Rabun County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

1 precincts · 10,492 votes cast

Trump · R+57

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−56.5%	2,222	8,151	10,492
2020	R	−57.4%	1,984	7,474	9,568
2016	R	−60.2%	1,444	6,287	8,048
2012	R	−56.2%	1,559	5,754	7,465
2008	R	−45.9%	2,001	5,487	7,599
2004	R	−41.1%	1,918	4,650	6,643
2000	R	−31.4%	1,776	3,451	5,341
1996	R	−5.7%	1,943	2,213	4,767
1992	R	−0.5%	1,878	1,902	4,622
1988	R	−27.1%	1,301	2,278	3,608
1984	R	−26.7%	1,267	2,191	3,458
1980	D	+36.0%	2,327	1,070	3,495
1976	D	+60.5%	2,398	591	2,989
1972	R	−60.3%	366	1,477	1,843
1968	R	−3.4%	590	680	2,679
1964	D	+53.0%	1,796	551	2,347
1960	D	+54.0%	1,552	464	2,016
1956	D	+54.2%	1,391	413	1,804
1952	D	+49.2%	1,320	449	1,769
1948	D	+60.1%	747	165	969
1944	D	+74.2%	1,247	185	1,432
1940	D	+84.0%	958	82	1,043
1936	D	+70.7%	948	162	1,111
1932	D	+83.2%	893	78	979
1928	D	+31.7%	590	306	896
1924	D	+56.8%	454	117	593
1920	D	+35.9%	312	147	459
1916	D	+60.6%	633	87	901
1912	D	+68.6%	327	12	459
1908	D	+14.9%	233	171	417
1904	D	+49.7%	364	121	489
1900	D	+55.2%	244	70	315
1896	D	+58.6%	404	101	517
1892	D	+68.6%	448	81	535
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%

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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: 50.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

2.1%

4.7%

75–84

4.2%

8.3%

65–74

8.7%

7.3%

55–64

8.0%

6.1%

45–54

6.0%

4.9%

35–44

5.3%

5.2%

25–34

6.0%

3.2%

18–24

2.8%

6.5%

5–17

5.5%

2.2%

2.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,493

Rabun County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Rabun County$67,493

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

13.1%

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

34.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

9.8%

Other Christian

7.6%

Methodist

6.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.7%

Mainline Protestant

2.8%

Non-Christian

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 33.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tucked into Georgia's northeastern corner where the Blue Ridge Mountains meet the Carolinas, Rabun County's rural, overwhelmingly white population has produced some of the state's widest Republican presidential margins for over a decade.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Rabun County peaked at eighty-four points in 1940; 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-seven points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Rabun County's median household income of $67,493 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Union County and Pickens County.

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