Newton County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

19 precincts · 59,477 votes cast

Harris · D+15

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+15.0%	33,839	24,893	59,477
2020	D	+10.9%	29,794	23,869	54,239
2016	D	+2.3%	21,943	20,913	44,238
2012	D	+2.0%	21,851	20,982	43,309
2008	D	+1.2%	20,827	20,337	41,435
2004	R	−24.5%	10,939	18,095	29,191
2000	R	−24.1%	6,703	11,127	18,375
1996	R	−3.3%	6,759	7,274	15,443
1992	D	+0.1%	5,811	5,804	13,659
1988	R	−30.1%	3,111	5,809	8,969
1984	R	−26.3%	3,389	5,810	9,199
1980	D	+26.6%	5,611	3,206	9,056
1976	D	+49.3%	6,294	2,137	8,431
1972	R	−54.2%	1,380	4,647	6,027
1968	D	+5.0%	1,996	1,660	6,675
1964	D	+15.0%	3,620	2,678	6,298
1960	D	+63.6%	3,185	708	3,893
1956	D	+71.7%	3,232	532	3,764
1952	D	+78.2%	3,529	431	3,960
1948	D	+74.8%	2,113	243	2,500
1944	D	+88.5%	2,022	123	2,145
1940	D	+88.0%	1,512	95	1,611
1936	D	+88.0%	1,994	123	2,126
1932	D	+94.2%	1,672	45	1,727
1928	D	+11.1%	873	698	1,571
1924	D	+60.7%	716	139	950
1920	D	+36.7%	753	349	1,102
1916	D	+77.6%	943	102	1,084
1912	D	+83.2%	840	57	941
1908	D	+33.8%	643	303	1,005
1904	D	+42.1%	928	354	1,362
1900	D	+44.8%	790	294	1,107
1896	D	+24.4%	973	580	1,609
1892	D	+23.5%	1,005	611	1,678
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

38.4%

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: 36.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

0.7%

1.7%

75–84

2.2%

3.7%

65–74

4.8%

5.7%

55–64

6.5%

6.1%

45–54

7.3%

5.9%

35–44

7.2%

6.0%

25–34

7.0%

4.8%

18–24

4.7%

9.4%

5–17

9.9%

2.8%

3.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$77,179

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

Newton County$77,179

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.3%

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

Other Christian

14.1%

Baptist

11.4%

Methodist

5.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.4%

Mainline Protestant

1.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.3%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Newton County, anchored by Covington southeast of Atlanta, has tracked the broader metro exurban realignment: a county that voted Republican as recently as 2012 now tilts Democratic by 15 points, driven by rapid population growth and changing suburban demographics.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached ninety-four points in 1932; the Republican margin reached fifty-four points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Newton County's demographics — a population of 118,152, a 40% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $77,179 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Montgomery County and Oktibbeha County.

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Newton County delivered a near-tie in 2024.