Polk County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

7 precincts · 19,199 votes cast

Trump · R+60

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−60.4%	3,749	15,352	19,199
2020	R	−57.1%	3,658	13,589	17,399
2016	R	−57.1%	2,867	11,014	14,275
2012	R	−45.4%	3,615	9,811	13,648
2008	R	−41.1%	4,052	9,850	14,113
2004	R	−37.0%	3,868	8,467	12,420
2000	R	−17.1%	4,112	5,841	10,116
1996	D	+1.8%	4,298	4,130	9,550
1992	D	+6.7%	4,872	4,158	10,668
1988	R	−29.3%	2,977	5,454	8,461
1984	R	−25.0%	3,262	5,435	8,697
1980	D	+28.9%	5,421	2,949	8,562
1976	D	+51.8%	6,115	1,944	8,059
1972	R	−57.8%	1,317	4,929	6,246
1968	D	+3.5%	2,007	1,729	7,976
1964	D	+16.2%	4,555	3,282	7,840
1960	D	+42.7%	4,351	1,746	6,097
1956	D	+36.4%	4,502	2,098	6,600
1952	D	+54.8%	4,447	1,299	5,746
1948	D	+65.5%	2,918	491	3,706
1944	D	+70.7%	2,698	463	3,161
1940	D	+73.8%	2,693	401	3,104
1936	D	+75.2%	2,754	389	3,147
1932	D	+82.3%	2,170	211	2,381
1928	R	−24.5%	886	1,462	2,348
1924	D	+22.3%	803	481	1,441
1920	R	−20.8%	658	1,004	1,662
1916	D	+62.2%	1,172	0	1,885
1912	D	+52.1%	706	36	1,286
1908	R	−27.6%	492	901	1,480
1904	R	−2.4%	653	689	1,516
1900	R	−34.2%	490	1,019	1,547
1896	R	−17.1%	567	810	1,425
1892	D	+23.0%	748	391	1,554
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

9.5%

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: 38.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.8%

2.1%

75–84

2.6%

4.2%

65–74

5.2%

6.4%

55–64

6.3%

5.7%

45–54

6.4%

7.1%

35–44

6.5%

25–34

6.7%

4.0%

18–24

4.0%

9.5%

5–17

9.1%

2.9%

3.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$58,515

Polk County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Polk County$58,515

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.4%

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

37.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

11.9%

Other Christian

8.3%

Methodist

2.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.8%

Mainline Protestant

0.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Polk County, a rural Piedmont community of roughly 38,000, recorded an R+60.5 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided counties in a state whose statewide results have grown increasingly competitive.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Polk County peaked at eighty-two 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 seventeen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Polk County's median household income of $58,515 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Heard County and La Paz County.

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