Oglethorpe County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

3 precincts · 8,822 votes cast

Trump · R+42

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−42.4%	2,515	6,255	8,822
2020	R	−38.8%	2,436	5,593	8,131
2016	R	−41.9%	1,831	4,625	6,674
2012	R	−37.2%	1,914	4,251	6,285
2008	R	−29.7%	2,232	4,144	6,447
2004	R	−31.7%	1,899	3,688	5,638
2000	R	−27.1%	1,519	2,706	4,385
1996	R	−6.7%	1,570	1,826	3,802
1992	R	−2.7%	1,491	1,590	3,703
1988	R	−25.6%	1,154	1,951	3,116
1984	R	−26.3%	1,238	2,122	3,360
1980	D	+14.8%	1,611	1,187	2,856
1976	D	+39.1%	1,854	811	2,665
1972	R	−68.0%	326	1,712	2,038
1968	D	+3.8%	483	383	2,603
1964	R	−13.2%	864	1,126	1,990
1960	D	+81.7%	1,406	142	1,548
1956	D	+78.7%	1,404	167	1,571
1952	D	+75.1%	1,461	208	1,669
1948	D	+67.7%	819	62	1,118
1944	D	+68.4%	922	173	1,095
1940	D	+72.3%	818	131	950
1936	D	+75.7%	845	115	964
1932	D	+94.4%	1,240	34	1,278
1928	D	+59.7%	813	205	1,018
1924	D	+82.4%	1,748	129	1,965
1920	D	+90.5%	844	42	886
1916	D	+89.1%	657	18	717
1912	D	+76.4%	503	33	615
1908	D	+63.5%	495	67	674
1904	D	+85.5%	719	5	835
1900	D	+91.5%	625	20	661
1896	D	+80.7%	1,242	106	1,408
1892	D	+72.8%	896	63	1,144
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

0.9%

African American

12.3%

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: 43.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

0.9%

2.5%

75–84

3.7%

5.6%

65–74

5.9%

7.8%

55–64

7.1%

6.8%

45–54

6.5%

5.5%

35–44

6.7%

5.7%

25–34

5.9%

4.6%

18–24

2.8%

9.3%

5–17

7.6%

2.5%

2.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$75,034

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

Oglethorpe County$75,034

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.6%

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

18.6%

Other Christian

6.4%

Methodist

3.9%

Non-Christian

0.2%

Mainline Protestant

0.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 70.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Oglethorpe County sits in Georgia's northeastern Piedmont, where a sparse population of roughly 12,600 and an agricultural economy have produced some of the state's most consistent Republican presidential margins over the past decade.

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

The economic and demographic context is severe. Oglethorpe County's median household income of $75,034 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Madison County and Gilmer County.

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For eighty-eight years, Oglethorpe County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.