1996	D	+16.8%	1,194	815	2,255
1992	D	+4.8%	1,473	1,314	3,295
1988	R	−25.7%	927	1,567	2,494
1984	R	−18.2%	1,199	1,733	2,932
1980	D	+24.1%	1,854	1,123	3,029
1976	D	+52.0%	2,210	698	2,908
1972	R	−68.1%	417	2,201	2,618
1968	D	+2.3%	446	381	2,868
1964	R	−48.0%	682	1,940	2,622
1960	D	+45.4%	1,298	488	1,786
1956	D	+80.0%	1,607	179	1,786
1952	D	+68.0%	1,808	344	2,152
1948	D	+49.2%	685	67	1,256
1944	D	+52.6%	978	304	1,282
1940	D	+76.9%	2,386	306	2,704
1936	D	+69.3%	1,861	334	2,205
1932	D	+96.7%	1,314	18	1,340
1928	D	+38.0%	632	284	916
1924	D	+63.2%	1,058	194	1,368
1920	D	+61.1%	306	74	380
1916	D	+78.5%	715	20	885
1912	D	+65.5%	285	23	400
1908	R	−4.1%	135	162	655
1904	D	+29.4%	257	59	674
1900	R	−6.8%	276	321	663
1896	R	−5.5%	213	239	473
1892	D	+10.6%	393	247	1,382
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

26.3%

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: 43.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

2.5%

2.3%

75–84

2.6%

6.6%

65–74

5.5%

7.2%

55–64

5.8%

8.1%

45–54

5.1%

11.8%

35–44

5.4%

7.4%

25–34

3.2%

4.6%

18–24

3.3%

9.0%

5–17

3.8%

2.3%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$51,028

Johnson County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Johnson County$51,028

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

24.2%

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

19.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

9.9%

Other Christian

4.2%

Methodist

3.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Johnson County's small, predominantly rural population has delivered lopsided Republican margins for decades, with 2024's R+46.4 result reflecting a broader pattern of consolidation in Georgia's agrarian heartland.

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

The economic and demographic context is severe. Johnson County's median household income of $51,028 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 24% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Catahoula Parish and Winn Parish.

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